TY - JOUR AU - Smith, Ellesha A. AU - Cooper, Nicola J. AU - Sutton, Alex J. AU - Abrams, Keith R. AU - Hubbard, Stephanie J. PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/03 TI - A review of the quantitative effectiveness evidence synthesis methods used in public health intervention guidelines JO - BMC Public Health SP - 278 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - The complexity of public health interventions create challenges in evaluating their effectiveness. There have been huge advancements in quantitative evidence synthesis methods development (including meta-analysis) for dealing with heterogeneity of intervention effects, inappropriate ‘lumping’ of interventions, adjusting for different populations and outcomes and the inclusion of various study types. Growing awareness of the importance of using all available evidence has led to the publication of guidance documents for implementing methods to improve decision making by answering policy relevant questions. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10162-8 DO - 10.1186/s12889-021-10162-8 ID - Smith2021 ER -