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EPOC reviews round up Summer 2016

Whether you've been enjoying a "Summer of Sport", been on the beach or neither of those you may have missed our recent publications in the Cochrane Library. If that's the case, here's a round up of our Summer 2016 publications...

New Reviews:

Mobile clinics for women's and children's health
Hany Abdel -Aleem, Omaima MH El-Gibaly, Amira FE-S EL-Gazzar and Ghada ST Al-Attar
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009677.pub2/full
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Interventions to reduce corruption in the health sector
Rakhal Gaitonde, Andrew D Oxman, Peter O Okebukola and Gabriel Rada
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD008856.pub2/full
Featured review on Cochrane.org here: https://www.cochrane.org/news/featured-review-interventions-reduce-corruption-health-sector
translation icon  Croatian | Russian | Polish

Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI ) strategy for children under five
Tarun Gera, Dheeraj Shah, Paul Garner, Marty Richardson and Harshpal S Sachdev
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD010123.pub2/full
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Public stewardship of private for-profit healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries
Charles S Wiysonge, Leila H Abdullahi, Valantine N Ndze and Gregory D Hussey
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009855.pub2/full

Tools developed and disseminated by guideline producers to promote the uptake of their guidelines
Gerd Flodgren, Amanda M Hall, Lucy Goulding, Martin P Eccles, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Gillian C Leng and Sasha Shepperd
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD010669.pub2/full
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Updated Reviews:

Admission avoidance hospital at home
Sasha Shepperd, Steve Iliffe, Helen A Doll, Mike J Clarke, Lalit Kalra, Andrew D Wilson and Daniela C . Gonçalves -Bradley
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD007491.pub2/full

Interventions to increase or decrease the length of primary care physicians ' consultation
Andrew D Wilson, Susan Childs, Daniela C . Gonçalves -Bradley and Greg J Irving
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003540.pub3/full
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Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low- and middle-income countries
Angela Oyo -Ita, Charles S Wiysonge, Chioma Oringanje, Chukwuemeka E Nwachukwu, Olabisi Oduwole and Martin M Meremikwu
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD008145.pub3/full
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Blog:

And finally, one of our reviews from earlier in 2016 was recently blogged on Evidently Cochrane:

Transition: Making jumping off a cliff easier and safer!
http://www.evidentlycochrane.net/transition-jumping-off-cliff-easier/

Transition of care for adolescents from paediatric services to adult health services
Campbell F, Biggs K, Aldiss SK, O’Neill PM, Clowes M, McDonagh J, While A, Gibson F.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009794.pub2/full
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