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Reconsidering community based interventions: balancing rigor and the real world.(Community Based Interventions)

Injury Prevention

| February 01, 2004 | Moller, J. | COPYRIGHT 2004 British Medical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The systematic review of the literature "Community based programs to prevent poisoning in children 0-15 years" that is published in this issue prompted a debate between reviewers and authors (see p 43). This process revealed a number of important issues that warrant further analysis and comment. In this editorial I try to identify these issues to provide a foundation for further action.

The reviewers raised two basic questions. One suggested that the paper be rejected because it only found four articles of adequate scientific merit. The authors replied that a paper's merit should be judged on the technical competence of the review and not on the results. They ...

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