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[Evidence-based practices published in Brazil: identification and analysis studies about human health prevention]
Rúbia Aparecida Lacerda1, Emiko Yoshikawa Egry, Rosa Maria Godoy Serpa da Fonseca
1Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. rlacerda@usp.br
Abstract:
Integrative review of Brazilian studies about evidence-based practices (EBP) about prevention in human health, published in Web of Science/JCR journals, between October 2010 and April 2011. The aim was to identify the specialties that most accomplished these studies, their foci and methodological approaches. Based on inclusion criteria, 84 studies were selected, mainly published in public health journals, focusing on primary care and also addressing clinical issues and different specialties. Prevention foci and methodological approaches also varied, with a predominance of systematic reviews without meta-analysis. The results indicate that there is no single way to conceptualize and practice EBP in the field of prevention, and that its application may not only serve to obtain indisputable evidence to equip intervention actions. This endless knowledge area is under construction, with a view to the analysis and further understanding of health phenomena.
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