Priority Area Overview – Sexual Health This report has been prepared to support the Review of Health Improvement Programmes. A series of priority areas have been identified for the review derived from policy and strategy documents . The Review has a number of identified outputs, one of which is a high level summary of each priority area which highlights, based on current evidence of effectiveness, which interventions have the greatest potential to improve health in each priority area. Methodology The Review is being conducted within a limited timeframe, as a result an extensive review of the literature across all of the priority areas and initiatives is not feasible. The review team has adopted the following approach: Evidence from systematic reviews or reviews of reviews Guidelines derived from an assessment of the available evidence Reviews from sources which have a clearly defined methodology and quality assurance process that is nationally or internationally recognised. The Library and knowledge management service of Public Health Wales has undertaken an initial search of the following sources using agreed search terms: NICE Guidelines Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews Only) Campbell Collaboration Reviews EPPI Centre Reviews The Community Recommendations Where limited material was identified, or specific information gaps, or where the reviews or recommendations are more than 5 years old, a further search has been undertaken of DARE and Health Evidence Canada for reviews conducted within the last five years, which are rated as moderate to good quality. Reviews have been screened for inclusion based on agreed criteria e.g. health promotion interventions, interventions which involve clinical
Priority Area Overview – Sexual Health This report has been prepared to support the Review of Health Improvement Programmes. A series of priority areas have been identified for the review derived from policy and strategy documents . The Review has a number of identified outputs, one of which is a high level summary of each priority area which highlights, based on current evidence of effectiveness, which interventions have the greatest potential to improve health in each priority area. Methodology The Review is being conducted within a limited timeframe, as a result an extensive review of the literature across all of the priority areas and initiatives is not feasible. The review team has adopted the following approach: Evidence from systematic reviews or reviews of reviews Guidelines derived from an assessment of the available evidence Reviews from sources which have a clearly defined methodology and quality assurance process that is nationally or internationally recognised. The Library and knowledge management service of Public Health Wales has undertaken an initial search of the following sources using agreed search terms: NICE Guidelines Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Cochrane Reviews Only) Campbell Collaboration Reviews EPPI Centre Reviews The Community Recommendations Where limited material was identified, or specific information gaps, or where the reviews or recommendations are more than 5 years old, a further search has been undertaken of DARE and Health Evidence Canada for reviews conducted within the last five years, which are rated as moderate to good quality. Reviews have been screened for inclusion based on agreed criteria e.g. health promotion interventions, interventions which involve clinical
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