Navigating the Scientific Evidence to Ensure Prevention

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Investigator: Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH
Sponsor: Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation

Location(s): United States

Description

The scientific evidence linking environmental exposures to adverse health outcomes has yet to be compiled using systematic methods with the capacity to inform effective healthcare and policy decision-making. To bridge the gap between clinical and environmental health sciences, PRHE has undertaken an interdisciplinary collaboration to develop a systematic and transparent methodology to evaluate the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations about the relationship between the environment and reproductive health. The result of this collaboration---the Navigation Guide--- was published in the May 2011 issue of the journal Health Affairs.