Consideration of ethnicity in guidelines and systematic reviews promoting lifestyle interventions: a thematic analysis.

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There is a growing body of evidence supporting lifestyle interventions for the prevention of chronic disease. However, it is unclear to what extent these evidence-derived recommendations are applicable to ethnic minority populations. We sought to assess the degree of consideration of ethnicity in systematic reviews and guidelines for lifestyle interventions.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur J Public Health

Title: European journal of public health

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1464-360X

ISSN (Print): 1101-1262

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2014

Volume: 24

Issue: 3

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[1 ] 1 Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

[2 ] 2 Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

[3 ] 3 Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

[4 ] 4 School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.

[5 ] 1 Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Aziz.sheikh@ed.ac.uk.

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Publisher Item ID: ckt093

DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt093

PubMed ID: 23893129

SO-VID: ca3f7f45-a548-4653-a573-934008ab8d73

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