EPC-Related Articles, October 31, 2014

American Journal of Hypertension
Zhao B, Jose PO, Pu J, Chung S, Ancheta IB, Fortmann SP, Palaniappan LP. Racial/ethnic differences in hypertension prevalence, treatment, and control for outpatients in Northern California 2010-2012. Am J Hypertens 2014 Oct 28. [Cites AHRQ comparative effectiveness review, Comparative Effectiveness of Lipid-Modifying Agents, 2009.] Select to access the abstract.

Environmental Health Perspectives
Woodruff TJ, Sutton P. The Navigation Guide systematic review methodology: a rigorous and transparent method for translating environmental health science into better health outcomes. Environ Health Perspect 2014 Oct; 122(10):1007-14. [Uses risk of bias domains from AHRQ methods guide report, Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions, 2012; notes the participation of Karen Robinson, director of the Johns Hopkins EPC, on the Navigation Guide methodology team as an expert on the identification, synthesis, and presentation of evidence for informing health care decisions and research.] Select to access the abstract.

Johnson PI, Sutton P, Atchley DS, Koustas E, Lam J, Sen S, Robinson KA, Axelrad DA, Woodruff TJ. The Navigation Guide—evidence-based medicine meets environmental health: systematic review of human evidence for PFOA effects on fetal growth. Environ Health Perspect 2014 Oct; 122(10):1028-39. [Uses risk of bias domains from AHRQ methods guide report, Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions, 2012, and  USPSTF strength of evidence criteria from USPSTF-sponsored article by Sawaya et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2007) on USPSTF methodologies.] Select to access the abstract.

Lam J, Koustas E, Sutton P, Johnson PI, Atchley DS, Sen S, Robinson KA, Axelrad DA, Woodruff TJ. The Navigation Guide—evidence-based medicine meets environmental health: integration of animal and human evidence for PFOA effects on fetal growth. Environ Health Perspect 2014 Oct; 122(10):1040-51. [Uses risk of bias domains from AHRQ methods guide report, Assessing the Risk of Bias of Individual Studies in Systematic Reviews of Health Care Interventions, 2012, and  USPSTF strength of evidence criteria from USPSTF-sponsored article by Sawaya et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2007) on USPSTF methodologies.] Select to access the abstract.