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Methods for the development of NICE public health guidance (third edition)

  • NICE process and methods
  • Reference number: PMG4
  • Published:  26 September 2012

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  • Overview
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Topic selection and scoping the guidance
  • 3 Determining the evidence for review and consideration
  • 4 Identifying the evidence
  • 5 Reviewing the scientific evidence
  • 6 Incorporating health economics
  • 7 Developing recommendations
  • Appendix A Conceptual framework for the work of the Centre for Public Health Excellence (CPHE)
  • Appendix B Electronic resources
  • Appendix C Example of audit information to accompany search strategies
  • Appendix D Glossary of study designs
  • Appendix E Algorithm for classifying quantitative (experimental and observational) study designs
  • Appendix F Quality appraisal checklist – quantitative intervention studies
  • Appendix G Quality appraisal checklist – quantitative studies reporting correlations and associations
  • Appendix H Quality appraisal checklist – qualitative studies
  • Appendix I Quality appraisal checklist – economic evaluations
  • Appendix J Process for using review-level material in exceptional circumstances
  • Appendix K Examples of evidence tables
  • Appendix L NICE review format
  • Appendix M Fieldwork
  • Appendix N Expert testimony summary template
  • Update information
  • About this document

Overview

This manual describes the methods used by the Centre for Public Health Excellence (CPHE) in NICE to develop and update public health guidance.

This is not the current manual. From January 2015, guidelines were developed using Developing NICE guidelines: the manual.

Last reviewed: 26 September 2012


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