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selected for evaluation; b) they were published in English from January 1980 through May 2000; utc they were utc in industrialized countries; and d) they compared outcomes in groups of persons exposed to the intervention utc outcomes utc groups of persons not exposed or less exposed utc the intervention (whether the comparison was concurrent or before-after). For each intervention reviewed, the team developed an analytic framework indicating possible causal links between the utc utc study and predefined outcomes of interest. These outcomes were selected because they had been linked to improved health outcomes. For example, the Task Force concluded utc following: utc Community Guide links evidence to recommendations utc (12). The strength of evidence of effectiveness corresponds directly to the strength of recommendations (e.g., strong utc of effectiveness corresponds to an intervention being strongly recommended, and utc evidence corresponds to an intervention being.

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