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Evidence for Health Decision Making — Beyond Randomized, Controlled Trials by Frieden, Thomas R

“…Randomized, controlled trials are key in advancing medical understanding, but some questions are not amenable to this approach. This review explores the…”
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A Framework for Public Health Action: The Health Impact Pyramid by Frieden, Thomas R

“…A 5-tier pyramid best describes the impact of different types of public health interventions and provides a framework to improve health. At the base of this…”
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Six Components Necessary for Effective Public Health Program Implementation by FRIEDEN, Thomas R

“…Public health programs succeed and survive if organizations and coalitions address 6 key areas. (1) Innovation to develop the evidence base for action; (2) a…”
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Identifying and Interrupting Superspreading Events-Implications for Control of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 by Frieden, Thomas R, Lee, Christopher T

“…It appears inevitable that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 will continue to spread. Although we still have limited information on the…”
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The Future of Public Health by Frieden, Thomas R

“…Though there has sometimes been distrust between the health care and public health fields, they are inevitably and increasingly interdependent. And…”
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Reducing the Risks of Relief — The CDC Opioid-Prescribing Guideline by Frieden, Thomas R, Houry, Debra

“…The CDC has released a guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain to set a safer, more effective course for pain management and opioid use by…”
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Ten Steps the Federal Government Should Take Now to Reverse the Opioid Addiction Epidemic by Kolodny, Andrew, Frieden, Thomas R

“…The US is in the midst of the worst drug addiction epidemic in its history. Prescriptions for and deaths from opioids both quadrupled between 1995 and 2010. By…”
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Medication-Assisted Therapies — Tackling the Opioid-Overdose Epidemic by Volkow, Nora D, Frieden, Thomas R, Hyde, Pamela S, Cha, Stephen S

“…Deeming prescription-opioid overdoses an epidemic, the Department of Health and Human Services is working to reduce opioid abuse while ensuring appropriate…”
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Of Masks and Methods by Frieden, Thomas R, Cash-Goldwasser, Shama

“…In their article, Bundgaard and colleagues report the results of a unique randomized controlled trial of masks in the community to mitigate SARS-CoV-2…”
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Preparing for Pandemics and Other Health Threats: Societal Approaches to Protect and Improve Health by Frieden, Thomas R, McClelland, Amanda

“…This Viewpoint discusses 3 areas in need of progress regarding societal approaches to pandemics and other health threats: a renaissance in public health;…”
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The "Million Hearts" initiative--preventing heart attacks and strokes by Frieden, Thomas R, Berwick, Donald M

“…Each year, more than 2 million Americans have a heart attack or stroke, and more than 800,000 of them die; cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death…”
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Government's Role in Protecting Health and Safety by Frieden, Thomas R

“…Despite criticism that some public health actions are intrusive, the author argues that it is appropriate for government to promote free and open information…”
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Sodium Reduction—Saving Lives by Putting Choice Into Consumers’ Hands by Frieden, Thomas R

“…Frieden talks about sodium reduction. One reason for the lack of progress is the continued ubiquity of dietary sodium in the US food supply. The Food and Drug…”
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Ebola 2014 — New Challenges, New Global Response and Responsibility by Frieden, Thomas R, Damon, Inger, Bell, Beth P, Kenyon, Thomas, Nichol, Stuart

“…Stopping the Ebola outbreak at its source will take many months. But three core interventions have stopped every previous outbreak and can stop this one:…”
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We Must Fix US Health and Public Health Policy by Frieden, Thomas R, Rajkumar, Rahul, Mostashari, Farzad

“…Despite a history of public health progress and the most expensive health care system in the world, the United States failed in its initial response to…”
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Global health security: the wider lessons from the west African Ebola virus disease epidemic by Heymann, David L, Prof, Chen, Lincoln, MD, Takemi, Keizo, Prof, Fidler, David P, Prof, Tappero, Jordan W, MD, Thomas, Mathew J, MPH, Kenyon, Thomas A, MD, Frieden, Thomas R, MD, Yach, Derek, MBChB, Nishtar, Sania, FRCP, Kalache, Alex, Olliaro, Piero L, Prof, Horby, Peter, Prof, Torreele, Els, PhD, Gostin, Lawrence O, Prof, Ndomondo-Sigonda, Margareth, MBA, Carpenter, Daniel, Prof, Rushton, Simon, PhD, Lillywhite, Louis, MSc, Devkota, Bhimsen, Prof, Koser, Khalid, Prof, Yates, Rob, MBA, Dhillon, Ranu S, MD, Rannan-Eliya, Ravi P, DPH

“…Summary The Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa was unprecedented in both its scale and impact. Out of this human calamity has come renewed attention…”
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Ounces of Prevention — The Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared Beverages by Brownell, Kelly D, Frieden, Thomas R

“…Kelly Brownell and Thomas Frieden discuss recently proposed large taxes on sugared beverages. The size of the taxes, their potential for generating revenue and…”
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Applying Public Health Principles to the HIV Epidemic — How Are We Doing? by Frieden, Thomas R, Foti, Kathryn E, Mermin, Jonathan

“…Despite substantial progress against HIV infection in the United States, the epidemic continues. Much more progress is possible through further application of…”
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Dietary Sodium and Cardiovascular Disease Risk — Measurement Matters by Cogswell, Mary E, Mugavero, Kristy, Bowman, Barbara A, Frieden, Thomas R

“…The benefit of reducing dietary sodium for lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease has been questioned because some studies have also linked low sodium…”
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Still not ready for Ebola by Frieden, Thomas R

“…Ebola is back. The disease that killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa just a few years ago has returned, striking the Democratic Republic of the Congo…”
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