WILEY NEWS RELEASE

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

June 8, 2006

For Immediate Release

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Wiley Announces Launch of Evidence-Based Child Health: A 

Cochrane Review Journal



Chichester, England, June 8, 2006 - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 

a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announces the 

launch of Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review 

Journal to complement its expanding Evidence-Based Medicine 

(EBM) portfolio.



Available online via Wiley InterScience, Evidence-Based 

Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal , (www.evidence-

basedchildhealth.com) presents concise, easy to understand, 

interesting expert commentaries and summaries from The 

Cochrane Library and other key systematic child health 

reviews in their clinical context.  The purpose of the 

journal is to regularly highlight relevant, timely and 

topical reviews, to inform evidence-based decision-making in 

child health.



The new journal is edited by the paediatric leadership 

within the Cochrane Child Health Field.  These clinicians 

have vast experience in writing and publishing systematic 

reviews and have taken the next step of information 

translation to make the valuable information found in 

Cochrane Reviews work in actual practice.



Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal 

commentaries use ALL information around a given clinical 

problem, including the review that is set in context of ALL 

information.  The journal gives the authors of the original 

Cochrane Reviews the opportunity to respond to the child 

health experts’ commentaries and a balanced discussion 

ensues.  A methodology piece written by paediatric 

colleagues is added to each issue, explaining statistical 

and epidemiological issues in order to make the use of the 

evidence easier for practitioners.



"Evidence-Based Medicine is playing an increasingly 

important role in the future of clinical practice," said 

Deborah Dixon, Editorial and Business Development Director, 

Health Sciences.   "With the launch of Evidence-Based Child 

Health: A Cochrane Review Journal, Wiley will provide 

practitioners, parents, patients and other child health 

advocates with content to inform their clinical decision 

making and an integrated content and tool offering that 

enhances the quality of medical care."



Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal 

adopts Wiley’s new business model for newly launched medical 

journals and in 2006, institutions can opt to receive 

complimentary online access throughout the year.



The launch of Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review 

Journal complements Wiley’s existing EBM portfolio which 

includes InfoPOEMs, Evidence-Based Medical Guidelines and 

The Cochrane Library. 



Content of the first issue includes an “umbrella review” 

which synthesizes the evidence from several Cochrane reviews 

on nocturnal enuresis (bed-wetting) in one accessible and 

usable document.  The review compiles evidence from seven 

separate Cochrane Reviews.



Other reviews in the first issue of Evidence-Based Child 

Health: A Cochrane Review Journal include:



Intravenous aminophylline for acute severe asthma in 

children over two years receiving inhaled bronchodilators



Chest radiograph in acute respiratory infections in 

children



Preoperative fasting for preventing perioperative 

complications in children



Alarm interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children



Interventions to prevent hypothermia at birth in preterm 

and/or low birthweight babies



Air versus oxygen for resuscitation of infants at birth



If you would like to see a full list of Reviews published 

in the first issue of Evidence-Based Child Health: A 

Cochrane Review Journal, or would like to request full 

access to the contents of the journal, please contact. 



Contact:        Polly Young

Tel:            +44 (0)1243 770633

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About Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal



Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal 

contains high quality health care information, including 

Systematic Reviews available from The Cochrane Library 

(http://www.thecochranelibrary.com) These Reviews bring 

together research on the effects of health care and are 

considered the gold standard for determining the relative 

effectiveness of different interventions. The Cochrane 

Collaboration (http://www.cochrane.org) is a UK registered 

international charity and the world's leading producer of 

systematic Reviews. 



Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal 

publishes four times a year and can be accessed at 

http://www.evidence-basedchildhealth.com. Guest users may 

access abstracts for all Reviews in the journal, and members 

of the media may request full access to the contents of the 

journal.   Free article samples are available on the 

website.  For further information, see contact details 

below.



About Wiley’s New Business Model for Journals



Wiley is introducing a new business model for newly launched 

Scientific, Technical and Medical Journals, designed to 

establish fair pricing for new journals and to encourage 

usage and uptake.  During 2006, institutions can opt to 

receive complimentary online access throughout the year for 

any or all of these journals.  Institutions may also request 

one complimentary print subscription when registering for 

complimentary online access for a given journal.  Pricing 

for the journals will be set in 2007 based on the overall 

demand for the journal and one the size and type of 

subscribing institution (academic, government, hospital or 

corporate).  There is no obligation to subscribe in 2007 if 

you opt for free access in 2006.



About Wiley



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at http://www.wiley.com/ 

 

About Wiley InterScience



Introduced in 1997 and launched commercially in January 

1999, Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) is a 

leading international resource for quality content promoting 

discovery across the spectrum of scientific, technical, 

medical and professional endeavors. In nearly a decade, 

Wiley InterScience has built its reputation by regularly 

adding new content and functionality; offering sophisticated 

search and navigation capabilities; and providing robust 

online manuscript submission and management tools. 



Today, Wiley InterScience features must-have content from 

more than 2,500 journals, books, reference works, databases, 

laboratory manuals and The Cochrane Library, which is the 

world’s best-known resource for evidence-based medicine. 

More than half of Wiley’s journals on Wiley InterScience are 

digitized back to Volume 1, Issue 1 as part of the 

development of the journal backfile initiative. 

When the initiative is completed in 2007, in conjunction 

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