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The advantages of literature reviews rest on grounding the understanding of the health problem on actual data obtained by multiple researchers, from different client populations under different contexts, using different designs and methods. Results that are consistent across populations, contexts, and research methods enhance the accuracy of the conceptualization of the problem. Comprehensive lists of indicators and determinants of the problem are generated, reflecting different but complementary perspectives. These comprehensive lists reduce the likelihood of omitting a potentially significant indicator or determinant. The range of the severity level with which the problem is experienced by different client populations and in different contexts is identified. Factors contributing to different levels of problem severity may be revealed. Discrepancies in findings point to variability in the problem experience. This empirical knowledge of the health problem is useful in directing the development of interventions and in identifying the need for tailoring the intervention to the characteristics of different client populations and contexts.