Partner evidence products
Evidence products prepared or updated by our partners and in collaboration with a network of evidence-support units supported by a secretariat housed at the McMaster health Forum can be accessed below.
Note that this page includes a suite of living evidence syntheses (LES) that synthesize the best-available evidence about the effectiveness of six public health and social measures (quarantine and isolation, masks, ventilation, physical distancing, reduction of contacts, hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette, cleaning, and disinfecting), as well as combinations of and adherence to these measures, in preventing transmission of respiratory infectious diseases.
| Title/question (if in progress) | Synthesis product type (product #) | Status | Date of last search (and publication) |
|---|---|---|---|
What is the impact of implementing (or removing) COVID-19 vaccine mandates on trust in institutions and in science, on psychological reactance, and/or on intention to get future doses/vaccines?
| Rapid synthesis (RS 13.2) | Complete | 25 March 2024 (1 April 2022) |
| Effectiveness of the Monovalent XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccines | LES 21.1 | Complete | 16 February 2024 (19 March 2024) |
Effectiveness of COVID-19 quarantine and isolation for reducing transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections, as well as impacting other individual and social outcomes in non-health care community-based settings
| LES 13.1 | Complete | 20 March 2023 (16 October 2023) |
| Effectiveness of masks for reducing transmission of COVID-19 in non-healthcare community-based settings | LES 14.1a | Complete | 3 March 2023 (16 October 2023) |
| Unintended consequences/outcomes of masking in response to COVID-19 in non-health care community-based settings | LES 14.1b | Complete | 22 February 2023 (16 October 2023) |
| Effectiveness of ventilation for reducing transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections in non-health care community-based settings | LES 15.1 | Complete | 3 March 2023 (16 October 2023) |
| Effectiveness of measures to reduce contacts for reducing transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections in non-health care community-based settings | LES 16.1a | Complete | 3 March 2023 (16 October 2023) |
| Effectiveness of physical distancing in reducing transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections in non-health care community-based settings | LES 16.1b | Complete | 3 March 2023 (16 October 2023) |
| Effectiveness of hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette for reducing transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses in non-health care community-based settings | LES 17.1 | Complete | 16 December 2022 (16 October 2023) |
| Effectiveness of cleaning and disinfecting for reducing transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections in non-health care community-based settings | LES 18.1 | Complete | 14 March 2023 (16 October 2023) |
| Effectiveness of interventions for promoting adherence to PHSMs for preventing COVID-19 and other respiratory infections in non-health care community-based settings | LES 19.1 | Complete | 3 March 2023 (16 October 2023) |
| Effectiveness of combinations of public health and social measures over time and across jurisdictions for reducing transmission of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections in non-healthcare community-based settings | LES 20.1 | Complete | 3 March 2023 (16 October 2023) |