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Inventory of best evidence syntheses
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Evidence about clinical management
Evidence about health-system arrangements
Evidence about economic and social responses
Tips for using the inventory
Global spotlights drawn from the inventory
Approach to developing the inventory
Horizon scans for emerging issues
Community of those supporting decision-making
Living hub of COVID-19 knowledge hubs
Background to the living hub
Searchable database
Additional supports
Guide to key COVID-19 evidence sources
Evidence-packaging resources
Evidence-support models
Tips and tools
Resources for researchers
Priorities for new syntheses
Supports for evidence synthesizers
Interactive flow diagram
Clarify the issue or decision to be informed
Avoid duplication of effort
Access existing reviews
Identify ongoing reviews
Update an out-of-date review
Conduct a new review
Identify the research question and most appropriate approach
Assemble an appropriate team
Use digital applications and ‘crowd’
Register the review protocol
Search best sources of primary studies
Conduct and report the review using robust methods
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Principles for evidence packaging
Recognize the unique evidence
needs
of four distinct target audiences (patients/citizens, providers, policymakers and managers, and researchers) and relevant intermediaries (e.g., media and guideline developers), and recognize that for now with COVID-19 the two key ones are policymakers and providers
Before starting a new evidence-packaging initiative, identify existing initiatives that are already reaching a given target audience in a given language and context and consider whether to contribute to an existing initiative or complement existing initiatives in a
coordinated
way that will make sense to the target audience
Package only
high-quality and timely
evidence syntheses, technology assessments and guidelines (with primary attention given to COVID-focused evidence and secondary attention to broader COVID-relevant evidence)
Package the evidence in ways that can be
understood
(e.g., plain language and multiple languages)
and used easily
(e.g., graded-entry formats that provide a bottom-line message followed by more detail for those who want to more) by the target audience and in the context for which it was prepared
Disseminate the packaged evidence as
quickly as possible and ideally through existing channels
that are already being used by key target audiences
Approaches to evidence packaging
Communicating in plain language
Glossaries of COVID-19 terms like the ones from
Dictionary.com
, the
Kaiser Family Foundation
and the
University of Aberdeen
Tools to assess the readability of a communication like the one built into
MS Word
Consistent style for plain-language summaries like this one from
Cochrane
Complementary products like the
blogshot
,
podcast
,
visual abstract
from Cochrane (as well as additional visual abstracts from
Emory University’s School of Medicine
and infographics from
BMJ
)
Dissemination checklist
Translating content into multiple languages
Services provided by groups like
Translators without Borders
and technical second-best options like a
Google Translate widget
on a webpage
Organization-wide commitments to translating content into multiple languages by groups like
Cochrane
and
Evidence Aid
Meeting the needs of groups with distinct information needs
Patients, consumers and citizens
Resources to help make sense of health information from
Cochrane
and from the
Cochrane Consumer Network
Opportunity to collaborate on rapid reviews as part of the
COVID-19 consumer rapid-response group
or as citizen scientists on the
Cochrane Crowd platform
Additional Cochrane
resources to support participation in rapid reviews
Service providers
Actionable information to support point-of-care decision-making from
Cochrane Clinical Answers
Living systematic reviews that are updated regularly like the one on drug treatments from
Cochrane France
Policymakers and managers
Highlighting decision-relevant information like date of last search (to convey the currency of the evidence in a ‘fast-moving-science area’) and the quality of reviews and guidelines being profiled, like in recent rapid evidence profiles from the
McMaster Health Forum / RISE
Approach to drawing out implementation considerations like this one from
Cochrane
Profiles of COVID-relevant evidence from
Cochrane’s Effective Practice and Organization of Care review group
Grouping content thematically for those with shared interests
Resources for different clinical specialties like
fertility and pregnancy
, special collections for public-health and clinical management
topics like infection prevention and control
, and resources for broader health domains like
aging
from Cochrane
Resources for organizations engaged in addressing humanitarian emergencies from
Evidence Aid
Combatting mis-information
Resources to support fact checking from the
Public Media Alliance
Fact-checking services from
Africa Check
(Live Guide),
Cochrane Ireland
(iHealthFacts), and the
World Health Organization
(Myth busters)
Providing a ‘daily fix’ about what we know and don’t know
Daily updates about COVID-19 in general like the one from
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
or about COVID-19 evidence in particular like the one from Australia’s
Agency for Clinical Innovation
.
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