Evidence about economic and social responses
Below we provide the ‘best’ living evidence syntheses currently available (i.e., the highest quality, most regularly updated living evidence syntheses) about economic and social responses to COVID-19. All other evidence syntheses can be found in the searchable COVID-END inventory of evidence syntheses, which is organized using the COVID-END taxonomy of decisions.
| Topic addressed | Criteria for 'best evidence synthesis' | Details to support relevance assessment | Additional decision-relevant details | Citation | ||||
| Date of last search | Quality (AMSTAR) rating | Evidence-certainty (e.g., GRADE) assessment available | Key findings | Living evidence synthesis | Type of synthesis | Type of question | ||
| Reducing transmission in educational settings | 2021-07-22 | 7/9 | No | When infection prevention and control measures are in place and adhered to, the risk of transmission among children in schools, daycares and camps, and from children to adults more generally is probably low | Yes (row content last checked on 2022-11-22) | Rapid review | Other | National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. Living Rapid Review Update 17: What is the specific role of daycares and schools in COVID-19 transmission? Hamilton, ON: McMaster University; 2021. |
| 2022-01-03 | 8/10 | No | The risk of transmission of COVID-19 within post-secondary institutions and the effects of strategies to mitigate on-campus outbreaks are currently uncertain, while variable reports have been found for test positivity among students and/or faculty and staff | Yes (row content last checked on 2022-11-22) | Rapid review | Other | National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. Living rapid review update 4: What is known about the risk of transmission of COVID-19 within post-secondary institutions and the strategies to mitigate on-campus outbreaks?Hamilton, ON: McMaster University; 2022. | |
| 2021-09-14 | 10/11 | Yes | The effects of using a strategy of test‐based attendance compared to routine isolation after having contact with a COVID-19 case are uncertain in terms of infection rates, and test-based attendance may have little or no difference in terms of COVID‐related absences. | Yes (row content last checked on 2022-11-22) | Full review | Benefits and harms | Pizarro AB, Persad E, Durao S, Nussbaumer-Streit B, Engela-Volker JS, McElvenny D, et al. Workplace interventions to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection outside of healthcare settings. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2022;(5):Art. No.: CD015112. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD015112.pub2 | |
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