📕Just telling stories? 📗 A new review sheds light on the effectiveness of narratives to inform health policy and systems #hpsr. The evidence base is weak, but findings suggest they can be effective but that there are also potential downsides. …alth-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Great session yesterday from Rasha Fad and Lama Bou Karroum

1. I think the EITHER RR (rapid review) OR SR (systematic review) discourse is unhelpful. If something is so urgent that it it needs to be done as a RR, then it is likely to be on the decision making agenda for years to come.

Findings of our systematic review suggest that, while #narratives or storytelling may have a positive influence on health policy change, they may sometimes lead to undesirable outcomes

Interesting...though this may vary depending on comprehensiveness of search strategy, type & volume of studies retrieved, and rigor of synthesis method, all of which have implications on number & skill mix of reviewers and tools/programs needed to complete the #systematicreview

This is the first systematic review of priority setting approaches and exercises conducted to prioritize topics or questions for evidence syntheses Rasha Fad Elie Akl Fadi El-Jardali Amena El-Harakeh Lama Bou Karroum Tamara Lotfi (she/her) @lamahishi

Findings of our recent #systematicreview on priority setting for evidence syntheses led to the creation of a common framework of steps, criteria and stakeholders for prioritizing topics or questions for evidence syntheses #prioritysetting Alliance for HPSR

Pleased to share our recent systematic review on priority setting for evidence syntheses

Our systematic review identified 25 prioritization criteria clustered in 10 domains for prioritizing topics or questions for evidence syntheses in any health-related area #prioritization #evidence_synthesis #systematicreview sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We categorized prioritization for evidence syntheses into 11 steps clustered in 3 phases: pre-prioritization, prioritization and post-prioritization phases. #evidence_synthesis #systematicreview #prioritization sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Most studies involved or proposed involving #stakeholders in the #prioritization process. These studies referred to 12 stakeholder categories, most frequently to health care providers and researchers. #prioritization #evidence_synthesis #systematicreview sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I repeat again: I am not being alarmist. What is happening in Italy is real and taking place now. Our government is not preparing us for that reality. We need immediate and assertive social distancing and closure policies. We need to prepare the NHS. This is a serious plea.

Health care workers (HCWs) are the backbone of health systems. Check out SPARK Center’s recently published systematic mapping of evidence on HCWs in conflict and post-conflict settings. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… Lama Bou Karroum Elie Akl Amena El-Harakeh Fadi El-Jardali

Our #SystematicReview on the effects of travel-related policies on the #COVID19 pandemic is finally out. Johanna Hanefeld Charbel El Bcheraoui Elie Akl Fadi El-Jardali Check it out: bit.ly/3lSJ3ct

Our #SystematicReview mapped #travel policies adopted by countries in response to the #COVID-19 pandemic and assessed the public health effects of these policies bit.ly/3lSJ3ct Elie Akl Fadi El-Jardali Charbel El Bcheraoui Robert Koch-Institut

Border closure may reduce the number of #COVID19 cases, disease spread across countries and between regions, and slow the progression of the #outbreak. Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🔎Are COVID-19 Public Health & Social Measures (PHSM) effective? Our article provides insights from 94 systematic reviews on the effectiveness & unintended consequences of #PHSM: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ce… Elie Akl Fadi El-Jardali Rasha Fad Lama Bou Karroum @LudolphRamona

Discover the breadth of PHSM interventions and outcomes covered in our Evidence & Gap Map! Our overview encapsulates insights from 94 reviews, providing a comprehensive look at #COVID_19 #PHSM response strategies. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ce…

While #PHSM may be effective in improving #COVID-19-related epidemiological outcomes, they may also have unintended health & socioeconomic consequences. Decision-makers need to find a balance between effectiveness & unintended consequences. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ce…

Our overview of reviews looked at the evidence from 94 systematic reviews to understand the impact of public health and social measures implemented during #COVID_19 pandemic. Here are the implications for research onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ce…