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A comparative risk assessment for South Africa in 2000: Towards promoting health and preventing disease

Author: Norman, Rosana ; Bradshaw, Debbie ; Schneider, Michelle ; Joubert, Jane ; Groenewald, Pam ; Lewin, Simon ; Steyn, Krisela ; Vos, Theo ; Loubscher, Ria ; Nannan, Nadine ; Nojilana, Beatrice ; Pieterse, Desiréé ; the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group Date: 2007 A landmark project of the Medical Research Council, the first South African National Burden of Disease (SA NBD) study, identified the underlying causes of premature mortality and morbidity experienced in South Africa in the year 2000. (1) ... Read more c b n
An analysis of the utilisation of research information, in policy making and guidelines for the use of magnesium sulphate in the treatment of eclampsia and pre-eclampsia in South Africa

Author: Daniels, Karen Lorraine Date: 2006 Background: The literature suggests that although the idea of using evidence to inform policy making has come into favour, actualising this idea in practice is complex. Within the framework of these debates this dissertation focuses on the ... Read more
Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings: introduction to the series

Author: Lewin, Simon ; Booth, Andrew ; Glenton, Claire ; Munthe-Kaas, Heather ; Rashidian, Arash ; Wainwright, Megan ; Bohren, Meghan A ; Tunçalp, Özge ; Colvin, Christopher J ; Garside, Ruth ; Carlsen, Benedicte ; Langlois, Etienne V ; Noyes, Jane Date: 25 Jan 2018 The GRADE-CERQual (‘Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research’) approach provides guidance for assessing how much confidence to place in findings from systematic reviews of qualitative research (or qualitative evidence ... Read more
Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings–paper 6: how to assess relevance of the data

Author: Noyes, Jane ; Booth, Andrew ; Lewin, Simon ; Carlsen, Benedicte ; Glenton, Claire ; Colvin, Christopher J ; Garside, Ruth ; Bohren, Meghan A ; Rashidian, Arash ; Wainwright, Megan ; Tunςalp, Özge ; Chandler, Jacqueline ; Flottorp, Signe ; Pantoja, Tomas ; Tucker, Joseph D ; Munthe-Kaas, Heather Date: 25 Jan 2018 Background: The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) Working Group. The approach has been ... Read more
Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 2: how to make an overall CERQual assessment of confidence and create a Summary of Qualitative Findings table

Author: Lewin, Simon ; Bohren, Meghan ; Rashidian, Arash ; Munthe-Kaas, Heather ; Glenton, Claire ; Colvin, Christopher J ; Garside, Ruth ; Noyes, Jane ; Booth, Andrew ; Tunçalp, Özge ; Wainwright, Megan ; Flottorp, Signe ; Tucker, Joseph D ; Carlsen, Benedicte Date: 25 Jan 2018 Background: The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) Working Group. The approach has been ... Read more
Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 3: how to assess methodological limitations

Author: Munthe-Kaas, Heather ; Bohren, Meghan A ; Glenton, Claire ; Lewin, Simon ; Noyes, Jane ; Tunçalp, Özge ; Booth, Andrew ; Garside, Ruth ; Colvin, Christopher J ; Wainwright, Megan ; Rashidian, Arash ; Flottorp, Signe ; Carlsen, Benedicte Date: 25 Jan 2018 Abstract Background The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development ... Read more
Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 4: how to assess coherence

Author: Colvin, Christopher J ; Garside, Ruth ; Wainwright, Megan ; Munthe-Kaas, Heather ; Glenton, Claire ; Bohren, Meghan A ; Carlsen, Benedicte ; Tunçalp, Özge ; Noyes, Jane ; Booth, Andrew ; Rashidian, Arash ; Flottorp, Signe ; Lewin, Simon Date: 25 Jan 2018 Background: The GRADE-CERQual (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and EvaluationConfidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE working group. The approach has been developed ... Read more
Applying GRADE-CERQual to qualitative evidence synthesis findings—paper 5: how to assess adequacy of data

Author: Glenton, Claire ; Carlsen, Benedicte ; Lewin, Simon ; Munthe-Kaas, Heather ; Colvin, Christopher J ; Tunçalp, Özge ; Bohren, Meghan A ; Noyes, Jane ; Booth, Andrew ; Garside, Ruth ; Rashidian, Arash ; Flottorp, Signe ; Wainwright, Megan Date: 25 Jan 2018 Background: The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) working group. The approach has been ... Read more
“Communicate to vaccinate”: the development of a taxonomy of communication interventions to improve routine childhood vaccination

Author: Willis, Natalie ; Hill, Sophie ; Kaufman, Jessica ; Lewin, Simon ; Kis-Rigo, John ; De Castro Freire, Sara B ; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier ; Glenton, Claire ; Lin, Vivian ; Robinson, Priscilla ; Wiysonge, Charles S Date: 11 May 2013 Background: Vaccination is a cost-effective public health measure and is central to the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality. However, childhood vaccination coverage remains sub-optimal in many settings. While communication ... Read more
Conducting a meta-ethnography of qualitative literature: Lessons learnt

Author: Atkins, Salla ; Lewin, Simon ; Smith, Helen ; Engel, Mark E ; Fretheim, Atle ; Volmink, Jimmy Date: 2008 BACKGROUND:Qualitative synthesis has become more commonplace in recent years. Meta-ethnography is one of several methods for synthesising qualitative research and is being used increasingly within health care research. However, many aspects ... Read more c b
An evaluation of a provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) intervention for patients with sexually transmitted infections in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Leon, Natalie H Date: 2011 The objectives of the study were to assess the impact of a PITC intervention on HIV test uptake rates and on access to HIV care, to evaluate the extent to which ethical principles were upheld in its implementation, and to examine the influence ... Read more
Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: Linking guidance development to policy development

Author: Lavis, John N ; Røttingen, John-Arne ; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier ; Atun, Rifat ; El-Jardali, Fadi ; Gilson, Lucy ; Lewin, Simon ; Oliver, Sandy ; Ongolo-Zogo, Pierre ; Haines, Andy Date: 2012 In the second paper in a three-part series on health systems guidance, John Lavis and colleagues explore the challenge of linking guidance development and policy development at global and national levels. Read more c b
Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: Linking guidance development to policy development

Author: Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier ; Lavis, John N ; Lewin, Simon ; Atun, Rifat ; Røttingen, John-Arne ; Dröschel, Daniel ; Beck, Lise ; Abalos, Edgardo ; El-Jardali, Fadi ; Gilson, Lucy ; Oliver, Sandy ; Wyss, Kaspar ; Tugwell, Peter ; Kulier, Regina ; Pang, Tikki ; Haines, Andy Date: 2012 Present trends suggest that many of the poorest countries in the world, including many in sub-Saharan Africa, will not meet the health-related Millennium Development Goals [1] (MDGs), especially MDG 4 (reducing under-five mortality) and MDG ... Read more c b
The impact of provider-initiated (opt-out) HIV testing and counseling of patients with sexually transmitted infection in Cape Town, South Africa: a controlled trial

Author: Leon, Natalie ; Naidoo, Pren ; Mathews, Catherine ; Lewin, Simon ; Lombard, Carl Date: 2010 BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) for patients with sexually transmitted infection (STI) in resource-constrained settings are of particular concern for high HIV prevalence countries like South ... Read more c b
Implementing a provider-initiated testing and counselling (PITC) intervention in Cape town, South Africa: a process evaluation using the normalisation process model

Author: Leon, Natalie ; Lewin, Simon ; Mathews, Catherine Date: 2013 BACKGROUND:Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) increases HIV testing rates in most settings, but its effect on testing rates varies considerably. This paper reports the findings of a process evaluation of a controlled trial ... Read more c b
Implementing nurse-initiated and managed antiretroviral treatment (NIMART) in South Africa: a qualitative process evaluation of the STRETCH trial

Author: Georgeu, Daniella ; Colvin, Christopher ; Lewin, Simon ; Fairall, Lara ; Bachmann, Max ; Uebel, Kerry ; Zwarenstein, Merrick ; Draper, Beverly ; Bateman, Eric Date: 2012 BACKGROUND:Task-shifting is promoted widely as a mechanism for expanding antiretroviral treatment (ART) access. However, the evidence for nurse-initiated and managed ART (NIMART) in Africa is limited, and little is known about the key barriers ... Read more c b
Integrating HIV care into nurse-led primary health care services in South Africa: a synthesis of three linked qualitative studies

Author: Uebel, Kerry ; Guise, Andy ; Georgeu, Daniella ; Colvin, Christopher ; Lewin, Simon Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: The integration of HIV care into primary care services is one of the strategies proposed to increase access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in high HIV burden countries. However, how best to do this is poorly understood. ... Read more c b
Strengthening public health in South Africa: building a stronger evidence base for improving the health of the nation

Author: Bradshaw, Debbie ; Norman, Rosana ; Lewin, Simon ; Joubert, Jané ; Schneider, Michelle ; Nannan, Nadine ; Groenewald, Pam ; Laubscher, Ria ; Matzopoulos, Richard ; Nojilana, Beatrice ; Pieterse, Desiréé ; Steyn, Krisela Date: 2007 An assessment of the relative burden attributable to selected risk factors provides an important evidence base for prioritising risk factors that should be targeted for public health interventions. Selecting interventions should be based on ... Read more
Task shifting and integration of HIV care into primary care in South Africa: The development and content of the streamlining tasks and roles to expand treatment and care for HIV (STRETCH) intervention

Author: Uebel, Kerry ; Fairall, Lara ; van Rensburg, Dingie ; Mollentze, Willie ; Bachmann, Max ; Lewin, Simon ; Zwarenstein, Merrick ; Colvin, Christopher ; Georgeu, Daniella ; Mayers, Pat ; Faris, Gill ; Lombard, Carl ; Bateman, Eric Date: 2011 BACKGROUND:Task shifting and the integration of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care into primary care services have been identified as possible strategies for improving access to antiretroviral treatment (ART). This paper describes the ... Read more c b
Using qualitative evidence in decision making for health and social interventions: an approach to assess confidence in findings from qualitative evidence syntheses (GRADE-CERQual)

Author: Lewin, Simon ; Glenton, Claire ; Munthe-Kaas, Heather ; Carlsen, Benedicte ; Colvin, Christopher J ; Gülmezoglu, Metin ; Noyes, Jane ; Booth, Andrew ; Garside, Ruth ; Rashidian, Arash Date: 2015 Simon Lewin and colleagues present a methodology for increasing transparency and confidence in qualitative research synthesis. Read more c b

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