审查自我描述的政策制定相关证据库:COVID-19文献的证据地图
Emelda E Chukwu1, Katie Woolaston2, Ricardo Kaufer3
1Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Microbiology Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria.
BMJ public health
|February 28, 2025
概括
这项研究绘制了有关COVID-19政策制定的证据,发现流程失败和证据利用不足是关键挑战. 为了未来的流行病准备,需要采用跨学科的方法.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 基于证据的政策制定.
背景情况:
- COVID-19 疫情强调了在卫生紧急情况期间及时,基于证据的政策制定的关键需要.
- 现有研究强调了在危机情况下指导政策决策的重要依赖新出现的证据.
研究的目的:
- 分析政策相关的COVID-19文献中的重点和证据类型.
- 在疫情期间识别基于证据的政策制定中的证据缺口和被认为的偏见.
- 绘制有关COVID-19流行病的与政策相关的证据.
主要方法:
- 在SCOPUS,PubMed和LexisNexis中系统地搜索文献,寻找与政策相关的COVID-19证据.
- 包括2020年1月至2022年12月期间发表的同行评审文章,书章和评论.
- 至少有两位作者独立提取和编码数据以确保一致性.
主要成果:
- 审查了213篇文章,主要作者来自50个国家,主要是发达经济体 (美国,英国,澳大利亚).
- 文章的主要目的包括介绍与政策相关的研究结果 (60.1%),检查政策影响 (28.6%),并突出政策需求 (22.5%).
- 确定的决策挑战包括流程失败和证据利用不足.
结论:
- 涉及利益相关者和优质研究的跨学科政策方法对于预防未来的公共卫生危机至关重要.
- 解决证据缺口和利用挑战对于有效的流行病准备至关重要.
- 该研究提供了一个证据地图,以指导未来的政策和研究工作.
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