Prioritization of Themes and Research Questions for Health Outcomes in Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Crises or Other Major Healthcare Emergencies

Group, E A P S G Evidence Aid Priority Setting

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“…As a consequence, Evidence Aid has worked with a wide variety of people and organizations from the disaster and humanitarian sectors in 2013 to create a list of top priority questions in need of research and systematic reviews. 8 Although it was recognized that Evidence Aid would not be able to tackle all the research questions identified in this process, it would provide a means to gather them together for sharing with relevant agencies. The need to develop good communication, secure funding, and define and identify the relevant evidence featured highly in the final discussions and were accepted as important themes for the Third Evidence Aid Conference.…”

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Second Evidence Aid Conference: Prioritizing Evidence in Disaster Aid

Vandekerckhove¹,

Clarke

Buck³

et al. 2013

Disaster med. public health prep.

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The Second Evidence Aid Conference took place in Brussels, Belgium, in October 2012, jointly organized by Evidence Aid and the Belgian Red Cross-Flanders. It provided an opportunity to build on the discussions from the 2011 First Evidence Aid Conference in Oxford, England, and prioritize the future work of Evidence Aid. Within the plenary presentations, discussions, and small work groups, the more than 80 international participants addressed issues regarding the need, use, and prioritization of evidence. Three parallel workshops focused on the prioritization of research, systematic reviews, and data to be collected during disasters, leading to a suggested prioritization framework and a commitment to identify key areas for evidence in disasters. Working with a wide variety of people and organizations from the disaster and humanitarian sectors, Evidence Aid will take this framework and develop a list of top priority questions in need of research and systematic reviews. Although Evidence Aid will not be able to address all of the research questions that will be identified in this process, it will collect them for sharing with relevant agencies. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2013;7:593-596).

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Second Evidence Aid Conference: Prioritizing Evidence in Disaster Aid

Vandekerckhove¹,

Clarke

Buck³

et al. 2013

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Changes in school feeding operations during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 139 countries

Ferrero,

Wineman,

Mitchell

2023

Food Sec.

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School meal programs, which provide students with meals, snacks, or take-home rations and serve as a safety net for vulnerable children worldwide, were severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study draws on the 2021 Global Survey of School Meal Programs to explore changes in school feeding operations during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify factors that can facilitate program resilience. The survey, inclusive of both closed and open-ended questions, gathered data on 183 programs operating in 139 countries. Findings suggest that, even though school meal programs were negatively affected by the pandemic and associated school closures, they responded with creativity, employing new feeding modalities, venues of distribution, and approaches to targeting. Regression results further show that involvement of nutritionists was associated with continuity (a lack of interruption) of feeding services. Flexibility and preparedness were highlighted as factors that strengthened programs in a time of crisis. At the same time, the experience of emergencies that occur simultaneously or in quick succession (“stacked” emergencies) hampered their ability to operate. Survey results confirm that attention must be given to school meal programs in low-income settings, as school feeding coverage is lowest in such settings, these programs often have limited resources, and they are more likely to experience stacked emergencies.

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Communication vs evidence: What hinders the outreach of science during an infodemic? A narrative review

Bella¹,

Allen

Lirussi

2021

Integrative Medicine Research

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic is placing significant pressure on national and international health organizations and the measures taken to combat it are having many impacts beyond health. At the same time, misleading communication practices and what has been called an “infodemic” by the World Health Organization have been hampering the uptake of coronavirus-related scientific information. Moreover, public awareness about the dangers of the infodemic remains poor, and misinformation may lead to hazardous behaviours. We therefore analysed factors potentially undermining communication of scientific evidence and proposed strategies to counteract this phenomenon. Methods We sought official academic and institutional publications of any type, published in English and analyzed their approaches to communication used during the pandemic. Results The factors that might undermine appropriate communication include but are not limited to (a) the exponential increase of COVID-19-related publications, often including biases in the peer-review and editorial process; (b) the role of traditional media; (c) politicization of the virus; and (d) the impact of social media. We argue that evidence synthesis and knowledge translation are useful tools to communicate accurate scientific evidence to decision-makers. Conclusion Clear and concise messages in this form can help decision-makers to interpret data correctly, take consequent actions, and avoid being compromised by low-quality or even misleading information.

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Prioritization of Themes and Research Questions for Health Outcomes in Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Crises or Other Major Healthcare Emergencies

Cited by 22 publications

References 12 publications

Second Evidence Aid Conference: Prioritizing Evidence in Disaster Aid

Second Evidence Aid Conference: Prioritizing Evidence in Disaster Aid

Changes in school feeding operations during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from 139 countries

Communication vs evidence: What hinders the outreach of science during an infodemic? A narrative review

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