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What’s new in systematic reviews of prevalence methodology?

is developing tailored tools and guidance to address key challenges in bias assessment, publication bias, heterogeneity, and meta-analysis of prevalence. Editorial: https://ow.ly/jvsh50Yq2RR

🔎The latest issue of JBI Evidence Synthesis is out now.

Read issue 6, here 👉
🔗 https://journals.lww.com/jbisrir/pages/default.aspx

💡Key highlights of this issue are:

🔹 𝙀𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡: 𝙀𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙮: 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚:
To maximize the contribution of evidence synthesis to promoting health across traditionally disadvantaged populations, changes are needed in four areas: methodological approaches, conceptual frameworks, power structures, and translation into policy and practice.

🔹 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬: 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 2 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨:
It mapped the statistical and mathematical approaches used to estimate weight growth curves for children younger than 24 months. In addition to categorizing the approaches and classes of models identified, the authors examined the strengths and weaknesses of each model, identified knowledge gaps, and documented the statistical software used.

🔹 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬: 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙨 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙊𝙑𝙄𝘿-19 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩:
The authors explored the experiences of people with diabetes mellitus who used telehealth for diabetes management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the nine included studies, 66 findings were synthesized into three overarching findings that highlighted awareness of telehealth services and access to safe, high-quality care, the convenience of telehealth, and the importance of user-friendly infrastructure.

Read these and much more in the latest issue of JBI Evidence Synthesis 👇
https://journals.lww.com/jbisrir/pages/default.aspx

🎉We are pleased to welcome our newest entity in São Paulo, JBI Universidade Estadual de Campinas Evidence-Based Healthcare Research Centre.

🤝Hosted by the Nursing School at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in Campinas, the new entity aims to strengthen capacity building and knowledge dissemination across Brazil and Latin America. It will promote sustainable, equitable, and high-quality healthcare practices, particularly in areas with limited access to evidence-based training and resources.

“Our Centre distinguishes itself by acting at the interface between evidence synthesis for public policies and implementation of evidence at the point of care, being the only one in the country with this dual capability, and demonstrates a strong commitment to disseminating JBI methodologies in clinical practice,” said Flávia de Oliveira Motta Maia, Director of the JBI Universidade Estadual de Campinas Evidence-Based Healthcare Research Centre.

We look forward to its contributions to transforming health policy and practice through evidence in Brazil, Latin America, and across the JBI network. 🫶

👉 Learn more about our new partner in the news story:
🔗jbi.global/news/article/expanding-jbis-impact-across-latin-america

Unicamp - Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide,
contributes to health disparities, and places a major burden on healthcare systems globally.

Evidence-based prevention guidelines recommend moving beyond single risk factors toward an absolute CVD risk approach, which considers the combined and compounding effects of multiple risk factors to estimate a person’s overall likelihood of experiencing a event.

Within and health, a JBI Systematic Review Summary reports that
lifestyle-based interventions can have a modest but meaningful effect in reducing absolute
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Dietary interventions, physical activity, and lifestyle counselling were associated with
improvements in CVD risk scores, reinforcing their important role in primary prevention.

Learn more in the free access JBI Systematic Review Summary—a concise, high-quality, 4-page overview of a JBI Systematic Review, featuring infographics and practice recommendations. 👇

https://ow.ly/zWsj50Z60Mg