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Standards for CHERG reviews of intervention effects on child survival

Walker, Neff ; Fischer-Walker, Christa ; Bryce, Jennifer ; Bahl, Rajiv ; Cousens, Simon

In: International Journal of Epidemiology, 2010, vol. 39, p. i21-i31

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    Titre
    • Standards for CHERG reviews of intervention effects on child survival
    Auteur
    • Walker, Neff. Institute for International Programs, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Department of Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland and 3Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
    • Fischer-Walker, Christa. Institute for International Programs, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Department of Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland and 3Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
    • Bryce, Jennifer. Institute for International Programs, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Department of Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland and 3Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
    • Bahl, Rajiv. Institute for International Programs, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Department of Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland and 3Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
    • Cousens, Simon. Institute for International Programs, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Department of Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland and 3Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • International Journal of Epidemiology, 2010, vol. 39, p. i21-i31. Oxford University Press
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:298762
    Summary
    Background The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) uses estimates of the effects of interventions on cause-specific child mortality as a basis for generating projections of child lives that could be saved by increasing coverage of effective interventions. Estimates of intervention effects are an essential element of LiST, and need to reflect the best available scientific evidence. This article describes the guidelines developed by the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) that are applied by scientists conducting reviews of intervention effects for use in LiST. Methods The guidelines build on and extend those developed by the Cochrane Collaboration and the Working Group for Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE). They reflect the experience gained by the CHERG intervention review groups in conducting the reviews published in this volume, and will continue to be refined through future reviews. Presentation of the guidelines Expected products and guidelines are described for six steps in the CHERG intervention review process: (i) defining the scope of the review; (ii) conducting the literature search; (iii) extracting information from individual studies; (iv) assessing and summarizing the evidence; (v) translating the evidence into estimates of intervention effects and (vi) presenting the results. Conclusions The CHERG intervention reviews represent an ambitious effort to summarize existing evidence and use it as the basis for supporting sound public health decision making through LiST. These efforts will continue, and a similar process is now under way to assess intervention effects for reducing maternal mortality