22 research outputs found
Research-Embedded Health Librarians as Facilitators of a Multidisciplinary Scoping Review
Program objective: To advance the methodology and improve the data management of the scoping review through the integration of two health librarians onto the clinical research team.
Participants and setting: Two librarians were embedded on a multidisciplinary, geographically dispersed pediatric palliative and end-of-life research team conducting a scoping review headquartered at the British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute.
Program: The team’s embedded librarians guided and facilitated all stages of a scoping review of 180 Q3 conditions and 10 symptoms.
Outcomes: The scoping review was enhanced in quality and efficiency through the integration of librarians onto the team.
Conclusions: Health librarians embedded on clinical research teams can help guide and facilitate the scoping review process to improve workflow management and overall methodology. Librarians are particularly well equipped to solve challenges arising from large data sets, broad research questions with a high level of specificity, and geographically dispersed team members. Knowledge of emerging and established citation-screening and bibliographic software and review tools can help librarians to address these challenges and provide efficient workflow management.
Contributions and recognition of patient partners in pediatric health research: a rapid scoping review protocol
Objective: The objective of this rapid scoping review is to: 1) assess the prevalence of acknowledgement and authorship of patient partners in pediatric health research; 2) understand how patient partners contribute through the research process; and 3) assess how patient engagement is identified in publications.
Introduction: Patient-Oriented Research (POR) is an area of increasing interest and activity, with growing funding opportunities. Patient partners with significant contributions to a research project may be eligible for formal acknowledgment or authorship, however locating patient-engaged studies is difficult and time consuming, so there is little understanding of the prevalence of patient partner acknowledgement or authorship and how patient partners typically contribute to research projects.
Inclusion criteria: This rapid scoping review will consider evidence sources that investigate topics related to pediatric patients aged (0-19 years) and that include acknowledgement or descriptions of one or more patient partner(s) contributions in one or more studies. We will exclude sources that include non-pediatric patients, are not in English, and not published in full in a journal (e.g. conference abstracts).
Methods: We will search MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid) and CINAHL (EBSCOhost). In addition, we will search key sources of POR literature. To increase the rapidity of this review, only 25% of sources will be reviewed and extracted by two team members and the remaining sources will be screened and extracted by a single reviewer. Data will be extracted using a data extraction tool developed by the reviewers. The results will be presented in a tabular/and/or charted format and accompanied by a narrative summary describing how the results related to the review objectives and questions
Contributions and recognition of patient partners in pediatric health research: a rapid scoping review
In Search of Concrete Outcomes—A Systematic Review on the Effectiveness of Educational Interventions on Reducing Acute Occupational Injuries
Education is a common strategy used to prevent occupational injuries. However, its effectiveness is often measured using surrogate measures instead of true injury outcomes. To evaluate the effectiveness of workplace educational interventions, we selectively analyzed studies that reported injury outcomes (PROSPERO ID: CRD42019140631). We searched databases for peer-reviewed journal articles and sources of grey literature such as abstracts, registered trials, and theses published between 2000 and 2019. Studies on educational interventions that reported fatal or non-fatal occupational injury outcomes were selected. Two reviewers independently and in duplicate screened the studies, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias. Heterogeneity in the data precluded meta-analysis, and the results were reviewed narratively. In total, 35 studies were included. Of which, 17 found a significant reduction in injuries, most of which featured a multifaceted approach or non-didactic education. The remaining studies either described equivocal results or did not report statistical significance. Overall, interventions in the manufacturing industry were more effective than those in the construction sector. Risk of bias among included studies was moderate to high. In conclusion, educational interventions could be an effective part of multifaceted injury prevention programs. However, over-reliance on didactic education alone is not advised.Medicine, Faculty ofOther UBCNon UBCPediatrics, Department ofReviewedFacultyResearcherUndergraduat
Interventions for Preventing Residential Fires in Vulnerable Neighbourhoods and Indigenous Communities : A Systematic Review of the Literature
Globally, residential fires constitute a substantial public health problem, causing major fire-related injury morbidity and mortality. This review examined the literature on residential fire prevention interventions relevant to Indigenous communities and assess their effectiveness on mitigating fire incidents and their associated human and economic burden. This review reveals the dearth of fire prevention evidence gathered directly within Indigenous communities. Nonetheless, relevant fire prevention recommendations can be made, calling for the adoption of combined and context-sensitive fire prevention interventions tailored to targeted Indigenous and vulnerable communities through multiple approaches and measures. Follow-ups and longitudinal studies are critical for accurate evaluation of the long-term outcomes and impacts on preventing residential fires.Medicine, Faculty ofPediatrics, Department ofNon UBCReviewedFacultyResearche