Screening strategies for hypertension

BM Schmidt, S Durao, I Toews… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Hypertension is a major public health challenge affecting more than one billion
people worldwide; it disproportionately affects populations in low‐and middle‐income …

Factors that influence parents' and informal caregivers' views and practices regarding routine childhood vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis

S Cooper, BM Schmidt, EZ Sambala… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Childhood vaccination is one of the most effective ways to prevent serious
illnesses and deaths in children. However, worldwide, many children do not receive all …

Community‐level interventions for improving access to food in low‐and middle‐income countries

S Durao, ME Visser, V Ramokolo… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background After decades of decline since 2005, the global prevalence of
undernourishment reverted and since 2015 has increased to levels seen in 2010 to 2011 …

Routine Health Information System (RHIS) improvements for strengthened health system management

N Leon, Y Balakrishna, A Hohlfeld… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background A well‐functioning routine health information system (RHIS) can provide the
information needed for health system management, for governance, accountability …

[HTML][HTML] Cochrane corner: factors that influence compliance by healthcare workers with infection prevention and control guidelines for COVID-19 and other respiratory …

S Cooper, A Wiyeh, BM Schmidt… - The Pan African Medical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As rates of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continue rising in Africa, usage of
infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies by healthcare workers (HCW) is critical. We …

Rapid molecular tests for tuberculosis and tuberculosis drug resistance: a qualitative evidence synthesis of recipient and provider views

N Engel, EA Ochodo, PW Karanja… - Cochrane Database …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Programmes that introduce rapid molecular tests for tuberculosis and
tuberculosis drug resistance aim to bring tests closer to the community, and thereby cut …

Health worker experiences of and perspectives on engaging men in HIV care: A qualitative study in Cape Town, South Africa

N Mbokazi, R Madzima, N Leon… - Journal of the …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Men generally fare worse than women across the HIV cascade. While we know much about
how men perceive the health services, we know little about how health workers (HWs) …

[HTML][HTML] Factors that influence parents' and informal caregivers' acceptance of routine childhood vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis

S Cooper, BM Schmidt, EZ Sambala… - The Cochrane …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Vaccination is considered one of the most effective public health interventions
for reducing infant and child morbidity and mortality globally (CDC 1999; WHO 2018a) …

[HTML][HTML] Definitions, components and processes of data harmonisation in healthcare: a scoping review

BM Schmidt, CJ Colvin, A Hohlfeld, N Leon - BMC Medical Informatics and …, 2020 - Springer
Background Data harmonisation (DH) has emerged amongst health managers, information
technology specialists and researchers as an important intervention for routine health …

Characteristics of knowledge translation platforms and methods for evaluating them: a scoping review protocol

BM Schmidt, S Cooper, T Young, NS Jessani - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Knowledge translation platforms (KTPs) are intermediary organisations,
initiatives or networks whose intent is to bridge the evidence into action divide. Strategies …