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Methods Guidance Documents

Antequera A, Stallings E, Henry RS, Lopez-Alcalde JL, Runnels V, Tudiver S, Tugwell P, Welch V. Sex and Gender Appraisal Tool-Systematic reviews-2 and participation-to-prevalence ratio assessed to whom the evidence applies in sepsis reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022;142:119-132.

Dewidar O, Kawala BA, Antequera A, Tricco AC, Tovey D, Straus S, Glover R, et al. Methodological guidance for incorporating equity when informing rapid-policy and guideline development. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022:150:142-153.

Parker R, Tomlinson E, Concannon TW, Akl E, Petkovic J, Welch VA, Crowe S, et al. Factors to consider during identification and invitation of individuals in a multi-stakeholder research project. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2022. DOI:10.1007/s11606-022-07411-w

O'Neill J, Tabish H, Welch V, Petticrew M, Pottie K, Clarke M, Evans T, Pardo Pardo J, Waters E, White H, Tugwell P. Applying an equity lens to interventions: using PROGRESS ensures consideration of socially stratifying factors to illuminate inequities in health. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2014, 67 (1), pg. 56-64. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.08.005

Tugwell P, Welch VA, Karunananthan S, Maxwell LJ, Akl EA, Avey MT, Bhutta ZA, et al. When to replicate systematic reviews of interventions: Consensus checklist. BMJ. 2020;370:m2864.

Welch VA, Norheim OF, Jull J, Cookson R, Sommerfelt H, Tugwell P, CONSORT-Equity and Boston Equity Symposium. CONSORT-Equity 2017 extension and elaboration for better reporting of health equity in randomised trials. BMJ. 2017;359:j5085.

Welch V, Petticrew M, Tugwell P, Moher D, O'Neill J, Waters E, White H, and the PRISMA-Equity Bellagio Group. (2012) PRISMA-Equity 2012 Extension: Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Health Equity. PLoS Med 9(10): e1001333. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001333

Welch VA, Petkovic J, Jull J, Hartling L, Klassen T, Kristjansson E, Pardo Pardo J, Petticrew M, Stott DJ, Thomson D, Ueffing E, Williams K, Young C, Tugwell P. Chapter 16: Equity and specific populations. In: Higgins JPT, Thomas J, Chandler J, Cumpston M, Li T, Page MJ, Welch VA (editors). Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions version 6.0 (updated July 2019). Cochrane, 2019. Available from www.training.cochrane.org/handbook.

Pottie K, Welch VA, Morton R, Akl EA, Eslava-Schmalbach JH, Katikireddi V, Singh J, Moja L, Lang E, Magrini N, Thabane L, Stanev R, Matovinovic E, Snellman A, Briel M, Shea B, Tugwell P, Schunemann H, Alonso-Coello P. GRADE Equity Guidelines 4: Guidance on how to assess and address health equity within the evidence to decision process. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Aug 9. [Epub ahead of print].

Welch VA, Akl EA, Pottie K, Ansari MT, Briel M, Christensen R, Dans A, Dans L, Eslava-Schmalbach J, Guyatt G, Hultcrantz M, Jull J, Katikireddi SV, Land E, Matovinovic E, Meerpohl JJ, Morton RL, Mosdol A, Murad MH, Petkovic J, Schunemann H, Sharaf R, Shea B, Singh JA, Sola I, Stanev R, Stein A, Thabaneii L, Tonia T, Tristan M, Vitols S, Watine J, Tugwell P. GRADE equity guidelines 3: health equity considerations in rating the certainty of synthesized evidence. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print].

Akl EA, Welch VA, Pottie K, Eslava-Schmalbach J, Darzi A, Sola I, Katikireddi SV, Singh J, Murad MH, Meerpohl J, Stanev R, Lang E, Matovinovic E, Shea B, Agoritsas T, Alexander PE, Snellman A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Gloss D, Thabane L, Shi C, Stein AT, Sharaf R, Briel M, Guyatt G, Schunemann H, Tugwell P. GRADE Equity Guidelines 2: Considering health equity in the GRADE guideline development: Equity extension of the GRADE Development Checklist. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 May 9. [Epub ahead of print].

Welch VA, Akl EA, Guyatt G, Pottie K, Eslava-Schmalbach J, Ansari MT, de Beer H, Briel M, Dans T, Dans I, Hultcrantz M, Jull J, Katikireddi SV, Meerpohl J, Morton R, Mosdol A, Petkovic J, Schunemann H, Sharaf RN, Singh JA, Stanev R, Tonia T, Tristan M, Vitols S, Watine J, Tugwell P. GRADE equity guidelines 1: health equity in guideline developement-introduction and rationale. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Apr 12. [Epub ahead of print].

Ueffing E, Tugwell P, Welch V, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E. for the Cochrane Health Equity Field. 2009. Equity Checklist for Systematic Review Authors. Version 2012-10-04.

Peer Reviewed Papers

2024

Lotfi T, Welch V, Pardo Pardo J, Petkovic J, Treweek S, Darzi AJ, Glover R, et al. Equity in evidence synthesis: You can’t play on broken strings. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. 2024;2:e12091

Rizvi A. Kearns M, Dignam M, Coates A, Sharp MK, Magwood O, Labelle PR, et al. Effects of guaranteed basic income interventions on poverty-related outcomes in high-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2024; 20:c1414.

2023

Akl EA, Khabsa J, Schunemann HJ, Tomlinson E, Parker R, Tugwell P, Concannon TW. A new taxonomy is proposed for defining the interests of stakeholders' representatives in health research: the case of guideline development. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023;S0895-4356(23)00146-4.

Parker R, Petkovic J, Pardo Pardo J, Darzi A, Dewidar O, Khabsa J, Kristjansson E, et al. The equity group: Supporting Cochrane's social responsibility of improving health equity. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. 2023;1:e12012.

Tomlinson E, Pardo Pardo J, Sivesind T, Szeto MD, Laughter M, Foxlee R, Brown M, et al. Prioritising Cochrane reviews to be updated with health equity focus. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2023;22:81.

Dewidar O, Lotfi T, Langendam MW, Parmelli E, Parkinson ZS, Solo K, Chu DK, et al. Good or best practice statements: proposal for the operationalisation and implementation of GRADE guidance. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2023;28(3):189-196.

Petkovic J, Magwood O, Lytvyn L, Khabsa J, Concannon TW, Welch V, Todhunter-Brown A, et al. Key issues for stakeholder engagement in the development of health and healthcare guidelines. Research Involvement and Engagement. 2023;9:27.

Wang H, Dewidar O, Whittle SL, Ghogomu E, Hazlewood G, Leder K, Mbuagbaw L, et al. Equity considerations in COVID-19 vaccination studies of individuals with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases. Arthritis Care Res. 2023;75(5):967-974.

Karran EL, Cashin AG, Barker T, Boyd MA, Chiarotto A, Dewidar O, Petkovic J, et al. The 'what' and 'how' of screening for social needs in healthcare settings: a scoping review. PeerJ. 2023; 11:e15263.

Nicholls S. G, Al-Jaishi A. A, Niznick H, Carroll K, Madani M. T, Peak K. D, Madani L, Nevins P, Adisso L, Li F, Weijer C, Mitchell S. L, Welch V, Quiñones A. R, Taljaard M. Health equity considerations in pragmatic trials in Alzheimer's and dementia disease: Results from a methodological review. Alzheimer’s Dement. 2023; 15:e12392. DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12392.

Wang X, Dewidar O, Rizvi A, Huang J, Desai P, Doyle R, Ghogomu E, et al. A scoping review establishes need for consensus guidance on reporting health equity in observational studies. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023;S0895-4356(23)00156-7.

Funnell S, Jull J, Mbuagbaw L, Welch V, Dewidar O, Wang X, Lesperance M, et al. Improving social justice in observational studies: protocol for the development of a global and Indigenous STROBE-equity reporting guideline. Int J Equity Health. 2023;22(1):55.

2022

Dewidar O, Rader T, Waddington H, Nicholls SG, Little J, Hardy B, Horsley T, et al. Reporting of health equity considerations in equity-relevant observational studies: Protocol for a systematic assessment. F1000Research. 2022;11:615. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.122185.1

Petkovic J, Riddle A, Lytvyn L, Khabsa K, Akl EA, Welch V, Magwood O, Atwere P, et al. PROTOCOL: Guidance for stakeholder engagement in health guideline development: a scoping review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2022. DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1242

Magwood O, Riddle A, Petkovic J, Lytvyn L, Khabsa J, Atwere P, Akl EA, et al. PROTOCOL: Barriers and facilitators to stakeholder engagement in health guideline development: A qualitative evidence synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2022. DOI:10.1002/cl2.1237

Khabsa J, Petkovic J, Riddle A, Lytvyn L, Magwood O, Atwere P, Campbell P, et al. PROTOCOL: Conflict of interest issues when engaging stakeholders in health and healthcare guideline development: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2022. DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1232

Dewidar O, Podinic I, Barbeau V, Patel D, Antequera A, Birnie D, Welch V, Wells GA. Integrating sex and gender in studies of cardiac resynchronization therapy: A systematic review. ESC Heart Fail. 2022;9(1):420-427.

Haddaway NR, Lotfi T, Mbuagbaw L. Systematic Reviews: A glossary for public health. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2022. http://doi.org/10.1177/1403494822107499

Welch V, Dewidar O, Tanjong Ghogomu E, Abdisalam S, Al Ameer A, Barbeau VI, Brand K, et al. How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2022, Issue 1. Art. No.: MR000028. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000028.pub3.

2021

Dewidar O, Dawit H, Barbeau V, Birnie D, Welch V, Wells GA. Sex differences in implantation and outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy in real-world settings: A systematic review of cohort studies. CJC Open. 2021;4(1):75-84.

Petkovic J, Umaefulam V, Wattiaux A, Bartels C, Barnabe C, Greer-Smith R, Hofstetter C, Maxwell L, Shea B, Barton J, Lee AYS, Humphreys J, Beaton D, Tugwell P. Development of an extension of the OMERACT Summary of Measurement Properties table to capture equity considerations: SOMP-Equity. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2021;51:1300-1310.

Tomlinson E, Petkovic J, Welch V, Tugwell P. It's time to increase the global relevance of Cochrane Reviews by applying an 'equity lens'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021;10. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.ED00015

Le AL, Visintini S, Tugwell P, Petkovic J, Shea B, Kinihan J, Jiang K, et al. Women’s health inequities during covid-19:a rapid scoping review. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 2021;43(5):654.

Houlding-Braunberger E, Petkovic J, Lebel N, Tugwell P. Experts prioritize osteoarthritis non-surgical interventions from Cochrane systematic reviews for translation into "Evidence4Equity" summaries. Int J Equity Health. 2021;20(1):136.

Petkovic J, Duench S, Trawin J, Dewidar O, Pardo Pardo J, Simeon R, DesMeules M, et al. Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour chance, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2021, Issue 5. Art. No.: CD012932. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012932.pub2

Karunananthan S, Welch VA, Tugwell P, Cuervo LG. When is systematic review replication useful, and when is it wasteful? Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2021 Jan 15;45:e11.

Benkhalti M, Espinoza M, Cookson R, Welch V, Tugwell P, Dagenais P. Development of a checklist to guide equity considerations in health technology assessment. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2021 Jan 25;37:e17.

Lund H, Juhl CB, Nørgaard B, Draborg E, Henriksen M, Andreasen J, Christensen R, Nasser M, Ciliska D, Tugwell P, Clarke M, Blaine C, Martin J, Ban JW, Brunnhuber K, Robinson KA; Evidence-Based Research Network. Evidence-Based Research Series-Paper 3: Using an Evidence-Based Research approach to place your results into context after the study is performed to ensure usefulness of the conclusion. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;129:167-171.

Nielsen SM, Uggen Rasmussen M, Boers M, A van der Windt D, de Wit M, G Woodworth T, A Flurey C, Beaton D, Shea B, Escorpizo R, Furst DE, Smolen JS, Toupin-April K, Boonen A, Voshaar M, Ellingsen T, Wells GA, Reeves BC, March L, Tugwell P, Christensen R. Towards consensus in defining and handling contextual factors within rheumatology trials: an initial qualitative study from an OMERACT working group. Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Feb;80(2):242-249.

Lund H, Juhl CB, Nørgaard B, Draborg E, Henriksen M, Andreasen J, Christensen R, Nasser M, Ciliska D, Clarke M, Tugwell P, Martin J, Blaine C, Brunnhuber K, Robinson KA; Evidence-Based Research Network. Evidence-Based Research Series-Paper 2 : Using an Evidence-Based Research approach before a new study is conducted to ensure value. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;129:158-166.

Berthelsen DB, Woodworth TG, Goel N, Ioannidis JPA, Tugwell P, Devoe D, Williamson P, Terwee CB, Suarez-Almazor ME, Strand V, Leong AL, Conaghan PG, Boers M, Shea BJ, Brooks PM, Simon LS, Furst DE, Christensen R; OMERACT Safety Working Group. Harms reported by patients in rheumatology drug trials: a systematic review of randomized trials in the cochrane library from an OMERACT working group. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2021 Jan 9:S0049-0172(21)00006-8.

Stone JC, Glass K, Clark J, Ritskes-Hoitinga M, Munn Z, Tugwell P, Doi SAR. The MethodologicAl STandards for Epidemiological Research (MASTER) scale demonstrated a unified framework for bias assessment. J Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Jan 21;134:52-64.

Noori T, Hargreaves S, Greenaway C, van der Werf M, Driedger M, Morton RL, Hui C, Requena-Mendez A, Agbata E, Myran DT, Pareek M, Campos-Matos I, Nielsen RT, Semenza J, Nellums LB, Pottie K; ECDC ad hoc scientific panel. Strengthening screening for infectious diseases and vaccination among migrants in Europe: What is needed to close the implementation gaps? Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Jan-Feb;39:101715.

Wilson LA, Quan AML, Bota AB, Mithani SS, Paradis M, Jardine C, Hui C, Pottie K, Crowcroft N, Wilson K. Newcomer knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. BMC Fam Pract. 2021 Jan 9;22(1):17.

Andermann A, Mott S, Mathew CM, Kendall C, Mendonca O, Harriott D, McLellan A, Riddle A, Saad A, Iqbal W, Magwood O, Pottie K. Evidence-informed interventions and best practices for supporting women experiencing or at risk of homelessness: a scoping review with gender and equity analysis. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2021 Jan;41(1):1-13.

Bhopal R, Gruer L, Agyemang C, Davidovitch N, de-Graft Aikins A, Krasnik A, Martinez-Donate AP, Miranda JJ, Pottie K, Segal U, Zwi A, Kumar B. The Global Society on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health: why race can't be ignored even if it causes discomfort. Eur J Public Health. 2021 Feb 1;31(1):3-4.

2020

Garritty C, Hersi M, Hamel C, Stevens A, Monfaredi Z, Butler C, Tricco AC, et al. Assessing the format and content of journal published and non-journal published rapid review reports: A comparative study. PLoS One. 2020;15(8):e0238025.

Nielsen SM, Storgaard H, Ellingsen T, Shea BJ, Wells GA, Welch VA, Furst DE, et al. Population characteristics as important contextual factors in rheumatological trials: an exploratory meta-epidemiological study from an OMERACT Working Group. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020;79(10):1269-1276.

Page MJ, Welch VA, Haddaway NR, Karunananthan S, Maxwell LJ, Tugwell P. "One more time":why replicating some syntheses of evidence relevant to COVID-19 makes sense. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020;125:179-182.

Tugwell P, Welch VA, Karunananthan S, Maxwell LJ, Akl EA, Avey MT, Bhutta ZA, et al. When to replicate systematic reviews of interventions: Consensus checklist. BMJ. 2020;370:m2864.

Dewidar O, Tsang P, Leon-Garcia M, Mathew C, Antequera A, Baldeh T, Akl EA, et al. Over half of the WHO guidelines published from 2014 to 2019 explicity considered health equity issues: A cross sectional survey. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020; S0895-4356(20)30472-8.

Haddaway NR, Akl EA, Pagee MJ, Welch VA, Keenan C, Lotfi T. Open synthesis and the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020;S0895-4352(20)30461-3.

Glover RE, van Schalkwyk MC, Akl EA, Kristjansson E, Lotfi T, Petkovic J, Petticrew MP, et al. A framework for identifying and mitigating the equity harms of COVID-19 policy interventions. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020;S0895-4356(20)30597-7.

Simeon R, Dewidar O, Trawin J, Duench S, Manson H, Pardo Pardo J, Petkovic J, et al. Behaviour Change Techniques included in reports of social media interventions for promoting health behaviours in adults: Content analysis within a systematic review. J Med Internet Res. 2020;22(6):e16002.

Page M, Welch VA, Haddaway NR, Karunananthan S, Maxwell LJ, Tugwell P. "One more time": why replicating some syntheses of evidence relevant to COVID-19 makes sense. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020.05.024.

Petkovic J, Jull J, Yoganathan M, Dewidar O Baird S, Grimshaw JM, et al. Reporting of health equity considerations in cluster and individually randomized trials. Trials. 2020; 21:308.

Campbell M, McKenzie JE, Sowden A, Katikireddi SV, Brennan SE, Ellis S, Hartmann-Boyce J, et al. Synthesis without meta-analysis (SWiM) in systematic reviews: reporting guideline. BMJ. 2020;368:I6890.

Ponka D, Agbata E, Kendall C, Stergiopoulos V, Mendonca O, Magwood O, Saad A, et al. The effectiveness of case management interventions for the homeless, vulnerably housed and persons with lived experience: A systematic review. PLoS One. 2020;15(4)e0230896.

Shoemaker ES, Kendall CE, Mathew C, Crispo S, Welch V, Andermann A, Mott S, et al., Establishing need and population priorities to improve the health of homeless and vulnerably housed women, youth and men: A Delphi consensus study. PLoS One. 2020;15(4)e0231758.

Frank L, Morton SC, Guise JM, Jull J, Concannon TW, Tugwell P, Multi Stakeholder Engagement (MuSE) Consortium. Engaging patients and other non-researchers in health research: Defining research engagement. J Gen Intern Med. 2020;35(1):307-314.

Mathew C, Hsu AT, Prentice M, Lawlor P, Kyeremanteng K, Tanuseputro P, Welch V. Economic evaluations of palliative care models: A systematic review. Palliat Med. 2020;34(1):69-82.

Pottie K, Kendall CE, Aubry T, Magwood O, Andermann A, Salvalaggio G, Ponka D, et al. Clinical guideline for homeless and vulnerably housed people, and people with lived homelessness experience. CMAJ;192(10):E240-254.

Magwood O, Salvalaggio G, Beder M, Kendall C, Kpade V, Daghmach W, Habonimana G, et al.. The effectiveness of substance use interventions for homeless and vulnerably housed persons: A systematic review of systematic reviews on supervised consumption facilities, managed alcohol programs, and pharmacological agents for opioid use disorder. PLoS One. 2020;15(1):e0227298.

Karunananthan S, Maxwell LJ, Welch V, Petkovic J, Pardo Pardo J, Rader T, Avey MT, et al. When and how to replicate systematic reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2020, Issue 2. Art No. MR000052. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000052.

Petkovic J, Riddle A, Akl EA, Khabsa J, Lytvyn L, Atwere P, Campbell P, et al. Protocol for the development of guidance for stakeholder engagement in health and healthcare guideline development and implementation. Systematic Reviews. 2020;9:21.

Pottie K, Magwood O, Rahman P, Concannon T, Alonso-Coello P, Jaramillo Garcia A, Santesso N, Thombs B, Welch V, Wells GA, Saad A, Archibald D, Grad R, Moore A, Ximena Rojas M, Iorio A, Pinto N, Doull M, Morton R, Santesso N, Akl EA, Schünemann HJ, Tugwell P. Validating the "feasibility, acceptability, cost, and equity" instrument using stakeholder perceptions of feasibility, acceptability, cost, and equity in guideline implementation. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 1;131:133-140.

Lawson DO, Puljak L, Pieper D, Schandelmaier S, Collins GS, Brignardello-Petersen R, Moher D, Tugwell P, Welch VA, Samaan Z, Thombs BD, Nørskov AK, Jakobsen JC, Allison DB, Mayo-Wilson E, Young T, Chan AW, Briel M, Guyatt GH, Thabane L, Mbuagbaw L. Reporting of methodological studies in health research: a protocol for the development of the MethodologIcal STudy reportIng Checklist (MISTIC). BMJ Open. 2020 Dec 17;10(12):e040478.

Knottnerus JA, Tugwell P. COVID-19, health inequities, and methodology's mission. J Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Dec;128:A6-A8.

Toupin-April K, Huber AM, Duffy CM, Proulx L, Morgan EM, Cohen JS, Gaboury I, Li LC, Tugwell P, Stinson J; JIA Option Map Group. Development and Acceptability of a Patient Decision Aid for Pain Management in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: The JIA Option Map. Patient. 2020 Dec;13(6):719-728.

Lu J, Jamani S, Benjamen J, Agbata E, Magwood O, Pottie K. Global Mental Health and Services for Migrants in Primary Care Settings in High-Income Countries: A Scoping Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 20;17(22):8627.

Kassam A, Magwood O, Pottie K. Fostering Refugee and Other Migrant Resilience through Empowerment, Pluralism, and Collaboration in Mental Health. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 21;17(24):9557.

MacFarlane A, Huschke S, Pottie K, Hauck FR, Griswold K, Harris MF. Barriers to the use of trained interpreters in consultations with refugees in four resettlement countries: a qualitative analysis using normalisation process theory. BMC Fam Pract. 2020 Dec 5;21(1):259.

Merritt K, Pottie K. Caring for refugees and asylum seekers in Canada: Early experiences and comprehensive global health training for medical students. Can Med Educ J. 2020 Dec 7;11(6):e138-e140.

2019

Welch VA, Hossain A, Ghogomu E, Riddle A, Cousens S, Gaffey M, Arora P et al. Deworming children for soil-transmitted helminths in low and middle-income countries: systematic review and individual participant data network meta-analysis. J Dev Effect. 2019;11(3):288-306.

Welch V, Howe TE, Marcus S, Mathew CM, Sadana R, Rogers M, Sheehy L, et al. Protocol: Health, social care and technological interventions to improve functional ability of older adults: Evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2019:15(4):e1054.

Pottie K, Mathew CM, Mendonca O, Magwood O, Saad A, et al. PROTOCOL: A comprehensive review of prioritized interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of persons with lived experience of homelessness. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 2019;15(3).

Jull J, Graham ID, Kristjansson E, Moher D, Petkovic J, Yoganathan M, et al. Taking an integrated knowledge translation approach in research to devvelop the CONSORT-Equity 2017 reporting guideline: an observational study. BMJ Open. 2019:9(7):e026866.

Agbata EN, Padilla PF, Agbata IN, Armas LH, Sola I, Pottie K. Migrant healthcare guidelines: A systematic quality assessment. J Immigr Minor Health. 2019;21(2):401-413.

Yadee J, Bangpan M, Thavorn K, Welch V, Tugwell P, Chaiyakunapruk N. Assessing evidence of interventions addressing inequity among migrant populations: a two-stage systematic review. Int J Equity Health. 2019;18(1):64.

Ngobi JB, Pottie K, Leonard L, Tugwell P, Hoffman SJ, Welch V. Human immunodeficiency virus testing and psychosocial outcomes: a scoping review protocol. JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2019;17(8):1616-1625.

Marshall Z, Welch V, Minichiello A, Swab M, Brunger F, Kaposy C. Documenting research with transgender, nonbinary, and other gender diverse (trans) individuals and communities: introducing the global trans research evidence map. Transgend Health. 2019;4(1):68-80.

Concannon TW, Grant S, Welch V, Petkovic J, Selby J, et al. Practical guidance for involving stakeholders in health research. J Gen Intern Med. 2019;34(3):458-463.

de Wit M, Cooper C, Tugwell P, Bere N, Kirwan J, et al. Practical guidance for engaging patients in health research, treatment guidelines and regulatory processes: results of an expert group meeting organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO). Aging Clin Exp Res. 2019;31(7):905-915.

Petkovic J, Duench SL, Welch V, Jennings A, Forster AJ, Tugwell P. Potential harms associated with routine collection of patient sociodemographic information: a rapid review. Health Expectations. 2019;22:114-129.

2018

Concannon TW, Grant S, Welch V, Petkovic J, Selby J, Crowe S, Synnot A, Greer-Smith R, Mayo-Wilson E, Tambor E, Tugwell P for the MuSE Consortium. Practical guidance for involving stakeholders in health research. J Gen Intern Med. 2018

Tanjong-Ghogomu E, Suresh S, Rayco-Solon P, Hossain A, McGowan J, Pena-Rosas JP, Welch V. Deworming in non-pregnant adolescent girls and women: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2018;70(1):239.

Jull J, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E, Yoganathan M, Petkovic J, Tugwell P, Welch V, and the CONSORT-Equity 2017 and Boston Equity Symposium participants. Engaging knowledge users in development of the CONSORT-Equity 2017 reporting guideline: a qualitative study using in-depth interviews. Research Involvement and Engagement. 2018.4:24.

Hui C, Dunn J, Morton R, Staub LP, Tran A, Hargreaves S, Greenaway C, Biggs BA, Christensen R, Pottie K. Interventions to improve vaccination and cost effectiveness of vaccination strategies in newly arrived migrants in the EU/EEA: A systematic review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15.

Petkovic J, Welch V, Tugwell P. Do evidence summaries increase health policy-makers' use of evidence from systematic reviews? The Campbell Library. 2018 September 10.

Pottie K, Lotfi T, Kilzar L, Howeiss P, Rizk N, Akl EA, Dias S, Biggs BA, Christensen R, Rahman P, Magwood O, Tran A, Rowbotham N, Pharris A, Noori T, Pareek M, Morton R. The effectiveness of cost-effectiveness of screening for HIV in migrants in the EU/EEA: A systematic review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15(8).

Petkovic J, Trawin J, Dewidar O, Yoganathan M, Tugwell P, Welch V. Sex/gender reporting and analysis in Campbell and Cochrane systematic reviews: a cross-sectional methods study. Syst Rev. 2018 Aug 2;7(1):113.

Swelleh WM, Wickramage K, Pottie K, Hui C, Roberts B, Sawalha AF, Zyoud SH. Bibliometric analysis of global migration health research in peer-reviewed literature (2000-2016). BMC Public Health. 2018;18(1):777.

Salam RA, Middleton P, Makrides M, Welch V, Gaffey M, Cousens S, Bhutta Z. Mass deworming for soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis among pregnant women: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis protocol. The Campbell Library. 2018-06-12.

Zhang Y, Alonso Coello P, Guyatt G, Yepes-Nunez JJ, Akl EA, Hazlewood G, Pardo-Hernandez H, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Qaseem A, Williams JW Jr, Tugwell P, Flottorp S, Chang Y, Zhang Y, Mustafa RA, Rojas MX, Xie F, Schunemann HJ. GRADE Guidelines: 20. Assessing the certainty of evidence in the importance of outcomes or values and preferences - Inconsistency, Imprecision, and other Domains. J Clin Epidemiol. 2018 May 22.

Agbata EN, Padilla PF, Agbata IN, Armas LH, Sola I, Pottie K, Alonso Coello P. Migrant healthcare guidelines: A systematic quality assessment. J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 May 21.

Campbell TM, Ghaedi BB, Tanjong Ghogomu E, Welch V. Shoe lifts for leg length discrepancy in adults with common painful musculoskeletal conditions: A systematic review of the literature. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2018;99(5):981-993.e2.

Pottie K, Agic B, Archibald D, Ratnayake A, Tapia M, Thanos J. HEIA Tools: Inclusion of migrants in health policy in Canada. Health Promot Int. 2018 Apr 17.

Marshall Z, Brunger F, Welch V, Asghari S, Kaposy C. Open availability of patient medical photographs in Google images search results: Cross-sectional study of transgender research. J Med Internet Res. 2018;20(2):e70.

Lu J, Danko KJ, Elfassy MD, Welch V, Grimshaw JM, Ivers NM. Do quality improvement initiatives for diabetes care address social inequalities? Secondary analysis of a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2018;8(2).

Nixon SA, Lee K, Bhutta ZA, Blanchard J, Haddad S, Hoffman SJ, Tugwell P. Canada's global health role: supporting equity and global citizenship as a middle power. Lancet. 2018. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30322-2.

Zhang Y, Alonso Coelle P, Guyatt G, Yepes-Nunez JJ, Akl EA, Hazlewood G, Pardo-Hernandez H, et al. GRADE Guidelines: 19. Assessing the certainty of evidence in the importance of outcomes or values and preferences -- Risk of bias and indirectness. J Clin Epidemiol. 2018 Feb 13. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.01.013.

Welch V, Petkovic J, Simeon R, Presseau J, Gagnon D, Hossain A, Pardo Pardo J, Pottie K, Rader T, Sokolovski A, Yoganathan M, Tugwell P, DesMeules M. Interactive social media interventions for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD012932. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012932

2017

Farrell B, Black C, Thompson W, McCarthy L, Rojas-Fernandez C, Lochnan H, Shamji S, Upshur R, Bouchard M, Welch V. Deprescribing antihyperglycemic agents in older persons: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Can Fam Physician. 2017 Nov;63(11):832-843.

Bolvig J, Juhl CB, Boutron I, Tugwell P, Ghogomu EAT, Pardo JP, Rader T, Wells GA, Mayhew A, Maxwell L, Lund H, Bliddal H, Christensen R, Editorial Board of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group. Some Cochrane risk of bias items are not important in osteoarthritis trials: A meta-epidemiological study based on Cochrane reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017. pii: S0895-4356(17)31326-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.11.026. [Epub ahead of print]

Tugwell P, Petkovic J, Welch V, Vincent J, Bhutta ZA, Churchill R, de Savigny D, Mbuagbaw L, Pantoja T. Setting priorities for knowledge translation of Cochrane reviews for health equity: Evidence for Equity. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2017;16:208.

Ramke J, Palagyi A, Petkovic J,m Gilbert CE. Reporting of inequities in blindness in low income and middle income countries: a review of cross-sectional surveys. Clinical & Experimental Opthalmology. 2017;46(1):99-100.

Ramke J, Petkovic J, Welch V, Bligneault I, Gilbert C, Blanchet L, Christensen R, Zwi AB, Tugwell P. Interventions to improve access to cataract surgical services and their impact on equity in low- and middle-income countries. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017;11:CD011307.

Eslava-Schmalbach J, Mosquera P, Alzate JP, Pottie K, Welch V, Akl E, Jull J, Lang E, Katikireddi SV, Morton R, Thabane L, Shea B, Stein AT, Singh J, Florez ID, Guyatt G, Schunemann H, Tugwell P. Considering health equity when moving from evidence-based guideline recommendations to implementation: a case study from an upper-middle income country on the GRADE approach. Health Policy Plan. 2017. [Epub ahead of print]

Cornelsen L, Mytton OT, Adams J, Gsaparrini A, Iskander D, Knai C, Petticrew M, Scott C, Smith R, Thompson C, White M, Cummins S. Change in non-alcoholic beverage sales following a 10-pence levy on sugar-sweetened beverages within a national chain of restaurants in the UK: interrupted time series analysis of a natural experiment. J Epidmiol Community Health. 2017;71(11):1107-1112.

Petticrew M, Katikireddi SV, Knai C, Cassidy R, Maani Hessari N, Thomas J, Weishaar H. 'Nothing can be done until everything is done': the use of complexity arguments by food, beverage, alcohol and gambling industries. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017;71(11):1078-1083.

Pottie K, Mayhew AD, Morton RL, Akl EA, Rahman P, Zenner D, Pareek M, Tugwell P, Welch V, Meepohl J, Alonso-Coello P, Hui C, Biggs BA, Requena-Mendez A, Agbata E, Noori T, Schunemann H. Prevention and assessment of infectious diseases among children and adult migrants arriving to the European Union/European Economic Association: a protocol for a suite of systematic reviews for public health and health systems. BMJ Open. 2017;7(9):e014608.

Petticrew M, Maani Hessari N, Knai C, Weiderpass E. How alcohol industry organizations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2017 Sep 7. doi: 10.1111/dar.12596. [Epub ahead of print].

Shea BJ, Reeves BC, Wells G, Thuku M, Hamel C, Moran J, Moher D, Tugwell P, Welch V, Kristjansson E, Henry DA. AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interentions, or both. BMJ. 2017;358:j4008.

Jull J, Whitehead M, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E, Gough D, Petkovic J, Volmink J, Weijer C, Taljaard M, Edwards S, Mbuagbaw L, Cookson R, McGowan J, Lyddiatt A, Boyer S, Cuervo LG, Armstrong R, White H, Yoganathan M, Pantoja T, Shea B, Pottie K, Norheim O, Baird S, Robberstad B, Sommerfelt H, Asada Y, Wells G, Tugwell P, Welch V. When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework. BMJ Open. 2017;7:e015815. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015815.

Welch V, Doull M, Yoganathan M, Jull J, Boscoe M, Coen SE, Marshall Z, Pardo Pardo J, Pederson A, Petkovic J, Puil L, Quinlan L, Shea B, Rader T. Runnels V, Tudiver S. Reporting of sex and gender in randomized controlled trials in Canada: a cross-sectional methods study. Research Integrity and Peer Review. 2017;2:15.

Petkovic J, Welch V, Jull J, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E, Rader T, Yoganathan M, McGowan J, Lyddiatt A, Grimshaw JM, Volmink J, Moher D, Shea B, Pottie K, Pantoja T, Wells GA, Tugwell P. How health equity is reported and analyzed in randomized trials. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2017, Issue 8. Art No: MR000046. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000046.

Guise JM, Butler ME, Chang C, Viswanathan M, Piggot T, Tugwell P, Complex Interventions Working Group. AHRQ series on complex intervention systematic reviews - paper 6: PRISMA CI extension statement and checklist. JCE. 2017 Jul 15 [Epub ahead of print].

Guise JM, Butler ME, Chang C, Viswanathan M, Piggot T, Tugwell P, Complex Interventions Working Group. AHRQ series on complex intervention systematic reviews - paper 7: PRISMA-CI elaboration and explanation. JCE. 2017 Jul 15 [Epub ahead of print].

Ramke J, Palagyi A, Jordan V, Petkovic J, Gilbert CE. Using the STROBE statement to assess reporting in blindness prevalence surveys in low and middle income countries. PLoS ONE. 12(5): e0176178.

Mbuagbaw L, Aves T, Shea B, Jull J, Welch V, Taljaard M, Yoganathan M, Greer-Smith R, Wells G, Tugwell P. Considerations and guidance in designing equity-relevant trials. In J Equity Health. 2017;16(1):93.

Riddle AY, Ramage AK, Kroeger CM, Welch V, Vlassof C, Bhutta Z, Kristjansson E, Taljaard M, Wells GA. The effect of women's empowerment strategies on adolescent girls' nutritional status (Title). Campbell Library. 2017.

Rockers P, Tugwell P, Grimshaw J, Oliver S, Atun R, Rottingen JA, Fretheim A, Ranson MK, Daniels K, Luiza VL, Barnighausen T. Quasi-experimental study designs series - paper 12: Strengthening global capacity for evidence synthesis of quasi-experimental health systems research. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Mar 28.

Waddington H, Aloe A, Becker BJ, Djimeu EW, Hombrados JG, Tugwell P, Wells G, Reeves B. Quasi-experimental study designs series - paper 6: Risk of bias assessment. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Mar 25.

Petkovic J, Barton JL, FLurey C, Goel N, Bartels CM, Barnabe C, de Wit MP, Lyddiatt A, Lacaille D, Welch V, Boonen A, Shea B, Christensen R, Maxwell LJ, Campbell W, Jull J, Toupin-April K, Singh JA, Goldsmith CH, Sreih AG, Pohl C, Hofstetter C, Beaton DE, Buchbinder R, Guillemin F, Tugwell PS. Health equity considerations for developing and reporting patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials: A report from the OMERACT Equity Special Interest Group. J Rheum. Nov;44(11):1727-1733. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.160975

Tunnicliffe DJ, Singh-Grewal D, Craig JC, Howell M, Tugwell P, Mackie F, Lin MW, O'Neill SG, Ralph AF, Tong A. Healthcare and Research Priorities of Adolescents and Young Adults with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Mixed-methods Study. J Rheum. 2017 Mar 1.

Welch VA, Ghogomu E, Hossain A, Awasthi S, Bhutta ZA, Cumberbatch C, Fletcher R, McGowan J, Krishnaratne S, Kristjansson E, Sohani S, Suresh S, Tugwell P, White H, Wells GA. Mass deworming to improve developmental health and wellbeing of children in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Jan;5(1):e40-e50.

2016

Hartwell G, Thomas S, Egan M, Gilmore A, Petticrew M. E-cigarettes and equity: a systematic review of differences in awareness and use between sociodemographic groups. Tob Control. 2016 Dec 21. pii: tobaccocontrol-2016-053222.

Petkovic J, Welch V, Jacob MH, Yoganathan M, Ayala AP, Cunningham H, Tugwell P. The effectiveness of evidence summaries on health policymakers and health system managers use of evidence from systematic reviews: a systematic review. Implement Sci. 2016 Dec 9;11(1):162.

Sterne JA, Hernán MA, Reeves BC, Savović J, Berkman ND, Viswanathan M, Henry D, Altman DG, Ansari MT, Boutron I, Carpenter JR, Chan AW, Churchill R, Deeks JJ, Hróbjartsson A, Kirkham J, Jüni P, Loke YK, Pigott TD, Ramsay CR, Regidor D, Rothstein HR, Sandhu L, Santaguida PL, Schünemann HJ, Shea B, Shrier I, Tugwell P, Turner L, Valentine JC, Waddington H, Waters E, Wells GA, Whiting PF, Higgins JP. ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions. BMJ. 2016 Oct 12;355:i4919.

Meader N, King K, Moe-Byrne T, Wright K, Graham H, Petticrew M, Power C, White M, Sowden AJ. A systematic review on the clustering and co-occurrence of multiple risk behaviours. BMC Public Health. 2016 Jul 29;16:657.

Batista R, Pottie K, Bouchard L, Ng E, Tanuseputro P, Tugwell P. Primary Health Care Models Addressing Health Equity for Immigrants: A Systematic Scoping Review. J Immigr Minor Health. 2016 Nov 17.

Garner P, Hopewell S, Chandler J, MacLehose H, Schünemann HJ, Akl EA, Beyene J, Chang S, Churchill R, Dearness K, Guyatt G, Lefebvre C, Liles B, Marshall R, Martínez García L, Mavergames C, Nasser M, Qaseem A, Sampson M, Soares-Weiser K, Takwoingi Y, Thabane L, Trivella M, Tugwell P, Welsh E, Wilson EC; Panel for updating guidance for systematic reviews (PUGs). When and how to update systematic reviews: consensus and checklist. BMJ. 2016 Jul 20;354:i3507.

Wolfenden L, Jones J, Williams CM, Finch M, Wyse RJ, Kingsland M, Tzelepis F, Wiggers J, Williams AJ, Seward K, Small T, Welch V, Booth D, Yoong SL. Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Oct 4;10:CD011779.

Welch VA & Tricco AC. Reporting guidelines for realist evaluations seek to improve clarity and transparency. BMC Medicine. 2016;14:109.

Garner P, Hopewell S, Chandler J, Maclehose H, Schunemann H, Akl EA, Beyene J, Chang S, Churchill E, Dearness K, Guyatt G, Lefebvre C, Liles B, Marshall R, Martinez-Garcia L, Mavergames C, Nasser M, Qaseem A, Sampson M, Soares-Weiser K, Takwoingi Y, Thabane L, Trivella M, Tugwell P, Welsh E, Wilson EC, Panel for updating guidance for systematic reviews. When and how to update systematic reviews: consensus and checklist. BMJ. 2016;354:i3507.

Cauchi D, Glonti K, Petticrew M, Knai C. Environmental components of childhood obesity prevention interventions: An overview of systematic reviews. Obes Rev. 2016. doi:10-1111/obr.12441.

Stacey D, Legare F, Lyddiatt A, Giguere AM, Yoganathan M, Saarimaki A, Pardo JP, Rader T, Tugwell P. Translating evidence to facilitate shared decision making: Development and usability of a consult decision aid prototype. Patient. 2016: May 11.

Welch V, Petkovic J, Pardo Pardo J, Rader T, Tugwell P. Interactive social media interventions to promote health equity: an overview of reviews. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice. 2016;36(4).

Santesso N, Carrasco-Labra A, Langendam M, Brignardello-Petersen R, Mustafa RA, Heus P, Lasserson T, Opiyo N, Kunnamo I, Sinclair D, Garner P, Treweek S, Tovey D, Akl EA, Tugwell P, Brozek JL, Guyatt G, Schunemann H. Improving GRADE evidence tables part 3: Guidance for useful GRADE certainty in the evidence judgments through explanatory footnotes. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016. [Epub ahead of print].

Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Santesso N, Neumann I, Mustafa RA, Mbuagbaw L, Etxeandia Ikobaltzeta I, De Stio C, McCullagh LJ, Alonso-Coello P, Meerpohl JJ, Vandvik PO, Brozek JL, Akl EA, Bossuyt P, Churchill R, Glenton C, Rosenbaum S, Tugwell P, Welch V, Garner P, Guyatt G, Schunemann H. Improving GRADE evidence tables part 1: A randomized trial shows improved understanding of content in Summary-of-Findings Tables with a new format. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016. [Epub ahead of print].

2015

Miramontes L, Pottie K, Jandu MB, Welch V, Miller K, James M, Roberts JH. Including migrant populations in health impact assessments. Bull World Health Organ. 2015;93(12)888-9.

Elliot JH, Grimshaw J, Altman R, Bero L, Goodman SN, Henry D, Macleod M, Tovey D, Tugwell P, White H, Sim I. Informatics: Make sense of health data. Nature. 2015;527(7576):31-2.

Welch V, Jull J, Petkovic J, Armstrong R, Boyer Y, Cuervo LG, Edwards SJL, Lyddiatt A, Gough D, Grimshaw J, Kristjansson E, Mbuagbaw L, McGowan J, Moher D, Pantoja T, Petticrew M, Pottie K, Rader R, Shea B, Taljaard M, Waters E, Weijer C, Wells GA, White H, Whitehead M, Tugwell P. Protocol for the development of a CONSORT equity guideline to improve reporting of health equity in randomized trials. Implementation Science. 10: 146.

Welch V, Petticrew M, Petkovic J, Moher D, Waters E, White H, Tugwell P, PRISMA-Equity Bellagio Group. Extending the PRISMA Statement for equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-E 2012): Explanation and elaboration. J Clin Epidemiol. 2015 Sep 5. [Epub ahead of print]
Co-published in International Journal for Equity in Health. 2015; 14:92 and the Journal of Development Effectiveness. 2016; DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2015.1113196

Beaton DE, Terwee CB, Singh JA, Hawker GA, Patrick DL, Burke LB, Toupin-April K, Tugwell PS. A call for evidence-based decision making when selecting outcome measurement instruments for Summary of Findings tables in systematic reviews: Results from an OMERACT Working Group. J Rheumatol. 2015 Sep 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Christensen R, Singh JA, Wells GA, Tugwell PS. Do "evidence-based recommendations" need to reveal the evidence? Minimal criteria supporting an "evidence claim". J Rheumatol. 2015;42(10):1737-9.

McGill R, Anwar E, Orton L, Bromley H, Lloyd-Williams F, O'Flaherty M, Taylor-Robinson D, Guzman-Castillo M, Gillespie D, Moreira P, Allen K, Hyseni L, Calder N, Petticrew M, White M, Whitehead M, Capewell S. Are interventions to promote healthy eating equally effective for all? Systematic review of socioeconomic inequalities in impact. BMC Public Health. 2015;15:457.

Pottie K, Martin JP, Cornish S, Biorklund LM, Gayton I, Doerner F, Schneider F. Access to healthcare for the most vulnerable migrants: a humanitarian crisis. Confl Health. 2015;9:16.

Petkovic J, Welch V, Tugwell P. Do evidence summaries increase policy-makers’ use of evidence from systematic reviews: A systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews. 2015;4:122.

Bhaumik S, Rana S, Karimkhani C, Welch V, Armstrong R, Pottie K, Dellavalle R, Dhakal P, Oliver S, Francis DK, Nasser M, Crowe S, Aksut B, Amico RD. Ethics and equity in research priority-setting: stakeholder engagement and the needs of disadvantaged groups. Indian J Med Ethics. 2015;12(2):110-3.

Welch V, Boyer Y, Chamberlain C. Can Cochrane Reviews inform decisions to improve Indigenous people’s health?[editorial].Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015;(8): 10.1002/14651858.ED000103

Petkovic J, Epstein J, Buchbinder R, Welch V, Rader T, Lyddiatt A, Clerehan R, Christensen R, Boonen A, Goel N, Maxwell LJ, Toupin-April K, De Wit M, Barton J, Flurey C, Jull J, Barnabe C, Sreih AG, Campbell W, Pohl C, Duruoz MT, Singh JA, Tugwell PS, Guillemin F. Toward ensuring health equity: readability and cultural equivalence of OMERACT Patient-reported Outcome Measures. J Rheumatol. 2015 Jun 15. Epub ahead of print.

Iheozor-Ejiofor Z, Worthington HV, Walsh T, O'Malley L, Clarkson JE, Macey R, Alam R, Tugwell P, Welch V, Glenny AM. Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015. 18;6:CD010856.

Nickerson JW, Hatcher-Roberts J, Adams O, Attaran A, Tugwell P. Assessments of health services availability in humanitarian emergencies: a review of assessments in Haiti and Sudan using a health systems approach. Confl Health. 2015. 8;9:20.

Toupin-April K, Barton J, Fraenkel L, Li L, Grandpierre V, Guillemin F, Rader T, Stacey D, Legare F, Jull J, Petkovic J, Scholte-Voshaar M, Welch V, Lyddiatt A, Hofstetter C, De Wit M, Marche L, Meade T, Christensen R, Gaujoux-Viala C, Suarez-Almazor M, Boonen A, Pohl C, Martin R, Tugwell PS. Development of a Draft Core Set of Domains for Measuring Shared Decision Making in Osteoarthritis: An OMERACT Working Group on Shared Decision Making. Journal of Rheumatology. 2015 April 15. [Epub ahead of print].

Augustincic Polec L, Petkovic J, Welch V, Ueffing E, Tanjong Ghogomu E, Pardo Pardo J, Grabowsky M, Attaran A, Wells GA, Tugwell P. Strategies to increase the ownership and use of insecticide-treated bednets to prevent malaria. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD009186. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009186.pub2.
** A podcast of this review is also available.

Bhaumik S, Rana S, Karimkhani C, Welch V, Armstrong R, Pottie K, Dellavalle R, Dhakal P, Oliver S, Francis DK, Nasser M, Crowe S, Aksut B, D'Amico R. Ethics and equity in research priority-setting: stakeholder engagement and the needs of disadvantaged groups. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. March 16, 2015

Kristjansson E, Francis DK, Liberato S, Benkhalti Jandu M, Welch V, Batal M, Greenhalgh T, Rader T, Noonan E, Shea B, Janzen L, Wells GA, Petticrew M. Food supplementation for improving the physical and psychosocial health of socio-economically disadvantaged children aged three months to five years. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD009924. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009924.pub2.

Petticrew M, Anderson L, Elder R, Grimshaw J, Hopkins D, Hahn R, Krause L, Kristjansson E, Mercer S, Sipe T, Tugwell P, Ueffing E, Waters E, Welch V. Complex interventions and their implication for systematic reviews: a pragmatic approach. Int J Nurs Stud. 2015;Jan9.

Shamseer L, Moher D, Clarke M, Ghersi D, Liberati A, Petticrew M, Shekelle P, Stewart LA, the PRISMA-P Group. Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015:elaboration and explanation. BMJ. 2015. 2;349:g7647. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7647

Moher D, Shamseer L, Clarke M, Ghersi D, Liberati A, Petticrew M, Shekelle P, Stewart LA. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta--Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement. Systematic Reviews. 2015 Jan 1;4(1):1.

2014

Katikireddi SV, Egan M, Petticrew M. How do systematic reviews incorporate risk of bias assessments into the synthesis of evidence? A methodological study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2014 Dec 6. pii: jech-2014-204711. doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204711

Shi C, Tian J, Wang Q, Petkovic J, Ren D, Yang K, Yang Y. How equity is addressed in clinical practice guidelines: A content analysis. BMJ Open. 2014; 4:e005660. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005660.

Doull M, Welch V, Puil L, Runnels V, Coen SE, Shea B, O'Neill J, Borkhoff C, Tudiver S, Boscoe M. Development and evaluation of 'briefing notes' as a novel knowledge translation tool to aid the implementation of sex/gender analysis in systematic reviews: a pilot study. PLOS One. 2014. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110786

Ramke J, Welch V, Blignault I, Gilbert C, Petkovic J, Blanchet K, Christensen R, Zwi AB, Tugwell P. Interventions to improve access to cataract surgical services and their impact on equity in low- and middle-income countries (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD011307. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011307.

Benkhalti Jandu M, Canuto de Medeiros B, Bourgeault I, Tugwell P. The inclusion of migrants in health impact assessments: A scoping review. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 2015;50:16-24.

Petticrew M, Welch V, Tugwell P. ‘It is surely a great criticism of our profession…’ The next 20 years of equity-focused systematic reviews. JECH. April 2014. doi: 10.1136/jech-2013-203400

Lorenc T, Tyner EF, Petticrew M, Duffy S, Martineau FP, Phillips G, Lock K. Cultures of evidence across policy sectors: systematic review of qualitative evidence. Eur J Public Health. 2014 Mar 27. Epub ahead of print.

2013

O'Neill J, Rader T, Guillemin F, Boonen A, Christensen R, Lyddiatt A, Pardo Pardo J, Welch V, Singh JA, Tugwell P. Including health equity considerations in development of instruments for rheumatology research: An introduction to a novel OMERACT paradigm. Journal of Rheumatology. 2013. doi:10.3899/jrheum.130812

Burford BJ, Welch V, Waters E, Tugwell P, Moher D, O'Neill J, Koehlmoos T, Petticrew M. Testing the PRISMA-Equity 2012 reporting guideline: The perspectives of systematic review authors. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(10):e75122. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075122.

Anderson L, Petticrew M, Chandler J, Grimshaw J, Tugwell P, O'Neill J, Welch V, Squires J, Churchill R, Shemilt I. Introducing a series of methodological articles on considering complexity in systematic reviews of interventions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2013;66(11):1205-1208.

Petticrew M, Rehfuess E, Noyes J, Higgins JPT, Mayhew A, Pantoja T, Shemilt I, Sowden A. Synthesizing evidence on complex interventions: how meta-analytical, qualitative, and mixed-method approaches can contribute. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2013;66(11):1230-1243.

Burford B, Lewin S, Welch V, Rehfuess E, Waters E. Assessing the applicability of findings in systematic reviews of complex interventions can enhance the utility of reviews for decision making. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2013;66(11):1251-1261.

Noyes J, Gough D, Lewin S, Mayhew A, Michie S, Pantoja T, Petticrew M, Pottie K, Rehfuess E, Shemilt I, Shepperd S, Sowden A, Tugwell P, Welch V. A research and development agenda for systematic reviews that ask complex questions about complex interventions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2013;66(11):1262-1270.

Watts P, Phillips G, Petticrew M, Hayes R, Bottomley C, Yu G, Schmidt E, Tobi P, Moore D, Frostick C, Lock K, Renton A. Physical activity in deprived communities in London: examining individual and neighbourhood-level factors. PLoS One. 2013; 8(7): doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069472

Welch VA, Petticrew M, O'Neill J, Waters E, Armstrong R, Bhutta ZA, Francis D, Perez Koehlmoos T, Kristjansson E, Pantoja T, Tugwell P. Health equity: evidence synthesis and knowledge translation methods . Systematic Reviews. 2013, 2:43. doi:10.1186/2046-4053-2-43.

Martineau F, Tyner E, Lorenc T, Petticrew M, Lock K. Population-level interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm: An overview of systematic reviews. Prev Med. 2013 doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.06.019

Datta J, Petticrew M. Challenges to evaluating complex interventions: a content analysis of published papers. BMC Public Health. 2013:13:568. doi:doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-568

Dalton AM, Jones A, Ogilvie D, Petticrew M, White M, Cummins S. Using spatial equity analysis in the process evaluation of environmental interventions to tackle obesity: the health towns programme in England. Int J Equity Health. 2013; 12:43.

Lorenc T, Petticrew M, Whitehead M, Neary D, Clayton S, Wright K, Thomson H, Cummins S, Sowden A, Renton, A. (2013). Environmental interventions to reduce fear of crime: systematic review of effectiveness. Systematic Revews. 2:30. doi:10.1186/2046-4053-2-30.

Lorenc T, Petticrew M, Whitehead M, Neary D, Clayton S, Wright K, Thomson H, Cummins S, Sowden A, Renton A. Fear of crime and the environment: a systematic review of UK qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health. 2013;13:496.

Thomson H, Thomas S, Sellstrom E, Petticrew M. Housing improvements for health and associated socio-economic outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD008657. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008657.pub2.

Francis DK, Lazzarini PA, Ferguson TS, Jen SD, Cumberbatch C, Welch V. Education of health professionals for preventing diabetic foot ulceration (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD010433. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010433.

Reeves BC, Higgins JPT, Ramsay C, Shea B, Tugwell P, Wells GA. (2013) An introduction to methodological issues when including non-randomised studies in systematic reviews on the effects of interventions. Res. Synth. Method, 4: 1-11. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1068

Nasser M, Welch V, Ueffing E, Crowe S, Oliver S, Carlo R, Evidence in agenda setting: new directions for the Cochrane Collaboration, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Available online 9 January 2013, ISSN 0895-4356, 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.08.006.

Welch VA, Awasthi S, Cumberbatch C, Fletcher R, McGowan J, Krishnaratne S, Sohani S, Tugwell P, Wells GA. (2013). Deworming and Adjuvant Interventions for Improving the Developmental Health and Well-being of Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.

Coren E, Hossain R, Pardo Pardo J, Veras MMS, Chakraborty K, Harris H, Martin AJ. Interventions for promoting reintegration and reducing harmful behaviour and lifestyles in street-connected children and young people. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD009823. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009823.pub2.

Welch V, Petticrew M, Tugwell P, Moher D, O'Neill J, Waters E, White H, y el grupo PRISMA-Equity Bellagio. Extensión PRISMA-Equidad 2012: guías para la escritura y la publicación de revisiones sistemáticas enfocadas en la equidad en salud. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2013;34(1):60-67.

2012

Pottie K, Dahal G, Logie C, Welch V. Rapid testing for improving uptake of HIV/AIDS services in people with HIV infection (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD003507. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003507.pub2.

Kristjansson E, Francis DK, Liberato S, Benkhalti Jandu M, Welch V, Batal M, Greenhalgh T, Rader T, Noonan E, Shea B, Janzen L, Wells GA, Petticrew M. Feeding interventions for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged children aged three months to five years (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD009924. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009924.

Muckle W, Muckle J, Welch V, Tugwell P. Managed alcohol as a harm reduction intervention for alcohol addiction in populations at high risk for substance abuse. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2012, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD006747. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006747.pub2.

Welch V, Brand K, Kristjansson E, Janet Smylie J, Wells G, and Tugwell P. Systematic reviews need to consider applicability to disadvantaged populations: inter-rater agreement for a health equity plausibility algorithm. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2012, 12:187 doi:10.1186/1471-2288-12-187

Waddington H, White H, Snilstveit B, Garcia Hombrados J, Vojtkova M, Davies P, Bhavsar A, Eyers J, Perez Koehlmoos T, Petticrew M, Valentine JC, Tugwell P. (2012) How to do a good systematic review of effects in international development: a tool kit. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 4(3).

Lorenc L, Petticrew M, Welch V, Tugwell P. What types of interventions generate inequalities? Evidence from systematic reviews. J Epidemiol Community Health. doi:10.1136/jech-2012-201257

Petticrew M, Chalabi Z, Jones DR. To RCT or not to RCT. Deciding when “more evidence is needed” for public health policy and practice. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012 May;66(5):391-6. doi: 10.1136/jech.2010

Welch V, Petticrew M, Ueffing E, Benkhalti Jandu M, Brand K, et al. (2012) Does Consideration and Assessment of Effects on Health Equity Affect the Conclusions of Systematic Reviews? A Methodology Study. PLoS ONE 7: e31360. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031360. Available: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031360.

2011

Petticrew M, Tugwell P, Kristjansson E, Oliver S, Ueffing E, Welch V. Damned if you do, damned if you don't: subgroup analysis and equity. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2011. Available: http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2011/06/06/jech.2010.121095.short?rss=1

Anderson LM, Petticrew M, Rehfuess E, Armstrong R, Ueffing E, Baker P, Francis D, Tugwell P. Using logic models to capture complexity in systematic reviews. Research Synthesis Methods 2011 Jun 10. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.32.

Bonell C, Harden A, Wells H, Jamal F, Fletcher A, Petticrew M, Thomas J, Whitehead M, Campbell R, Murphy S, Moore L. Protocol for systematic review of the effects of schools and school-environment interventions on health: evidence mapping and syntheses. BMC Public Health 2011; 11(1):453

Ogilvie D, Cummins S et al. Assessing the Evaluability of Complex Public Health Interventions: Five Questions for Researchers, Funders, and Policymakers. Milbank Quarterly 2011; 89(2):206-225.

Petticrew M. When are complex interventions “complex”? When are simple interventions “simple”? Eur J Public Health, 2011; 21(4):397-398.

Petticrew M, McCartney G. Using systematic reviews to separate scientific from policy debate relevant to climate change. Am J Prev Med. 2011 40 (5) 2011, 576-578.

Gibson M, Petticrew M, Bambda C, Sowden A, Wright K, Whitehead M. Housing and health inequalities: a synthesis of systematic reviews of interventions aimed at different pathways linking housing and health. Health & Place. 2011; 17(1):175-184.

2010

Booth A, Clarke M, Ghersi D, Moher D, Petticrew M, Stewart L. An International Registry of Systematic Review Protocols. Lancet. 2010. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60903-8.

Welch V, Tugwell P, Petticrew M, de Montigny J, Ueffing E, Kristjansson B, McGowan J, Benkhalti Jandu M, Wells GA, Brand K, Smylie J. How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Dec 8;12:MR000028

Wilson P, Petticrew M, Calnan M, Nazareth I. Dissemination: what should researchers do? A systematic review of conceptual planning frameworks. Implementation Science 2010, 5:91.

Tugwell P, Petticrew M, Kristjansson E, Welch V, Ueffing E, Waters E, Bonnefoy J, Morgan A, Doohan E, Kelly MP. Assessing equity in systematic reviews: realising the recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. BMJ. 2010 Sept 13;341:c4739.

2009

Petticrew M, Tugwell P, Welch V, Ueffing E, Kristjansson E, Armstrong R, Doyle J and Waters E. Better evidence about wicked issues in tackling health inequities. Journal of Public Health 2009; doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp076.

Singh JA, Christensen R, Wells GA, Suarez-Almazor ME, Buchbinder R, Lopez-Olivo MA, Tanjong GE, Tugwell P. Biologics for rheumatoid arthritis: an overview of Cochrane reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009;(4):CD007848.

2008

Tugwell P, Maxwell L, Welch V, Kristjansson E, Petticrew M, Wells G, Buchbinder R, Suarez-Almazor M, Nowlan MA, Ueffing E, Khan M, Shea B, Tsikata S. Is health equity considered in systematic reviews of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group? Arthritis Care & Research 2008;59(11):1603-10.

Thomas S, Fayter D, Misso K, Ogilvie D, Petticrew M, Sowden A, Whitehead M, Worthy G. Population tobacco control interventions and their effects on social inequalities in smoking: systematic review. Tobacco Control, published online 19 May 2008.

2007

Dans AM, Dans L, Oxman AD, Robinson V, Acuin J, Tugwell P, Dennis R, Kang D. Assessing equity in clinical practice guidelines. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 60(6):540-6, 2007.

Fedorowicz Z, Waters E, Tugwell P, Nasser M. Health research priority setting in developing countries of the eastern Mediterranean region: partnering with the Cochrane Collaboration. East Mediterr Health J 13(3):727-30, 2007 May-Jun.

Greenhalgh T, Kristjansson E, Robinson V. Realist review to understand the efficacy of school feeding programmes. BMJ 335(7625):858-61, 2007 Oct 27.

James PD, Wilkins R, Detsky AS, Tugwell P, Manuel DG. Avoidable mortality by neighbourhood income in Canada: 25 years after the establishment of universal health insurance. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 61:287-96, 2007.

Kristjansson E, Robinson V, Petticrew M, Macdonald B, Krasevec J, Janzen L, Greenhalgh T, Wells G, Macgowan J, Farmer A, Shea B, Mayhew A, Tugwell P. School feeding for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged elementary school children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1):CD004676, 2007.

2006

Tugwell P, de Savigny D, Hawker G, Robinson V. Applying clinical epidemiological methods to health equity: the equity effectiveness loop. [Review]. BMJ 332(7537):358-61, 2006. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/332/7537/358

Tugwell P, O'Connor A, Andersson N, Mhatre S, Kristjansson E, Jacobsen MJ, Robinson V, Hatcher-Roberts J, Shea B, Francis D, Beardmore J, Wells GA, Losos J. Reduction of inequalities in health: assessing evidence-based tools. International Journal for Equity in Health 5:11, 2006.

Tugwell P, Sitthi-Amorn C, Hatcher-Roberts J, Neufeld V, Makara P, Munoz F, Czerny P, Robinson V, Nuyens Y, Okello D. Health Research Profile to assess the capacity of low and middle income countries for equity-oriented research. BMC Public Health 6:151, 2006. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/6/151

Tugwell P, Petticrew M, Robinson V, Kristjansson E, Maxwell L, Cochrane Equity Field Editorial Team. Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations, and health equity. Lancet 367(9517):1128-30, 2006.

2005

Tugwell P, Robinson V, Kristjansson E. The role of clinical epidemiology in health equity: Let's take action! Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 58(8):751-2, 2005.

2004

Tugwell P, Kristjansson B. Moving from description to action: challenges in researching socio-economic inequalities in health.[comment]. Canadian Journal of Public Health Revue Canadienne de Sante Publique 95 (2):85-9, 2004 Apr.