READ-It update on publications: January – March 2024

 January 2024

New Cochrane Protocol

• Fox T, Shrestha S, Kuehn R, Taylor M. Community views on mass drug administration for soil‐transmitted helminths: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD015794. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD015794.

New Cochrane Reviews

• Saif-Ur-Rahman K, Mamun R, Hasan M, Meiring JE, Khan MA. Oral killed cholera vaccines for preventing cholera. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD014573. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD014573. Listen to the Cochrane podcast.
   
• Lourens A, Sinclair M, Willems B, Young T. Education, incentive, and engineering‐based interventions to promote the use of seat belts. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD011218. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011218.pub2. 

Other Systematic Reviews

• Kuehn R, Fox T, Guyatt G, Lutje V, Gould S (2024). Infection prevention and control measures to reduce the transmission of mpox: a systematic review. PLOS Global Public Health 4(1): e0002731. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002731.
   
• Rohwer A, Ngah V, Mavridis D, Young T, McCaul M. Building capacity for network meta-analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa: reflections and future direction. Systematic Reviews. 2024 Jan 2;13(1):7. DOI: 10.1186/s13643-023-02418-8.

Other Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Fincham L, Hohlfeld A, Clarke M, Kredo T, McCaul M (2024). Exploring trial publication and research waste in COVID-19 randomised trials of hydroxychloroquine, corticosteroids, and vitamin D: a meta-epidemiological cohort study. BMC Medical Research Methodology 24: 19 DOI: 10.1186/s12874-023-02110-4.
   
• Jeyashree K, Abdulkader RS, Haridoss M, Govindaraju R, Brans A, Vosser M, Gordon S, Tiwari H, Sumitha TS, Chandran K, Mabetha D, Durão S (2024). Menu labeling and portion size control to improve the out‐of‐home food environment: a scoping review. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods 2: e12039. DOI: 10.1002/cesm.12039.

February 2024

New Cochrane Review

• Korula P, Alexander H, John JSara, Kirubakaran R, Singh B, Tharyan P, Rupali P. Favipiravir for treating COVID‐19. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD015219. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD015219.pub2.

Other Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Singh B, Alexander H, Tharyan P, Mathew JL, Garner P, Rupali P. Covid management guidelines India group The COVID guidelines India project: A rapid living evidence synthesis during a pandemic in a LMIC setting. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 23 Feb 2024 [Epub ahead of print]: 101548. DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2024.101548

March 2024

New Cochrane Review

• Taylor M, Medley N, van Wyk SS, Oliver S. Community views on active case finding for tuberculosis in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD014756. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD014756.pub2.

Other Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Rupali P, Singh B, Princy NG, John JS, Kuehn R, Solomon T, Alexander H, Tharyan P, Singh G, Ramasubramanian V, Mathew JL, Netravathi M, Garner P. The India brain infections guidelines project: Global evidence for local application. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, Volume 27, 101560. DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2024.101560
   
• Naude C, Brand A, Visser A. A rapid overview of systematic reviews on the effects of palm oil intake compared with intake of other vegetable oils on mortality and cardiovascular health in children and adults. World Health Organization. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/376122. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
   
• Karanja PW, Mulaku MN, Ochodo EA. A synthesis of qualitative evidence of barriers and facilitators in implementing guidelines for TB testing in healthcare settings. Implementation Science Communications 5(1): 30. DOI: 10.1186/s43058-024-00565-0
   
• Gallardo-Gómez D, Richardson R, Dwan K*. Standardized mean differences in meta-analysis: a tutorial. Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods. 2024; 2(3):e12047. 
   
• Bonnett LJ, Dwan K*, Dodd S. Clinical trials concocted for the classroom. Teaching Statistics. 2024, 1–8, DOI: 10.1111/test.12368

* Dr Kerry Dwan, Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis: her publications are reported by READ-It due to Kerry’s association with the READ-It programme (FCDO funded) and CIDG due to her strategic role within LSTM Department of Clinical Sciences and the Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health.

These publications are associated with the Research, Evidence and Development Initiative (READ-It). READ-It (project number 300342-104) is funded by UK aid from the UK government; however, the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK government’s official policies.