Publications by authors named "Micayla Matthews"
Best practices for the dissemination of global health guidelines has not undergone rigorous research. We used a new approach to digitizing World Health Organization (WHO) global tuberculosis guideline recommendations (eTB RecMap) and compared its usability to the conventional method of accessing TB recommendations using the WHO website. We conducted a two-arm superiority randomised controlled trial using a survey among global stakeholders who were past or planned future users of TB guidelines, recommendations, or policy advice.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has affected public health and trust in health information, especially in relation to health inequities.
- A scoping review analyzed public perceptions of COVID-19 prevention information using the PROGRESS-Plus health equity framework, reviewing 31 studies from 15 countries published between January 2020 and July 2021.
- The review found that education, gender, age, socioeconomic status, and place of residence significantly influence public trust and engagement with COVID-19 recommendations, highlighting the need for future research to further explore these factors.
Background And Objectives: To develop a digital communication tool to improve the implementation of up-to-date COVID-19 recommendations. Specifically, to improve patient, caregiver and public understanding of healthcare recommendations on prevention, diagnoses and treatment.
Methods: Multi-stakeholder engagement design.
Objectives: To evaluate the development and quality of actionable statements that qualify as good practice statements (GPS) reported in COVID-19 guidelines.
Design And Setting: Systematic review . We searched MEDLINE, MedSci, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), databases of Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Guidelines, NICE, WHO and Guidelines International Network (GIN) from March 2020 to September 2021.
An evidence-based approach is considered the gold standard for health decision-making. Sometimes, a guideline panel might judge the certainty that the desirable effects of an intervention clearly outweigh its undesirable effects as high, but the body of supportive evidence is indirect. In such cases, the application of the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) approach for grading the strength of recommendations is inappropriate.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Having up-to-date health policy recommendations accessible in one location is in high demand by guideline users. We developed an easy to navigate interactive approach to organize recommendations and applied it to tuberculosis (TB) guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Study Design: We used a mixed-methods study design to develop a framework for recommendation mapping with seven key methodological considerations.