Publications by authors named "S K Lhachimi"
Objectives: This study aimed to develop and apply a structured approach for prioritising topics for systematic reviews in public health, framed according to the readily applicable PICO format, which encourages the involvement of stakeholders' preferences in a transparent matter.
Methods: We developed a multi-stage process, consisting of a scoping and two Delphi stages with web-based surveys and invited public health stakeholders in Switzerland to participate: First, respondents specified topics for different public health domains, which were reformulated in a PICO format by content analysis. Second, respondents rated the topics using five stakeholder-refined assessment criteria.
Background: Research priority setting (RPS) studies are necessary to close the significant gap between the scientific evidence produced and the evidence stakeholders need. Their findings can make resource allocation in research more efficient. However, no general framework for conducting an RPS study among public health stakeholders exists.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Assessing changes in coverage, recall, review, conclusions and references not found when searching fewer databases.
Methods: In randomly selected 60 Cochrane reviews, we checked included study publications' coverage (indexation) and recall (findability) using different search approaches with MEDLINE, Embase, and CENTRAL and related them to authors' conclusions and certainty. We assessed characteristics of unfound references.
Article Synopsis
- Unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) are a social protection strategy aimed at reducing poverty and improving health in low- and middle-income countries by providing financial support without conditions.* -
- The study's objectives are to evaluate how UCTs affect healthcare usage and health outcomes for both children and adults, while also comparing these effects to those of conditional cash transfers (CCTs), which require recipients to meet certain behaviors.* -
- The methodology involved a comprehensive search of multiple academic databases and included various types of studies to assess the effectiveness of UCTs, with outcomes focused on health service utilization and health impacts.*
Raising tobacco prices effectively reduces smoking, the main risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Using the Health Impact Assessment tool "DYNAMO-HIA", this study quantified the reduction in COPD burden that would occur in Italy, England and Sweden over 40 years if tobacco prices were increased by 5%, 10% and 20% over current local prices, with larger increases considered in secondary analyses. A dynamic Markov-based multi-state simulation modelling approach estimated the effect of changes in smoking prevalence states and probabilities of transitioning between smoking states on future smoking prevalence, COPD burden and life expectancy in each country.
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