Cochrane-WHO collaboration on qualitative evidence syntheses in guidelines showcased in new articles

[Sly Saint]

A series of papers highlighting innovative work carried out by the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group and the World Health Organization on using reviews of qualitative research in guideline development processes has been published in Health Research Policy and Systems.

The articles were commissioned by WHO in response to requests for direction on how to use qualitative evidence syntheses in guidelines and were authored by a team from WHO, Cochrane staff at the Norwegian Public Health Institute and the University of Central Lancashire.

“The papers discuss how qualitative evidence syntheses can be a powerful means of improving the relevance of guidelines, how they can help to integrate the views and experiences of all types of stakeholders – including groups who may not be otherwise represented in the decision-making process – and how they are also a useful source of information for implementation,” explains Claire Glenton, a Cochrane EPOC editor who led one of the papers. “They also highlight a number of issues for further development.”

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• Using qualitative evidence synthesis to inform guideline scope and develop qualitative findings statements (led by Soo Downe)
• Using qualitative evidence synthesis findings to inform evidence-to-decision frameworks and recommendations (led by Simon Lewin)
• Using qualitative evidence syntheses to develop implementation considerations and inform implementation processes (led by Claire Glenton)
  
  
  https://www.cochrane.org/news/makin...-collaboration-qualitative-evidence-syntheses