Evidence for disaster risk reduction, planning and response: design of the Evidence Aid survey

Clarke, Mike; Kayabu, Bonnix

doi:10.1371/currents.rrn1270

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“…The Evidence Aid online needs assessment survey was opened in July 2011 and is available in Arabic, English, French, German and Spanish 6. It has been widely publicised to humanitarian aid workers, agencies, NGOs and others, including those working in low- and middle-income countries through, for example, distribution to a list of people involved in the HINARI initiative which is seeking to improve access to healthcare journals in low- and middle-income countries (www.who.int/hinari/en).…”

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Prioritization of Themes and Research Questions for Health Outcomes in Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Crises or Other Major Healthcare Emergencies

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2013

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People making decisions about interventions, actions and strategies for natural disasters, humanitarian crises and other major healthcare emergencies need access to reliable evidence to help ensure that the choices they make are likely to do more good than harm. However, there are many gaps in this evidence base in a wide range of areas. This paper reports a priority setting exercise that was coordinated by Evidence Aid to identify thirty priorities for up-to-date systematic reviews of the effects of interventions, actions and strategies on health outcomes, which would be particularly relevant to those involved in disaster risk reduction, planning response and recovery at an international level. It builds from an ongoing needs assessment that had identified a couple of hundred relevant research questions, which were grouped under 43 themes. Ten of these themes were prioritized by an online survey and the questions attached to these themes were then discussed at a face-to-face meeting, leading to the generation of a list of 30 top priority questions which is presented in this paper. We recognize that a different group of people might have come to different priorities but regard this as an important starting point, and the extensive efforts that were made to be inclusive in gathering opinions should help ensure their wide relevance.

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Prioritization of Themes and Research Questions for Health Outcomes in Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Crises or Other Major Healthcare Emergencies

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“…Inquiry is defined as the original research undertaken to measure the effectiveness of the interventions of interest or the risks associated with particular hazards. Evidence Aid activities in this quadrant include working with partners to identify priorities for research as well as supporting multidisciplinary research teams in their work.…”

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“…One was reflexive and retrospective looking to evaluate Evidence Aid's work to that time . The other was outward focused and prospective, seeking to identify the evidence needs of humanitarian aid agencies and prioritize future work, including the generation and dissemination of new research evidence . Three Evidence Aid conferences have been held since 2010 , the most recent being the Evidence Aid Symposium 2014 which took place shortly before the Cochrane Colloquium in Hyderabad, India in September 2014.…”

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Evaluating Evidence Aid as a complex, multicomponent knowledge translation intervention

Mellon¹

2015

J Evidence Based Medicine

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Evidence Aid, an initiative established by members of The Cochrane Collaboration in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in December 2004, celebrates its first 10 years later this year. Whilst the principles of the Evidence Aid initiative are firmly rooted in evidence-based medicine and public health practice, the initiative itself was born of a humanitarian imperative, compassion and the expressed moral duty to help. The evidence-base for Evidence Aid, (that is, for knowledge translation interventions focused on dissemination of evidence), was not, and is not, well-established This article, which is based on a presentation at the Evidence Aid Symposium on 20 September 2014, at Hyderabad, India presents a unifying conceptual framework for use when researching the impact of Evidence Aid as a knowledge translation intervention. It highlights how each of the core activities can be mapped to this framework and identifies key outcomes of interest for evaluation.

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“…As a result of the needs assessment survey, Evidence Aid established that its potential users did not have ready or free access to evidence‐based materials that would help them in their decision‐making process, nor did they use The Cochrane Library.…”

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A resource for those preparing for and responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and major healthcare emergencies

Allen

2014

J Evidence Based Medicine

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This article describes the dissemination and knowledge transfer activities of Evidence Aid, which was established after the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 to provide a single source of evidence that would help people make wellinformed decisions when preparing for and responding to disasters. Evidence Aid has a dedicated website (www.EvidenceAid.org) to provide access to more than 160 systematic reviews and several other documents relevant to people working on disaster risk reduction, planning, response, recovery, rehabilitation, and resilience. It combines this with a social media presence and Special Collections that bundle together related Cochrane Reviews (www.TheCochraneLibrary.com). The aim is to make it easier for users who need this evidence and don't have time to browse through multiple documents and distill them before making their decisions. Evidence Aid will continue to identify and share resources and knowledge with those who most need it at the time that they need it most. It is working with several partners to identify relevant Cochrane and non-Cochrane systematic reviews and is engaging with users who, by sharing their information and their knowledge needs, will allow Evidence Aid to target its efforts to these priority areas.

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Evidence for disaster risk reduction, planning and response: design of the Evidence Aid survey

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Prioritization of Themes and Research Questions for Health Outcomes in Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Crises or Other Major Healthcare Emergencies

Prioritization of Themes and Research Questions for Health Outcomes in Natural Disasters, Humanitarian Crises or Other Major Healthcare Emergencies

Evaluating Evidence Aid as a complex, multicomponent knowledge translation intervention

A resource for those preparing for and responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and major healthcare emergencies

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