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Jinxing Wang, Fangmin Chen, Xu Xiao, Xinyao Yang + 1 more
Bayesian phylogenetic analysis is essential for elucidating evolutionary relationships among organisms. Traditional methods often rely on fixed models and manual parameter settings, which can limit accuracy and efficiency. This protocol presents an integrated workflow that leverages GUIDANCE2 for rigorous sequence…
Alex Odlum, Rosemary James, Audrey Mahieu, Karl Blanchet + 3 more
'Chiara Altare' 'Neha Singh' 'Paul Spiegel'] Background For humanitarian organisations to respond effectively to complex crises, they require access to up-to-date evidence-based guidance. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of updating global guidance to context-specific and evolving needs in…
Vilma Carande-Kulis, Randy W. Elder, Dyann Matson- Koffman
Title: Summary CDC is the nation’s premier health promotion, prevention, and preparedness agency. As such, CDC is an important source of public health and clinical guidelines. If CDC guidelines are to be trusted by partners and the public, they must be clear, valid, and reliable. Methods and processes used in CDC…
Emer O’Brien, Seamus Duffy, Velma Harkins, Susan M Smith + 4 more
All 6 organizations make guidelines available in downloadable portable document format (Pdf) directly from their organizations website. The length of guideline Pdf’s varied from 30 to 150 pages depending on the topic. Five organizations also provided a summary version of the guideline to accompany the Pdf. DEGAM, NHG…
Gunther Eysenbach, Julie Vranken, Nassir F Marrouche, Samir Kendale + 12 more
'Gregor Lichtner' 'Claudia Spies' 'Carlo Jurth' 'Thomas Bienert' 'Anika Mueller' 'Oliver Kumpf' 'Vanessa Piechotta' 'Nicole Skoetz' 'Monika Nothacker' 'Martin Boeker' 'Joerg J Meerpohl' 'Falk von Dincklage'] Background Clinical practice guidelines are systematically developed statements intended to optimize patient…
Ben Davies, Joshua Parker
Healthcare practitioners have access to a range of ethical guidance. However, the normative role of this guidance in ethical decision-making is underexplored. This paper considers two ways that healthcare practitioners could approach ethics guidance. We first outline the idea of deference to ethics guidance, showing…
Heather Ingold, Gabriela B. Gomez, David Stuckler, Anna Vassall + 1 more
The World Health Organization (WHO) plays a crucial role in developing global guidelines that inform public health policies and practices worldwide. In the years 2020-2021, WHO developed over 290 guidelines (1), making it a prominent policymaker, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this increased…
Finbarr C Martin, Terence J Quinn, Sharon E Straus, Sonia Anand + 2 more
'Nathalie van der Velde' 'Rowan H Harwood'] Title: Abstract Globally, more people are living into advanced old age, with age-associated frailty, disability and multimorbidity. Achieving equity for all ages necessitates adapting healthcare systems. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have an important place in adapting…
Jaime Fons-Martinez, Carlos Murciano-Gamborino, Javier Diez-Domingo
Background Informed consent (IC) is essential in defending the autonomy of potential participants in clinical research. Despite the advances in research ethics, particularly in IC, the different guidelines and codes have not been fully implemented. Several studies have presented consent deficiencies that have resulted…
Tanja Kovačević, Davorka Vrdoljak, Slavica Jurić Petričević, Ivan Buljan + 5 more
'Ivan Buljan' 'Dario Sambunjak' 'Željko Krznarić' 'Ana Marušić' 'Ana Jerončić' 'Paul B. Tchounwou'] We assessed the methodological quality and transparency of all the national clinical practice guidelines that were published in Croatia up until 2017 and explored the factors associated with their quality rating. An…
Christiane Rudert, Peggy Koniz‐Booher, Mary Lung'aho, Maryanne Stone‐Jimenez + 2 more
'Maryanne Stone‐Jimenez' 'Maaike Arts' 'France Bégin'] Title: Abstract Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) promotion is a key component in the set of high impact interventions to improve nutrition. The literature provides evidence of the positive impact of IYCF promotion through various platforms, including…
Susan L. Norris
7## Conclusion Current methods guidance on normative statements other than recommendations, including GRADE GPS, is inadequate and frequently misunderstood. This has led to the misapplication and over- and under-use of GPS. I propose a new typology for normative statements on interventions, according to the nature of…