The "child Health Evidence Week" and GRADE grid may aid transparency in the deliberative process of guideline development

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 962-969

  Opiyo, Newton ^a,b   Shepperd, Sasha ^c   Musila, Nyokabi ^a   English, Mike ^a,c   Fretheim, Atle ^b,d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence; GRADE; Knowledge translation; Pediatrics; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84864276830     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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