Supporting Policy - relevant reviews and trials (SUPPORT)
Supporting Policy - relevant reviews and trials (SUPPORT)
Organization:
- network of 10 partners in nine countries in Africa, South America, and Europe
- led by Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
- funded by the EC 6th Framework Programme Priority
Purpose:
- To improve the use of reliable research evidence in policy and management decisions
- To summaries the best available evidence through a global research for systematic reviews of maternal and child health intervention.
Content:
- Short, clear and easy to read summaries of relevant reviews: the summaries are based on an assessment of the quality of the review and evidence
- The summaries are structured as follows:
- Key background information needed to understand the finding
- A summary of what the review authors searched for and found
- A detailed summary of the main findings of the review, including assessment of the quality of evidence for those findings
- Assessment of the relevance of the review to low and middle-income countries, including: the applicability of the evidence to low and middle-income countries, potential impacts on equity, economic considerations, and the need for monitoring and evaluation
- References for additional information