Elodie Besnier
Which public health interventions are effective in reducing morbidity, mortality and health inequalities from infectious diseases amongst children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs): protocol for an umbrella review
Besnier, Elodie; Thomson, Katie; Stonkute, Donata; Mohammad, Talal; Akhter, Nasima; Todd, Adam; Jensen, Magnus Rom; Kilvik, Astrid; Bambra, Clare
Authors
Katie Thomson
Donata Stonkute
Talal Mohammad
Dr Nasima Akhter nasima.akhter@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Adam Todd
Magnus Rom Jensen
Astrid Kilvik
Clare Bambra
Abstract
Introduction: Despite significant progress in the last few decades, infectious diseases remain a significant threat to children’s health in low-income and middle-income countries. Effective means of prevention and control for these diseases exist, making any differences in the burden of these diseases between population groups or countries inequitable. Yet, gaps remain in our knowledge of the effect these public health interventions have on health inequalities in children, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. This umbrella review aims to address some of these gaps by exploring which public health interventions are effective in reducing morbidity, mortality and health inequalities from infectious diseases among children in low-income and middle-income countries. Methods and analysis: An umbrella review will be conducted to identify systematic reviews or evidence synthesis of public health interventions that reduce morbidity, mortality and/or health inequalities due to infectious diseases among children (aged under 5 years) in low-income and middle-income countries. The interventions of interest are public health interventions targeting infectious diseases or associated risk factors in children. We will search for reviews reporting health and health inequalities outcomes in and between populations. The literature search will be undertaken using the Cochrane Library, Medline, EMBASE, the CAB Global Health database, Health Evidence, the Campbell Collaboration Library of Systematic Reviews, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation Systematic review repository, Scopus, the Social Sciences Citation Index and PROSPERO. Additionally, a manual search will be performed in Google Scholar and three international organisations websites (UNICEF Office of Research—Innocenti, UNICEF, WHO) to capture grey literature. Data from the records meeting our inclusion/exclusion criteria will be collated using a narrative synthesis approach. Ethics and dissemination: This review will exclusively work with anonymous group-level information available from published reviews. No ethical approval was required.
Citation
Besnier, E., Thomson, K., Stonkute, D., Mohammad, T., Akhter, N., Todd, A., …Bambra, C. (2019). Which public health interventions are effective in reducing morbidity, mortality and health inequalities from infectious diseases amongst children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs): protocol for an umbrella review. BMJ Open, 9(12), Article e032981. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032981
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 19, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 29, 2019 |
Publication Date | Dec 29, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Oct 28, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 28, 2021 |
Journal | BMJ Open |
Electronic ISSN | 2044-6055 |
Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 12 |
Article Number | e032981 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032981 |
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