Browsing by Author "Khabsa, Joanne"

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    COVID-19 transmission during swimming-related activities : a rapid systematic review
    (2021) Yaacoub, Sally; Khabsa, Joanne; El-Khoury, Rayane; El-Harakeh, Amena; Lotfi, Tamara; Saad, Zahra; Itani, Zeina; Khamis, Assem M.; Verdugo-Paiva, Francisca; Rada G., Gabriel
    Background: There are uncertainties about mitigating strategies for swimming-related activities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an opportunity to learn from the experience of previous re-openings to better plan the future one. Our objectives are to systematically review the evidence on (1) the association between engaging in swimming-related activities and COVID-19 transmission; and (2) the efects of strategies for preventing COVID-19 transmission during swimming-related activities. Methods: We conducted a rapid systematic review. We searched in the L-OVE (Living OVerview of Evidence) plat‑form for COVID-19. The searches covered the period from the inception date of each database until April 19, 2021. We included non-randomized studies for the review on association of COVID-19 transmission and swimming-related activities. We included guidance documents reporting on the strategies for prevention of COVID-19 transmission during swimming-related activities. We also included studies on the efcacy and safety of the strategies. Teams of two reviewers independently assessed article eligibility. For the guidance documents, a single reviewer assessed the eligibility and a second reviewer verifed the judgement. Teams of two reviewers extracted data independently. We summarized the fndings of included studies narratively. We synthesized information from guidance documents according to the identifed topics and subtopics, and presented them in tabular and narrative formats. Results: We identifed three studies providing very low certainty evidence for the association between engaging in swimming-related activities and COVID-19 transmission. The analysis of 50 eligible guidance documents identifed 11 topics: ensuring social distancing, ensuring personal hygiene, using personal protective equipment, eating and drinking, maintaining the pool, managing frequently touched surfaces, ventilation of indoor spaces, screening and management of sickness, delivering frst aid, raising awareness, and vaccination. One study assessing the efcacy of strategies to prevent COVID-19 transmission did not fnd an association between compliance with precautionary restrictions and COVID-19 transmission. Conclusions: There are major gaps in the research evidence of relevance to swimming-related activities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the synthesis of the identifed strategies from guidance documents can inform public health management strategies for swimming-related activities, particularly in future re-opening plans.
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    Equity issues rarely addressed in the development of COVID-19 formal recommendations and good practice statements: a cross-sectional study
    (2023) Dewidar, Omar; Bondok, Mostafa; Abdelrazeq, Leenah; Aliyeva, Khadija; Solo, Karla; Welch, Vivian; Brignardello-Petersen, Romina; Mathew, Joseph L.; Hazlewood, Glen; Pottie, Kevin; Hartling, Lisa; Khalifa, Dina Sami; Duda, Stephanie; Falavigna, Maicon; Khabsa, Joanne; Lotfi, Tamara; Petkovic, Jennifer; Elliot, Sarah; Chi, Yuan; Parker, Roses; Kristjansson, Elizabeth; Riddle, Alison; Darzi, Andrea J.; Magwood, Olivia; Saad, Ammar; Radav, Gabriel; Neumann, Ignacio; Loeb, Mark; Reveiz, Ludovic; Mertz, Dominik; Piggott, Thomas; Turgeon, Alexis F.; Schunemann, Holger; Tugwell, Peter
    Background and Objective: To identify COVID-19 actionable statements (e.g., recommendations) focused on specific disadvantaged populations in the living map of COVID-19 recommendations (eCOVIDRecMap) and describe how health equity was assessed in the development of the formal recommendations. Methods: We employed the place of residence, race or ethnicity or culture, occupation, gender or sex, religion, education, socio-economic status, and social capital-Plus framework to identify statements focused on specific disadvantaged populations. We assessed health equity considerations in the evidence to decision frameworks (EtD) of formal recommendations for certainty of evidence and impact on health equity criteria according to the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations criteria.Results: We identified 16% (124/758) formal recommendations and 24% (186/819) good practice statements (GPS) that were focused on specific disadvantaged populations. Formal recommendations (40%, 50/124) and GPS (25%, 47/186) most frequently focused on children. Seventy-six percent (94/124) of the recommendations were accompanied with EtDs. Over half (55%, 52/94) of those considered indirectness of the evidence for disadvantaged populations. Considerations in impact on health equity criterion most frequently involved implementation of the recommendation for disadvantaged populations (17%, 16/94). Conclusion: Equity issues were rarely explicitly considered in the development COVID-19 formal recommendations focused on specific disadvantaged populations. Guidance is needed to support the consideration of health equity in guideline development during health emergencies.& COPY; 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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    Protocol for the development of guidance for collaborator and partner engagement in health care evidence syntheses
    (2023) Tugwell, Peter; Welch, Vivian; Magwood, Olivia; Todhunter-Brown, Alex; Akl, Elie A.; Concannon, Thomas W.; Khabsa, Joanne; Morley, Richard; Schunemann, Holger; Lytvyn, Lyubov; Agarwal, Arnav; Antequera, Alba; Avey, Marc T.; Campbell, Pauline; Chang, Christine; Chang, Stephanie; Dans, Leonila; Dewidar, Omar; Ghersi, Davina; Graham, Ian D.; Hazlewood, Glen; Hilgart, Jennifer; Horsley, Tanya; John, Denny; Jull, Janet; Maxwell, Lara J.; McCutcheon, Chris; Munn, Zachary; Nonino, Francesco; Pardo, Jordi Pardo; Parker, Roses; Pottie, Kevin; Rada, Gabriel; Riddle, Alison; Synnot, Anneliese; Ghogomu, Elizabeth Tanjong; Tomlinson, Eve; Toupin-April, Karine; Petkovic, Jennifer
    BackgroundInvolving collaborators and partners in research may increase relevance and uptake, while reducing health and social inequities. Collaborators and partners include people and groups interested in health research: health care providers, patients and caregivers, payers of health research, payers of health services, publishers, policymakers, researchers, product makers, program managers, and the public. Evidence syntheses inform decisions about health care services, treatments, and practice, which ultimately affect health outcomes.Our objectives are to:A. Identify, map, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative findings related to engagement in evidence synthesesB. Explore how engagement in evidence synthesis promotes health equityC. Develop equity-oriented guidance on methods for conducting, evaluating, and reporting engagement in evidence synthesesMethodsOur diverse, international team will develop guidance for engagement with collaborators and partners throughout multiple sequential steps using an integrated knowledge translation approach:1. Reviews. We will co-produce 1 scoping review, 3 systematic reviews and 1 evidence map focusing on (a) methods, (b) barriers and facilitators, (c) conflict of interest considerations, (d) impacts, and (e) equity considerations of engagement in evidence synthesis.2. Methods study, interviews, and survey. We will contextualise the findings of step 1 by assessing a sample of evidence syntheses reporting on engagement with collaborators and partners and through conducting interviews with collaborators and partners who have been involved in producing evidence syntheses. We will use these findings to develop draft guidance checklists and will assess agreement with each item through an international survey.3. Consensus. The guidance checklists will be co-produced and finalised at a consensus meeting with collaborators and partners.4. Dissemination. We will develop a dissemination plan with our collaborators and partners and work collaboratively to improve adoption of our guidance by key organizations.ConclusionOur international team will develop guidance for collaborator and partner engagement in health care evidence syntheses. Incorporating partnership values and expectations may result in better uptake, potentially reducing health inequities.