Dissemination of knowledge from Cochrane Public Health reviews: a bibliographic study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Appropriate dissemination of public health evidence is of high importance to ensure that scientific knowledge reaches potential stakeholders and relevant population groups. A wide distrust towards science and its findings indicates that communication thereof remains below its potential. Cochrane Public Health provides an important source of high-quality scientific evidence in the field of public health via reviews with systematic methodology. The aims of this study were to identify (1) dissemination strategies and (2) stakeholders of Cochrane Public Health reviews.

Methods

This is a bibliographic study with a cross-sectional design. All 68 records (reviews or review protocols) listed on the Cochrane Public Health website ( https://ph.cochrane.org/cph-reviews-and-t

SUBMITTER: Helmer SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10318803 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature