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Handbooks, Manuals & Reporting Guidelines
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) guidance for undertaking systematic reviewsThis guide is recommended as a source of good practice by agencies such as the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme, and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), and has been used widely both nationally and internationally. Their aim is to promote high standards in commissioning and conduct, by providing practical guidance for undertaking systematic reviews evaluating the effects of health interventions.
- EPPI-CentreThe Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) conducts systematic reviews in the fields of Education, Health Promotion and Public Health, as well as social welfare and international development.
- Equator Network ToolkitA comprehensive collection of online resources related to health research reporting, including systematic reporting guidelines.
- Finding What Works in Health Care : Standards for Systematic Reviews (2011)Provides guidance on doing systematic reviews from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine. (Click on download free PDF)
- National Academies Standards for Initiating Systematic ReviewsStandards developed by the National Academies of Science, Health, and Medicine (formerly IOM) for systematic reviews of comparative effectiveness research of therapeutic medical or surgical interventions.
- PRISMA Checklist and Flow DiagramThe PRISMA statement is a checklist and flow diagram to help systematic review and meta-analyses authors assess and report on the benefits and harms of a healthcare intervention.
- Systematic Reviews of Health Promotion and Public Health InterventionsThese guidelines complement Sections 3 to 11 of the Cochrane Handbook, specifically focused on health promotion and public health interventions.
Evidence Synthesis Guidelines
- Campbell CollaborationThe Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that produces systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions in Crime & Justice, Education, International Development, and Social Welfare.
- Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of InterventionsProvides guidance to authors for the preparation of Cochrane Intervention reviews (including Cochrane Overviews of reviews).
Systematic Review Evaluation
- AMSTAR (A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews)AMSTAR Checklist of 11 items to assess the assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews.
- AMSTAR 2Revised version of the AMSTAR (A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews). This 16 item checklist helps you assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews.