Evidence-based Public Health
ESSAY TITLE:
Cochrane review summary: Summary of ‘Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low- and middle-income countries'.
INSTRUCTIONS
1) Summarise one Cochrane review. The Cochrane review you have to summarise is:
Oyo-Ita A, Wiysonge CS, Oringanje C, Nwachukwu CE, Oduwole O, Meremikwu MM. Interventions for improving coverage of childhood immunisation in low- and middle-income countries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD008145. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008145.pub3.
NOTE: This Cochrane review is 97 pages long so check which pages you need first before you print it.
2) Referencing instructions:
- This is the only source you need to read for this essay so I will accept the reference citation presented exactly as it is shown above.
- If you summarise research that is cited in this Cochrane review - you do NOT need to provide those additional references in your essay. You can paraphrase. For example, this sentence copied from the review: ‘Global DTP3 coverage hovered around 5% in 1974, when EPI was launched, and increased very slowly to 17% in 1980 (WHO 2012b).' would be edited to become ‘The review, citing a WHO 2012 report, highlighted that ...'
3) Essay writing instructions:
In the essay you must address all these points:
- Provide a short summary of the rationale for the review and the problems that the interventions are meant to address.
- Provide a PICOT table for the selection criteria, i.e., the ‘Methods for considering studies for this review'.
- Identify the key criteria used for assessing the risk of bias in the included studies. You only need to summarise the key criteria - you do not need to conduct a risk of bias assessment.
- Summarise the main findings, i.e., what do we learn from this review?
- What are the types of interventions in the studies identified in the review?
- Describe 2-3 implications for future research.
- Are there any gaps in the evidence base?