Clik here to view.
Systematic Review : The global prevalence of intimate partner homicide
EBSI doctoral graduate Heidi Stockl has a new review publish with the Lancet on the global prevalence of intimate partner violence. Her findings, gathered form 66 countries, suggest that 13·5% (IQR...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Webinar on Policy Dimensions of Scaling up Family Planning & MCH Services
Reblogged from Evaluate: Webinar Title: Policy Dimensions of Scaling up Family Planning and MCH Services Date: Thursday, July 11, 2013 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT Effective policy development is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
mHealth and evidence
Reblogged from : "Mobile health (mHealth) is the provision of health services and information via mobile and wireless technologies. Within the mobile phone has become ubiquitous, making mHealth...
View ArticleClik here to view.
(The New Yorker) Atul Gawande: How Do Good Ideas Spread?
“To create new norms, you have to understand people’s existing norms and barriers to change. You have to understand what’s getting in their way. So what about just working with health-care workers, one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Development Impact Blog
For those interested in international development and impact evaluation, the WorldBank’s Development Impact blog may be a good tromping ground for readings and discussion/debate. Recent posts have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BMJ takes further steps to combat bad reporting
In an added effort in the fight against bad trial reporting, BMJ has released an article encouraging study authors to include a “declaration of transparency” when reporting study findings. “Bad as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NYT: Medical Procedures May Be Useless, or Worse
A recent blogpost at the New York Times, and the Mayo Clinic report it references, may be of interest to evidence-based aficionados: “We usually assume that new medical procedures and drugs are adopted...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Recommended Post: Is it nuts to give money to the poor?
In a recent blog post, Columbia professor and development cash transfer expert Chris Blattman states the following: “Neither the government nor the charity I worked with in Uganda were willing to try...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Global Impact Blog: Equipoise in Development RCTs
In a recent article on the World Bank’s Development Impact blog, author David Mackenzie discusses the role of equipoise in RCTs for impact assessments. Mackenzie summarizes previous arguments thus: ‘In...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meta-analysis App?
Coming soon, AidGrade will release a full-fleged version of its meta-analysis app; that is, an app that allows users to utilize pre-extracted research report data to organize and conduct a...
View Article
