Community-based approaches for neonatal survival: meta-analyses of randomized trial data

Community-based approaches for neonatal survival: meta-analyses of randomized trial data

OBJECTIVE To analyse the impact of community approaches to improving newborn health and survival in low-resource countries. METHODS We updated previous meta-analyses of published cluster randomized trials of community-based interventions for neonatal survival. For each study we extracted baseline data on the context: geographical area; available facilities and staffing; immediate breastfeedin...

Individual participant data meta-analyses compared with meta-analyses based on aggregate data

BACKGROUND Meta-analyses based on individual participant data (IPD-MAs) allow more powerful and uniformly consistent analyses as well as better characterisation of subgroups and outcomes, compared to those which are based on aggregate data (AD-MAs) extracted from published trial reports. However, IPD-MAs are a larger undertaking requiring greater resources than AD-MAs. Researchers have compared...

Cristia Community - Augmented Meta - Analyses : Toward Cumulative Data Assessment

Community-Augmented Meta-Analyses: Toward Cumulative Data Assessment.

We present the concept of a community-augmented meta-analysis (CAMA), a simple yet novel tool that significantly facilitates the accumulation and evaluation of previous studies within a specific scientific field. A CAMA is a combination of a meta-analysis and an open repository. Like a meta-analysis, it is centered around a psychologically relevant topic and includes methodological details and ...

Financial incentive-based approaches for weight loss: a randomized trial.

CONTEXT Identifying effective obesity treatment is both a clinical challenge and a public health priority due to the health consequences of obesity. OBJECTIVE To determine whether common decision errors identified by behavioral economists such as prospect theory, loss aversion, and regret could be used to design an effective weight loss intervention. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Fifty-...