Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
The COVID-19 pandemic is placing a great strain on health systems and healthcare workers. One way to ease this may be to make greater use of community or lay health workers (LHW).
In this Cochrane systematic review, the authors searched for randomised trials evaluating the effects of LHW interventions in primary and community health care on maternal and child health and the management of infectious diseases. They did their most recent search in February 2010 and identified 55 trials from ...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
There have been increases in domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Information is needed on interventions to minimise psychological damage to children who witness it.
In this Campbell systematic review, the authors searched for studies that had evaluated the effects of psychosocial interventions to promote well‐being among children exposed to intimate partner violence and which they rated as having low or moderate risk of bias. They did not restrict their search by date of ...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
During the COVID-19 pandemic, some schools have been closed to try to reduce the spread of the disease. This means that children might be spending more time online and the risk of cyber abuse and bullying might increase, raising the need for effective interventions to prevent and reduce it.
In this Campbell systematic review, the authors searched for research assessing the effects of interventions intended to increase internet safety knowledge and decreasing risky online behaviour. They did not ...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Evidence Collection. Evidence Aid
Physical interventions, such as handwashing, should interrupt or reduce the transmission of COVID-19. Existing research into handwashing to prevent diarrhea and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in childhood may provide useful information for helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
In this systematic review, the authors searched for research from a low- or middle-income country that tested the effects of a hygiene promotion intervention (which included messages around handwashing) ...
Hospital Universitario Donostia – Unidad de Epidemiología Clínica
Systematic reviews conclude, as well as recommendations, that surgical masks are as frequent as N95 and FFP2 for admission to a room of patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. When healthcare personnel perform aerosol-generating procedures, such as tracheal intubation, noninvasive ventilation, tracheostomy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, manual ventilation before intubation, and bronchoscopy, use highly protective ones.