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An Introduction to Systematic Reviews David Gough

An Introduction to Systematic Reviews By David Gough

An Introduction to Systematic Reviews by David Gough

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As providing an evidence base for decision making is increasingly important, more researchers are carrying out systematic reviews of research in their disciplines. This book is an easy-to-understand guide to the process.

An Introduction to Systematic Reviews Summary

An Introduction to Systematic Reviews by David Gough

This timely, engaging book provides an overview of the nature, logic, diversity and process of undertaking systematic reviews as part of evidence informed decision making.

A focused, accessible and technically up-to-date book, it covers the full breadth of approaches to reviews from statistical meta analysis to meta ethnography. It is ideal for anyone undertaking their own systematic review - providing all the necessary conceptual and technical background needed to make a good start on the process.

The content is divided into five clear sections:

Approaches to reviewing

Getting started

Gathering and describing research

Appraising and synthesising data

Making use of reviews/models of research use.

Easy to read and logically structured, this book is essential reading for anyone doing systematic reviews.

David Gough is Professor of Evidence Informed Policy and Practice and Director of SSRU and its EPPI-Centre and Co-Editor of the journal Evidence & Policy.

Sandy Oliver is Professor of Public Policy and Deputy Director of SSRU and its EPPI-Centre.

James Thomas is Reader in Social Policy, Assistant Director of SSRU and Associate Direcctor of the EPPI-Centre.

About David Gough

David Gough is a Professor of Evidence Informed Policy and Practice, and Director of the EPPI-Centre, University College London. His early research focused on child protection services. For the last 20 years, he has concentrated on methods of research synthesis including a DfE centre on evidence informed education, a node of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, and a methods unit for NICE. His research on research use include the European Commission EIPPEE network, the Science of Using Science review for the Wellcome Trust, the experimental evaluation of the RISE project to encourage evidence use in schools, a study of the UK what works centres for ESRC, and a study of evidence standards in web evidence portals for the Centre for Homelessness Impact. He is a coinvestigator for DfIDs CEDIL project on developing evaluation methodology in international development. He was the comanaging editor of the journal Evidence and Policy from 2009 to 2017. Sandy Oliver is Professor of Public Policy at UCL Institute of Education and Deputy Director of SSRU and its EPPI-Centre. For twenty five years her interests have focused on the interaction between researchers and people making decisions in their professional and personal lives. With this in mind she has been developing methods to collate knowledge from whole bodies of research systematic reviews not just single studies. Most recently this has been in the area of international development where she has conducted systematic reviews and built up a programme of support for research teams conducting reviews elsewhere. She works with DFID and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research at WHO to build capacity in systematic reviewing in developing countries. James Thomas is a Professor in Social Policy, Assistant Director of SSRU and Associate Director of the EPPI-Centre He directs the EPPI-Centres Reviews Facility for the Department of Health, England, and undertakes systematic reviews across a range of policy areas. He has specialized in developing methods for research synthesis, in particular for qualitative and mixed methods reviews and in using emerging information technologies in research. He leads a module on synthesis and critical appraisal on the EPPI-Centres MSc in Evidence for Public Policy and Practice and development on the Centres in-house reviewing software, EPPI-Reviewer.

Table of Contents

Introducing Systematic Reviews - David Gough, Sandy Oliver and James Thomas Stakeholder Perspectives and Participation in Reviews - Rebecca Rees and Sandy Oliver Commonality and Diversity in Reviews - David Gough and James Thomas Getting Started with a Review - Sandy Oliver, Kelly Dickson, and Mark Newman Information Management in Reviews - Jeff Brunton and James Thomas Finding Relevant Studies - Ginny Brunton, Claire Stansfield & James Thomas Describing and Analysing Studies - Sandy Oliver and Katy Sutcliffe Quality and Relevance Appraisal - Angela Harden and David Gough Synthesis: Combining Results Systematically and Appropriately - James Thomas, Angela Harden and Mark Newman Making a Difference with Systematic Reviews - Ruth Stewart and Sandy Oliver Moving Forward - David Gough, Sandy Oliver and James Thomas

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GOR011188220
9781849201810
1849201811
An Introduction to Systematic Reviews by David Gough
David Gough
Used - Like New
Paperback
Sage Publications Ltd
2012-03-31
304
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