Melissa Taylor
@mtaylor_64
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Research Assistant and PhD student @LSTM| Interested in qualitative evidence informed decision-making and research equity
Joined September 2021
📝The end of an informative week leading my first workshop! We welcomed qualitative researchers and guideline developers to discuss concrete options for improving the use of qualitative syntheses #QES when developing guidelines #READIt @FCDOHealthRes @Cochrane_IDG @LSTMnews
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This applies to in- country (HIC & LMIC) practices too where research careers in privileged (urban) institutions are built on data collection in rural, remote and First Nations communities.
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#QualitativeResearch is increasingly used in #WHO #Guidelines 📚 As part of my PhD, we appraised this use and identified key areas for further development https://t.co/TLB5rd3MgQ
@FCDOHealthRes
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#QualitativeResearch can be valuable when developing recommendations – particularly for WHO guidelines about maternal and newborn health (MANH) and infectious diseases #QES
health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com
Background Guidelines depend on effect estimates, usually derived from randomised controlled trials, to inform their decisions. Qualitative research evidence may improve decisions made but where in...
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Thank you to my amazing co-authors and colleagues for your work in producing this review! ✨ Yanina, @MartyChaplin Winsley, @dyna_doum88183 @Ingrid_ArevaloR Gemma, @Cochrane_IDG @vlutje1 ✨
🦟 New #Cochrane review on #Wolbachia for preventing dengue 🦟 This is an exciting dengue prevention strategy but more trials are needed to demonstrate whether these results can be replicated in other settings, as well as data on cost and acceptability
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The Lancet and colonialism: past, present, and future https://t.co/2Xvh77PDnA Please read our brief look @TheLancet's past, what it says about its present, & might about its future. "Influence unfairly accumulated through colonialism must be redirected to egalitarian purposes."
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@profsandyoliver @ucl @StellenboschUni The #systematicreview of 45 studies examined views and experiences of people in LMICs, and was supported by #READ-It consortium funded by @FCDOHealthRes
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The review found that people who receive a #TB diagnosis must contend with a complex and unsustainable cascade of care, affecting their decision to engage 🫁 Many thanks to my amazing co-authors! @profsandyoliver @UCL, Nancy Medley, and Susan Van Wyk @StellenboschUni #WorldTBDay
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⭐️Published today on @CochraneLibrary, new #QualitativeEvidenceSynthesis from @Cochrane_IDG on Active Case Finding in people with #TB
https://t.co/gTEOZaYgr7⭐️
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"Integrity of authorship as an indicator of contribution is threatened by normalised unfair practices." 🚨Important @GlobalHealthBMJ piece by Melissa Taylor et al. discussing how to ensure meaningful engagement with reflexivity statements⬇️ https://t.co/FHodaOMyod
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Reflexivity statements are an important tool to promote equity in the global health research ecosystem 🌎. We reflect on some of the emerging questions and invite your discussion! https://t.co/gx2xi7fVRh
@GlobalHealthBMJ @seyeabimbola @Obasi_TropMed @benjamesmorton
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Very pleased to continue synthesising community views on MDA programmes with @Cochrane_IDG and @TillyFox16, this time for #SoilTransmittedHelminths 🪱 Excited to seeing how the data builds on the previous #QES on #filariasis, which you can read here:
It's great to see another @Cochrane_IDG #QualitiveEvidenceSynthesis #QES underway. It's so important to understand how communities respond to policies and programmes
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Evidence to support the use of children’s growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) is limited and uncertain, a new @Cochrane_IDG review has found. Read more: https://t.co/8eomE4Pof0
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📚New #Cochrane Review from @Cochrane_IDG published @CochraneLibrary demonstrates: ⭐️currently limited & uncertain evidence on effectiveness of #growthmonitoring & promotion to address #malnutrition in children < 5 yrs in LMICs Full-text OA review here: https://t.co/PP9H93VNY6
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This was the first review I started working on when I joined @Cochrane_IDG, and with 527 test evaluations included, it was quite the task! Grateful to have worked with such a hard-working team on this project, especially @jacdinnes. Thanks everyone! 😊 (3/3)
⭐️Results demonstrate increasing test sensitivity for time post-symptom onset ⭐️Test accuracy for a hypothetical cohort is described in the table attached (2/3)
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Congrats to @TillyFox16 on her first first author publication This could provide a long-term and sustainable malaria prevention strategy
Simple interventions can be effective in preventing malaria 🦟 🦟 🏠 🏠 Our @Cochrane_IDG review update demonstrates that screens on windows, doors and eaves reduces parasite prevalence and anaemia by 30%. https://t.co/OyU1N4TJzi
@JFurnivalAdams @eveolanga @MartyChaplin
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Updated #Cochrane review: #Pyronaridine-artesunate is as effective as other #antimalarials and is safe https://t.co/rm5MmhXRdd
@Cochrane_IDG @mtaylor_64 @doc_phine @FCDOHealthRes
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Mass drug administration for #filariasis. Communities frightened of adverse effects, suspicious of programmes, and don’t respect community distributors. #WHO Guidelines need to consider history and politics. #CIDG #qualitative #evidencesynthesis
https://t.co/uSsqWiEQzZ
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A bit late to the party with retweeting this but hopefully the delay increases visibility. Very interesting review and as always each one has been a learning experience for me 1/4
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