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Why do we need systematic reviews to inform healthcare decisions in the disaster context
Author(s) -
Kadhiravan Tamilarasu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of evidence‐based medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1756-5391
DOI - 10.1111/jebm.12151
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , systematic review , psychological intervention , health care , pandemic , political science , covid-19 , public relations , management science , business , engineering ethics , psychology , medicine , medline , economics , nursing , engineering , history , law , disease , archaeology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Decision‐making in the disaster setting is often guided by the precautionary principle and the pressure to do something. All such actions do not necessarily translate into improved outcomes, however well‐reasoned and well‐intentioned they might be. Systematic reviews of interventions could provide the credible evidence needed to inform decision‐making in the disaster context. In this paper, which was presented at the Evidence Aid Symposium on 20 September 2014, at Hyderabad, India, I emphasize this point by reflecting upon the response to the recent pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza.