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ArticleBMJ open2019

Utilisation of tools to facilitate cross-border communication during international food safety events, 1995-2019: a realist synthesis protocol.

Carmen Joseph Savelli, Ceu Mateus

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Carmen Joseph SavelliFood Safety and Zoonoses, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland savellic@who.int.ORCID 0000-0001-5929-7249
Ceu MateusDivision of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionEfficient communication and coordination between countries is needed for prevention, detection and response to international food safety events. While communication tools exist, current evidence suggests that they are only effective within certain contexts and only cover certain geographic areas. There is a need to unpack and explore the mechanisms of how and in what context such communication tools and their components are effective at facilitating international communication and coordination to keep food safe and mitigate the burden of foodborne disease around the globe. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A realist synthesis will be undertaken to understand how and why certain processes and structures of communication tools, used during international food safety events, influence their utility and effectiveness according to different contextual factors. The focus of this review is explanatory and aims to develop and refine theory regarding how contextual factors trigger specific processes and mechanisms to produce outcomes. Using the realist context-mechanism-outcome configuration of theory development, a range of sources have been used to develop the initial programme theory, including the author's experience, a scoping review of published papers and grey literature and input from an expert reference committee. To support, expand or refute the initial theory, data will be synthesised from published literature and input from the expert reference committee. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval is not required for this review as it does not involve primary research. However, it will be conducted according to the appropriate ethical standards of accuracy, utility, usefulness, accountability, feasibility and propriety. The RAMESES publication standards will be followed to report the findings of this review. On completion, the final manuscript will be shared with members of the FAO/WHO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) and published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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CommunicationFoodborne DiseasesFood SafetyFood SupplyInternational CooperationHazard Analysis and Critical Control PointsHumansInternationalitycommunication toolscontextual factorsfoodborne disease outbreaksfood safetyinternational networksrealist review

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PMID31662374
PMCPMC6830981

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