SynthesisTobacco control2023
Identifying best modelling practices for tobacco control policy simulations: a systematic review and a novel quality assessment framework.
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- Using Bayesian evidence synthesis to quantify uncertainty in population trends in smoking behaviour.Statistical methods in medical research · 2025Article
- A novel tobacco forecasting model by multiple sociodemographic strata in Australia.International journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Tobacco endgame intervention impacts on health gains and Māori:non-Māori health inequity: a simulation study of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Tobacco Action Plan.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Prevention Lab: a predictive model for estimating the impact of prevention interventions in a simulated Italian cohort.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Improving Prediction of Tobacco Use Over Time: Findings from Waves 1-4 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Projected health and economic impacts of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in Germany: A cross-validation modelling study.PLoS medicine · 2023Article
- Prioritization of intervention domains to prevent cardiovascular disease: a country-level case study using global burden of disease and local data.Population health metrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPolicy simulation models (PSMs) have been used extensively to shape health policies before real-world implementation and evaluate post-implementation impact. This systematic review aimed to examine best practices, identify common pitfalls in tobacco control PSMs and propose a modelling quality assessment framework.
methodsWe searched five databases to identify eligible publications from July 2013 to August 2019. We additionally included papers from Feirman
findingsWe found 146 eligible papers and 25 distinct models. Most models used population data from public or administrative registries, and all performed sensitivity analysis. However, smoking behaviour was commonly modelled into crude categories of smoking status. Eight models only presented overall changes in mortality rather than explicitly considering smoking-related diseases. Only four models reported impacts on health inequalities, and none offered the source code. Overall, the higher scored models achieved higher citation rates.
conclusionsWhile fragments of good practices were widespread across the reviewed PSMs, only a few included a 'critical mass' of the good practices specified in our quality assessment framework. This framework might, therefore, potentially serve as a benchmark and support sharing of good modelling practices.
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