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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2025

Frameworks to support evidence-informed decision-making in public health and infectious disease prevention and control: a scoping review.

Yang Song, Javier Bracchiglione, Jose F Meneses-Echávez, Helena de Carvalho Gomes, Barbara Albiger, Ivan Solà, David Rigau, Pablo Alonso-Coello

Abstract readScoping Review
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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Users' experience of frameworks to support evidence-informed decision-making in public health: a scoping review.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yang SongSchool of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.
Javier BracchiglioneCentro Cochrane Iberoamericano, Barcelona, Spain.
Jose F Meneses-EchávezFacultad de Cultura Física, Deporte, y Recreación, Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá, Colombia.
Helena de Carvalho GomesEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
Barbara AlbigerEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
Ivan SolàCentro Cochrane Iberoamericano, Barcelona, Spain.
David RigauCentro Cochrane Iberoamericano, Barcelona, Spain.
Pablo Alonso-CoelloCentro Cochrane Iberoamericano, Barcelona, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundEvidence-informed public health decision-making (EIDM) is a complex process that must consider multiple factors.AimWe aimed to identify and describe existing frameworks supporting evidence-informed public health decision-making and their application to infectious disease.MethodsWe conducted a scoping review to describe current EIDM framework use in public health. We included decision-making frameworks in public health and examples of their use in infectious diseases. We searched MEDLINE and Health Systems Evidence from inception to December 2022. We also hand searched websites of relevant organisations and conducted a forward citation search of the included frameworks. Two reviewers selected studies independently, one reviewer extracted data and one cross-checked for accuracy. We presented the results narratively.ResultsWe included 15 frameworks. Seven had a generic scope and eight were focused on specific topics (immunisation, COVID-19 or other, non-infectious diseases). From the included frameworks, we identified a total of 18 criteria with each framework assessing a median of eight, the most frequent being 'desirable effects', 'resources considerations' and 'feasibility'. We identified infectious disease examples for four frameworks: 'Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation' (GRADE), WHO-INTEGRATe Evidence (WHO-INTEGRATE), 'Ethics, Equity, Feasibility, and Acceptability' (EEFA) and 'Community Preventive Services Task Force' (CPSTF) evidence-to-decision frameworks.ConclusionAlthough several EIDM frameworks exist for public health decision-making, most have not been widely applied to infectious diseases. Current EIDM frameworks inconsistently address factors for public health decision-making. Further application and evaluation, and possibly adaptation of existing frameworks, is required to optimise decision-making in public health and infectious diseases.

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Communicable Disease ControlCommunicable DiseasesDecision MakingPublic HealthCOVID-19HumansSARS-CoV-2decision-makinghealth planning guidelinesinfectionsprevention and controlpublic health

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PMID40376818
PMCPMC12083068

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