PUBH 6003 QUIZ 4 ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS ANSWERS ACCURATE REVIEW SHEET GRADED A+

PUBH 6003 QUIZ 4 ASSESSMENT TEST
QUESTIONS ANSWERS ACCURATE REVIEW
SHEET GRADED A+

●● true or false: an evidence synthesis is both a process and a product
Answer: true


●● what are boundaries are evidence syntheses defined by?
Answer: - health problem, intervention, topic
- population affected
- geographic area
- time period of studies' publication
- language of the publication
- methods used in the research reviewed (RCTs, qualitative methods)


●● what are some advantages of evidence syntheses?
Answer: - provides efficient summary of large body of research on a
specific topic
- if it is recent, provides an overview of the current state of knowledge
on a topic
- useful in defining gaps in the existing body of research

, - clarifies what appropriate next steps should be (for research, practice,
policy)
- if the inclusion criteria include the methods of the studies, and
especially if the evidence synthesis includes a quality assessment of the
methods and evidence, provides a curated summary of high quality
evidence


●● types of evidence syntheses
Answer: - narrative (literature) review
- scoping review
- systematic review
- systematic review with meta analysis
- qualitative evidence synthesis
- umbrella review


●● what source types are eligible for evidence syntheses?
Answer: - depends on the inclusion and exclusion criteria
- published peer reviewed journal articles
- scholarly books/book chapters
- research/data reports and briefs
- grey literature


●● narrative review