Background Enhancing health equity is endorsed in the Sustainable Development Goals.
The failure of systematic reviews to consider potential differences in effects across equity …

Background Across the globe, gender disparities still exist with regard to equitable access to
resources, participation in decision‐making processes, and gender and sexual‐based …

Rapid reviews (RRs) are a helpful evidence synthesis tool to support urgent and emergent
decision-making in healthcare. RRs involve abbreviating systematic review methods and …

The eligibility screening step of a systematic review or systematic map (sometimes referred
to as 'study selection','evidence selection'or 'inclusion screening') determines the scope of …

Mixed methods research is well-suited to grapple with questions of what counts as valid
knowledge across different contexts and perspectives. This article introduces Weight of …

Systematic reviews and systematic maps, regarded as a gold standard for syntheses of
documented research evidence, are increasingly used to inform decisions in environmental …

The creation and accumulation of robust bodies of knowledge, along with their
dissemination, utilisation and integration in decision support are key to improving the use of …

This paper investigates stakeholder engagement with decision-making and research for
international aid and social development, to encourage decisions that are both …

Environmental decisions related to policy and practice should be based on the best
available evidence. Given the vast amounts of information of varying reliability, an ongoing …

While the number of impact evaluations has increased in international development, the use
of evidence has remained an issue. This study investigates and conceptualizes how a …