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Trends in Prenatal Substance Use Across Ontario, Canada Open
This cross-sectional study investigates trends in use of cannabis, tobacco, and alcohol among pregnant individuals in Ontario, Canada, from 2012 to 2022.
Four analysis moments for fuzzy cognitive mapping in participatory research Open
Fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) is a practical tool in participatory research. Its main use is clarifying causal understandings from several knowledge sources. It provides a shared substrate or language for sharing views of causality. This m…
Factors Influencing Domestic Human Trafficking in Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review Open
Background Human trafficking is a human rights violation in every region of the world. The African continent is not spared. Every year, millions of people experience significant health and social consequences. International organizations a…
Prevalence of Chronic Disease and Cost Effectiveness of a Free Clinic Open
Free clinics are a widespread, yet limited research has examined the health status of people served and the cost effectiveness of free clinics. The purpose of this study was to describe the sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence o…
Fuzzy cognitive mapping in participatory research and decision making: a practice review Open
Background Fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) is a graphic technique to describe causal understanding in a wide range of applications. This practice review summarises the experience of a group of participatory research specialists and trainees …
Factors Influencing Domestic Human Trafficking in Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Human trafficking is a human rights violation in every region of the world. The African continent is not spared. Every year, millions of people experience significant health and social consequences. International organizations a…
How does participatory research work: protocol for a realist synthesis Open
Introduction Participatory research science deals with partnerships underlying research, governance and ownership of research products. It is concerned with relationships behind research objectives and methods. Participatory research has g…
How Adolescent Mothers Interpret and Prioritize Evidence About Perinatal Child Protection Involvement: Participatory Contextualization of Published Evidence Open
Pregnant and parenting adolescents are more likely than adults to live with economic and social vulnerability, contributing to a higher risk of poorer maternal and newborn health outcomes. These same factors contribute to higher rates of p…
Maternal health and Indigenous traditional midwives in southern Mexico: contextualisation of a scoping review Open
Objectives Collate published evidence of factors that affect maternal health in Indigenous communities and contextualise the findings with stakeholder perspectives in the Mexican State of Guerrero. Design Scoping review and stakeholder fuz…
<i>Weight of Evidence</i>: Participatory Methods and Bayesian Updating to Contextualize Evidence Synthesis in Stakeholders’ Knowledge Open
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 Evidence as a transformative procedure for stakeholders to inte…
Fuzzy cognitive mapping and soft models of indigenous knowledge on maternal health in Guerrero, Mexico Open
Background Effective health care requires services that are responsive to local needs and contexts. Achieving this in indigenous settings implies communication between traditional and conventional medicine perspectives. Adequate interactio…
“It is judgment by the people that have meant something to me that hurts the most”: Inter-discursive evidence synthesis incorporates the lived experience of adolescent mothers Open
Background Evidence synthesis without meaningful stakeholder engagement can overlook factors considered relevant and influential by stakeholders. This paper presents an inter-discursive approach to grounding conventional mixed methods evid…
Grounding evidence in experience to support people-centered health services Open
Evidence-informed and equity-oriented public health policy and practice require that people’s voices, especially those less heard, be central to decision-making in public health (Serrant-Green 2011). Stakeholder engagement is particularly …