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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Jul 2

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Jul 2

We’re currently running our @jbiebhc.bsky.social
comprehensive systematic review training. This week we cover module 1: introduction to EBHC and JBI & module 2: conducting SR’s of quantitative evidence. Next week we cover module 3: evidence generated by qualitative reviews and narrative and text.

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Jun 10

Our most recent rapid review for @researchwales.bsky.social looking at integrated care for older people or people living with frailty and waiting times/lists is now available on medRxiv: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Integrated care for older people or people living with frailty and waiting times/lists – a mixed methods rapid review

Integrated care can be defined as the joining up of different health and/or social services to deliver care that meets individuals’ needs in an efficient way. There is limited clarity about the effect...

www.medrxiv.org

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · May 22

Our next JBI
Comprehensive Systematic Review Training programme will be taking place in June/July. Please follow the link for further information and to book your place www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/exp... @jbiebhc.bsky.social @drdeborahe.bsky.social

The Wales Centre For Evidence-Based Care: A JBI Centre of Excellence

JBI is a global organisation promoting and supporting evidence based decisions that improve health and health service delivery.

www.cardiff.ac.uk

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Apr 22

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Apr 22

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

What works to support better access to mental health services (from primary care to inpatients) for minority groups to reduce inequalities? A rapid evidence summary

It is estimated that one in four people will experience poor mental health throughout their lifetimes. However, ethnic minority groups, refugees and asylum seekers experience more barriers accessing m...

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Apr 22

A WCEBC Review undertaken with the
Specialist Unit for Review Evidence (SURE) for the
Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre has been referenced in a @welshgovernment.bsky.social Suicide prevention and self harm strategy: equality impact assessment published on the 1st April

Suicide prevention and self-harm strategy: equality impact assessment | GOV.WALES

An assessment of how the suicide prevention and self-harm strategy will impact equalities and human rights.

www.gov.wales

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Apr 3

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Apr 3

Our next JBI
Comprehensive Systematic Review Training Programme will be taking place in May 2025. Please follow the link for further information about the course, exact dates and to enroll

www.cardiff.ac.uk/professional...

JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review (online)

The online JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review (CSR) Training Programme is designed to prepare researchers and clinicians to develop, conduct and report comprehensive systematic reviews of qualitative...

www.cardiff.ac.uk

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Mar 26

Today @wcebc.bsky.social has a stand at the Early Career Researchers Day conference in the Haydn Ellis building. We look forward to chatting to anyone at the conference and hope the event goes well. @drdeborahe.bsky.social

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Mar 20

Insightful discussions, presentations and interesting workshops from the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre Symposium yesterday, with one breakout session presented by
Judit Csontos
#EvidenceWales2025
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@clarebennett.bsky.social

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JBI @jbiebhc.bsky.social · Mar 13

A special methodology issue of JBI Evidence Synthesis has just been released. This issue includes papers on: updated textual evidence synthesis methodology; revised critical appraisal tool for assessment of #RoB for cohort studies; and more! jbievidencesynthesis.com #JBImethodology

Cover of journal, JBI Evidence Synthesis: SPECIAL ISSUE OUT NOW. jbievidencesynthesis.com

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Mar 5

Today we have a stand at the PGR day organised by the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry outside LT1 in the main hospital building UHW and look forward to chatting to those attending #WCEBC @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @drdeborahe.bsky.social @clarebennett.bsky.social

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Mar 3

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Mar 3

We enjoyed presenting the first morning of the JBI Scoping Review Training today with part two taking place tomorrow. We had participants as far afield as Saudi Arabia, Trinidad & Belgium and look forward to continuing our discussions tomorrow
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Deborah Edwards @drdeborahe.bsky.social · Feb 5

I had the privilege of giving the first seminar in the series today at the School of Pharmacy, discussing the WCEBC and all aspects of evidence synthesis.
@wcebc.bsky.social @clarebennett.bsky.social @cardiffunilib.bsky.social

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Feb 17

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Feb 17

journals.lww.com/jbisrir/abst...

Textual evidence systematic reviews series paper 3:... : JBI Evidence Synthesis

uide critical appraisal. The proliferation of textual evidence and increase in textual evidence reviews demonstrate the need to reconceptualize JBI’s methodological approach to critically appraising t...

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Feb 17

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Textual evidence systematic reviews series paper 2:... : JBI Evidence Synthesis

published and unpublished material. While systematic search methodologies have been well-established for searching traditional peer-reviewed literature, applying those same rigorous methods to literat...

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Feb 17

A series of papers co-authored by @drdeborahe.bsky.social
outlining the revised JBI
methodology regarding the inclusion of textural evidence in systematic reviews have just been published online in JBI Evidence Synthesis.

journals.lww.com/jbisrir/abst...

Textual evidence systematic reviews series paper 1:... : JBI Evidence Synthesis

ped a methodological approach to synthesize this type of evidence, advocating for the unique role of textual evidence when research to inform decision-making is limited. The JBI approach has recently ...

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Dec 3

Today is the first morning of our @jbiebhc.bsky.social
Scoping Review training and we are joined by participants from the USA, Kuwait and Norway as well as all over the UK @drdeborahe.bsky.social @clarebennett.bsky.social

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Nov 29

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wcebc.bsky.social @wcebc.bsky.social · Nov 29

Our rapid review looking at the risks associated with special procedures such as body piercing has directly informed a new Welsh Government licensing bill detailed in todays press release www.gov.wales/wales-first-...

Wales first in UK to implement licensing for special procedures like tattoos | GOV.WALES

In a UK-first, Wales now has mandatory licensing rules in place to help protect the public's health when getting acupuncture, body piercings, electrolysis, or tattoos including semi-permanent make up.

www.gov.wales

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