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  1. A Summary of Guidance on Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Equity in Systematic Reviews and Evidence-Based Guidelines

    Article • Annals of Internal Medicine, November 2025, American College of Physicians

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  2. Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Equity in Systematic Reviews and Evidence-Based Guidelines: Overview and Background for the Series

    Article • Annals of Internal Medicine, November 2025, American College of Physicians

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  3. Balancing Priorities in Guideline Development: Consideration of Health Equity in WHO’s Normative Products on Obesity

    Article • Archives of Medical Research, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  4. Campbell and Cochrane evidence on promoting cognitive capacity across life course: a mapping review

    Article • Age and Ageing, August 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  5. The Importance of Trust Among Older Adults Throughout the Social Prescribing Pathway: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

    Article • International Journal of Community Well-Being, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  6. Terminology and Definitions of Racial Health Equity in Prominent Health Websites: Systematic Review

    Article • Journal of Medical Internet Research, July 2025, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  7. Seven principles for integrating health equity considerations in the practice guideline enterprise

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  8. Inequities in glaucoma research: an analysis of Cochrane systematic reviews and randomized trials

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  9. Home-Based Nonimmersive Virtual Reality Training After Discharge From Inpatient or Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Parallel Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, March 2025, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  10. A Protocol for AI-Powered Tools to Enhance Mobility and Function in Older Adults: An Evidence and Gap Map

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  11. Paper 1: introduction to the series

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  12. Paper 5: a methodological overview of methods and interventions

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  13. Guidance for engagement in health guideline development: A scoping review

    Article • Campbell Systematic Reviews, November 2024, Wiley

    Denny John, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  14. Campbell Standards: Modernizing Campbell's Methodologic Expectations for Campbell Collaboration Intervention Reviews (MECCIR)

    Article • Campbell Systematic Reviews, October 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  15. Recruitment, retention and reporting of variables related to ethnic diversity in randomised controlled trials: an umbrella review

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2024, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  16. Home-Based Nonimmersive Virtual Reality Training After Discharge From Inpatient or Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: Parallel Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

    Article • July 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  17. Rapid review method series: interim guidance for the reporting of rapid reviews

    Article • BMJ evidence-based medicine, July 2024, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  18. “We are not invited”: Australian focus group results on how to improve ethnic diversity in trials

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  19. PROTOCOL: Effects of social prescribing for older adults: An evidence and gap map

    Article • Campbell Systematic Reviews, February 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  20. Operationalizing the GRADE-equity criterion to inform guideline recommendations: application to a medical cannabis guideline

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  21. Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: Overarching protocol for three systematic reviews

    Article • PLOS One, December 2023, PLOS

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  22. Can a replication revolution resolve the duplication crisis in systematic reviews?

    Article • BMJ evidence-based medicine, October 2023, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  23. Equity issues rarely addressed in the development of COVID-19 formal recommendations and good practice statements: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, September 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  24. Research—What is it good for? Absolutely nothing… unless it is used to inform policy and practice

    Article • Campbell Systematic Reviews, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  25. Epidemiology and development economics two sides of the same coin in impact evaluation

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  26. Scoping review of evidence for managing postnatal hypoglycaemia

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2022, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  27. Sex and Gender Appraisal Tool-Systematic Reviews-2 and Participation-To-Prevalence Ratio assessed to whom the evidence applies in sepsis reviews

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  28. Health and social interventions to restore physical function of older adults post-hip fracture: a scoping review

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2021, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  29. Population characteristics as important contextual factors in rheumatological trials: an exploratory meta-epidemiological study from an OMERACT Working Group

    Article • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  30. When to replicate systematic reviews of interventions: consensus checklist

    Article • BMJ, September 2020, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  31. Deworming children for soil-transmitted helminths in low and middle-income countries: systematic review and individual participant data network meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Development Effectiveness, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch, Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth

  32. Deworming in non-pregnant adolescent girls and adult women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Systematic Reviews, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  33. Open Availability of Patient Medical Photographs in Google Images Search Results: Cross-Sectional Study of Transgender Research

    Article • Journal of Medical Internet Research, February 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  34. The Future of the Campbell Collaboration

    Article • Research on Social Work Practice, February 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  35. Reporting of sex and gender in randomized controlled trials in Canada: a cross-sectional methods study

    Article • Research Integrity and Peer Review, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  36. Open Availability of Patient Medical Photographs in Google Images Search Results: Cross-Sectional Study of Transgender Research

    Article • August 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  37. Methodological Rigor in Preclinical Cardiovascular Studies

    Article • Circulation Research, June 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  38. Assessing the complexity of interventions within systematic reviews: development, content and use of a new tool (iCAT_SR)

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  39. Deprescribing versus continuation of chronic proton pump inhibitor use in adults

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  40. Documenting research with transgender and gender diverse people: protocol for an evidence map and thematic analysis

    Article • Systematic Reviews, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  41. Sex Bias Is Increasingly Prevalent in Preclinical Cardiovascular Research: Implications for Translational Medicine and Health Equity for Women

    Article • Circulation, February 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  42. Equity issues were not fully addressed in Cochrane human immunodeficiency virus systematic reviews

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  43. Mass deworming to improve developmental health and wellbeing of children in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  44. Lack of Evidence to Guide Deprescribing of Antihyperglycemics: A Systematic Review

    Article • Diabetes Therapy, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  45. Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement

    Article • The Lancet, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  46. The effectiveness of evidence summaries on health policymakers and health system managers use of evidence from systematic reviews: a systematic review

    Article • Implementation Science, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  47. Should I continue taking my acid reflux medication? Design of a pilot before/after study evaluating a patient decision aid

    Article • Canadian Pharmacists Journal / Revue des Pharmaciens du Canada, November 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  48. Education of health professionals for preventing diabetic foot ulceration

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  49. Strategies to improve the implementation of healthy eating, physical activity and obesity prevention policies, practices or programmes within childcare services

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, October 2016, Wiley

    Professor Luke Wolfenden, Dr Christopher M Williams, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  50. Development and Alpha-testing of a Stepped Decision Aid for Patients Considering Nonsurgical Options for Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis Management

    Article • The Journal of Rheumatology, September 2016, The Journal of Rheumatology

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  51. Methodology for Developing Deprescribing Guidelines: Using Evidence and GRADE to Guide Recommendations for Deprescribing

    Article • PLOS One, August 2016, PLOS

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  52. Reporting guidelines for realist evaluations seek to improve clarity and transparency

    Article • BMC Medicine, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  53. Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER statement

    Article • PLoS Medicine, June 2016, PLOS

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  54. Critical EPICOT items were absent in Cochrane human immunodeficiency virus systematic reviews: a bibliometric analysis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  55. Improving GRADE evidence tables part 1: a randomized trial shows improved understanding of content in summary of findings tables with a new format

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, June 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  56. A scoping review identifies multiple emerging knowledge synthesis methods, but few studies operationalize the method

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  57. Costs, and cost-outcome of school feeding programmes and feeding programmes for young children. Evidence and recommendations

    Article • International Journal of Educational Development, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  58. Incorporating equity issues into the development of Colombian clinical practice guidelines: suggestions for the GRADE approach

    Article • Revista de Salud Pública, April 2016, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  59. Extending the PRISMA statement to equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-E 2012): explanation and elaboration

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  60. Extending the PRISMA statement to equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-E 2012): explanation and elaboration

    Article • Journal of Development Effectiveness, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  61. Patient-centered rapid reviews will drive local decision making: commentary on Hartling et al.

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  62. Including migrant populations in health impact assessments

    Article • Bulletin of the World Health Organization, November 2015, WHO Press

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  63. Protocol for the development of a CONSORT-equity guideline to improve reporting of health equity in randomized trials

    Article • Implementation Science, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  64. Extending the PRISMA statement to equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-E 2012): explanation and elaboration

    Article • International Journal for Equity in Health, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  65. Do evidence summaries increase policy-makers’ use of evidence from systematic reviews: A systematic review protocol

    Article • Systematic Reviews, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  66. Can Cochrane Reviews inform decisions to improve indigenous people's health?

    Article • August 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  67. Complex interventions and their implications for systematic reviews: A pragmatic approach

    Article • International Journal of Nursing Studies, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  68. Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  69. Toward Ensuring Health Equity: Readability and Cultural Equivalence of OMERACT Patient-reported Outcome Measures

    Article • The Journal of Rheumatology, June 2015, The Journal of Rheumatology

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh, Prof Tuncay Duruöz

  70. Comparison between the standard and a new alternative format of the Summary-of-Findings tables in Cochrane review users: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Article • Trials, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Elie A Akl, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  71. Development of a Draft Core Set of Domains for Measuring Shared Decision Making in Osteoarthritis: An OMERACT Working Group on Shared Decision Making

    Article • The Journal of Rheumatology, April 2015, The Journal of Rheumatology

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  72. Interventions to increase the use of electronic health information by healthcare practitioners to improve clinical practice and patient outcomes

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, March 2015, Wiley

    Michelle Fiander, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  73. Food supplementation for improving the physical and psychosocial health of socio-economically disadvantaged children aged three months to five years

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  74. Effect of rapid HIV testing on HIV incidence and services in populations at high risk for HIV exposure: an equity-focused systematic review

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2014, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  75. Deep transverse friction massage for treating lateral elbow or lateral knee tendinitis

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Stephane Poitras, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  76. Development and Evaluation of ‘Briefing Notes’ as a Novel Knowledge Translation Tool to Aid the Implementation of Sex/Gender Analysis in Systematic Reviews: A Pilot Study

    Article • PLOS One, November 2014, PLOS

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  77. Oral or transdermal opioids for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  78. Global Burden of Skin Disease as Reflected in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

    Article • JAMA Dermatology, September 2014, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Mr John Hilton, Dr Robert Dellavalle, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  79. Applying an equity lens to interventions: using PROGRESS ensures consideration of socially stratifying factors to illuminate inequities in health

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  80. Update of Strategies to Translate Evidence from Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group Systematic Reviews for Use by Various Audiences

    Article • The Journal of Rheumatology, December 2013, The Journal of Rheumatology

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh

  81. ‘It is surely a great criticism of our profession…’ The next 20 years of equity-focused systematic reviews

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, November 2013, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  82. A research and development agenda for systematic reviews that ask complex questions about complex interventions

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  83. Assessing the applicability of findings in systematic reviews of complex interventions can enhance the utility of reviews for decision making

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  84. Complex interventions and their implications for systematic reviews: a pragmatic approach

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  85. Introducing a series of methodological articles on considering complexity in systematic reviews of interventions

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  86. Including Health Equity Considerations in Development of Instruments for Rheumatology Research: An Introduction to a Novel OMERACT Paradigm

    Article • The Journal of Rheumatology, October 2013, The Journal of Rheumatology

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch, Dr. Jasvinder A. Singh

  87. Testing the PRISMA-Equity 2012 Reporting Guideline: the Perspectives of Systematic Review Authors

    Article • PLOS One, October 2013, PLOS

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  88. Realist review to understand the efficacy of culturally appropriate diabetes education programmes

    Article • Diabetic Medicine, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  89. Health equity: evidence synthesis and knowledge translation methods

    Article • Systematic Reviews, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  90. Prevention and self-management interventions are top priorities for osteoarthritis systematic reviews

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  91. An equity lens can ensure an equity-oriented approach to agenda setting and priority setting of Cochrane Reviews

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  92. Ensuring relevance for Cochrane reviews: evaluating processes and methods for prioritizing topics for Cochrane reviews

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  93. Evidence in agenda setting: new directions for the Cochrane Collaboration

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  94. Prioritization of systematic reviews leads prioritization of research gaps and needs

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  95. The Uptake of Integrated Perinatal Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

    Article • PLOS One, March 2013, PLOS

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  96. Clinical practice guidelines for osteoarthritis

    Article • March 2013, Future Medicine

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  97. Assessing and Comparing Global Health Competencies in Rehabilitation Students

    Article • Rehabilitation Research and Practice, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  98. Systematic reviews need to consider applicability to disadvantaged populations: inter-rater agreement for a health equity plausibility algorithm

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  99. PRISMA-Equity 2012 Extension: Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Health Equity

    Article • PLoS Medicine, October 2012, PLOS

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  100. What types of interventions generate inequalities? Evidence from systematic reviews: Table 1

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, August 2012, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  101. What is the most appropriate knowledge synthesis method to conduct a review? Protocol for a scoping review

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  102. Integrating Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Programs to Improve Uptake: A Systematic Review

    Article • PLOS One, April 2012, PLOS

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  103. American College of Rheumatology 2012 recommendations for the use of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies in osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee

    Article • Arthritis Care & Research, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  104. Does Consideration and Assessment of Effects on Health Equity Affect the Conclusions of Systematic Reviews? A Methodology Study

    Article • PLOS One, March 2012, PLOS

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  105. Ottawa Panel evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for patient education in the management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

    Article • Health Education Journal, September 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  106. Influencing Health Equity: Role of the Effective Consumer Scale in Measuring Skills and Abilities in a Middle Income Country

    Article • The Journal of Rheumatology, August 2011, The Journal of Rheumatology

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  107. Damned if you do, damned if you don't: subgroup analysis and equity

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, June 2011, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  108. Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Osteoarthritis in Adults Who Are Obese or Overweight

    Article • Physical Therapy, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  109. Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in clinical practice guidelines Part 3 of 3. The GRADE approach to developing recommendations

    Article • Allergy, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Iosief Abraha, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  110. Reaching those most in need: A scoping review of interventions to improve health care quality for disadvantaged populations with osteoarthritis

    Article • Arthritis Care & Research, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor Rachelle Buchbinder, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  111. Assessing equity in systematic reviews: realising the recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health

    Article • BMJ, September 2010, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  112. Evaluation of evidence-based literature and formulation of recommendations for the clinical preventive guidelines for immigrants and refugees in Canada

    Article • Canadian Medical Association Journal, June 2010, Canadian Medical Association (CMA)

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  113. Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees

    Article • Canadian Medical Association Journal, June 2010, Canadian Medical Association (CMA)

    Laurence Kirmayer, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  114. Knowledge translation: An opportunity to reduce global health inequalities

    Article • Journal of International Development, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  115. Assessing Quality of Sleep in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Article • The Journal of Rheumatology, September 2009, The Journal of Rheumatology

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  116. Progress on Incorporating the Patient Perspective in Outcome Assessment in Rheumatology and the Emergence of Life Impact Measures at OMERACT 9

    Article • The Journal of Rheumatology, September 2009, The Journal of Rheumatology

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  117. Responsiveness of the Effective Consumer Scale (EC-17)

    Article • The Journal of Rheumatology, September 2009, The Journal of Rheumatology

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  118. The OMERACT Initiative. Towards a Reference Approach to Derive QALY for Economic Evaluations in Rheumatology

    Article • The Journal of Rheumatology, September 2009, The Journal of Rheumatology

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  119. Equity-oriented toolkit for health technology assessment and knowledge translation: application to scaling up of training and education for health workers

    Article • Human Resources for Health, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  120. Better evidence about wicked issues in tackling health inequities

    Article • Journal of Public Health, July 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  121. Electronic retrieval of health information by healthcare providers to improve practice and patient care

    Article • July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Katherine H Deane, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  122. How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions

    Article • July 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  123. Is health equity considered in systematic reviews of the cochrane musculoskeletal group?

    Article • Arthritis Care & Research, October 2008, Wiley

    Professor Rachelle Buchbinder, Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  124. Oral or transdermal opioids for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip

    Article • July 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  125. Funding agencies in low- and middle-income countries: support for knowlege translation

    Article • Bulletin of the World Health Organization, July 2008, WHO Press

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  126. Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Aerobic Fitness Exercises in the Management of Fibromyalgia: Part 1

    Article • Physical Therapy, May 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  127. Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Strengthening Exercises in the Management of Fibromyalgia: Part 2

    Article • Physical Therapy, May 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  128. Alendronate for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, January 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  129. Direct costs of osteoporosis and hip fracture: an analysis for the Mexican healthcare system

    Article • Osteoporosis International, December 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  130. Realist review to understand the efficacy of school feeding programmes

    Article • BMJ, October 2007, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  131. Managed alcohol as a harm reduction intervention for alcohol addiction in populations at high risk for substance abuse

    Article • October 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  132. Assessing equity in clinical practice guidelines

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, June 2007, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  133. School feeding for improving the physical and psychosocial health of disadvantaged students

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  134. Investigating the decision-making needs of HIV-positive women in Africa using the Ottawa Decision-Support Framework: Knowledge gaps and opportunities for intervention

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, November 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  135. Reduction of inequalities in health: assessing evidence-based tools

    Article • International Journal for Equity in Health, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  136. Systematic reviews and knowledge translation

    Article • Bulletin of the World Health Organization, August 2006, WHO Press

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  137. International clinical epidemiology network

    Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, July 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  138. Health Research Profile to assess the capacity of low and middle income countries for equity-oriented research

    Article • BMC Public Health, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  139. Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations, and health equity

    Article • The Lancet, April 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  140. Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation

    Article • Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, April 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  141. Applying clinical epidemiological methods to health equity: the equity effectiveness loop

    Article • BMJ, February 2006, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  142. Consumer-driven health care: Building partnerships in research

    Article • Health Expectations, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  143. Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review

    Article • Spine, December 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  144. The role of clinical epidemiology in health equity: Let's take action!

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  145. Glucosamine therapy for treating osteoarthritis

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, April 2005, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  146. Risedronat zur Prävention und Therapie der postmenopausalen Osteoporose

    Article • Praxis, February 2004, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  147. Number needed to treat (NNT): implication in rheumatology clinical practice

    Article • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, April 2003, BMJ

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  148. Thermotherapie zur Behandlung der rheumatoiden Arthritis

    Article • Praxis, August 2002, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  149. Transkutane elektrische Nervenstimulation bei Osteoarthritis des Kniegelenks

    Article • Praxis, August 2002, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  150. VII. Meta-Analysis of Calcium Supplementation for the Prevention of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

    Article • Endocrine Reviews, August 2002, Endocrine Society

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  151. VI. Meta-Analysis of Calcitonin for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

    Article • Endocrine Reviews, August 2002, Endocrine Society

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  152. III. Meta-Analysis of Risedronate for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

    Article • Endocrine Reviews, August 2002, Endocrine Society

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  153. V. Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Hormone Replacement Therapy in Treating and Preventing Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women

    Article • Endocrine Reviews, August 2002, Endocrine Society

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  154. II. Meta-Analysis of Alendronate for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Women

    Article • Endocrine Reviews, August 2002, Endocrine Society

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  155. Meta-Analyses of Therapies for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

    Article • Endocrine Reviews, August 2002, Endocrine Society

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  156. IV. Meta-Analysis of Raloxifene for the Prevention and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

    Article • Endocrine Reviews, August 2002, Endocrine Society

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  157. Leflunomide for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, July 2002, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  158. Prävention NSAR-induzierter Gastroduodenalulzera

    Article • Praxis, April 2002, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  159. Massage bei Kreuzschmerzen

    Article • Praxis, March 2002, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  160. Transkutane elektrische Nervenstimulation (TENS) bei chronischen Kreuzschmerzen

    Article • Praxis, March 2002, Hogrefe Publishing Group

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  161. Efficacy of the Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

    Article • Spine, March 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  162. A Meta-analysis of Etidronate for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

    Article • Osteoporosis International, February 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  163. Calcium-channel blockers for Raynaud's phenomenon in systemic sclerosis

    Article • Arthritis & Rheumatism, January 2001, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  164. Cost Effectiveness of Nasal Calcitonin in Postmenopausal Women

    Article • PharmacoEconomics, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

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  165. Do silicone breast implants cause rheumatologic disorders?: A systematic review for a Court-Appointed National Science Panel

    Article • Arthritis & Rheumatism, January 2001, Wiley

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch

  166. Fluoride for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Fractures: A Meta-Analysis

    Article • Osteoporosis International, September 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vivian Andrea Welch