Grant: Dissemination Events

Systematic reviews are the pillars for synthesizing current knowledge and guiding new research. Reporting guidelines improve the impact of research by providing a specific framework of recommended items to report in order to ensure transparency and completeness of reporting. These allow readers to fully evaluate the quality of the review and make better judgments on the applicability of research findings. PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses)is the current gold standard of systematic review reporting. We have developed an equity extension of PRISMA, called PRISMA-E 2012, using explicit consensus methods with international stakeholder input. Wide dissemination and uptake of these reporting guidelines is paramount for ensuring the effects on health equity are considered and reported in both primary studies and in systematic reviews. This dissemination proposal aims to reach key stakeholders to facilitate wider implementation of PRISMA-E 2012 to journal editors, systematic review authors, peer reviewers, and commissioners of systematic reviews.