Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Health research generates evidence-based knowledge that need to be reported adequately to be translated effectively in decision making. Moreover, health interventions proven to be effective need to be scaled up to help improve health outcomes for the entire population in order to promote health equity. However, gap in the quality of reporting of health research are well documented in the literature, particularly for scaling studies, as documented in a systematic review. In addition, although the importance of sex and gender in the manifestation and management of health conditions and in health outcomes is well established, their considerations are rarely integrated into research design and reporting guidelines. To address this gap, the aim of this research project is to develop the standards for a reporting guideline for studies assessing the impact of scaling up of health interventions. The project will be guided by the steps recommended for developing health research reporting guidelines by EQUATOR, an international network that promotes transparent and accurate reporting of health research. As successful scaling up of health innovations is highly context-dependent, sex and gender considerations will be integrated into the development process. The whole process will involve national and international collaborators. As a result, the guidelines developed will be useful both in Canada and around the world to improving the quality of reporting of scaling studies and facilitate the replication and spread of the health innovations studied. An initial step in the development of this reporting guideline is to systematically compile a list of potential items through literature review.