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Vivian Welch is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on health professions and medicine, with specific attention to general health professions, statistics, probability and uncertainty, public health, environmental and occupational health, economics and econometrics, and sociology and political science.

Their notable publication record includes contributions to meta-analysis and systematic reviews, health systems, economic evaluations and quality of life, health policy implementation science, the Delphi technique in research, clinical practice guideline implementation, health disparities and outcomes, and healthcare cost, quality, and practices.

Some of the recent papers associated with this area of work are:

  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, BMJ
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, Systematic Reviews
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, International Journal of Surgery
  • PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, BMJ
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, PLoS Medicine

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Peter Tugwell
  • Omar Dewidar
  • Elizabeth Tanjong Ghogomu
  • Elie A. Akl
  • Jennifer Petkovic

The primary venues for publication are:

  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Campbell Systematic Reviews
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • BMJ Open
  • Systematic Reviews

This scientist's work is characterized by a strong focus on methodologies for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which are foundational to evidence-based practice in health sciences. Their research contributes to setting standards and guidelines in these areas, reflecting a broad engagement with systematic approaches to health research synthesis and implementation science.

Best Publications

  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

    Matthew J Page;Joanne E McKenzie;Patrick M Bossuyt;Isabelle Boutron

  • AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both

    Beverley J Shea;Beverley J Shea;Barnaby C Reeves;George Wells;Micere Thuku

  • PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews.

    Matthew J Page;David Moher;Patrick M Bossuyt;Isabelle Boutron

  • Updated guidance for trusted systematic reviews: a new edition of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.

    Miranda Cumpston;Tianjing Li;Matthew J Page;Jacqueline Chandler

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

    Marc C. Hochberg;Roy D. Altman;Karine Toupin April;Maria Benkhalti

  • Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting: the GATHER Statement

    Gretchen A. Stevens;Leontine Alkema;Robert E. Black;J. Ties Boerma

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

    Jennifer O'Neill;Hilary Tabish;Vivian Welch;Mark Petticrew

  • Glucosamine therapy for treating osteoarthritis.

    Tanveer Towheed;Lara Maxwell;Tassos P Anastassiades;Beverley Shea

  • What types of interventions generate inequalities? Evidence from systematic reviews

    Theo Lorenc;Mark Petticrew;Vivian Welch;Peter Tugwell

  • Risedronate for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women

    George A Wells;Ann Cranney;Joan Peterson;Michel Boucher

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

    Vivian Welch;Mark Petticrew;Peter Tugwell;Peter Tugwell;David Moher

  • Prevention of NSAID-induced gastroduodenal ulcers.

    Alaa Rostom;Catherine Dube;George A Wells;Peter Tugwell

  • Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees

    Kevin Pottie;Christina Greenaway;John Feightner;Vivian Welch

  • Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for knee osteoarthritis.

    Manathip Osiri;Vivian Welch;Lucie Brosseau;Beverley Shea

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

    Betsy Kristjansson;Mark Petticrew;Barbara MacDonald;Julia Krasevec

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

    Andrew E. Thompson;Beverley Shea;Vivian Welch;Deborah Fenlon

  • Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries

    Zipporah Iheozor-Ejiofor;Helen V Worthington;Tanya Walsh;Lucy O'Malley

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

    Monika Kastner;Andrea C Tricco;Charlene Soobiah;Erin Lillie

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

    J. L. Brożek;E. A. Akl;E. A. Akl;E. Compalati;J. Kreis

  • Oral or transdermal opioids for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip

    Eveline Nüesch;Anne W S Rutjes;M. Elaine Husni;Vivian Welch

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa
George A. Wells
George A. Wells University of Ottawa
Kevin Pottie
Kevin Pottie University of Ottawa
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Elie A. Akl
Elie A. Akl American University of Beirut
Jeremy M. Grimshaw
Jeremy M. Grimshaw Ottawa Hospital
Howard White
Howard White Campbell Collaboration
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Holger J. Schünemann
Holger J. Schünemann Humanitas University
Andrea C. Tricco
Andrea C. Tricco St. Michael's Hospital

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