The Knowledge Synthesis and Application Unit
Publications
Tobacco smoking in adults: e-cigarettes (2024)
Vyas, N., Bennett, A., Hamel, C., Beck, A., Thuku, M., Hersi, M., ... & Stevens, A. (2024). Effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a stop smoking intervention in adults: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 13(1), 168.
Tobacco smoking in adults: overview of reviews (2024)
Hersi, M., Beck, A., Hamel, C., Esmaeilisaraji, L., Pussegoda, K., Austin, B., ... & Stevens, A. (2024). Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among adults: an overview of systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews, 13(1), 1-33.
Screening for breast cancer update pre-print (2024)
Bennett, A., Shaver, N., Vyas, N., Almoli, F., Pap, R., Douglas, A., ... & Moher, D. (2024). Screening for breast cancer: A systematic review update to inform the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline. medRxiv, 2024-05.
Screening for hypertension protocol (2024)
Shaver, N., Beck, A., Bennett, A., Wilson, B. J., Garritty, C., Subnath, M., ... & Little, J. (2024). Screening for hypertension in adults: protocol for evidence reviews to inform a Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline update. Systematic Reviews, 13(1), 17.
Screening for depression in children and adolescents (2024)
Beck, A., Dryburgh, N., Bennett, A., Shaver, N., Esmaeilisaraji, L., Skidmore, B., ... & Moher, D. (2024). Screening for depression in children and adolescents in primary care or non-mental health settings: a systematic review update. Systematic Reviews, 13(1), 48.
SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk (2024)
Vyas, N., Bennett, A., Shaver, N., Beck, A., Zitiktye, G., Whelan, B., ... & Little, J. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk for common group activities and settings: a living scoping review. European Journal of Public Health, 34(1), 196-201.
Performance of rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 (2023)
Shaver, N., Bennett, A., Beck, A., Vyas, N., Zitiktye, G., Lam, E., ... & Little, J. (2023). Performance of different rapid antigen testing strategies for SARS‐CoV‐2: A living rapid review. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 53(11), e14058.
Shaver, N., Bennett, A., Beck, A., Skidmore, B., Traversy, G., Brouwers, M., ... & Persaud, N. (2023). Health equity considerations in guideline development: a rapid scoping review. Canadian Medical Association Open Access Journal, 11(2), E357-E371.
Screening for prostate cancer protocol (2022)
Bennett, A., Beck, A., Shaver, N., Grad, R., LeBlanc, A., Limburg, H., ... & Moher, D. (2022). Screening for prostate cancer: protocol for updating multiple systematic reviews to inform a Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline update. Systematic Reviews, 11(1), 230.
Depression in children and adolescents protocol (2021)
Beck, A., LeBlanc, J. C., Morissette, K., Hamel, C., Skidmore, B., Colquhoun, H., ... & Stevens, A. (2021). Screening for depression in children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review update. Systematic reviews, 10, 1-13.
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma (2020)
Hamel, C., Ahmadzai, N., Beck, A., Thuku, M., Skidmore, B., Pussegoda, K., ... & Stevens, A. (2020). Screening for esophageal adenocarcinoma and precancerous conditions (dysplasia and Barrett’s esophagus) in patients with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease with or without other risk factors: two systematic reviews and one overview of reviews to inform a guideline of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC). Systematic reviews, 9(1), 1-25.
Depression in pregnancy and postpartum protocol (2019)
Screening for depression in women during pregnancy or the first year postpartum and in the general adult population: a protocol for two systematic reviews to update a guideline of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Syst Rev 8, 27 (2019).
Tobacco smoking in adults protocol (2019)
Hersi, M., Traversy, G., Thombs, B. D., Beck, A., Skidmore, B., Groulx, S., ... & Stevens, A. (2019). Effectiveness of stop smoking interventions among adults: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews and an updated systematic review. Systematic reviews, 8, 1-21.
Screening for breast cancer (2017)
Barbeau P, Stevens A, Beck A, Skidmore B, Arnaout A, Brackstone B, Ginty A, Hey A, Hutton B, Shea B, Moher D, Little J. Breast cancer screening. Part A: An Evidence report to inform an update of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care 2011 Guideline (Prepared by the Knowledge Synthesis Group, Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care under contract to the Public Health Agency of Canada). CTFPHC, October 2017