PRISMA 2020

If you are undertaking an systematic review you need to be aware of the updated guidelines. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses ( PRISMA) statement, published in 2009 has been updated. The PRISMA 202 replaces the 2009 statement and includes new reporting guidance that reflects advances in methods to identify, select, appraise, and synthesise studies. An article published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), presents the updated 27 item checklist detailing the reporting recommendations for each item, the PRISMA 2020 abstract checklist, and the revised flow diagrams for original and updated reviews.

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

BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n71 (Published 29 March 2021)

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The PRISMA 2020 statement is also available via Open Access in PLOS Medicine and various other journals. 

Prisma 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews  BMJ 2021;372:n160. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n160 

Links to the checklist in PDF or word format can be obtained from the PRISMA website The flow diagram ready for you to use is available in word format.

If MNCLHD employees need any help accessing this information contact the Library.

AIHW Photo Competition - People's Choice Award

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare photo competition has closed BUT the People's Choice Award is open for voting.

A $500 prize is available to the entry that is judged to be the most popular by the public.

Vote here.

Image below is one of the photos that can be voted for.

Image title: In Nancy’s Hands

Location: Cook, ACT

Suicide prevention and mental health receive $2.3 billion of funding in 2021 Australian budget

Three months of follow-up care for people discharged from hospital after a suicide attempt will be funded with $156.8 million from the federal government.

It is one of several new or expanded programs that have been promised in the budget, with $2.3 billion committed to mental health and suicide prevention over the next four years.

The budget spending on mental health has a focus on suicide prevention, but that is only one piece of the puzzle when it comes to Australia's mental health spending. The government will expand the headspace program, which focuses on youth mental health, with $278.6 million in funding going to expanding the program.

People impacted by recent bushfires will also receive specific mental health spending, with $4 million set aside to provide up to 10 free trauma and distress counselling sessions to them.

Extra support will also be funded for people with eating disorders and their families, with $26.9 million committed to establish a National Eating Disorder Research Centre and improve services.

Read the full article here on ABC News.

For more information see the following trusted websites:

Australian Government Department of Health - Budget 2021-2022

Research Australia - Budget update

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New Australian and New Zealand Guideline for Mild to Moderate Head Injuries in Children

 An Original Research article published in Emergency Medicine Australasia Volume 33 issue 2 April 2021, by Franz E. Babl, Emma Tavender, Dustin W. Ballard et al.

Abstract

Objective: Children frequently present with head injuries to acute care settings. Although international paediatric clinical practice guidelines for head injuries exist, they do not address all considerations related to triage, imaging, observation versus admission, transfer, discharge and follow-up of mild to moderate head injuries relevant to the Australian and New Zealand context. The Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) set out to develop an evidence-based, locally applicable, practical clinical guideline for the care of children with mild to moderate head injuries presenting to acute care settings.

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A multidisciplinary Guideline Working Group (GWG) developed 33 questions in the three key areas of triage, imaging and discharge. The results of their search and review of existing guidelines and discovered new evidence resulted in 71 recommendations relevant to the Australian and New Zealand setting. The guideline is presented as three documents; a detailed Full Guideline, a Guideline Summary and a Clinical Algorithm.

This article is available to all NSW Health employees via CiAP or by contacting your Library service. MNCLHD employees can go to the document request page.

For parents, concerning features to watch out for go to the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network page – Head Injuries in Children. If in doubt go to emergency or see your GP. Never feel that your concern for your head injured child is wasting anyone’s time.