Purity or pragmatism? Reflecting on the use of systematic review methodology in development
Purity or pragmatism? Reflecting on the use of systematic review methodology in development
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纯粹主义还是实用主义？
DOI：
10.1080/19439342.2012.711341
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
T. de Wet
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作者：
Ruth Stewart;C. van Rooyen;T. de Wet
在卫生保健领域开创的系统审查方法已越来越多地应用于低收入和中等收入国家的重要发展问题。本文报告了一项关于撒哈拉以南非洲小额信贷主题的审查，并反映了在将该方法应用于新领域时所做出的实用方法妥协的数量。这些妥协涉及多学科团队合作、区域过滤器的应用、从其他研究类型中汲取证据以及通过开发和测试因果途径探索变化机制。这篇论文的结论是，国际发展需要一种实用的严格方法来系统地审查有效性证据。
Systematic review methodology pioneered in health care has been increasingly applied to development questions of importance in lower- and middle-income countries. This paper reports one such review on the topic of microfinance in sub-Saharan Africa and reflects on the number of pragmatic methodological compromises made when applying the method to a new field. These compromises relate to multidisciplinary teamwork, application of regional filters, drawing on evidence from additional study types and exploring mechanisms for change through the development and testing of a causal pathway. The paper concludes that a pragmatic rigorous approach to systematically reviewing evidence of effectiveness is needed for international development.