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Long Covid Banne: An ongoing series of reports aiming to provide a high-level overview of Long COVID evidence

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Traditional media has contributed to problematic discourses about ideal bodies. Recently concern has grown about online content which potentially increases disordered eating.
Seminars return

EPPI and the Centre for Evaluation at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are collaborating to revive the ‘London Systematic Reviews and Research Use Seminars’.
New report series

An ongoing series of reports aiming to provide a high-level overview of Long COVID evidence, commissioned by the Department of Health & Social Care.
EPPI Reviewer

Our specialist application for all types of literature review, including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, ‘narrative’ reviews and meta-ethnographies.
Covid & population mental health

A systematic review on interventions addressing the widespread mental health issues during the pandemic.

Better evidence for better decision-making:
robust and responsive reviews informing policy and practice

The Evidence for Policy & Practice Information Centre is a team of researchers and professionals
based at University College London who:

Conduct systematic reviews across health, education, welfare and other public policy sectors.
Work closely with policymakers, practitioners and the public to understand their needs.
Value and encourage participation in all stages of systematic reviews by people with
diverse perspectives.
Study and develop methods to support the conduct of systematic reviews and their use
in decision-making.
Provide support, training and guidance for others seeking to undertake systematic reviews.
Develop and maintain EPPI Reviewer software for conducting systematic reviews.

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Seminars are back!

The ‘London Systematic Reviews and Research Use Seminars’ aim to encourage discussion and information-sharing on challenges and innovations in evidence syntheses methods and the study of evidence use. The seminars will continue to be hosted in London but they will now be offered in a hybrid format to increase accessibility and reach.

(Next event - Wednesday 29th March 2023 12:30 - 13:45).

COVID-19 'living' systematic map of research

Health research for NIHR
Social science research for IPPO

Order your copy of An Introduction to Systematic Reviews now!

This new 2nd edition provides clear, step-by-step advice on the logic and processes of systematic reviewing. Packed with examples from across the social sciences, the book helps to turn systematic reviews into recommendations for policy and practice.

Want to learn about systematic reviews or social policy?

Register for our online or face to face courses now. Our training outlines different systematic review approaches and gives a critical appreciation of evidence-informed policy and practice; and social policy.

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Find out more about how the EPPI-Centre can help to support your review.

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Better evidence for better decision-making: robust and responsive reviews informing policy and practice

Better evidence for better decision-making:
robust and responsive reviews informing policy and practice