Melissa Taylor

Research Assistant and PhD student @LSTM| Interested in qualitative evidence informed decision-making and research equity

[Melissa Taylor @mtaylor_64]

📝The end of an informative week leading my first workshop! We welcomed qualitative researchers and guideline developers to discuss concrete options for improving the use of qualitative syntheses #QES when developing guidelines #READIt @FCDOHealthRes @Cochrane_IDG @LSTMnews

[Stephanie M Topp @globalstopp]

This applies to in- country (HIC & LMIC) practices too where research careers in privileged (urban) institutions are built on data collection in rural, remote and First Nations communities.

[Melissa Taylor @mtaylor_64]

#QualitativeResearch is increasingly used in #WHO #Guidelines 📚
As part of my PhD, we appraised this use and identified key areas for further development
https://t.co/TLB5rd3MgQ @FCDOHealthRes

[Sandy Oliver @profsandyoliver]

#QualitativeResearch can be valuable when developing recommendations – particularly for WHO guidelines about maternal and newborn health (MANH) and infectious diseases #QES https://t.co/zZMhuNTnnN

[Tilly @TillyFox16]

Thank you to my amazing co-authors and colleagues for your work in producing this review!

✨ Yanina, @MartyChaplin Winsley, @dyna_doum88183 @Ingrid_ArevaloR Gemma, @Cochrane_IDG @vlutje1 ✨

[Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá @seyeabimbola]

The Lancet and colonialism: past, present, and future https://t.co/2Xvh77PDnA

Please read our brief look @TheLancet's past, what it says about its present, & might about its future.

"Influence unfairly accumulated through colonialism must be redirected to egalitarian purposes."

[Melissa Taylor @mtaylor_64]

@profsandyoliver @ucl @StellenboschUni The #systematicreview of 45 studies examined views and experiences of people in LMICs, and was supported by #READ-It consortium funded by @FCDOHealthRes

[Melissa Taylor @mtaylor_64]

⭐️Published today on @CochraneLibrary, new #QualitativeEvidenceSynthesis from @Cochrane_IDG on Active Case Finding in people with #TB https://t.co/gTEOZaYgr7⭐️

[Melissa Taylor @mtaylor_64]

The review found that people who receive a #TB diagnosis must contend with a complex and unsustainable cascade of care, affecting their decision to engage 🫁

Many thanks to my amazing co-authors! @profsandyoliver @UCL, Nancy Medley, and Susan Van Wyk @StellenboschUni #WorldTBDay

[Kim R. van Daalen, PhD @DaalenKim]

"Integrity of authorship as an indicator of contribution is threatened by normalised unfair practices."

🚨Important @GlobalHealthBMJ piece by Melissa Taylor et al. discussing how to ensure meaningful engagement with reflexivity statements⬇️
https://t.co/FHodaOMyod

[Melissa Taylor @mtaylor_64]

Reflexivity statements are an important tool to promote equity in the global health research ecosystem 🌎.

We reflect on some of the emerging questions and invite your discussion!
https://t.co/gx2xi7fVRh

@GlobalHealthBMJ @seyeabimbola @Obasi_TropMed @benjamesmorton

[Melissa Taylor @mtaylor_64]

Very pleased to continue synthesising community views on MDA programmes with @Cochrane_IDG and @TillyFox16, this time for #SoilTransmittedHelminths 🪱

Excited to seeing how the data builds on the previous #QES on #filariasis, which you can read here: https://t.co/zERxPbL3zh

[Sandy Oliver @profsandyoliver]

It's great to see another @Cochrane_IDG #QualitiveEvidenceSynthesis #QES underway. It's so important to understand how communities respond to policies and programmes https://t.co/2UUPuckgCg

[LSTM @LSTMnews]

Evidence to support the use of children’s growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) is limited and uncertain, a new @Cochrane_IDG review has found.

Read more: https://t.co/8eomE4Pof0

[Melissa Taylor @mtaylor_64]

📚New #Cochrane Review from @Cochrane_IDG published @CochraneLibrary demonstrates:

⭐️currently limited & uncertain evidence on effectiveness of #growthmonitoring & promotion to address #malnutrition in children < 5 yrs in LMICs

Full-text OA review here: https://t.co/PP9H93VNY6

[Tilly @TillyFox16]

This was the first review I started working on when I joined @Cochrane_IDG, and with 527 test evaluations included, it was quite the task!

Grateful to have worked with such a hard-working team on this project, especially @jacdinnes. Thanks everyone! 😊
(3/3)

[Melissa Taylor @mtaylor_64]

Congrats to @TillyFox16 on her first first author publication

This could provide a long-term and sustainable malaria prevention strategy

[Tilly @TillyFox16]

Simple interventions can be effective in preventing malaria 🦟 🦟 🏠 🏠

Our @Cochrane_IDG review update demonstrates that screens on windows, doors and eaves reduces parasite prevalence and anaemia by 30%.

https://t.co/OyU1N4TJzi

@JFurnivalAdams @eveolanga @MartyChaplin

[Tilly @TillyFox16]

Updated #Cochrane review: #Pyronaridine-artesunate is as effective as other #antimalarials and is safe

https://t.co/rm5MmhXRdd

@Cochrane_IDG @mtaylor_64 @doc_phine @FCDOHealthRes

[Melissa Taylor @mtaylor_64]

Mass drug administration for #filariasis. Communities frightened of adverse effects, suspicious of programmes, and don’t respect community distributors. #WHO Guidelines need to consider history and politics. #CIDG #qualitative #evidencesynthesis https://t.co/uSsqWiEQzZ

[Leslie Choi @mrlesliechoi]

A bit late to the party with retweeting this but hopefully the delay increases visibility. Very interesting review and as always each one has been a learning experience for me 1/4