Please note! The programme is subject to change.
Links to abstracts will be added in advance of the Colloquium. All authors are listed in the abstracts.
Links to presentations will be added shortly after the Colloquium.
Abstracts and presentations will be found at the general programme pages.
| SW = Social Welfare | E = Education | C = Crime and Justice | H = Health | M = Methods | KN = Knowledge Utilization |
| Monday | ||
| Systematic reviews of epidemiologic data on the global burden of cardiovascular disease Laurie M. Anderson; US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), USA |
H | paper |
| A systematic review of intervention strategies to promote childhood vaccination: Focus on education Vivien L. Hendry; Institute for Effective Education, University of York, UK |
H | paper |
| Prioritising investment in public health: A review of the economic evidence Kevin Marsh; The Matrix Evidence, London |
H | paper |
| The impact of water supply and sanitation interventions on child health: Evidence from DHS surveys Ron Bose; International Institute for Impact Evaluation (3ie) |
H | paper |
| Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to combat childhood diarrhea in developing countries Hugh Waddington; International Institute for Impact Evaluation (3ie) |
H | paper |
| A synthetic review of household valuations of water quality improvements in developing countries Robyn Meeks; Harvard University, USA |
H | paper |
| A tool for Campbell review authors: The equity checklist Erin Ueffing; Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Canada Panel: Peter Tugwell, Elizabeth Kristjansson; University of Ottawa, Mark Petticrew; London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
SW | workshop |
| Official opening address Jonas Gahr Støre; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway Better evidence for a better world Richard Horton; Editor-in-chief, The Lancet Supporting policy and practice: Why systematic reviews matter Julia Littell; Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College, USA |
Plenary | |
| Tuesday | ||
| Communicating evidence about development policy Howard White; Executive Director, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Egypt The case for mandatory impact evaluation Andrew David Oxman; Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services & The Cochrane Collaboration |
Plenary | |
| Methods for considering the social determinants of health: Recommendations for Campbell & Cochrane Peter Tugwell; University of Ottawa, Canada Authors: Michael P. Kelly, Vivian Welch, Josiane Bonnefoy, Mark Petticrew, Antony Morgan, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Erin Ueffing, Marion Doull, Emma Stewart |
H | symposium |
| Synthetic review of the impact of microfinance Jos Vaessen; Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp & Maastricht University, Netherlands |
M | paper |
| Poverty and access to justice: A case for the well-being of the vulnerable Josephine Alumanah; Department of Sociology/Anthropology, University of Nigeria |
SW | paper |
| How can urban planning help poverty reduction? Carlos de la Espriella; Housing Development & Management, Lund University, Sweden |
SW | paper |
| Centres for the systematic reviews of health policy Tracey Koehlmoos; World Health Organization (WHO) |
H | symposium |
| Wednesday | ||
| Some Hypotheses about Characteristics of High Quality Nonrandomized Experiments William Shadish, University of California |
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| Towards an evidence-based world view Hans Rosling, Professor of Global Health, Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
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| EVIPNet: Evidence-informed policies to improve health in low and middle income countries Ulysses Panisset; World Health Organization (WHO) |
H | paper |
| Costs and cost-outcomes of school feeding programs in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) Elizabeth Kristjansson; University of Ottawa, Canada |
H | paper |
| When and how are effects on health equity assessed in systematic reviews of effectiveness Vivian Welch; Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Canada |
M | paper |
| Tackling the wider social determinants of health and health inequalities: Systematic review evidence Mark Petticrew; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK |
H | paper |
| Education and children's wellbeing in North Africa: Socioeconomic inequalities and regional disparity Abdesslam Boutayeb; Faculty of Sciences, Oujda, Morocco |
H | paper |
| The value of training the children's workforce: An example of the use of modelling techniques Kevin Marsh; The Matrix Evidence, London |
SW | paper |
| Developing a systematic map on foster care: An Australian example Belinda Mayfield |
KN | |
| Poster Sessions ................... | ||
| Better evidence in south-south and triangular cooperation Osvaldo Elissetche; Asociación Civil Estudios y Proyectos, Argentina |
SW | |
| Ageing and new forms of social life in the information society Juan Herrero; University of Oviedo, Spain |
SW | |
| Gender preferences for children among Iranian Women Mojgan Karbakhsh; Tehran University of medical Sciences, Iran |
SW | |
| Violence at school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Repercussions for mental health of adolescents Virginia Schall; Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, MG, Brazil |
SW | |
| Equality of educational opportunities in Iran Batol Mousavi; Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center (JMERC), Iran |
E | |
| Facing the health challenges of Indonesia's aging population Mira Hidajat, Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, USA |
H | |
| Incorporation of family intervention in schizophrenia Ana Martins; Agencia Nacional de Saude Suplementar (ANS), Brazil |
H | |
| Effectiveness of health interventions in Zambia & the balance between good and harmful effects Thabale Ngulube; Centre for Health, Science & Social Research (CHESSORE), Zambia |
H | |
| Economic and financing policies in Iran's health sector Mariam Ramzanian; Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education |
H | |
| Strategies to develop an essential healthcare package: Evidence from international experience Li Yang; Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Peking University,China |
H |