The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination is a department of the University of York and is part of the National Institute for Health Research.
CRD undertakes high quality systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of health and social care interventions and the delivery and organisation of health care.
Building an international register of ongoing systematic reviews
In response to growing concern about reporting biases, and advocacy for registration of systematic reviews, the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) is leading an initiative to establish an international register of ongoing systematic reviews.
The register will be free of charge and will work in a similar way to clinical trials registers allowing researchers to prospectively record key features of their systematic reviews. Details about the project have been published in The Lancet.
In order to arrive at an internationally agreed minimum data set for registration, a Delphi consultation exercise has been undertaken. A summary report of the first round is available and analysis of the second round responses is now underway.
Bookings are now open for this course, the aim of which is to provide an introduction to systematic review methodology and critical appraisal skills. More...
Helping children cope with chemotherapy
Although nausea and vomiting are common in children undergoing chemotherapy, few quality studies identify absolutely the best way to prevent and treat this problem.
Smoking in pregnancy
This project is designed to contribute both to England’s tobacco control strategy and to the government’s wider strategy to reduce health inequalities. The project will provide
information on the everyday contexts of smoking in pregnancy and the
everyday difficulties that women face in giving up.
Translating research into practice in Leeds and Bradford (TRiPLaB)
The TRiPLaB study protocol is now published in Implementation Science. TRiPLaB aims to develop, implement, and evaluate methods for inducing and sustaining the uptake of research knowledge into practice in order to improve the quality of health services for the people of Leeds and Bradford.
