Paediatric pneumonia research priorities in the context of COVID-19: An eDelphi study.

King, Carina; Baker, Kevin; Richardson, Sol; Wharton-Smith, Alexa; Bakare, Ayobami A; Jehan, Fyezah; Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer; Zar, Heather; Awasthi, Shally; Smith, Helen; Greenslade, Leith; Qazi, Shamim A

King, Carina; Baker, Kevin; Richardson, Sol; Wharton-Smith, Alexa; Bakare, Ayobami A; Jehan, Fyezah; Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer; Zar, Heather; Awasthi, Shally; Smith, Helen; Greenslade, Leith; Qazi, Shamim A.

Afiliación

King C; Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Baker K; Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
Richardson S; Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Wharton-Smith A; Malaria Consortium, London, UK.
Bakare AA; Malaria Consortium, London, UK.
Jehan F; Malaria Consortium, London, UK.
Chisti MJ; Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Zar H; Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Awasthi S; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Smith H; Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Greenslade L; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and SA-MRC Unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Qazi SA; Department of Paediatrics, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India.

J Glob Health ; 12: 09001, 2022.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35265333

RESUMEN

Background: Pneumonia remains the leading cause of infectious deaths in children under-five globally. We update the research priorities for childhood pneumonia in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and explore whether previous priorities have been addressed. Methods: We conducted an eDelphi study from November 2019 to June 2021. Experts were invited to take part, targeting balance by: gender, profession, and high (HIC) and low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). We followed a three-stage approach: 1. Collating questions, using a list published in 2011 and adding newly posed topics; 2. Narrowing down, through participant scoring on importance and whether they had been answered; 3. Ranking of retained topics. Topics were categorized into: prevent and protect, diagnosis, treatment and cross-cutting. Results: Overall 379 experts were identified, and 108 took part. We started with 83 topics, and 81 further general and 40 COVID-19 specific topics were proposed. In the final ranking 101 topics were retained, and the highest ranked was to "explore interventions to prevent neonatal pneumonia". Among the top 20 topics, epidemiological research and intervention evaluation was commonly prioritized, followed by the operational and implementation research. Two COVID-19 related questions were ranked within the top 20. There were clear differences in priorities between HIC and LMIC respondents, and academics vs non-academics. Conclusions: Operational research on health system capacities, and evaluating optimized delivery of existing treatments, diagnostics and case management approaches are needed. This list should act as a catalyst for collaborative research, especially to meet the top priority in preventing neonatal pneumonia, and encourage multi-disciplinary partnerships.

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COVID-19; Niño; Prioridades en Salud; Humanos; Recién Nacido; Pandemias; Pobreza; Investigación; SARS-CoV-2

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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: COVID-19 Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Límite: Child / Humans / Newborn Idioma: En Revista: J Glob Health Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Suecia Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

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