JBI Evidence Synthesis 

Issue 6 of JBI Evidence Synthesis has been released, offering evidence syntheses reports that move beyond effectiveness.

Included in this latest issue are diverse reviews and protocols that reflect the multidisciplinary scope of the journal, and editorial written by leaders of global organisations JBI, The Campbell Collaboration and Cochrane, Unlocking the power of global collaboration: building a stronger evidence ecosystem together 

The editorial reflects JBI’s commitment to collaboration, and highlights the urgent need for coordinated efforts to mobilise evidence effectively, advocating for a paradigm shift towards interagency collaboration to tackle contemporary global challenges.

A scoping review in the June issue calls for an integrated, whole-system approach across the care continuum to advance health equity, stating that “health equity work will continue to be siloed until it is considered a collective issue.” The scoping review, Strategies and indicators to integrate health equity in health service and delivery systems in high-income countries, is open access. 

Continuing with the theme of collaboration is the second scoping review in this issue, Interprofessional collaboration between health professional learners when breaking bad news: a scoping review of teaching approaches, which found that simulation-enhanced interprofessional education was the most reported teaching approach to teach interprofessional cohorts of students how to break bad news collaboratively. 

Protocols in issue 6 include the systematic review protocol, Effectiveness of combined virtual and clinical simulation compared with other active teaching strategies on health students’ learning, which seeks to synthesise the available evidence on the effectiveness of combined virtual and clinical simulation compared with other active teaching strategies on health students’ learning. 

Also with a focus on education is the scoping review protocol, Development and delivery of justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-oppression concepts in entry-level health professional education, which aims to identify the frameworks, guidelines, and models used to develop and deliver justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-oppression principles in mandatory, entry-level health care professional program curricula: 

"A growing body of evidence, including the TRC and UNESCO calls to action, suggests Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion training is needed to give healthcare professionals the knowledge and skills to promote anti-oppression and health justice, and deliver culturally safe care for diverse populations to improve health outcomes."

Other protocols in the latest issue include: 

Biopsychosocial risk factors for intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization in adolescents and adults reported after the COVID-19 pandemic onset 

Support and services available to at-risk mothers and their children in maternity residences 

Go to the  full table of contents for the complete list of content Issue 6.