Train the Trainer Course book - Cochrane Public Health Group

The differences between what lay people want included in a systematic review and what reviewers
include is well-described in the Oliver reference above (3). Examples from this reading can be used to
highlight the importance of involving users in the review process.
Exercise: Advisory Group. Participants may come up with the following suggestions for Advisory
Group members (add any others you can think of):
a. Interventions for preventing tobacco sales to minors
i. Retailers
ii. Young people
iii. Environmental health officers
iv. School representatives, i.e. teachers
v. Parents
vi. Health professionals
vii. Representative with topic experience
b. Workplace interventions for smoking cessation
i. Counsellors/psychologists
ii. Health promotion professionals
iii. Workplace representatives – employers
iv. Workplace representatives - employees
c. Post-licence driver education for the prevention of road traffic crashes
i. Driving teachers
ii. People who have undergone post-driver licence education
iii. Parents
iv. Traffic/Transport Authority representative
v. Health professionals – injuries related
vi. Secondary school representatives, i.e. students, teachers
d. Primary prevention for alcohol misuse in young people
i. Young people
ii. Parents
iii. Police
iv. Health promotion professionals/Alcohol related research organisations
v. School representatives, i.e. teachers
vi. Alcohol industry?
e. Support for breastfeeding mothers
i. Breastfeeding mothers, or women who have breastfed in the past
ii. Friends and sources of support for those who breastfeed/breastfed
iii. Health professionals – maternal child care nurses, midwives, nutritionists
f. Interventions aimed at improving immunisation rates
i. Parents
ii. GPs and health professionals (maternal child care nurses, etc)
iii. Schools
Participants may want to openly debate the usefulness of including industry representatives on the
Advisory Group. There is no right or wrong answer!
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