Angela Harden

TL;DR: Thematic synthesis is presented as a tried and tested method that preserves an explicit and transparent link between conclusions and the text of primary studies; as such it preserves principles that have traditionally been important to systematic reviewing.

TL;DR: This article presented an approach to combining qualitative and quantitative research in a systematic review of interventions to promote healthy eating among children, full details of which are available in the review question was: "What is known about the barriers to, and facilitators of, healthy eating, among children aged 4-10 years?"

TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic review was conducted to examine the barriers to, and facilitators of, healthy eating among young people (11-16 years), focusing on the wider determinants of health, examining community and society-level interventions.

TL;DR: The benefits of bringing together views studies in a systematic way included gaining a greater breadth of perspectives and a deeper understanding of public health issues from the point of view of those targeted by interventions.

TL;DR: A multimethod systematic review builds on the evidence that underpins the current UK guidance on community engagement to identify theoretical models underpinning community engagement and to explore mechanisms and contexts through which communities are engaged to identify community engagement approaches that are effective in reducing health inequalities.