Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment (THETA) Collaborative, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
BMJ Open. 2022 Jul 4;12(7):e057386. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057386.
The emergence of a regional or global scale infectious disease outbreak often requires the implementation of economic relief programmes in affected jurisdictions to sustain societal welfare and, presumably, population health. While economic relief programmes are considered essential during a regional or global health crisis, there is no clear consensus in the literature about their health and non-health benefits and their impact on promoting equity. Thus, our objective is to map the current state of the literature with respect to the types of individual-level economic relief programmes implemented during infectious disease outbreaks and the impact of these programmes on the effectiveness of public health measures, individual and population health, non-health benefits and equity.
Our scoping review is guided by the updated Arksey and O'Malley scoping review framework. Eligible studies will be identified in eight electronic databases and grey literature using text words and subject headings of the different pandemic and epidemic infectious diseases that have occurred, and economic relief programmes. Title and abstract screening and full-text screening will be conducted independently by two trained study reviewers. Data will be extracted using a pretested data extraction form. The charting of the key findings will follow a thematic narrative approach. Our review findings will provide in-depth knowledge on whether and how benefits associated with pandemic/epidemic individual-level economic relief programmes differ across social determinants of health factors.This information is critical for decision-makers as they seek to understand the role of pandemic/epidemic economic mitigation strategies to mitigate the health impact and reduce inequity gap.
Since the scoping review methodology aims to synthesise evidence from literature, this review does not require ethical approval. Findings of our review will be disseminated to health stakeholders at policy meetings and conferences; published in a peer-review scientific journal; and disseminated on various social media platforms.
区域性或全球性传染病爆发的出现通常需要在受影响的司法管辖区实施经济救济计划，以维持社会福利，大概还有人口健康。虽然在区域性或全球性卫生危机期间，经济救济计划被认为是必不可少的，但文献中对于它们的健康和非健康效益以及对促进公平的影响并没有明确的共识。因此，我们的目标是绘制有关传染病爆发期间实施的个人层面经济救济计划的类型以及这些计划对公共卫生措施、个人和人口健康、非健康效益和公平性的有效性的影响的文献现状图。
我们的范围综述以更新的 Arksey 和 O'Malley 范围综述框架为指导。将使用不同大流行和流行病传染病以及经济救济计划的文本词和主题词在八个电子数据库和灰色文献中确定合格的研究。标题和摘要筛选以及全文筛选将由两名经过培训的研究审查员独立进行。将使用预先测试的数据提取表格提取数据。关键发现的图表将遵循主题叙述方法。我们的综述结果将深入了解与大流行/流行病个人层面经济救济计划相关的利益是否以及如何在健康决定因素的社会决定因素方面存在差异。这些信息对于决策者来说至关重要，因为他们试图了解大流行/流行病经济缓解策略的作用，以减轻健康影响并缩小不平等差距。
由于范围综述方法旨在综合文献中的证据，因此本综述不需要伦理批准。我们的审查结果将在政策会议和会议上向卫生利益攸关方传播；发表在同行评审的科学期刊上；并在各种社交媒体平台上传播。
