CAMHRED

CAMHRED catalogs health research evidence specific to Cameroon to support contextualized knowledge translation, inform policy decisions, and guide research prioritization.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive search strategy: Searches were conducted across 10 electronic health databases and supplemented by hand-searching archives from non-indexed African and Cameroonian journals.
• Inclusion criteria: Contains peer-reviewed journal articles published 1999–2019 in English or French that evaluate health-related outcomes within Cameroonian populations.
• Catalog size and metadata: Includes 4,384 studies, each characterized by study design, setting, publication year, and language.
• Coding taxonomy: Employs a coding scheme/taxonomy to map local evidence into content domains and subdomains.
• Dual independent coding: Articles were coded by pairs of reviewers with discrepancies resolved through consensus.
• Bilingual content: Records and classifications are maintained in both English and French.
• Analytical resources: Provides guidance for conducting evidence maps and knowledge gap analyses.

Scientific Applications:

• Contextualized knowledge translation: Facilitate adaptation of global recommendations to Cameroonian settings using local evidence.
• Policy development: Inform health policy and decision-making with contextualized research findings.
• Research prioritization: Identify future research priorities and local knowledge gaps.
• Evidence mapping: Support the generation of evidence maps and structured knowledge gap analyses.

Methodology:

Searches across 10 electronic health databases and hand-searching of non-indexed African and Cameroonian journals identified peer-reviewed articles from 1999–2019 in English or French evaluating Cameroonian health outcomes; each study was characterized by design, setting, publication year, and language; a coding scheme/taxonomy was applied with pairs of reviewers independently coding and resolving discrepancies by consensus.