Holly's dev sandbox

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This is my development sandbox for the Cochrane Collaboration-Wikipedia Initiative/Welcome.

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# Review group Review research question Conclusions Date of publication DOI Suggested article(s) Action
1 Drugs and Alcohol group To assess the effectiveness of interventions involving the use of alpha2-adrenergic agonists compared with placebo, reducing doses of methadone, symptomatic medications, or an alpha2-adrenergic agonist regimen different to the experimental intervention, for the management of the acute phase of opioid withdrawal. Outcomes included the withdrawal syndrome experienced, duration of treatment, occurrence of adverse effects, and completion of treatment. Unchanged 2016/05 10.1002/14651858.CD007044.pub3 Opioid
2 Drugs and Alcohol group To evaluate the efficacy of psychosocial interventions for cannabis use disorder (compared with inactive control and/or alternative treatment) delivered to adults in an out-patient or community setting. Changed 2016/05 10.1002/14651858.CD005336.pub4 Cannabis use disorder

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Cochrane Wiki projects
Find out more about each project below!

Cochrane Update Bot

Link: Cochrane bot
About the project: A bot created list of Cochrane Reviews for which a newer version is available to replace the older one that is currently used in an article.
Can I get involved? Yes! Follow the simple instructions and if the conclusions have changed in the Cochrane Review update the Wikipedia reference and/or the text
How long will it take? 5 minutes+, depending on whether the text needs updating in the Wiki article.
Project contact: Doc James

Cochrane UK Wikipedia Project

Link: Cochrane UK Wikipedia project
About the project: A reference table of the latest new and updated Cochrane Reviews that have been selected by Cochrane communications staff and health professionals, to update Wiki content.
Can I get involved? Yes! There are three different steps for getting involved. If you are new to Wiki editing we suggest you start with step 2. If you are more experienced at Wiki editing we suggest you start with step 1 and 3.
How long will it take? 2 minutes+, depending on which step you are doing.
Project contact: HMill88

Cochrane-Reviews für Pankreas-Projekt

Link: Cochrane-Reviews für Pankreas-Projekt
About the project: a Cochrane Review reference list for updating German Wikipedia articles.
Can I get involved? Unknown
How long will it take?
Project contact: Andrea Kamphuis

Cochrane-Wikipedia Women's Health Initiative

Link: Women's Health/Cochrane Reviews
About the project: is a project of WikiProject Women's Health and Cochrane to improve the quality of Wikipedia's women's health articles by adding health information from Cochrane Reviews and other high quality medical references.
Can I get involved? Yes
How long will it take? 5 minutes+, depending on the whether the articel just needs a reference update or more content is needed to describe the Cochrane evidence.
Project contact: FloNight

The Wikipedia Library: free access to the Cochrane Library

Link: The Wikipedia Library: free access to The Cochrane Library
About the project: The Cochrane library have 100 licenses available to Wikipedia Editors who would like to help improve the evidence base of Wikipedia.
Can I get involved? Contact us for further information.
How long will it take? n/a
Project contact: HMill88

Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Wiki Updates

Link: n/a
About the project: Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth have been working on edits to the following pages with links to Cochrane Reviews and relevant guidelines.

Can I get involved? Contact the group for further information.
How long will it take? n/a
Project contact: here

Dental Dundee Research and Medical Society, Wikipedia Editing Project

Link: Dental Dundee Research and Medical Society, Wikipedia Editing Project
About the project: Cochrane Oral Health are supporting dental students at the University of Dundee in updating Wiki content.
Can I get involved? This is a restricted project
How long will it take? n/a
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Ongoing projects

Cochrane update project
A bot created list of Cochrane Reviews for which a newer version is available to replace the older one that currently used in an article.

Cochrane-Reviews für Pankreas-Projekt

Cochrane UK Wikipedia project
A reference table of the latest new and updated Cochrane Reviews that could be used to update Wiki content.

The Wikipedia Library: free access to The Cochrane Library

Women's Health/Cochrane Reviews

Dental Dundee Research and Medical Society, Wikipedia Editing Project
Cochrane Oral Health are supporting dental students at the University of Dundee in updating Wiki content.

Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Wiki updates
Having been working on edits to the following pages with links to Cochrane Reviews and relevant guidelines:

Previous projects and events

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Cochrane wiki homepage tests

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Cochrane-Wikipedia Initiative

 

Welcome to the Cochrane-Wikipedia Initiative

Cochrane have a commitment to producing and sharing high quality medical evidence to as broad an audience as possible. As a way of achieving this, Cochrane has an initiative with Wikipedia with a view to improving the evidence base of medicine articles there, using quality, reliable secondary sources such as recent Cochrane Systematic Reviews to help improve the reliability of freely available health information.

The initiative, that started in 2014, supports the inclusion of relevant evidence within all Wikipedia medical articles, as well as processes to help ensure that medical information included in Wikipedia is of the highest quality and as accurate as possible. Trusted, evidence-based research can help people to make informed decisions about their own health care.

We welcome all who want to help improve the evidence base of medical articles in Wikipedia. Whether you are a new to Wikipedia and Cochrane, or you are a seasoned Wikipedian or Cochrane contributor.

These pages list all the Cochrane-Wikipedia projects that are happening globally as well as useful blogs and information to help you get started.

Who is Cochrane?

We are a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers, and people interested in health.

Cochrane contributors - 37,000 from more than 130 countries - work together to produce credible, accessible health information that is free from commercial sponsorship and other conflicts of interest. Many of our contributors are world leaders in their fields - medicine, health policy, research methodology, or consumer advocacy - and our groups are situated in some of the world's most respected academic and medical institutions.

How does Cochrane work?

Cochrane's contributors are affiliated to the organization through Cochrane groups: healthcare subject-related review groups, thematic networks, groups concerned with the methodology of systematic reviews, and regional centres.

There is no one place or office that is 'Cochrane'. Our contributors and groups are based all around the world and the majority of our work is carried out online. Each group is a 'mini-organization' in itself, with its own funding, website, and workload. Contributors affiliate themselves to a group, or in some cases several groups, based on their interests, expertise, and/or geographical location.

We do not accept commercial or conflicted funding. This is vital for us to generate authoritative and reliable information, working freely, unconstrained by commercial and financial interests.

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