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GRADE guidance adds planetary health to health guidelines

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Research area:Health ProfessionsPublic healthGeneral Health Professions

What the study found

The GRADE Working Group approved official guidance for integrating planetary health into health guideline development. The guidance presents 7 domains, including highly desirable and optional items, for considering planetary health in guideline recommendations.

Why the authors say this matters

The authors say this guidance is meant to help guideline developers and policymakers make evidence-based, trustworthy recommendations that protect individual and planetary health. They also state that it is intended to maintain thoroughness and feasibility within the GRADE approach.

What the researchers tested

The GRADE Planetary Health Project Group developed the guidance using established GRADE guidance methods. They conducted iterative case study analyses, expert workshops, and a 2-round global Delphi consensus process, with four case studies selected for application before the recommendations were finalized.

What worked and what didn't

Highly desirable items include formally addressing planetary health in public health and health system guidelines and explicitly justifying exclusion when it is not addressed. The guidance says judgments in the evidence-to-decision framework should systematically integrate evidence across prioritized planetary boundaries and equity. The abstract does not report comparative performance of alternatives or specific failures.

What to keep in mind

The abstract does not describe limitations, and it does not provide outcome data on the guidance's effects in practice. The summary is limited to the information presented in the title and abstract.

Key points

  • The GRADE Working Group approved official guidance for integrating planetary health into health guidelines.
  • The guidance includes 7 domains with highly desirable and optional items.
  • The authors say the guidance should help make recommendations that protect individual and planetary health.
  • Development used case studies, expert workshops, and a 2-round global Delphi consensus process.
  • Highly desirable items include addressing planetary health explicitly or justifying why it is excluded.

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GRADE guidance adds planetary health to health guidelines
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