The systematic review set out in this protocol aims to identify factors influencing school absenteeism among children and young people with disabilities. The focus is on individual, family, and school-related factors that contribute to absenteeism. The analysis will be based on a qualitative synthesis of the extracted data and findings from the included empirical studies. To achieve this, the review will incorporate qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods studies.
The issue of students dropping out before completing secondary education is a global concern with significant individual and societal consequences. Various terms, such as Early School Leaving (ESL), Early Leaving from Education and Training (ELET), and school dropout, reflect different policy perspectives on this phenomenon. Despite international efforts to address school dropout, a comprehensive review identifying areas with strong evidence and research gaps is lacking. This Evidence and Gap Map (EGM) systematically reviews the evidence on programs aimed at reducing school dropout and improving intermediate outcomes (e.g., educational performance, attendance). Following the 2011 European Council Recommendations, interventions are categorized into three domains: prevention, intervention, and compensation. The EGM will provide school and policy decision-makers, as well as program developers, with an overview of research evidence useful for guiding efforts to reduce school dropout and design effective programs. By pinpointing research gaps, the EGM will help identify critical areas where further investigation is needed to better understand and address the impact of school dropout programs.
This is the Campbell scoping review. The objectives are as follows: (i) To define and characterize the food environment of pastoralists in Africa; (ii) To identify the domains of the food environment that have been studied in pastoralist settings in Africa; (iii) To assess the relationship between the food environment and food choice, dietary intake, and nutrition outcomes among pastoralists in Africa; and (iv) To map the study designs, methods, and geographical coverage of the studies.
This Protocol for an Evidence and Gap Map (EGM) aims to identify, map, and provide an overview of the existing evidence and gaps in inclusive governance interventions for underserved populations in sub-Saharan Africa. The specific objectives are as follows: (1) identify evidence clusters that present opportunities for evidence synthesis and (2) identify evidence gaps that require additional studies, research, and evaluations.
This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are as follows: (1) What kinds of mutual-help organizations for drug use disorders have been studied with evidence available in the empirical literature? (2) What is the nature of the evidence with regard to the different types of mutual-help organizations?—(a) To what extent are these entities shown to help initiate, sustain, and enhance rates of remission from drug use disorders and improve other functional outcomes when the available evidence is subjected to rigorous scientific scrutiny? (b) To what extent do different mutual-help organizations confer differential benefit and to whom, how, and over what period? (c) To what extent have cost benefit or cost effectiveness studies indicated that these entities are cost-effective?
This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objective is as follows: to consolidate the available evidence on attitudinal aspects related to the utilisation of digital technologies in health among older adults. More specifically, we will summarise and systematise the existing reviews findings to identify attitudinal factors that interfere with the use of digital technologies in health in advanced age and to determine whether these factors act as facilitators or barriers. We will also compare the influence of attitudinal factors on technology use behaviour, considering the type of technology in question, and the purpose and context of its use. The overview of reviews questions are the following: (1) What are the attitudinal factors related to the use of digital technologies in health by older adults? (2) Which of these factors facilitate the use of digital technologies in health, and which make it difficult? (3) Are the attitudinal factors that facilitate and make difficult the use of digital technologies in health different for different types of technologies? (4) Are the attitudinal factors that facilitate and make difficult the use of digital technologies in health different for different purposes and contexts of use of these technologies?

