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Pre- and post-review for health research

Published on January 28, 2026   6 min

A selection of talks on Methods

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I'm Dr. Evie Kendal, Senior Lecturer of Health Promotion at Swinburne University of Technology, and this video is focused on pre and post-review for health research.
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Pre-review refers to the initial evaluation of a research proposal or systematic review protocol. It aims to identify methodological flaws or areas for improvement before it is too late. Pre-review is usually conducted by a small group of experts. Essentially you tell these experts what you're planning to do, how you're planning to review the current literature in a particular area, and they can provide feedback before you go too far down that road, if there are any weaknesses in your method.
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Registering your proposed study to a public registry helps others see what you're planning to do and avoids duplication. For example, two groups working on the same systematic review. This is called protocol registration. Submissions to such registries typically include the study design, the aims and objectives, the proposed method and plans for interpretation. A systematic review attempts to summarize all relevant literature on a given topic. There must be very strict inclusion and exclusion criteria just to make sure that everything's included that's relevant but that extraneous articles are not included as they may distract from the overall objective of the paper.
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Some example registries include the World Health Organization's International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, the PROSPERO systematic review database and the Open Science Framework. Some national registries include the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry and the American Economic Associations RCT Registry, which stands for randomized controlled trial. These registries make sure that people know what research is currently being undertaken on a particular topic. This avoids duplication, so multiple labs doing the same trials, but also makes sure people know what's about to be released. You might wonder why you should register

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