How do we make informed health decisions about traditional, complementary & integrative medicine (TCIM)?

This updated interpretive review explores the challenges.
📖 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422025001118?via%3Dihub

🔍 The synthesis of 167 publications, including WHO, EVIPNet, GRADE, and TCIM-specific guidance affirmed the importance of:
1. Transparent decision-making processes with TCIM stakeholders
2. Context-sensitive framing to optimise TCIM relevance
3. Whole-of-evidence approach, including traditional knowledge (TK)
4. Centering equity, including epistemic equity

TCIM guideline developers are leading the way with rigorous, inclusive strategies evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM).

By respecting diverse knowledge systems, these innovations offer valuable models for global health policy and guideline development.

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