Geographical Group Reporting Submission
Cochrane Mexico (Universidad Marista de Merida)
Felix-Julian Campos-Garcia
Plain-language evidence dissemination: "Does exercise reduce depressive symptoms in adults?" (Spanish social media carousel based on Cochrane Review CD004366)
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Felix Julian Campos Garcia
fcampos@marista.edu.mx
fcampos@marista.edu.mx
Language translations, Dissemination / Knowledge Translation, Promote Cochrane or the Cochrane geographic group(s) & gain visibility
Translating GRADE certainty language ("may reduce", "probably little or no difference") into plain Spanish without overstating the findings for a general audience, while keeping the visual format concise enough for social media. We addressed this by pairing the headline message with a "critical thinking" slide explaining risk of bias, heterogeneity, and lack of long-term follow-up.
Cochrane Mexico (Universidad Marista de Mérida) produced a six-slide Spanish-language Instagram carousel translating the findings of the Cochrane Review Exercise for depression (Clegg AJ, et al., 2026, CD004366) into plain language for the Mexican and Latin American public. The carousel follows our "evaluated message" format: it states a common health claim, summarises the review (73 RCTs, ≥4,985 adults), presents key findings by comparator (no treatment, psychological therapy, antidepressants), rates the claim's veracity ("probably true"), and closes with a critical-appraisal slide explaining why certainty is limited. The content was cross-promoted on LinkedIn to reach health professionals, researchers, and students. Production was done in-house with no direct financial cost, making it a low-cost, reusable model for evidence-based health communication in Spanish.