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Providing Evidence-Based Public Health Resources: The Librarian's Role Elaine Martin Hathy Simpson Nancy Peterson NAHSL September 27, 2005.

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1 Providing Evidence-Based Public Health Resources: The Librarian's Role Elaine Martin Hathy Simpson Nancy Peterson NAHSL September 27, 2005

2 Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project http://library.umassmed.edu/ebpph http://library.umassmed.edu/ebpph Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce Project http://PHPartners.org http://PHPartners.org

3  The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about  the care of communities and populations in the domain of health protection, disease prevention, health maintenance and improvement. Source: Jenicek M. Epidemiology, evidenced-based medicine, and evidence-based public health. J Epidemiol. Dec 1997;7(4):187-197. Evidence-Based + Public Health

4 The Public Health Workforce Epidemiologists Statisticians Environmental Engineers Animal Control Officers Sanitarians Food Scientists Industrial Hygienists Health Care Administrators Health Economists Politicians Social Workers Mental Health Workers Substance Abuse Counselors Doctors Nurses Teachers Disaster Relief Workers Nutritionists Lab Technicians Librarians

5 Evidence-Based Public Health Decisions for Public Health Practice Interventions Programs Policies Social values, Politics, Economics $ Expertise, Knowledge Best Evidence from Research

6 1.Define the public health problem. 2.Search and find the best evidence. 3.Critically appraise the evidence for validity and relevance. 4.Apply the evidence to practice. 5.Evaluate the results. Evidence-Based Public Health Process Adopted from: Source: Sackett DL, Rosenberg WM. The need for evidence-based medicine. J R Soc Med. Nov 1995;88(11):620-624. Sibbald WJ. Some opinions on the future of evidence-based medicine. Crit Care Clin. 1998;14(3):549-558.

7 Convert the information needs into answerable questions 1. Define the public health problem

8 Forming a Searchable Public Health Question PICO P - Population I - Intervention C - Comparison O - Outcome

9 2. Search and find the best evidence 3. Critically appraise the evidence for validity and relevance

10 Evidence-Based Resources for Public Health Practice  Evidence-Based Guidelines  Systematic Reviews  Pre-formulated & Filtered Searches  Best & Model Practices  Public Health Bibliographic Databases  Public Health Journals Project Web Site: http://library.umassmed.edu/ebpphhttp://library.umassmed.edu/ebpph

11 Evidence-Based Guidelines http://www.thecommunityguide.org http://www.thecommunityguide.org

12 Tobacco Use Prevention & Control

13 Link to Full-Text Article from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine

14 Systematic Reviews http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/cochrane/activities/reviews.htm http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/cochrane/activities/reviews.htm

15 Cochrane Systematic Review Search strategy Databases including the Cochrane Injuries Group Specialised Register, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, IRRD (International Road Research Documentation), TRANSDOC, TRIS (Transport Research Information Service), ATRI, Science Citation Index were searched for relevant articles. Web sites of traffic and road accident research bodies including government agencies were also searched. Reference lists from topic reviews, identified studies and bibliographies were examined for relevant articles.

16 Systemic Reviews http://heath-evidence.ca http://heath-evidence.ca

17 Pre-formulated PubMed Searches http://phpartners.org/hp http://phpartners.org/hp

18 Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project http://phpartners.org/hp http://phpartners.org/hp

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21 Model Practices Database http://archive.naccho.org/modelPractices http://archive.naccho.org/modelPractices

22 Examples of Public Health Bibliographic Databases Available by Subscription Only:  CINAHL  EconLit  EMBASE  PsycINFO  Science Citation Index  Social Science Citation Index  Sociological Abstracts

23 Free Online Public Health Databases

24 Public Health Journals

25 Environmental Health Journals

26 Free Online Public Health Journal

27 Additional Public Health Information Sources  Grey literature  News  Listservs  Government reports  Statistics  Meeting abstracts  Organization websites

28 Public Health Web Portal: http://PHPartners.org http://PHPartners.org Governments Reports & Grey Literature Public Health News Resources Health Statistics Conferences & Meetings

29 PHPartners.org: Discussion & Email Lists

30 Public Health Web Portal: http://PHPartners.org http://PHPartners.org

31 Public Health Web Portal: http://PHPartners.org http://PHPartners.org

32 PHPartners.org: Online Public Health Tutorial

33 New England Public Health Resources http://nnlm.gov/ner/publichealth.html http://nnlm.gov/ner/publichealth.html New England Public Health Agencies, Associations & Statistical Information

34 Contact Information Hathy Simpson, MPH Public Health Project Coordinator e.hatheway.simpson@umassmed.edu 508-856-3594

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