A breakfast session at the Canadian Public Health Association Centenary Conference Public Health in Canada: Shaping the Future Together, June 16, 2010

1. health-evidence.ca:
A public health resource to
promote evidence-
informed decision making
Maureen Dobbins, RN, PhD
Kara DeCorby, MSc
Heather Husson, BA
Paula Robeson, RN, MScN
Lori Greco, MHSc

2. The Health Evidence
Team
Maureen Dobbins, Director Kara DeCorby, Project Coordinator Heather Husson Project Manager
Tel: 905 525-9140 ext 22481 Tel: (905) 525-9140 ext. 20461 Tel: (905) 525-9140 ext. 20462
E-mail: E-mail: kdecorby@health-evidence.ca E-mail: hhusson@health-evidence.ca
dobbinsm@mcmaster.ca
Paula Robeson Lori Greco Daiva Tirilis Lyndsey McRae Kathryn Spoelstra
Knowledge Broker Knowledge Broker Research Assistant Research Assistant Research Assistant

3. Our Funders
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4. What is Health Evidence?
A program of:
• Research
• Service delivery and resource
development
CPHA June 16, 2010 Health-evidence.ca: A public health resource to promote evidence-informed decision making

5. What is health-evidence.ca?
A searchable, online registry of
quality-rated review literature
2,000 reviews
21 topic areas
4,753 registered users
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6. Methods
 Comprehensive
search strategy
 Transparent
process
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7. We screen for PH relevance
CPHA June 16, 2010 Health-evidence.ca: A public health resource to promote evidence-informed decision making

8. We do the quality assessment
for you…
Help links to quality
assessment dictionary
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9. Site Content
1. addiction/substance use 12. injury prevention/safety
2. adolescent health 13. mental health
3. adult health 14. nutrition
4. child health 15. parenting, infants & children
5. chronic diseases 16. physical activity
6. communicable 17. reproductive health
disease/infection 18. senior health
7. dental health 19. sexual health
8. environmental health 20. sexually transmitted infections-
9. food safety & inspection STIs
10. healthy communities 21. social determinants of health
11. infant health
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10. Succinct, practical summaries
Page one:
Context
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11. Page two: Results and what they mean
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12. Searching health-evidence.ca
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13. Features available
Access your
saved searches
Submit free-text
searches
Filter
results sets
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14. Features available
Submit keyword
searches by
selecting
•Focus of Review
•Review Type
•Population
Characteristics
•Intervention Location
•Intervention Strategies
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15. AND, OR, NOT Search Options
Modify keyword
search strategy
by changing
Boolean
operators
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16. Enhanced Free Text Searching
Expand
searches by
including related
terms
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17. What your results will look like
Print results
Sort results by
column headings
Identify reviews
with summary
statements
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18. Saving Searches
 Save up to 50 searches to a user account
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19. Linking to Full Text Articles
Full text links available for:
• 617 free access
journal articles
• 342 Cochrane articles
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20. Additional Resources
• Recommendations for Reducing Breast Cancer Risk
• Evidence Related to CD Prevention
• Tools to support EIDM
• Workshops & Educational Opportunities
• Links to resources to support EIDM
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21. Let’s Search!
 Population:
 Intervention: Remember
 Comparison/Control: PICO –
What’s your
 Outcomes: question?
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22. Contact Information
Maureen Dobbins
905 525-9140 ext 22481
dobbinsm@mcmaster.ca
General Inquiries
info@health-evidence.ca
CPHA June 16, 2010 Health-evidence.ca: A public health resource to promote evidence-informed decision making