Presented at the 9th Annual Cochrane Canada Symposium 2011 Early Exposure to Cochrane: Accessible, Credible, Practical, February 17, 2011

1. health-evidence.ca
A Canadian resource
facilitating access and use of
review-level evidence
Heather Husson
Kara DeCorby
Maureen Dobbins
Paula Robeson
Lori Greco

2. Disclosure Information
Funding for Health Evidence has been received from the following:
Health Evidence (the organization) and its employees have no financial relationships with
the providers of commercial services discussed in this presentation
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3. Kara DeCorby, Project Coordinator Heather Husson Project Manager
• Tel: (905) 525-9140 ext. 20461 • Tel: (905) 525-9140 ext. 20462
• E-mail: kdecorby@health-evidence.ca • E-mail: hhusson@health-evidence.ca
Maureen Dobbins
Director
Paula Robeson Lori Greco Daiva Tirilis Lyndsey McRae Robyn Traynor
Knowledge Broker Knowledge Broker Research Assistant Research Assistant Research Assistant
/ Coordinator

4. Who are we?
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSESSMENTS & EDUCATION CUSTOMIZED SUPPORT
& CONSULTATION
A SEARCHABLE ONLINE REGISTRY of quality-rated review literature
to support evidence-informed decision making in public health
>2,100 reviews in 21 topic areas ~5,000 registered users
Electronic tailored messages sent to registered users quarterly
www.health-evidence.ca
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5. Methods
Seven bibliographic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE,
CINAHL, PsycINFO, BIOSIS, SportDISCUS, Sociological
Abstracts)
Handsearch 46 public health and health promotion
journals
Reference lists of all relevant reviews
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6. Relevance Criteria
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7. Assessing
Quality
Help links to quality
assessment dictionary
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8. Topic Areas
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9. Evidence & Implications in 2 pages!

10. Searching…
Remember
Population
Intervention
Comparison/
Control
Outcomes
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11. Free Text Searches
Free-text
search box
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12. Enhancing Free Text Searches
Expand
searches by
including
related terms
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13. Keyword Searches
Submit keyword
searches by
selecting
•Focus of Review
•Review Type
•Population
Characteristics
•Intervention
Location
•Intervention Strategies February 11, 2010
Fireside Chat
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14. AND, OR, NOT
Modify keyword
search strategy
by changing
Boolean
operators
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15. Limiting & Saving Searches
Access your
saved searches
(save up to 50 searches
to a registered user
account)
Filter
results sets

16. Your results
Print results;
Modify search
strategy
Sort results by
column headings
Identify reviews
with summaries
Search tips
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17. Access full-text reviews
Full text links available for:
• 352 Cochrane articles
• 647 free access
journal articles
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18. Tailored Messages
• Quarterly distribution
• Match new reviews to
user areas of interest
• 78% of registered users
subscribe to tailored messages
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19. Added Value
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20. Glossary
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21. 2010 Site Usage
• 40,166 visitors
65% Canadian, all provinces & territories represented
14.4% European, 156 countries represented globally
• 185,558 pageviews
Average views per visit: 4.62
Average visit duration: 3 min 58 sec
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22. Social Media
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23. Social Media Metrics
July 2009
265+ followers
~65% ReTweeted
Relationship-building resulted in January 2011
Health Evidence blog post 13 presentations
Viewed 638+ times
May 2010 ‘How to search Health
3 user stories Evidence’ presentation
Viewed 451+ times in Spanish
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24. User Feedback
I think you are one of the best and most innovative services brokering evidence in the
world. Very well done on the whole.
Submitted by an Australian user working in public health
Health-evidence has been extremely useful to me… thanks to all who put it
together. It is a real time saver.
Submitted by a Canadian user in graduate school
Thank you for this [electronic tailored message] update. Receiving notification and a
list of new entries is a great service and a time saver. Helps me stay current. Thanks.
Submitted by a Canadian user working in health policy
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25. Questions? Contact us!
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