International best practices in Open Access Adam McCune (IPH) & Denis Parfenov (OKI)

1. The benefits of open access in public
health
▷ The two national public health frameworks - Healthy
Ireland and Making Life better place emphasis on the
importance of evidence-informed decision making
and collaboration with all sections of the community
▷ Strengthens the evidence base for future research
and innovation
▷ Facilitates engagement in improving health and
wellbeing across the island
▷ Empowers people to make informed decisions about
their health
▷ Increased access to information may lead to more
appropriate usage of health services
▷ Respects equality
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2. Our work in Open Access and Open
Data
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How The Health Well facilitates access to information
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 Less structured
pathway
Structured
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5. Open Access Initiative (OAI) compliant resource
repository focusing on dissemination of public health
resources of interest on the island of Ireland
repository.thehealthwell.info
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6. What technical standards underpin
these projects?
▷ Dublin Core for metadata
▷ Open Access Initiative Protocol for Metadata
Harvesting (OAI-PMH) for interoperability
▷ Standard web technologies from the W3C (HTML,
XML etc)
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7. Thank you
Any questions?
Email : adam.mccune@publichealth.ie
Web: www.publichealth.ie
www.twitter.com/publichealthie
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