Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, : An innovative service to promote evidence-based public health decision making Maureen Dobbins, RN, PhD Kara DeCorby, MSc Donna Ciliska, RN, PhD Shawna Mercer, PhD Roy Cameron, R, PhD Lawrence W. Green, PhD Helen Thomas, MSc

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 Setting the Scene What How Why When Who Where

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 WHAT - health-evidence.ca online registry reviews evaluating interventions quality-assessed searchable by commonly-used public health terms two page summaries

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 HOW - Search Strategy electronic search of 6 online databases: handsearching of 20 journals reference list of all relevant reviews

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 HOW - Building the Registry relevance testing keywording quality assessment

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 WHY – Value Added difficulty identifying public health/health promotion literature in large medical databases lack of time to assess quality of literature practical application not always apparent

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 WHY - Functions of Site compilation of reviews with quality ratings User-friendly search capability summaries of results and implications for practice links to full-text reviews wherever possible

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 WHEN - Launch of Site March 10, 2005 Over 2,000 hits in first week Over 22,000 hits to date

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 WHO - Site Stats > 1300 registered users as of Sept 2005 ~ 80% of users are Canadian, with most of the remaining 20% Americans, followed by Australia and UK all provinces and territories

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Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 Topic areas covered addiction/drug use adolescent health adult health child health chronic diseases communicable disease & infection community health dental health elderly health environmental health food safety & inspection infant health injury prevention & safety mental health nutrition parenting/infants & children physical activity pregnancy sex education stds women's health

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 Popular topics obesity prevention healthy eating physical activity day care

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 Comments “Everything is AOK as far as logging in. Great site. I look forward in future to utilizing what appears to be a potent health policy decision-making tool. With the increasing complexity of health related issues, you can't have too many such resources to draw on.” -Policy Analyst “there seems to be something for everyone - I liked that it provides a quality rating for the research - this is something I struggle with - and it holds only what is relevant for us in public health. I will use it as a solid reference point for our programming.” -Public Health Manager

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 WHERE - Work in progress Health-evidence.ca is evolving - plans are underway to meet users’ needs through –moderated discussion groups –tutorials –online courses –expert panels –live chats with colleagues and experts

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006 Comments? The registry is one component of a comprehensive KT strategy to support users in –accessing and interpreting research evidence –connecting with colleagues and experts across Canada (and internationally) view the site at and share your comments/questions

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy January 31, 2006