A selective list of resources
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DHS, Public Health, Office of Quality Improvement Website |
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Jacobs JA, Jones e, Gabella BA, Spring B. Brownson RC. Tools for implementing an evidence-based approach in public health practice. Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:110324. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110324 |
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PubMed Health specializes in reviews of clinical effectiveness research, with easy-to-read summaries for consumers as well as full technical reports. Clinical effectiveness research finds answers to the question “What works?” in medical and health care. |
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The Partners mission is to help the public health workforce find and use information effectively. This project is a collaboration of government agencies, public health organizations, and health sciences libraries. It includes a Public Health Information and Data tutorial. |
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Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For 3 decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to: Encourage collaborations across communities and sectors. Empower individuals toward making informed health decisions, Measure the impact of prevention activities. |
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Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries. This site provides information and evidence-based strategies related to the Healthy People 2020 objectives. The National Library of Medicine and the Public Health Foundation staff have worked together to develop pre-formulated search strategies for selected Healthy People 2020 focus areas. |
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The Guide To Community Preventive Services: Systematic Review and Evidence Based Recommendations. |
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The National Library of Medicines portal to projects and databases of interest to health administration and public health practitioners. |
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The TRIP Database, the Internet's leading resources for Evidence-Based Medicine. |
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The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. |
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The Cochrane Library. Evidence for healthcare decision-making |
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AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The health services research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It includes the U.S. Preventive Task Force |