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Public Health: Evidence based public health and systematic reviews
What is evidence-based public health?
"Evidence-based public health is defined as the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs and policies in public health through application of principles of scientific reasoning, including systematic uses of data and information systems, and appropriate use of behavioral science theory and program planning models."
From Brownson, R. C., Baker, E. A., Leet, Gillespie, K. N. (Eds.) (2003). Evidence-based public health. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Compilations
- Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health ProjectThis website provides free online access to evidence-based public health (EBPH) resources, knowledge domains of public health, and public health journals and databases.
Healthy People 2020 PubMed topics
Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries, or HP2020 SEQs. HP2020 SEQs are pre-formulated PubMed search strategies to find published literature to support achieving Healthy People 2020 objectives. Presently there are 30 topic areas ranging from access to health services to vision
Most of the HP2020 SEQs search strategies have been limited by date to the most recent five years to provide the most current information relating to HP2020 topics, and to return a manageable number of citations.
Systematic reviews
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new windowThis portal allows users to search several databases containing evidence-based medical resources: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, Health Technology Assessments, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.
- Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide)A collection of evidence-based findings of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF).
- Health EvidenceFrom the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Systematic reviews on health promotion and public health interventions.
- TRIPTrip is a search engine designed to quickly and easily find high-quality research evidence.
- What Works for HealthFrom the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The research underlying What Works for Health is based on a model of population health that emphasizes the many factors that can make communities healthier places to live, learn, work, and play.
- Last Updated: Apr 17, 2024 12:33 PM
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