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Additional Resources
Resources to Support Evidence-Informed Decision Making
- Systematic Reviews & Review Summaries
- Guidelines
- Public Health Resources
- Evidence-Informed Practice Resources
- Health Policy & Research
- Knowledge Transfer & Exchange
Systematic Reviews & Review Summaries
| Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) | http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/Home.aspx?DB=DARE |
| Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) | http://www.ephpp.ca/ |
| EPPI-Centre | http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/ |
| Knowledge Synthesis Canada | http://www.kscanada.ca |
| National Institute for Health and Clinical Evidence (NICE) | http://www.nice.org.uk |
| Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research (NLCAHR) Contextualized Health Research Synthesis Program (CHRSP) | http://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/research/chrsp/reports.php# |
| NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) Databases | http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/ |
| NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED) | http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/Home.aspx?DB=NHS%20EED |
| PulsE | http://www.saxinstitute.org.au/policyresearchexchange/KnowledgeTransfer.cfm?objid=546 |
| Registry of Systematic Reviews of Disability and Rehabilitation Research | http://www.ncddr.org/systematicregistry/about.html |
| The Campbell Collaboration | http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/ |
| The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | http://www.cochrane.org |
| The Community Guide | http://www.thecommunityguide.org/ |
| Thomas C. Chalmers Centre for Systematic Reviews | http://www.chalmersresearch.com/ |
Guidelines
| Agency for Health Care Research and Quality | http://www.ahrq.gov |
| Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health | http://www.canadiantaskforce.ca/ |
| Developing and Evaluating Communication Strategies to Support Informed Decisions and Practice Based Evidence (DECIDE) | http://www.decide-collaboration.eu/ |
| Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS), U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations | http://epss.ahrq.gov/PDA/index.jsp |
| Guideline Resources of BMJ | http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/collection/guidelines |
| Guidelines International Network | http://www.g-i-n.net |
| National Guideline Clearinghouse | http://www.guideline.gov/ |
| New Zealand Guidelines Group | http://www.nzgg.org.nz/index.cfm? |
| Ontario Public Health Standards | http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/pubhealth/oph_standards/ophs/index.html |
| Public Health Agency of Canda: Disease Prevention and Contral Guidelines | http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dpg-eng.php |
| Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Best Practice Guidelines | http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices/index.asp |
| Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) | http://www.sign.ac.uk/ |
| The Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention | http://cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ |
| WHO: Guidelines for public health topics in crises | http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/pht/en/ |
Public Health Resources
| Alberta Coalition for Healthy School Communities (ACHSC) | http://www.achsc.org/ |
| Best Start: Ontario’s Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre | http://www.beststart.org/index_eng.html |
| Canadian Institute for Health Information | http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/splash.html |
| Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) | http://www.cpha.ca/ |
| CAPTURE: Canadian platform to increase usage of real-world evidence | http://www.thecaptureproject.ca/ |
| Centers of Disease Control and Prevention | http://www.cdc.gov/ |
| Centre of Excellence in Public Health Informatics | http://www.cphi.washington.edu/ |
| CORE Public Health Functions for BC | http://www.phabc.org/modules.php?name=Contentcore |
| Free Medical Journals | http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/ |
| Health Canada | http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ |
| Health Information and Publications Network (HIPNET) | http://info.k4health.org/hipnet/index.shtml |
| Health Quality Council (Saskatchewan) | http://www.hqc.sk.ca/ |
| Institute for Work & Health | http://www.iwh.on.ca/ |
| myPublicHealth | http://myph.org/ |
| National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) | www.nccah.ca |
| National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) | http://www.nccdh.ca/ |
| National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH) | http://www.ncceh.ca/en/home |
| National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP) | http://www.ncchpp.ca/ |
| National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) | http://www.nccid.ca/en/home |
| National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) | http://www.nccmt.ca/ |
| National Collaborating Centre for Public Health (NCCPH) | http://www.nccph.ca/en/home.aspx |
| Ontario Public Health Libraries Association (OPHLA) | http://www.ophla.ca/ |
| PasseportSanté.net (French website) | http://www.passeportsante.net |
| Population Health Research Unit | http://www.ccc.mcmaster.ca/ |
| Public Health Agency of Canada | http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/new_e.html |
| Skills Enhancement for Public Health | http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/sehs-acss/index.html |
| Statistics Canada | http://www.statcan.gc.ca/ |
| StrokEngine (Stroke rehabilitation interventions) | http://www.strokengine.ca/ |
| The Canadian Institute for Health Information | http://www.cihi.ca/CIHI-ext-portal/internet/EN/Home/home/cihi000001 |
| Tools of Change: Proven Methods for Promoting Health, Safety and Environmental Citizenship | http://www.toolsofchange.com |
| WHO: Public Health and Environment (PHE) | http://www.who.int/phe/en/ |
Evidence-Informed Practice Resources
| A Guide To Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) on The Web | http://www.samhsa.gov/ebpWebguide/index.asp |
| Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) | http://www.cebm.net/index.aspx?o=1000 |
| Centre for Health Evidence | http://www.cche.net/ |
| Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field | http://ph.cochrane.org/en/index.html |
| Evidence Informed Decision Making (EIDM) Toolkit (University of Manitoba) | http://myuminfo.umanitoba.ca/index.asp?sec=1517 |
| Evidence Updates from the BMJ Evidence Centre | http://plus.mcmaster.ca/EvidenceUpdates/ |
| Evidence-Based Nursing Journal | http://ebn.bmj.com/ |
| Evidence-Based Practice Centres Evidence Reports | http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcix.htm |
| Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health, Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School | http://library.umassmed.edu/ebpph/ |
| Health Promotion (State Government of Victoria, Australia, Department of Health) | http://www.health.vic.gov.au/healthpromotion/index.htm |
| McMaster PLUS | http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/HIRU_McMaster_PLUS_projects.aspx |
| McMaster University Evidence Based Practice Center | http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/epc/ |
| McMaster University Evidence Based Practice Resources | http://hsl.mcmaster.ca/resources/topic/eb/index.html |
| Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH): Find Programs and Policies that Work | http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action/find-programs-and-policies-work |
| Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research | http://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/research/chrsp/reports.php# |
| Nursing Best Practice Research Unit | http://www.nbpru.ca/ |
| Nursing Health Services Research Unit (NHSRU) | http://www.nhsru.com/ |
| ScHARR Introduction to Evidence Based Practice | http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr |
| Self-Guided Learning Resources for Evidence-Informed Practice (Northern Health) | http://www.northernhealth.ca/YourHealth/ResearchandEvaluation/SelfGuidedLearningResources.aspx |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) | http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/ |
| The INFO Project | http://www.infoforhealth.org/practices/InternalBPs/index.shtml |
| The Joanna Briggs Institute | http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/ |
| The Sarah Cole Hirsh Institute for Best Nursing Practices Based on Evidence | http://fpb.case.edu/Centers/Hirsh/ |
Health Policy & Research
| Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research | http://www.ahfmr.ab.ca/ |
| Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research | http://www.who.int/alliance-hpsr/en/ |
| Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) | http://www.cadth.ca/index.php |
| Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) | http://www.cahspr.ca/ |
| Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) | http://www.chsrf.ca/ |
| Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) | http://www.chepa.org/ |
| Core Public Health Functions Research Initiative (CPHFRI) | http://web.uvic.ca/~cphfri/ |
| EVIPNet (Evidence Informed Policy Networks) | http://www.evipnet.org/php/index.php |
| Health and Social Service Utilization System-Linked Research Unit | http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/slru/home.htm |
| Health Human Resources Network | http://www.hhrchair.ca/index.cfm |
| Health Information Science | http://hinf.uvic.ca/ |
| Health Organization Studies | http://www.business.ualberta.ca/Programs/TheAlbertaMBA/DegreePrograms/PublicManagement.aspx |
| Healthy Policy Guide | http://www.healthpolicyguide.org/ |
| Improved Clinical Effectiveness through Behavioural Research Group (ICE BeRG) | http://www.iceberg-grebeci.ohri.ca/ |
| Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) | http://www.ices.on.ca/webpage.cfm |
| Manitoba Centre for Health Policy | http://umanitoba.ca/medicine/units/mchp |
| Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation | http://www.nshrf.ca/ |
| Ottawa Health Research Institute | http://www.ohri.ca/ |
| Program in Policy Decision-Making | http://www.researchtopolicy.ca/ |
| SUPPORT Tools for Evidence-Informed Policy-Making (STP) (Pan American Health Organization) | http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4468&Itemid=931&lang=en |
| University of Leeds (Knowledge Brokering: Transferring Research Into Practice) | http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/psychiatry/research/knowledgebrokering.htm |
Knowledge Transfer & Exchange
| About Knowledge Translation (at CIHR) | http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/29418.html |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Useful Links on Knowledge Translation | http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/7517.html |
| Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) | http://www.chspr.ubc.ca/ |
| CHNET-Works! - Community Health Networks | http://www.chnet-works.ca/ |
| CHSRF/CIHR Chair on Knowledge Transfer and Innovation (Knowledge Utilization - Utilisation des Connaissances) | http://kuuc.chair.ulaval.ca/ |
| Cochrane Public Health Group: Knowledge Translation | http://ph.cochrane.org/knowledge-translation |
| Contact, Help, Advice and Information Networks (CHAIN Canada) | http://www.epoc.uottawa.ca/CHAINCanada/ |
| Executive Training for Research Application (EXTRA): CHRSF | http://www.chsrf.ca/Splash.aspx |
| Global Resource Center: Knowledge Management | http://www.hrhresourcecenter.org/taxonomy_menu/1/89 |
| GRIS (Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé) | http://www.gris.umontreal.ca/actualite.asp |
| Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta | http://www.ahfmr.ab.ca/rtna |
| InspireNet.ca (Innovative Nursing Services & Practice Informed by Research & Evaluation Network) | http://www.inspirenet.ca/ |
| Knowledge for Health | http://www.k4health.org/k4h |
| Knowledge Translation Canada | http://ktclearinghouse.ca/ktcanada |
| Knowledge Translation Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto | http://www.ktp.utoronto.ca/ |
| Knowledge Translation: Top Knowledge Translation References and Resources | http://www.sandy-campbell.com/sc/Knowledge_Translation.html |
| Knowledge Utilization Studies Program (KUSP) | http://www.kusp.ualberta.ca/ |
| McMaster Health Information Research Unit | http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/hiru/ |
| National Implementation Research Network (NIRM) | http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~nirn/ |
| Research into Action: A Knowledge Translation Initiative | https://ktexchange.sph.uth.tmc.edu/Default.aspx |
| ResearchImpact @ O3 | http://researchimpact.othree.ca/ |
| SEARCH: Swift Efficient Application of Research in Community Health, Canada | http://www.searchca.net/users/folder.asp |
| What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) | http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ |
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