Public Health: Evidence Based Public Health

Clinical Practice Guidelines

• BC Guidelines

  BC Guidelines are clinical practice guidelines and protocols that provide recommendations to B.C. practitioners on delivering high quality, appropriate care to patients with specific clinical conditions or diseases

• Canadian Cardiovascular Society

  Guidelines and position statement library. Can filter documents by year, type, or topic

• Canadian Diabetes Association

  Clinical practice guidelines for prevention and management of diabetes

• Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections

  From the Public Health Agency of Canada

• Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP)

  Guidelines for diagnosis & assessment and prevention & treatment. Also includes helpful resources and tools

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• Canadian Immunization Guide

  From the Public Health Agency of Canada. Provides the most up-to-date information about vaccinations in Canada

• Canadian Pediatric Society

  Canadian Paediatric Society position statements and practice points have clinical guidance and policy recommendations for paediatricians, family physicians, nurses, government officials and others. They also include links to other relevant documents and resources, including information for parents

• Canadian Respiratory Guidelines

  Provided by the Canadian Thoracic Society

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• Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care

  The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) appraises guidelines produced by other organizations as a complement to the production of CTFPHC clinical practice guidelines. The focus of the critical appraisal is on the quality of the methods used, with a commentary section that outlines some points for primary care practitioners to consider should they choose to implement the recommendations

• Canadian Urology Association Guidelines

  Read the CUA statements and check box to gain access to guidelines

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nurses in Primary Care

  The Clinical Practice Guidelines have been prepared by Health Canada's First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) for use by community health nurses employed by Health Canada providing primary care in isolated, semi-isolated, and remote First Nations communities

• CPG Infobase

  Provided by the Canadian Medical Association. It includes approximately 1,200 CPGs developed or endorsed by authoritative medical or health organizations in Canada

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology canada

  You need to be signed into your library account to access Full-Text. To access Full-Text, click Full-Text HTML or PDF link and scroll to bottom of new page. Select Institutional Access Visit ScienceDirect and follow the links to get the Full-Text article.

• Osteoporosis Canada

  Website contains links to the 2010 Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Osteoporosis in Canada as well as other resources such as the FRAX

•  Professional Boundaries and the Nurse-Client Relationship: Keeping it Safe and Therapeutic

  From the College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia

• Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario

  There are currently 50 published guidelines as well as a toolkit and educator's resource to support implementation

• Rourke Baby Record

  Evidence-based health supervision guide for primary healthcare practitioners of children in the first five years of life

• Saskatoon Health Region

  Policies and procedures from the Nursing Manual provided by the Saskatoon Health Region

• Towards Optimized Practice (TOP)

  Practice guidelines produced in alignment with Alberta's Primary Health Care Strategy

There are not usually synopses of studies available for Public Health.