Public Health: Evidence Based Public Health

6S Model

At present, there are no "systems" available for Public Health.

DynaMed
Topics include concise summaries and detailed recommendations based on the most current evidence. For seamless and secure access to DynaMed, please upgrade to the latest version of Firefox, Chrome, or Edge.
License Information: This license was negotiated for the Saskatchewan Health Information Resources Program (SHIRP). There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to walk-in users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.
Trip This link opens in a new window
A clinical search engine which provides high-quality research evidence in support of practice/care. Clinicians can search for images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news. Users may access DynaMed through Trip: after performing your search click on the DynaMed tab to see further results. Access Note: You must first "sign up" to create an account. Midway down the "sign up" page you will be asked for you institution. This will allow easy linking between Trip and our full-text holdings. Scroll down until you find the University of Saskatchewan. Make sure to save your profile when you finish.
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. This is an Open Access resource freely available on the Internet. However, the University of Saskatchewan site requires authentication for the convenience of faculty and student access to full text link out. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.

Canadian Best Practices Portal for Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
Conveniently pulls together data, government strategies, guidance and systematic reviews. Click on "Public Health Topics" in the blue menu bar.

ACCESSSS This link opens in a new window
ACCESSSS is a federated search engine which provides current best evidence for clinical decisions. It conducts literature searches simultaneously in several different evidence-based information services.
*Note:* Users will have to create an account to search for resources.
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users but there are restrictions in place on simultaneous use in some of the databases it searches.This is an open access resource freely available on the Internet. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.

Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care
Appraisal of guidelines produced by other organizations as a complement to the production of CTFPHC clinical practice guidelines.

Clinical Key This link opens in a new window
An excellent collection of Clinical Practice Guidelines, including Canadian guidelines. Select "Guidelines" from the drop down menu next to the search bar.
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.

CPG Infobase
Includes approximately 1,200 CPGs developed or endorsed by authoritative medical or health organizations in Canada
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Covers topics including: conditions and diseases, public health, treatments, and procedures and devices.

Health Evidence
Access to over 7000 quality-rated systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public health interventions, including cost data. From McMaster University.
The Community Guide
A collection of evidence-based findings of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) of the US. It is a resource to help you select interventions to improve health and prevent disease in your state, community, community organization, business, healthcare organization, or school.

Health Evidence
Access to over 7000 quality-rated systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of public health interventions, including cost data. From McMaster University.
Public Health +
From McMaster University, a database of only high quality pre-appraised studies and reviews relevant to public health. This database was designed to help busy public health practitioners access high quality and newsworthy evidence.

Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions.
License Information: This license was negotiated by the Saskatchewan Health Information Resources Program (SHIRP). There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) - USA
The AHRQ' of the USA produces evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable.
Epistemonikos
Epistemonikos is a collaborative, multilingual database of health evidence, including systematic reviews relevant for health-decision making. Aimed at aimed to health professionals, researchers and health decision-makers.

You can find summaries of well-conducted studies in the following journals:

ACP Journal Club
"ACP Journal Club summarizes the best new evidence for internal medicine from over 120 clinical journals. Research staff from McMaster University and clinical editors rigorously assess the scientific merit of the medical literature as it is published and a worldwide panel of over 3600 physicians assesses the clinical relevance and newsworthiness of rigorous studies."
Evidence Based Medicine
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Journal searches other medical journals for validity of their research. Experts critically appraises the validity and provide commentary on their findings and implications for clinical practice.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Index and abstract database covering the fields of "medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences.
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. This is an Open Access resource freely available on the Internet. However, the University of Saskatchewan site requires authentication for the convenience of faculty and student access to full text link out. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.
MEDLINE: Ovid MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
Major bibliographic database for clinical medicine, including: internal medicine, general medicine, primary care, family medicine, and general practice, as well as: veterinary medicine, nursing, allied health, dentistry, and pre-clinical sciences.
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law. Access Note: When creating an Ovid personal account, users will be asked to sign an End User License Agreement. Existing users will be asked to update their accounts by signing this new agreement, effective March 2021.
Public Health Database This link opens in a new window
Provides access to the core public health literature from journals, dissertations, videos, and more. Current newspaper articles are also included to provide access to breaking news in public health, such as pandemics and disaster preparedness.
License Information: Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to walk-in users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying of online content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
Global Health This link opens in a new window
Covers information related to human health and communicable diseases.
License Information: Access is restricted to two (2) simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law. License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law. Access Note: When creating an Ovid personal account, users will be asked to sign an End User License Agreement. Existing users will be asked to update their accounts by signing this new agreement, effective March 2021.

from: https://www.nccmt.ca/tools/6s-search-pyramid

Key to the 6S Model

Systems

Integrating information from the lower levels of the hiearchy with individual patient records, systems represent the ideal source of evidence for clinical decision-making. There are currently no systems available for the discipline of public health.

Summaries

Summaries are regularly updated clinical guidelines or textbooks that integrate evidence-based information about sspecific clinical problems.

Synopsis of Syntheses

Synopses of syntheses, summarize the information found in systematic reviews. By drawing conclusions from evidence at lower levels of the pyramid, these synopses often provide sufficient information to support clinical action.

Syntheses

Commonly referred to as a systematic review, a synthesis is a comprehensive summary of all the evidence surrounding a specific research question.

Synopsis of Single Studies

Synopses of single studies summarize evidence from high-quality studies.

Single Studies

Studies represent unique research conducted to answer specific clincial questions.

Definitions from: https://hslmcmaster.libguides.com/ebm