Links
New information on Health Issues
Systematic Reviews
HDA Evidence Base: Putting Public Health Evidence into Practice
This UK government organization aims to provide access to the best
available information on what works to improve health and reduce
health inequalities via the Internet. This resource is aimed at
a wide range of practitioners and researchers engaged in public
health work.
The
Cochrane Collaboration
An international organization that aims to help people make well
informed decisions about health care by preparing, maintaining and
ensuring the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects
of health care interventions. Most academic libraries have access
to the database.
The
Campbell Collaboration
Prepares, maintains and promotes the accessibility of systematic
reviews of the effects of social and educational policies and practices.
An initiative based on the Cochrane model, but extending scope and
methodologies to social and educational interventions.
PHRED
Effective Public Health Practice Project Systematic Reviews.
The Effective Public Health Practice Project is an initiative
involving public health researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers
from across the province. The Project conducts systematic reviews
that evaluate the effectiveness of relevant interventions. This
project, coordinated from the City of Hamilton PHRED, has produced
sixteen reviews and summaries on the effectiveness of interventions
for the Ontario Ministry of Health, Public Health Branch.
Adapting systematic
review methodology
Registered
Nurses Association of Ontario Center for Professional Nursing
Excellence
The goal of this center is to create thriving environments and outstanding
practices in health-care organizations. Links to project describe
the methodology and outcomes for nursing Best Practice Guidelines
project, an extension and innovation of systematic review methodology.
MIP design and
evaluation
Health
Promotion: Does it Work? Applied Research and Analysis Directorate,
Health Canada
Latest issue of the Health Policy Research Bulletin, an online journal.
Prevention
Dividend
a research and dissemination effort that cuts across all sectors,
and is committed to helping any group that feels that the evaluation
of economic impacts is an important and useful component of demonstration
of impact.
Center
for Health Economics and Policy Analysis
CHEPA is an interdisciplinary research centre based at McMaster
University that is committed to producing high-quality, original,
socially relevant research in health economics and health policy
analysis, and to disseminating research evidence to decision makers
in the health sector.
Methods
Simple sample size calculation links
This Sample Size Calculator is presented as a public service of Creative Research Systems. You can use it to determine how many people you need to interview in order to get results that reflect the target population as precisely as needed. You can also find the level of precision you have in an existing sample.
Sampling from Small
Populations
Evan Morris, University
of Regina, addresses the need to change the standard sampling
and statistical analysis techniques when a target population
varies from the norm.
Statistics
This Electronic Statistics Textbook offers training in the understanding and application of statistics.
Choosing Qualitative
Data Analysis Software: Atlas/ti and Nudist Compared. Christine
A. Barry (1998) Sociological Research Online, vol. 3, no. 3.
Finding a fit with
research ideas - projects and funding agencies
Center
for Advancement of Health
A multi-center health care research resource group designed to provide
advice and assistance, and promote communication and collaboration,
for investigators within the Calgary Health Region. They can provide
help with statistics, research design and methodology, data management,
and budget preparation.
RFA-Centers
for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD)
An example of a RFA for a research center. Excellent concise summary
of inter-disciplinary research leading to an understanding and reduction
of health disparities in domestic populations. LOI deadline is July
29/02. Full application due August 29/02.
Identifying mentors
and defining mentorship roles and relationships
Center
for Health Promotion Studies, University of Alberta
An interdisciplinary center aiming to advance health promotion knowledge,
practice, and policy through community and academic partnerships.
Decision-maker roles
in research (at all stages)
International
Society for Equity in Health
An excellent listserve and organization focused on: promoting equity,
exposing inequity in health and health care services internationally;
facilitating scientific interchange, disseminating conceptual and
methodological knowledge, and advancing research on issues related
to equity in health and health care services
Strategies for optimizing
research transfer and uptake
Steps
for a Successful Policy Analysis
Outlines six steps to be considered in doing an actual policy analysis.
Also has useful links to internet journals from administration and
policy sciences.
Policy
Analysis in Government
Practical advice on how to improve the policy analysis function
in government. It describes 4 steps of policy analysis, and concentrates
on the questions the policy analyst should ask in developing a good
briefing and in providing helpful advice.
GLOBALink,
The International Tobacco-Control Network
A powerful information and communication tool for smoking prevention.
Includes list servers and a wide range of free-of-charge services.
Research assessing
research transfer strategies
CHSRF/CIHR
Chair on Dissemination and Uptake of Research
A database on knowledge utilization that contains documents on knowledge
utilization, innovation & smart practices, and policy and management
of health services.
Writing and
publishing
Tips
and Strategies for Writing for Publication in Nursing
An online resource from M. Oerrman and Lippincott. Based on her
book of the same name.
Instructions
to Authors in the Health Sciences
Comprehensive list and hyperlinks to journals in the health sciences
HI-Quality-Guidelines
on Health Information Quality
Provides guidance on how to check the quality of health information,
and how to produce high quality health information. Provides some
useful links.
Libraries and
Portals
CISTI-Library
of the National Research Council
Aboriginal
Canada Portal
Training Centres
Atlantic Regional Training Centre
Centre
for Knowledge Transfer
CIET-IPH ACADRE Centre
FERASI Centre
Ontario
Training Centre in Health Services and Policy Research
Western
Regional Training Centre for Health Services Research
Social Marketing
Social
Marketing Network, Health Canada
Best
Practices and Prospects for Social Marketing in Public Health,
Health Canada
Fellowships
Canadian
Child Health Clinician Scientist Program
Career
Reorientation Awards (CHSRF)
2003
Harkness Associate Awards (CHSRF)
Research Findings
Evaluation
of Optimal Grab Bar Placement for Seniors - results of
a study at the University of Ottawa, funded by CMHC
Other Links
Annotated Bibliography of Selected Health Promotion Titles, prepared in collaboration with the Centre for Health Promotion , University of Toronto
for the Health Education and Promotion Unit (HEP), WHO, Geneva
BC
Health Atlas
Canadian
Childcare Federation
Canadian
Community Health Survey:
Canadian
Consortium for Health Promotion Research
Canadian
Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF/FCRSS)
Canadian
Hospitals Injuries Reporting and Prevention Program (IPPH-Health
Canada)
Publication list
and database
Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Tips for Writing a Successful CIHR Grant Application or Request for Renewal, http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca./e/24550.html
Canadian
Nurses Association
Canadian
School Boards Association
Canadian
Society for International Health
The
Centre for Knowledge Transfer
The Centre for Knowledge Transfer is a national training centre
in the area of knowledge utilization and policy implementation.
The mission of the Centre is to contribute to the improved transfer
of knowledge for the betterment of health policy and health care
services.
Center
for Research on Community Services
Center
for Surveillance Co-ordination
The mandate of the Centre for Surveillance Coordination is to collaborate
with public health stakeholders on the development, maintenance
and use of health surveillance information, tools and skills that
strengthen Canada's capacity for timely and informed decision-making.
China
Projects
CHSRF/CIHR
Chairs
City
of Ottawa Health Services
Abstracts from the 9th
International Cochrane Colloquium, Lyon, France, 9-13
October 2001 and a summary
of the workshop conducted by the Cochrane Health Promotion
andPublic Health Field
Cochrane reviews (and protocols) of relevance to health promotion and public health
Cochrane Collaboration - Titles (planned protocols)
Community
Health Research Unit at the University of Ottawa
Community Health Research
Unit Perspectives
newsletter, Feb. 2003 (PDF 407 kb)
Definitive
report on the value of nurse certification - American Association
of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Doctorate
Program in Population Health at the University of Ottawa
Doctorate
Program in Nursing at the
University of Ottawa
Evidence
Based Nursing
Fetzer
Institute
The Fetzer Institute is a nonprofit private operating foundation
that supports research, education, and service programs exploring
the integral relationships among body, mind, and spirit
Focus Group Data and Qualitative Analysis Programs: Coding the Moving Picture as well as the Snapshots. Catterall, M and Maclaran, P. (1997) Sociological Research Online, vol. 2, no.1
The
Hill Times - Policy Briefings
Institute
for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
At
A Glance, Nov. 2003 (PDF)
Institute
of Population Health at the University of Ottawa
International
Union for Health Promotion and Education
International
Council of Nurses
News
about research from the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé
en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)
National
Health Policy Forum
Office
of Health and the Information Highway
Other Ontario Health
System-Linked Research Units
Pan
American Health Organization
Population
Health - Health Canada
Public
Health Branch - Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Public
Health Metadata Database (New Zealand)
Qualitative-research.net
Research
Methods Knowledge Base
Romanow
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
SCO
Health Service - Sisters of Charity of Ottawa
Sierra
Club of Canada
The
Second Annual University of Ottawa Clinical Nursing Research Conference
Evaluating Knowledge Transfer
Theory Building in Qualitative Research and Computer Programs for the Management of Textual Data. Kelle, U. (1997) Sociological Research Online, vol. 2, no. 2
Canadian Social Research Links. A virtual resource centre for Canadian social program information
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