Health Evidence
Facilitating Evidence-Informed
Injury Prevention
Strategies in Canada
Maureen Dobbins, RN, PhD
Scientific Director, Health Evidence

The Health Evidence
Team
Maureen Dobbins Kara DeCorby Heather Husson
Scientific Director Administrative Director Project Manager
Tel: 905 525-9140 ext 22481 Tel: (905) 525-9140 ext. 20461 Tel: (905) 525-9140 ext. 20462
E-mail: dobbinsm@mcmaster.ca E-mail: kdecorby@health-evidence.ca E-mail: hhusson@health-evidence.
Lori Greco Daiva Tirilis Robyn Traynor Lyndsey McRae
Knowledge Broker Research Coordinator Research Coordinator Research Assistant

What is Health Evidence?
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSESSMENTS & EDUCATION CUSTOMIZED SUPPORT
& CONSULTATION
A SEARCHABLE ONLINE REGISTRY of quality-rated review literature
to support evidence-informed decision making in public health
>2,400 reviews in 22 topic areas >5,400 registered users
www.health-evidence.ca
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What is Health Evidence?
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSESSMENTS & EDUCATION CUSTOMIZED SUPPORT
& CONSULTATION
A SEARCHABLE ONLINE REGISTRY of quality-rated review literature
to support evidence-informed decision making in public health
>2,400 reviews in 22 topic areas >5,400 registered users
www.health-evidence.ca
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Why use health-evidence.ca?
1. Save time
2. Relevant & current evidence
3. Transparent process
4. Easy to use
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Public Health Only
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About
Quality
Help links to quality
assessment dictionary
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Topic Areas
1. addiction/substance use 12. infant health
2. adolescent health 13. injury prevention/safety
3. adult health 14. mental health
4. child health 15. nutrition
5. chronic diseases 16. parenting, infants & children
6. communicable 17. physical activity
disease/infection
18. reproductive health
7. dental health
19. senior health
8. emergency preparedness &
20. sexual health
response
21. sexually transmitted infections
9. environmental health
(STIs)
10. food safety & inspection
22. social determinants of health
11. healthy communities
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Population
Intervention
Comparison/
Control
Outcomes
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Free Text Searches
Free-text
search box
3 reviews containing
the text ‘drowning’
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Keyword Searches
Submit keyword searches by selecting
• Focus of Review
• Review Type
• Population
Characteristics
• Intervention Location
• Intervention Strategies
325 Injury
Prevention /
Safety reviews
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Your Interests
 Falls (children 0-14; older adults 65+)
 Road Safety
 Alcohol and Substance Misuse
 Impaired Driving
 Keyword under Injury Prevention / Safety, 12 reviews
 Poisoning
 Keyword under Injury Prevention / Safety, 7 reviews
 Drowning
 Keyword under Injury Prevention / Safety, 3 reviews
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To find reviews on
falls in children 0-14:
• Keyword search
Injury Prevention / Safety > falls
in Focus of Review
AND
Grade school aged (5-12)
Infants (0-1)
Preschool aged (1-4)
in Population Characteristics
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Article Page & Features
Review Quality – view the
Quality Assessment
form supporting the review
quality rating
Related Links –
open-access full-text links
available for:
• 733 free access
journal articles
• 396 Cochrane
articles
Sister Publications
– link to alternate
publications of the
same review
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To find reviews on
falls in older adults (65+):
• Keyword search
Injury Prevention / Safety > falls
in Focus of Review
AND
Seniors (65+)
in Population Characteristics
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To narrow larger results sets,
add keywords for intervention
setting(s) & strategy(ies):
• Keyword search
Community
in Intervention Location
AND
Behaviour modification
in Intervention Strategies
Limit results sets to
only display articles
with a strong
quality rating
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To find reviews on road safety:
• Keyword search
Injury Prevention / Safety
in Focus of Review
AND
Highways
in Intervention Location

To find reviews on alcohol
& substance misuse:
•Free text search
(alcohol OR drug* OR
substance) NOT (driv*
OR road)
AND
• Keyword search
Injury Prevention /
Safety
in Focus of Review

7 Injury Prevention / Safety
Summary Statements
To find reviews with
review summaries:
• Tick the box for
Only articles with
summary statements
AND
• Keyword search
Injury Prevention /
Safety
in Focus of Review
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Questions?
www.health-evidence.ca/account/contactus
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Acknowledging Funders
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