Overcoming inertia: Increasing public health departments' access to evidence-based information and promoting usage to inform practice

N.R. La Pelle, K. Dahlen, B.A. Gabella, A.L. Juhl and E. Martin

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 1, 77-80

Abstract: In 2010, the New England Region-National Network of Libraries of Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School received funding to improve information access for public health departments in 6 New England states and Colorado. Public health departments were provided with desktop digital access to licensed e-resources available through special pricing. In January through mid-April 2012, we evaluated the effectiveness of providing access to and training for using e-resources to public health department staff to motivate usage in practice. We found that additional strategies are needed to accomplish this.

Keywords: access to information; article; evidence based practice; human; information processing; interview; library; public health; questionnaire; United States, Access to Information; Colorado; Evidence-Based Practice; Focus Groups; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Libraries; New England; Public Health; Questionnaires, Access to Information; Colorado; Evidence-Based Practice; Focus Groups; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Libraries; New England; Public Health; Questionnaires (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301404

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