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The EBPH workshop (handout) will be offered on Sept 30, 2011 in 2 parts basic (8:30-11:30 am) and advanced (1-4 pm) at the Medical Sciences Library.  Sign up for one part or both morning and afternoon. The basic portion covers formulating a question and provides hands-on searching for evidence.  If you are a savvy searcher, you may just need to attend the afternoon, which covers appraising the evidence and integrating it into practice. 

Registration is now closed.  If you have questions, please email Suzanne Shurtz at sshurtz@library.tamu.edu

"the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of communities and populations in the domain of health protection, disase prevention, health maintenance, and improvement" from Jenicek M. Epidemiology, evidenced-based medicine, and evidence-based public health. J Epidemiology. Dec 1997;7(4):187-197

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): reviews, data, surveys, and more
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Cochrane Collaboration: international organization that publishes reviews on variety of medical and public health topics
• Community Guide: Guide to Community Preventive Services
• Health Evidence: health promotion reviews
• Healthy People
• National Guidelines Clearinghouse: guidelines on variety of conditions
• PH Partners: links on public health topics, news, guidelines, and more
• Pubmed: find reviews, articles, and more (search by Healthy People focus areas)
• World Health Organization (WHO)

• Brownson, R. C., Fielding, J. E., & Maylahn, C. M. (2009). Evidence-based public health: a fundamental concept for public health practice Annual Review of Public Health, 30, 175-201. doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100134
• Gillespie, K. N. (2008). Evidence-based public health benefits communities. Health Progress (Saint Louis, Mo.), 89(2), 6-7.
• Potter MA, Burdine J, Goldman L, Olson D, Silver GB, Smith LU, Villanueva AM, & Wright K. (2009). Demonstrating excellence in the scholarship of practice-based service for public health. Association of School of Public Health.
  
• Renfrew, M. J., Dyson, L., Herbert, G., McFadden, A., McCormick, F., Thomas, J., & Spiby, H. (2008). Developing evidence-based recommendations in public health – incorporating the views of practitioners, service users and user representatives. Health Expectations, 11(1), 3-15. doi:10.1111/j.1369-7625.2007.00471.x
• Robeson, P., Dobbins, M., DeCorby, K., & Tirilis, D. (2010). Facilitating access to pre-processed research evidence in public health BMC Public Health, 10, 95. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-95
• Rychetnik, L., Hawe, P., Waters, E., Barratt, A., & Frommer, M. (2004). A glossary for evidence based public health Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 58(7), 538-545. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.011585
• Slawson, D. C., & Reed, S. W. (2009). Finding high-quality review articles American Family Physician, 79(10), 875-877.