Overcoming inertia: increasing public health departments' access to evidence-based information and promoting usage to inform practice.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301404 and PMC identifier 3910033.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Access to Information
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Public Health