Date
September 2005
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Medical Subject Headings
Evidence-Based Medicine; Public Health Informatics; Public Health; Public Health Practice; Libraries, Medical; Librarians
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Abstract
This presentation introduces the concepts of evidence-based public health (EBPH) and provides examples of EBPH information resources available online from the Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health website, http://library.umassmed.edu/ebpph and the Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce website, http://PHPartners.org. Health science librarians, as information specialists and knowledge managers, have the ability to search and find the best evidence to help public health practitioners make informed practice decisions. Presented at the North Atlantic Health Science Libraries Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, September 27, 2005.
Keywords
evidence-based public health, public health information resources, health science librarians
Repository Citation
Simpson, E. Hatheway, "Providing Evidence-Based Public Health Resources: The Librarian’s Role" (2005). University of Massachusetts Medical School. Library Publications and Presentations. Paper 70.
http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/lib_articles/70
