Identifying strategies to improve access to credible and relevant information for public health professionals: a qualitative study.
Identifying strategies to improve access to credible and relevant information for public health professionals: a qualitative study.
复制标题
确定改善公共卫生专业人员获得可信信息和相关信息的策略：一项定性研究。
DOI：
10.1186/1471-2458-6-89
复制
发表时间：
2006-04-05
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Martin ER
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
LaPelle NR;Luckmann R;Simpson EH;Martin ER
在许多领域走向循证实践表明，如果能够随时获得关于健康风险和有效公共卫生实践的可靠信息，公共卫生挑战可能会得到更好的解决。然而，研究表明，许多PH信息需求未得到满足。除了回顾相关文献外，本研究还对现有信息资源进行了全面回顾，并从两个有代表性的PH组收集了数据，重点是确定当前的实践，表达的信息需求和理想的信息访问系统。十九个人进行了访谈，在国家卫生部门的两个领域的员工-传染病控制和社区健康促进。随后的重点小组收集了关于信息获取和提供方法偏好以及信息格式和内容的更多数据。定性方法被用来确定主题的采访和焦点小组成绩单。举报人表示，他们同样需要改进信息获取，包括使用一个良好的搜索引擎进行单一门户访问;自动通知新获得的信息;获取超出生物医学主题的许多感兴趣领域的最佳做法信息;改进灰色文献以及更系统的综述、摘要和全文文章的获取;更好的索引、过滤和搜索信息的方法;以及对所访问的信息进行存档的有效方法。信息提供者表示倾向于改进他们已经熟悉的系统，如PubMed和邮件列表服务系统，而不是采用新的信息组织和提供系统。一个假设的理想模型，信息组织和交付的基础上，线人的信息需求和首选的交付方式。该模型的特点得到了审查它的主体的认可。PH从业者的许多关键信息需求没有得到有效满足或根本没有得到满足。我们提出了一个双重的战略：1）促进增量改进现有的信息传输系统的基础上所表达的偏好的PH用户的系统和2）同时开发和严格评估的新模式的信息组织和交付，借鉴成功的资源已经运作，以提供信息的临床医生。
Movement towards evidence-based practices in many fields suggests that public health (PH) challenges may be better addressed if credible information about health risks and effective PH practices is readily available. However, research has shown that many PH information needs are unmet. In addition to reviewing relevant literature, this study performed a comprehensive review of existing information resources and collected data from two representative PH groups, focusing on identifying current practices, expressed information needs, and ideal systems for information access. Nineteen individual interviews were conducted among employees of two domains in a state health department – communicable disease control and community health promotion. Subsequent focus groups gathered additional data on preferences for methods of information access and delivery as well as information format and content. Qualitative methods were used to identify themes in the interview and focus group transcripts. Informants expressed similar needs for improved information access including single portal access with a good search engine; automatic notification regarding newly available information; access to best practice information in many areas of interest that extend beyond biomedical subject matter; improved access to grey literature as well as to more systematic reviews, summaries, and full-text articles; better methods for indexing, filtering, and searching for information; and effective ways to archive information accessed. Informants expressed a preference for improving systems with which they were already familiar such as PubMed and listservs rather than introducing new systems of information organization and delivery. A hypothetical ideal model for information organization and delivery was developed based on informants' stated information needs and preferred means of delivery. Features of the model were endorsed by the subjects who reviewed it. Many critical information needs of PH practitioners are not being met efficiently or at all. We propose a dual strategy of: 1) promoting incremental improvements in existing information delivery systems based on the expressed preferences of the PH users of the systems and 2) the concurrent development and rigorous evaluation of new models of information organization and delivery that draw on successful resources already operating to deliver information to clinical medical practitioners.
登录
查看更多内容
DOI：
10.1007/bf02344508
发表时间：
1998-12-01
影响因子：
6.6
作者：
O'Carroll, PW;Cahn, MA;Selden, CR
通讯作者：
Selden, CR
DOI：
10.1197/jamia.m1385
发表时间：
2004-03-01
影响因子：
6.4
作者：
Westbrook, JI;Gosling, AS;Coiera, E
通讯作者：
Coiera, E
影响因子：
5.5
作者：
Beahler, CC;Sundheim, JJ;Trapp, NI
通讯作者：
Trapp, NI
影响因子：
4.4
作者：
Howes, F;Doyle, J;Waters, E
通讯作者：
Waters, E
DOI：
10.1080/14639230410001723437
发表时间：
2004-06-01
期刊：
MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND THE INTERNET IN MEDICINE
影响因子：
--
作者：
Adily, A;Westbrook, JI;Ward, JE
通讯作者：
Ward, JE