Use of on-line evidence databases by Australian public health practitioners
Use of on-line evidence databases by Australian public health practitioners
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10.1080/14639230410001723437
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2004-06-01
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Ward, JE
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Adily, A;Westbrook, JI;Ward, JE
目的：调查澳大利亚人口健康工作人员对临床信息访问计划(CIAP)和证据数据库的使用情况。方法：对澳大利亚悉尼地区人口健康部门的104名工作人员进行邮寄调查。主要的结果衡量指标是CIAP的使用和组织对CIAP的支持。三分之二的受访者同意使用CIAP是他们执业的合法部分。然而，一半的人同意鼓励员工使用它。五分之一的受访者(21%)每周使用CIAP。CIAP的使用与医学资质密切相关，或者，在非医务人员中，与至少拥有硕士资质有关。CIAP的使用与职业类别、性别、年龄、就业状况或经验年限无关。Cochrane等特定证据数据库的使用也因受访者的特征而显著不同。结论：这一人群的卫生工作人员只部分接受了在线数据库，特别是根据相关研究生资格的获得情况。由于CIAP是循证实践的资源，建议加大力度增加其使用，以确保人群健康不落后于以医院为基础的临床医生。
Objective: To investigate use of a web-based portal, known as the Clinical Information Access Program (CIAP), and evidence databases in an Australian population health workforce.Methods: Self-administered postal survey of 104 staff in a regional Division of Population Health in Sydney, Australia. The main outcome measures were CIAP use and organization support for CIAP use. Two thirds of the respondents agreed that using CIAP was a legitimate part of their practice. However, half agreed that staff were encouraged to use it. One in five respondents (21%) used CIAP weekly. CIAP use was significantly associated with medical qualification or, among non-medical staff, with having at least a Masters qualification. CIAP use was not associated with occupational category, gender, age, employment status nor years of experience. Use of specific evidence databases such as Cochrane also differed significantly by respondents' characteristics.Conclusions: There has been only partial uptake of on-line databases among this population health workforce, particularly according to attainment of relevant postgraduate qualifications. As CIAP is a resource for evidence-based practice, greater effort to increase its use is recommended to ensure population health does not fall behind hospital-based clinicians.