literature searching for health promotion 2013

Literature searching for health promotion

Finding journal articles and more

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University• Click the icon on the Desktop• Login to myUniHub

Today we are going to cover...

• Finding the evidence

• Searching effectively for journal articles

• Evaluating information

• Using information ethically (citing and referencing)

Getting started...

Turn over the sheet in front of you

What Is Evidence?

“Information or signs indicating whether something is true or valid” Compact Oxford Dictionary for Students (2006)

You will need to provide appropriate evidence to support any claims or arguments made in your assignments

Evidence-Based Practice

“…involves the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care…”

Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: a guide to best practice (2005)

The hierarchy of evidence

Source:Evidence-Based Practice in the Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago. http://ebp.lib.uic.edu/nursing/node/12 Under Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-SA 2.5

Different assignments...

• ...need different types/combinations of evidence

• Can you think of examples?

Finding the evidence

• Systematic Reviews• RCTs• Other experimental

studies (cohort studies, case control studies)

• Non-experimental studies e.g. Case reports

• Expert opinion

• Cochrane Library• Peer-reviewed journals• Peer-reviewed journals

• Peer-reviewed journals

• e.g. NICE guidelines & pathways, evidence-based local policies

Starting your search

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Keywords

• Really worth a 5 minute brainstorm before you search – it will save you time later!

• Searching one word for your concept will not bring you all the results (and sometimes none!) Not everyone uses the same terminology for one idea

Today we’re going to search for literature on...

How health promotion can be effective for physical activity

What are the important concepts in this topic? Are there other words for the same ideas? Ways we could make it more specific?

Keywords

1. Pick out your concepts and separate them –Health promotion, physical activity

2. Think of other words that are similar to your key words but represent the same concepts– e.g. Health promotion, education,

interventions, program(me)s

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Planning your search - keywords

3. BE PREPAREDThink of narrower words that fit into your concepts so that if you produce too many results, you can focus on one area of that topic / research

• NOTE: if you narrow ALL your concepts you will make your life too hard – choose one or two

Exercise 2Use the database / search engine you’ve been assigned:

Look for resources on:“health promotion and physical activity”

• Remember to try other related keywords too• Fill in the relevant section on the sheet and be

prepared to feed back

Google Scholar

NICE Evidence

Cochrane Library

CINAHL

Limiting your search in CINAHL

• Date• Population studied –

age, gender?• Type of article / study• Research article option

is useful

InterNurse

Summon• Simple database useful as a starting point

• Will cross search library resources: books, journal databases, newspaper articles

• Remember - NOT subject specific

Where’s the full text?• If using Summon make sure you have ticked ‘Full text

online’

• If you find a useful reference and you’re not sure if we have it:- Check the library catalogue – Journal A-Z for Journal title

• In CINAHL/MEDLINE, ‘Check library holdings’ will do this for you

• Check Google Scholar for links to open access papers

Access troubleshooting

• For best results, set the Middlesex cookie• myUniHub> My Study > My Library• Athens login = UniHub login• N.B. If Middlesex isn’t mentioned on the

screen, choose Alternative login• Troubleshooting guide on library subject

pages: http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/accessingelectronicresources

But it’s not in the Library!

• Inter Library Loans• SCONUL Access• British Library• RCN• Institutional repositories

http://www.opendoar.org/find.php• More information: ‘Other Libraries’ page on Health

Promotion guide

But is it any good?

Is it what you need and is it trustworthy?

What criteria would you use to assess the relevance and quality of the information?

The C A R P test

C A R P• Currency - How old is the information? When

was it last updated?• Authority - Who is the author / creator? What is

their background? Is the article published in a scholarly/peer reviewed journal?

• Relevance - Is this what I need? Will it answer my question? Is it at an appropriate level?

• Purpose - What is the purpose of the information e.g. financial gain, propaganda, academic research, etc.

Exercise 3

• Work in groups• 4 resources and evaluation sheet

• For each resource, decide as a group if it meets the criteria.

• No need to read the whole thing!

Referencing

• Is very important• Acknowledges other people’s work (avoids

plagiarism)• Shows you’ve read around the subject• Supports your discussion and arguments• Gets you better marks!• Enables others to find your references

Referencing

On the front page of the HP guide...

Referencing

• Have a look at the two reference lists

• Which is ‘better’? Why? List your reasons on the back of the sheet

Need help?

• Librarians in the Specialist Zone (1st floor) core hours Monday - Friday

• Ask a Librarian http://askalibrarian.mdx.ac.uk/• Health Promotion Library Subject Guidehttp://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/healthpromotion