Sisyphus had it easy! Successful searching for Public Health and friends
Exploring the might and majesty of Public Health evidence Supporting Public Health through effective searching @The_Mr_Cook #itsgreatupnth
Further Reading • Anderson, W., Cheeseman, H. and Butterworth, G. (2017). Political priorities and public health services in English local authorities: the case of tobacco control and smoking cessation services. Journal of Public Health , 40(3), pp.e269-e274. • Atkins, L., Kelly, M., Littleford, C., Leng, G. and Michie, S. (2017). Reversing the pipeline? Implementing public health evidence-based guidance in english local government. Implementation Science , 12(1). • Ayiku, L., Levay, P., Hudson, T., Craven, J., Barrett, E., Finnegan, A. and Adams, R. (2017). The medline UK filter: development and validation of a geographic search filter to retrieve research about the UK from OVID medline. Health Information & Libraries Journal , 34(3), pp.200-216. • Ayiku, L. , Levay, P. , Hudson, T. , Craven, J. , Finnegan, A. , Adams, R. and Barrett, E. (2019), The Embase UK filter: validation of a geographic search filter to retrieve research about the UK from OVID Embase. Health Information & Libraries Journal • Curtis, K., Fulton, E. and Brown, K. (2018). Factors influencing application of behavioural science evidence by public health decision-makers and practitioners, and implications for practice. Preventive Medicine Reports , 12, pp.106-115. • Kastner, M et al Age-specific search strategies for Medline. Journal of medical Internet research , 8 (4), e25 • Kelly, M., Atkins, L., Littleford, C., Leng, G. and Michie, S. (2017). Evidence-based medicine meets democracy: the role of evidence-based public health guidelines in local government. Journal of Public Health , 39(4), pp.678-684. • Kneale, D et al (2017) The use of evidence in English local public health decision-making: a systematic scoping review." Implementation Science 12 (1) 53- • Lewis, S., Damarell, R., Tieman, J. and Trenerry, C. (2018). Finding the Integrated Care Evidence Base in PubMed and Beyond: A Bibliometric Study of the Challenges. International Journal of Integrated Care , 18(3). • van der Graaf, P., Cheetham, M., McCabe, K. and Rushmer, R. (2018). Localising and tailoring research evidence helps public health decision making. Health Information & Libraries Journal , 35(3), pp.202-212.
By the end of today’s session… • Examine what local Public Health is (and isn’t) • Discover how practical Public Health evidence may or may not differ from traditional evidence • Share how best to find Public Health evidence (spoiler: you already have the skills)
Who/What is Public Health What is Public Health to you? How do you support Public Health?
What is Public Health? Definition: “The art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts in society” (Winfield 1920 in Gatseva & Argirova 2011) • 3 Pillars of Public Health: • Health Improvement; • Health Protection; • Healthcare Quality and Value; • (Wider Determinants?) Public Health has mandated services and statutory responsibilities in Local Authorities… Good public health is system-wide Public Health (but is it Population Health?)
Who are Public Health? • Non-clinical/health- background? • Post 2013 turnover… • Commissioners vs. providers • Wider reach • Local Politics – local first
Public Health Evidence – Quality vs Relevance Research Quality Evidence comes in different ways vs Research Relevance
Public Health Evidence – Quality vs Relevance Evidence Type Hierarchy of Evidence • NICE Guidance on Physical Activity • Kings Fund Report on Population Health Interventions • PHOF Fingertips Data Set (Walking Adults%) • Systematic Review from Harrogate Medical Journal • Internal local dataset linked to local Sports Inclusion Team • Greg Fell Blog Post on ‘What Works’ in LA -led physical activity • Commissioning review of physical activity offer from statistical neighbour • Small scale case study from voluntary group that promotes exercise in elderly
Public Health Evidence Provision – In Information Professionals Opportunities Challenges • • Library? Evidence? Freshness! • • Appraisal? Advocacy! • Timeliness?
Public Health Evidence – Sample Searches • What are effective school-based child obesity interventions? • Falls – What matters to patients? Who is most at risk? • ‘What works’ in reducing (over 100) risk factors of violence? • What methods employed in propagation, quantification & classification of Staphylococcus Bacteriophages? • How effective is ‘back - up’ prescribing in primary care/community settings? • Monkey Pox – How long does it last in the environment and best practice in decontamination… • What is the role of nutrition on ‘healthy aging’ among older adults? • Are community- based ‘ Fibroscanners ’ effective in increasing early detection of liver problems?
Searching for Public Health - A Road Map The evidence expert is *you* Communication is key Scoping: key terms, evidence sources, high relevance evidence? Search Strategy – PICO or Not? Key Concept approach? MESH vs Keywords? Proximity, Truncation, Wildcards Sideways Searching Think non- traditionally… Go big and screen down?
Searching for Public Healt lth - Exercise Search: • Can you build a PICO/SPICE out of it? • What key concepts can you build? • Bonus: What 3 sources would you use?
Searching for Public Health – Final Tips • You are the expert • Know your audience • Stay ahead of the game • Do they know what they want? • Non-traditional resources/Google Advanced • Nothing new in commissioning… • Going big and screening down • Ask me (I won't say no, how could I?)
Useful Resources • MESH on Demand: https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/MeSHonDemand • Pubvenn: https://pubvenn.appspot.com/ • Pubreminer: https://hgserver2.amc.nl/cgi-bin/miner/miner2.cgi • Epistemonikos - https://www.epistemonikos.org/en/ • ISSG Filters: https://sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/issg-search-filters- resource/home
Any Questions? Michael.cook@Bolton.gov.uk @The_Mr_Cook
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