The new email address is
www.health.hamilton-went.on.ca/CSARB/EPHPP/ephpp.htm All of the summaries
of the reviews have been posted, but not all the full reviews are up yet.
Helen Thomas
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From: A.Booth <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, August 07, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: health promotion or public health reviews
The Public Health Effectiveness Project in Ontario is so well known
that I am almost embarassed to cite it but in case you've missed it
here goes:
http://www.cche.net/pheffect/phnep_0.htm
Andrew Booth
> Is anyone aware of any agencies who are doing systematic reviews or
> literature synthesis on the effectiveness of health promotion or
> public health interventions?
>
> The Scottish Executive will imminently launch 'The Public Health
> Contribution of Nurses', lead by the Chief Nursing Officer, Ann
> Jarvie. This follows on from the earlier work in the Review of the
> Public Health in Scotland led by the Chief Medical Officer (Stationery
> Office 1999) (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library2/doc09/rphf-00.asp).
>
> As part of the nursing project, a team at the University of Dundee
> (Iain Crombie, Lawrence Elliott, Julie Taylor, Jane Cantrell, Linda
> Irvine) undertook a systematic review of reviews on the effectiveness
> of public health nursing. The project is due to be launched officially
> on 30th October. Further details can be found at the Scottich Exec
> website http://www.scotland.gov.uk
>
> Julie Taylor
> Researcher/Lecturer
> Frankland Building
> University of Dundee
> Dundee DD1 4HN
> SCOTLAND
> Tel: 01382 344942
> Fax: 01382 345573
> Email: [log in to unmask]
Andrew Booth BA MSc Dip Lib ALA
Director of Information Resources and
Senior Lecturer - Evidence Based Healthcare Information.
School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR)
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
SHEFFIELD
S1 4DA
Tel: 0114 222 5420 or 5214 Fax: 0114 272 4095
The author of Netting the Evidence:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting.html
and Trawling the Net:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/trawling.html
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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