Evidence-based information needs of public health workers: a systematized review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study assessed public health workers' evidence-based information needs, based on a review of the literature using a systematic search strategy. This study is based on a thesis project conducted as part of the author's master's in public health coursework and is considered a systematized review.

Methods

Four databases were searched for English-language articles published between 2005 and 2015: PubMed, Web of Science, Library Literature & Information Science Index, and Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA). Studies were excluded if there was no primary data collection, the population in the study was not identified as public health workers, "information" was not defined according to specific criteria, or evidence-based information and publi

SUBMITTER: Barr-Walker J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5234453 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature