Evidence-based clinical policy: Case report of a reproducible process to encourage understanding and evaluation of evidence

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 452-457

  Rikard Bell, G ^a   Waters, E ^b   Ward, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making; Evidence based; Policy; Process

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REVIEW LITERATURE; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 33745023636     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01110.x     Document Type: Review

References (16)

1. National Health and Medical Research Council. A Guide to the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical practice guidelines. Canberra : NHMRC 1999 cited 8 Dec 2004 Available from: URL : http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/ publications/pdf/cp30.pdf
2. Scott IA Denaro CP Bennett CJ Mudge AM. Towards effective use of decision support in clinical practice: what the guidelines for guidelines don't tell you. Intern Med J 2004 34 : 492 500.
3. McIntosh NA Clark N Howatt WF. Reducing tobacco smoke in the environment of the child with asthma: a cotinine assisted, minimal-contact intervention. J Asthma 1994 31 : 453 62.
4. Chilmoncyk BA Palomaki GE Knight GJ Williams J Haddow JE. An unsuccessful cotinine-assisted intervention strategy to reduce environmental tobacco smoke exposure during infancy. AJDC 1992 146 : 357 60.
5. Wall MA Severson HH Andrews JA Lichtenstein E Zoref L. Pediatric office-based smoking intervention: impact on maternal smoking and relapse. Pediatrics 1995 96 : 622 8.
6. Severson HH Andrews JA Lichtenstein E Wall M Akers L. Reducing maternal smoking and relapse: long-term evaluation of a pediatric intervention. Prev Med 1997 26 : 120 30.
7. Mandredi C Crittenden KS Warnecke R Engler J Cho YI Shaligram C. Evaluation of a motivational smoking cessation intervention for women in public health clinics. Prev Med 1999 28 : 51 60.
8. Eccles M Grimshaw J Campbell M et al. Research designs for studies evaluating the effectiveness of change and improvement strategies. Qual Saf Health Care 2003 12 : 47 52.
9. National Health and Medical Research Council. Using socioeconomic evidence in clinical practice guidelines. Canberra : NHMRC 2002 cited 2 Nov 2004 Available from: URL : http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/pdf/cp89.pdf
10. Hirst GHL Ward JE. Clinical practice guidelines: reality bites. Med J Aust 2000 172 : 287 91.
11. Moynihan R. Using Health Research in Policy and Practice: Case Studies from Nine Countries. New York : Milbank Memorial Fund 2004.
12. Aldrich R Kemp L Williams JS Harris E Simpson S Wilson A et al. Using socio-economic evidence in clinical practice guidelines. BMJ 2003 327 : 1283 5.
13. Effective Practice and Organisation of Care cited 15 Mar 2006 Available from: URL : http://www.epoc.uottawa.ca/
14. Rychetnik L Frommer M Hawe P Shiell A. Criteria for evaluating evidence on public health interventions. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002 56 : 83 4.
15. Pettigrew M. Why certain systematic reviews reach uncertain conclusions. BMJ 2003 326 : 756 8.
16. Lomas J. If research is the answer, what is the question? Key steps to turn decision-maker issues into research questions cited 4 Jun 2003 Available from: URL : http://www.chsrf.ca/docs/resource/research_e.pdf