NCCMT Spotlight Webinar: EPHPP: Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies скачать в хорошем качестве

NCCMT Spotlight Webinar: EPHPP: Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies

This webinar was presented on October 18, 2016. Featured resource: Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies (http://www.nccmt.ca/resources/search/14) Interested in a standardized process to appraise and synthesize research evidence? Are you engaged in utilizing sources of high quality literature to support your decision-making process? Are you interested in learning about critical appraisal of interventions studies? The Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies can help! The process for systematically reviewing literature and the associated tool were developed by the Effective Public Health Practice Project (EPHPP) at McMaster University. How can the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies help you? The Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies can be applied to articles of any public health topic area, such as the promotion of family and sexual health and the prevention of chronic disease, injuries and substance misuse. It can help you to assess study quality and develop recommendations for study findings. The critical appraisal method and associated tool are suitable for use by public health researchers, practitioners and policymakers. The Policy Readiness Tool: Understanding a Municipality’s Readiness for Policy Change and Strategies for Taking Action can help you determine a municipalities, communities or organizations level of readiness for policy change. The tool is appropriate for anyone interested in encouraging health public policy development, including policy developers, advocates, community organizations, community members, and municipalities. The Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies includes: •A seven-step method to guide knowledge synthesis; •A multi-criteria tool for conducting knowledge synthesis; •A reviewer’s dictionary to assist reviewers and maintain standardized results. The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada and affiliated with McMaster University. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada. NCCMT is one of six National Collaborating Centres (NCCs) for Public Health. The Centres promote and improve the use of scientific research and other knowledge to strengthen public health practices and policies in Canada.