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. 2014 Jan;104(1):77-80.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301404. Epub 2013 Nov 14.

Overcoming inertia: increasing public health departments' access to evidence-based information and promoting usage to inform practice

Nancy R LaPelle  1 , Karen Dahlen, Barbara A Gabella, Ashley L Juhl, Elaine Martin
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Overcoming inertia: increasing public health departments' access to evidence-based information and promoting usage to inform practice

Nancy R LaPelle et al. Am J Public Health. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

In 2010, the New England Region-National Network of Libraries of Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School received funding to improve information access for public health departments in 6 New England states and Colorado. Public health departments were provided with desktop digital access to licensed e-resources available through special pricing. In January through mid-April 2012, we evaluated the effectiveness of providing access to and training for using e-resources to public health department staff to motivate usage in practice. We found that additional strategies are needed to accomplish this.

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