Resources

There are extensive resources, in printed and electronic format, about evidence based health care. This area includes evidence based nursing and midwifery and evidence based medicine. The resources listed below are just some of the books, journals and websites that provide leads to many other useful sources of information about the evidence based approach and evidence based nursing and midwifery in particular.

Books
Hamer, S & G. Collison (eds.) (1999) Achieving Evidence Based Practice: A Handbook for Practitioners. Edinburgh: Bailliere Tindall.
Sackett, D.L., W. Scott Richardson et al. (1997) Evidence-based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. New York: Churchill Livingstone
Evans, D & A. Haines (2000) Implementing Evidence-based Changes in Healthcare. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press
Hammel, K. & Carpenter, C. (eds.) (2004). Qualitative Research in Evidence-Based Rehabilitation. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Taylor, B., Kermode, S. & Roberts, K. (eds.) (2006) Research in nursing and health care: evidence for practice. Melbourne: Thomson.
Smith, P [et al.] (2004). Shaping the facts of evidence based nursing and health care. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Schwartz, M. & Polgar, S. (2003) Statistics for Evidence-based Health Care. Croydon, Vic.: Tertiary Press.
Hammel, K., Carpenter, C., & Dyck, I. (eds.) (2000). Using Qualitative Research: A Practical Introduction for Occupational and Physical Therapists. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone

Journals
Achieving better practice: the Clinical Support Systems Program. (2004). eMJA, 180 (10 Supplement), S73-S104.
Adopting best evidence in practice. (2004). eMJA, 180 (6 Supplement), S41-S72.
Bandolier
Evidence-based Healthcare
Evidence-Based Nursing
Journal of Midwifery & Womens' Health - for regular column 'Evidence-Based Practice'

Websites
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
CASP: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health - Great Ormond Street Hospital Trust and the Institute of Child Health, London
Cochrane Collaboration
Cochrane Child Health Field
Department of Health (UK) - Research & Development
HealthInsite
Health-related Discussion Lists
Medical Research Council (UK)
National Electronic Library for Health
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Netting the Evidence
NHS Centre for Reviews & Dissemination - University of York
NHS Centre for Reviews & Dissemination Reports
Rand: Child Policy Research
ScHARR Web Resources - University of Sheffield

Reports, Guidelines and Articles
A systematic review of measures assessing mothers' knowledge, attitudes, confidence and satisfaction towards breast feeding
Breast disease. Guide to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment - Brigham & Women's Hospital
Child Health Guide (US)
Children's Health Highlights - AHRQ-Supported Research Projects
Criteria for Determining Disability in Infants and Children: Failure to Thrive - AHRQ
Criteria for Determining Disability in Infants and Children: Low Birth Weight - AHRQ
Evidence-Practice Gaps Report, volume 1 - NICS
Health Evidence Bulletin - Osteoporosis
Longer Postpartum Hospital Stays are Cost-effective - Rand
Management of Acne
Management of bronchiolitis in infants and children
Management of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia - AHRQ
Management of Prolonged Pregnancy
Newborn Hearing Screening
Pharmacological management of acute attacks of migraine and prevention of migraine headache
Promoting the Initiation of Breastfeeding
Routine prenatal care - Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Screening test to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections - CDC
Timing of initial surfactant treatment for infants 23 to 29 weeks' gestation: is routine practice evidence based?
Treating Head Lice and Scabies
Vaginal Birth After Cesarian - AHRQ