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School Librarianship and Evidence Based Practice: Progress, Perspectives, and Challenges [PDF]

, 2009
Objective – This paper provides an overview of progress and developments surrounding evidence based practice in school librarianship, and seeks to provide a picture of current thinking about evidence based practice as it relates to the field.
Todd, Ross J.
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The Perception and Practice of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Among Iranian Medical Librarians [PDF]

, 2009
Objective – Evidence based library and information services help to link best evidence with decision making in library practice. Current library and information science practice operates in both a knowledge and evidence-based environment. Health service
Zarea Gavgani, Vahideh
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Assessing the accuracy of machine-assisted abstract screening with DistillerAI: a user study

Systematic Reviews, 2019
Background Web applications that employ natural language processing technologies to support systematic reviewers during abstract screening have become more common.
Gerald Gartlehner, Gernot Wagner, Linda Lux, Lisa Affengruber, Andreea Dobrescu, Angela Kaminski-Hartenthaler, Meera Viswanathan   +6 more
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PROTOCOL: Friendly visiting by a volunteer for reducing loneliness and social isolation in older adults

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
Loneliness and social isolation are reaching epidemic proportions in both children and adults, despite the increasing connectedness in our twenty‐first century world.
Jorien Laermans, Hans Scheers, Philippe Vandekerckhove, Emmy De Buck   +3 more
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Written patient information materials used in general practices fail to meet acceptable quality standards

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background Patient information materials and decision aids are essential tools for helping patients make informed decisions and share in decision-making.
Nicole Posch, Karl Horvath, Kerstin Wratschko, Jasper Plath, Richard Brodnig, Andrea Siebenhofer   +5 more
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The Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree and the Pursuit of Evidence-Based Practice [PDF]

, 2020
Purpose:The aims of this project were to : evaluate the attitudes and perceptions of nurse practitioners regarding use of evidence-based principles in clinical practice; determine if there was a difference in implementation of evidence-based practice ...
Williams, Karen
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Call for Papers: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice [PDF]

, 2008
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice seeks papers on all areas of EBL/EBLIP including, but not limited to: • EBL application • Qualitative and quantitative research • Management and administrative issues related to EBP • Research tools ...
Editorial Team
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence based practice: What is it? and why does it matter [PDF]

, 1999
The terms `evidence' and 'evidence-based practice' are now common place in health care literature. Government reports make increasing use of these terms and seek to encourage all health professionals to base their practice on sound evidence (Department ...
Hundley, Vanora
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Real‐world evaluation of interconsensus agreement of risk of bias tools: A case study using risk of bias in nonrandomized studies‐of interventions (ROBINS‐I)

Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods
Background Risk of bias (RoB) tools are critical in systematic reviews and affect subsequent decision‐making. RoB tools should have adequate interrater reliability and interconsensus agreement.
Samer Saadi, Bashar Hasan, Adel Kanaan, Mohamed Abusalih, Zin Tarakji, Mustafa Sadek, Ayla Shamsi Basha, Mohammed Firwana, Zhen Wang, M. Hassan Murad   +9 more
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