Searching the Peer Reviewed Literature

for best evidencePublic Health SPH222

1. Review illness and Health Behavior of interest

2. Review literature on behavior change

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Melanoma

Skin Cancer or Melanoma?Use PubMed’s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

MeSH: Skin Neoplasms | Melanoma | Ultraiolet Rays/adverse effects* | Health Behavior | Health Knowledge, attitudes, practice

keywords: sunbeds OR UV tanning OR tanning beds

Do you have any evidence? Search the medical literature

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Are you sure?Would you use that article?

5S Pyramid of Evidence – EBM Page Generator: http://www.ebmpyramid.org/

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Check times cited in Google Scholar – view those articlesConfigure Google Scholar to work with UC-eLinks & EndNote

MeSH

Publication Type & Medical Subject Headings

How many times has it been cited by others in the literature?

96 times in Web of Knowledge

Database:Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports DatabaseTop Journals in Public Health by Impact Factor

in groups of 6

Rank the pile of articles(lowest level of evidence at bottom of pile)

5S Pyramid of Evidence – EBM Page Generator: http://www.ebmpyramid.org/

Create a MY NCBI accountsave searches & add FILTERS to PubMed

to help find best evidence

My NCBI Site Preferences: PubMed Preferences

Click on link for: PubMed Filters & IconsClinical Trial,Diagnosis/Broad, English, English & Humans,

Etiology/BroadNursing Journals Published in the last 5 years

Randomized Controlled TrialSystematic ReviewsTherapy/Broad

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)Public Health PHP222

Health Behavior – Health Promotion• Health Behavior• Health Education/economics• Health Education/methods• Health Promotion/economics• Health Promotion/methods*

Nutrition• Menu Planning• Multicenter Studies as Topic• Nutrition Policy*• Nutritional Status• Food Analysis/instrumentation• Food Analysis/methods• Food Services*/legislation & jurisprudence• Food Services*/standards• Fruit• Humans• Menu Planning• Nutrition Assessment*• Nutrition Surveys• Outcome Assessment (Health Care)• Parents/psychology• School Health Services/economics• Obesity/epidemiology*• Obesity/prevention & control*

Using Limits to restrict search to Publication Type:Meta-Analysis Randomized Controlled Trial

Filters (setup in MyNCBI )Systematic ReviewRandomized Controlled Trial

• Program Evaluation• Psychometrics/methods• Questionnaires/standards• Research Design

Health Behavior – Change

• Health Behavior*• Health Education/methods• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice• Peer Group• Pilot Projects• Research Design• Risk Factors• Evidence Based Practice• Evidence-Based Health Care• Evidence Based Health Care• Evidence-Based Health Cares• Health Care, Evidence-Based• Health Cares, Evidence-Based