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1: The literature search |
| We searched the Cochrane
Library, including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
(to second quarter 2000), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of
Effectiveness (to first quarter, 2000), Best Evidence (1991
to March/April 2000), Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (to
first quarter 2000), MEDLINE (1986 to 2000), CINAHL (1982 to
April 2000), Psychlit and AUSHEALTH. A number of other electronic
databases and sites were searched, including the World Health
Organisation, NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, New
York Academy of Medicine, New York Academy of Public Health
Medicine, the National Cancer Institute's CancerNet (PDQ site),
the NIS (PARQ) databases, the US Centre for Advanced Health,
Canadian Health Promotion Development Section, the Centre for
Evidence Based Mental Health (UK), the Australian Institute
of Health & Welfare, the Department of Health & Aged
Care, NSW Health Publications, RACGP Publications, State Departments
of Health/Human Services, and the University of Melbourne Faculty
of Education Mind Matters site. The NHMRC National Rural Research
Project database was searched by the project's research assistant,
using our search terms (April 2000). Electronic searches of
the indexes of international medical and health informatics
publications including American Journal of Preventive Medicine,
Annual Review of Public Health, Australian Family Physician,
Australian Journal of Rural Health, BMJ, BJGP, CMAJ, Family
Practice, Health Services Journal, Health Promotion International,
Informatics in Healthcare Australia, International Journal of
Medical Informatics, International Journal of Health Promotion,
Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, Journal of
American Medical Association, Journal of American Medical Informatics
Association, Journal of Advanced Nursing, and MJAe were conducted
for the years available and a hand search of all editions of
the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (1994-2000),
proceedings of the SCAMC and AMIA Conferences (Spring and Fall),
Medinfo and Conferences of the Primary Health Care Special Interest
Group of the British Computer Society. Reference lists of obtained
articles were also searched. In addition, we made personal contact
with content experts in the general practice, public health
and informatics fields. |
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