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Introduction to Health Services Research : A Self-Study Course
Case Description | Case Background | Case Objectives | Case Exercise
Case 4: Bioterrorism -- Community Preparedness (Page 26 of 49)
Phase Two: Finding the Information
Q10. What is the advantage of searching the Internet health services research literature for bioterrorism resources?
Suggested Solution
When conducting an Internet search, it is likely that you will find model plans and evaluation programs that may not even appear in the grey literature (literature not published by a major publishing company or not published on a regular basis and not indexed by common bibliographic databases).
These pieces of information offer a wealth of ideas and some cost information for implementing an emergency plan in the community as well as important evaluation techniques.
Instead of starting from scratch, it is important to look for similar programs, their success rate (in terms of cost and impacts on the community), and their sustainability in the community.
You would also want to check your state, government resources, stakeholders (and others) for protocols, guidelines, planning documents, best practices, presentations and conference documents, assessment tools, Web casts, reports and surveys.
Examples of protocols, and related documents include:
Also worth reviewing are the sites compiled by librarians and researchers. Examples of useful sites include:
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