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Slides from an oral presentation given at the Canadian Association of Gerontology's 2014 conference: Landscapes of Aging, entitled: "The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal: A one stop shop to find out what to do age optimally".
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The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal: A one stop shop to find out what to do to age optimally
Maureen Dobbins1, Brian Haynes, John Lavis, Anthony Levinson, Parminder Raina1 Professor and Scientific Director, National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, McMaster University
CAG2014: Landscapes of Aging Critical Issues, Emerging Possibilities
Niagara Falls, ON October 18, 2014
Who is the Portal for? Why?
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What Are the Needs of Aging Canadians?• Stay active, healthy and
engaged• Age in home or community
To do so, seniors need immediate access to credible information
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Living Longer, Living Well
Systemic barrier to integrating care for older adults
“We do little to empower older adults and caregivers with the information they need to navigate the system.”
Recommended action to support aging in place“Invest more in health promotion and prevention in older adults.”
S. Sinha, “Report submitted to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and the Minister Responsible for Seniors on recommendations to inform a Seniors Strategy for Ontario,” December, 2012
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McMaster UniversityA Knowledge Hub for Optimal Aging
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
Best Evidence/Evidence Summaries
Web Resource Ratings
Blog PostsSearch & Browse
Email Alerts
Components
Contributors - Researchers
Brian HaynesParminder RainaMaureen DobbinsJohn LavisAnthony Levinson
Key ContentEvidence Summaries, Web Resource Ratings, Blog Posts and Email Alerts
Evidence Summaries
What are they?Key messages from scientific researchWritten in plain language
Why are they useful?Translated from research jargonReady to be acted on
Web Resource Ratings
What are they?Evaluations of health resources on the internet
Why are they useful?Help you know which web-based resources to trust/not to trust
Blog Posts
What are they?Commentaries on what the research means
Why are they useful?Translated from research jargonPresented in article format
Content for professionals
What is there?Best evidence databases for:
CliniciansPublic health professionalsPolicymakers
Why are they useful?See what the pros useOutsmart your healthcare team
Email alerts
What are they?Lists of new content recently added to PortalWeekly or monthly email you opt in for
Why are they useful?Click on hyperlink in email to view content of interestKeeps you up to date with new researchTailored to your needs and preferences
Finding ContentBrowse and Search
Browse topics
What is the browse function?Look for Evidence Summaries, Web Resource Ratings and Blog Posts by topic
Why is it useful?We’ve categorized the content for youExplore an area of interest
Resource
Search topics
What is the search function?Enter search terms and search across citizen contentAlso see results for professionals
Why is it useful?Find more specific contentView relevant results for citizen information types and professionals
Vitamins
Search tips and caveats
Start search using broad, general terms
“diabetes”, “exercise”, “depression”
If too many results, refine your search terms
“exercise and falls”, “diabetes and heart disease”
Check for results across databases
Assessing Quality of ContentEvidence RaterWeb Resource Rater
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Evidence Rater: Contributing PlatformsContents• McMaster PLUS for clinical evidence (‘my health’)• Health Evidence for public health evidence (‘our
health’)• Health Systems Evidence for health systems evidence
(‘our system’)
Each re-coded to identify evidence relevant to 60+, health promotion & disease prevention, etc. and re-programmed to establish a common platform
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Evidence Rater: Functionality
Federated search optimized by role (citizen, clinician, public health practitioner or policymaker)Search results sorted by quality, relevance using a Evidence summariesLinks to scientific abstracts, full text Supplemented by PubMed Clinical Queries when no or limited resultsComplemented by ‘integrated resources’ (e.g., Medline Plus) and by prompts for other types of evidence and other rolesSupported by an evidence service for which users set the topics, relevance and flow
Web Resource Rater: Overview
Quality-rated, consumer-friendly health information relevant to older adults and their caregivers
Three stages of Web Resource Rating:
1. Assessing inclusion of websites
2. Assessing inclusion of web resources
from included websites
3. Assessing quality of included web
resources
Web Resource Rater: Inclusion Criteria
Websites must be:
A. Not directly funded
by a company trying
to sell you a product
or service
B. Relevant to optimal
aging
C. Free access
Web resources
must be:
A. Not directly funded
by a company trying
to sell you a product
or service
B. Relevant to optimal
aging
C. Less than 5 years of
age
Web Resource Rater: Quality Criteria
Included web resources are rated for quality by two independent raters assessing: A. Use of scientific researchB. Whether it is clear who developed the
resource and howC. Ease of use
A ‘five-star’ overall rating is generated, weighted to favour web resources that use research evidence
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Web Resource Rater: Indexing
Type of productCategories
Health conditionsHealthcare deliveryHealthy aging practice
KeywordsActionable Message
Web Resource Rater: User Experience
Browse menu indexing
Keywords extracted from the web resource
Actionable message
Star rating (/5)
Web Resource Rater: New Content
Continually search for new websitesMonthly ‘harvesting’ of web resources from included websites (100/mth)Priority topics identified by experts
Examples:
Professional and Citizen searches
Professional Search: Clinician
Professional Search: Clinician
Professional Search: Clinician
Professional Search: Public Health
Professional Search: Public Health
Professional Search: Policymaker
Professional Search: Policymaker
Citizen Search
Citizen examples below
Citizen Search
Citizen Search
Citizen Search
Citizen Search
Citizen Search
Citizen Search
Citizen Search
Social Media
A journalist can follow OAP on Twitter to get ideas and content for news stories with our ‘Hitting the headlines’ service showcasing the best available research evidence when a topic emerges suddenly in the news.@Mac_AgingNews
Time to Practice
Identify important/relevant topicsPractice searching the portal
Registration & Help
Help
What is the help content?Information and explanations about Portal features by topic
Where can I find it?
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Contact Information
Dr. Maureen Dobbins, RN, PhD [email protected] ext. 20455
www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org