Wyoming Social Workers Resources: Evidence Based Practice

Provides direction for assessing guidelines.

Provides systematic reviews in the areas of Crime and Justice, Education, International Development, Methods, Social Welfare, and Knowledge Translation and Intervention.

"Centre for Evidence-based Medicine at the University of Oxford aims to develop, teach and promote evidence-based health care through conferences, workshops and EBM tools"

"The Cochrane Collaboration is an international network of more than 28,000 dedicated people from over 100 countries."
Access full text Cochrane Systematic Reviews at GoWyLD.net

"An independent, nonfederal, unpaid body, appointed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whose members represent a broad range of research, practice, and policy expertise in community preventive services, public health, health promotion, and disease prevention."

"The EBBP.org project creates training resources to help bridge the gap between behavioral health research and practice."

"The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (short GRADE) Working Group began in the year 2000 as an informal collaboration of people with an interest in addressing the shortcomings of present grading systems in health care. The working group has developed a common, sensible and transparent approach to grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations."

"NICE guidance supports healthcare professionals and others to make sure that the care they provide is of the best possible quality and offers the best value for money.
We provide independent, authoritative and evidence-based guidance on the most effective ways to prevent, diagnose and treat disease and ill health, reducing inequalities and variation."

"The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. As 1 of 12 agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ supports research that helps people make more informed decisions and improves the quality of health care services. AHRQ was formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research."

Alphabetical list of Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) Reports.

Provides information and links to Data, Tools and Statistics, Grants & Funding, Guidelines, EBP and Health Technology and more.

Web-based resource of full-text government documents that provide health information and support health-care decision making.

From BMJ Group and McMaster University. Requires registration.

American Psychological Association

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychological Association

Requires free registration

Provides statistical information, tools and resources on a variety of health-related topics.

From AHRQ, NQMC is a public resource for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets.