Barbara Angela M, Dobbins Maureen, Brian Haynes R, Iorio Alfonso, Lavis John N, Raina Parminder, Levinson Anthony J
Health Information Research Unit, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada.
School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
BMC Res Notes. 2017 Jul 11;10(1):271. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2595-8.
The objective of this work was to provide easy access to reliable health information based on good quality research that will help health care professionals to learn what works best for seniors to stay as healthy as possible, manage health conditions and build supportive health systems. This will help meet the demands of our aging population that clinicians provide high quality care for older adults, that public health professionals deliver disease prevention and health promotion strategies across the life span, and that policymakers address the economic and social need to create a robust health system and a healthy society for all ages.
The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal's (Portal) professional bibliographic database contains high quality scientific evidence about optimal aging specifically targeted to clinicians, public health professionals and policymakers. The database content comes from three information services: McMaster Premium LiteratUre Service (MacPLUS™), Health Evidence™ and Health Systems Evidence. The Portal is continually updated, freely accessible online, easily searchable, and provides email-based alerts when new records are added. The database is being continually assessed for value, usability and use. A number of improvements are planned, including French language translation of content, increased linkages between related records within the Portal database, and inclusion of additional types of content. While this article focuses on the professional database, the Portal also houses resources for patients, caregivers and the general public, which may also be of interest to geriatric practitioners and researchers.
这项工作的目标是基于高质量研究提供便捷获取可靠健康信息的途径，这将有助于医疗保健专业人员了解何种方法最有利于老年人尽可能保持健康、管理健康状况并建立支持性的健康系统。这将有助于满足我们老龄化人口的需求，即临床医生为老年人提供高质量护理，公共卫生专业人员在整个生命周期内实施疾病预防和健康促进策略，以及政策制定者应对创建一个强大的健康系统和适合所有年龄段的健康社会的经济和社会需求。
麦克马斯特最佳老龄化门户网站（该门户网站）的专业书目数据库包含专门针对临床医生、公共卫生专业人员和政策制定者的关于最佳老龄化的高质量科学证据。数据库内容来自三项信息服务：麦克马斯特高级文献服务（MacPLUS™）、健康证据™和卫生系统证据。该门户网站不断更新，可免费在线访问，易于搜索，并在添加新记录时提供基于电子邮件的提醒。正在持续评估该数据库的价值、可用性和使用情况。计划进行多项改进，包括内容的法语翻译、门户网站数据库内相关记录之间增加链接以及纳入其他类型的内容。虽然本文重点关注专业数据库，但该门户网站还为患者、护理人员和普通公众提供资源，老年医学从业者和研究人员可能也会对此感兴趣。
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