Departments of Public Health Collaboration in Open Access Initiatives
Working together towards an open access repository, the Departments of Public Health aim to prevent disease, promote health, and provide expert advice, with a focus on identifying population health needs and protecting the public from health hazards. This collaborative effort involves engagement with the public, other professionals, and the open access platform LENUS.
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LENUS & Departments of Public Health Working collaboratively towards an Open Access Repository Judy Cronin [Health Informatics Manager] Department of Public Health (Cork & Kerry), HSE Health & Wellbeing, Open Access Open Action Seminar, Wed Oct 26th.
Presentation overview Background to Departments of Public Health Our Research and information needs Engaging with the Public & other Professionals Our collaboration with LENUS and open access
What we do : Public Health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting, protecting and improving health through the organised efforts of society (Acheson, 1988). Web: http://www.hse.ie/publichealth
Departments of Public Health IDENTIFYPOPULATIONHEALTHNEEDS o through surveillance of disease and of the determinants of disease SYNTHESISESURVEILLANCEANDOTHERHEALTHINTELLIGENCEDATA o into evidence for policy and action to prevent and control disease, o to improve health of the Irish population PROVIDESUBJECTMATTERKNOWLEDGEANDEXPERTADVICE o to key health and other professionals CONDUCTHEALTHNEEDSASSESSMENTANDSERVICEEVALUATION o for health service improvement which, o through measures of efficiency and effectiveness , o aim to ensure that the health system can be operated to the best standards for quality, safety and value for money PROTECTINGTHEPUBLICFROMHAZARDSTOHEALTH o e.g. infectious diseases or o environmental hazards.
Who we are and what we do Eight Regional Departments of Public Health nationally. Within the HSE belong to the Health & Wellbeing Directorate. Cover the Republic of Ireland, each providing Public Health expertise and services locally and nationally Departments of Public Health professionals: provide health protection services participate in health service development/planning advocate and contribute to health improvement Each Department is led by a Director of Public Health who is also the regional Medical Officer of Health
Multidisciplinary services in Departments are provided by a co-operative mission of professionals from different sciences Specialist Registrar's
Departments of Public Health & Research Departments of Public Health contribute to health and health services research in many ways including descriptive and analytical epidemiology, health status assessment, public health risk assessment, service improvement, policy development, audit, monitoring and evaluation. In some instances Public Health research can contribute to knowledge and in other instances it involves on-going systematic data collection activities and dissemination of data to those who need to know in the prevention and control of the public s health. The scope of Public Health is broad and the type of research conducted can be quite diverse.
Why do research? Health research is obviously very important for the health of the public and research is integral to the work of Departments of Public Health Use of research - we read relevant research to develop best practice in our own work Governance of research - some Departments are very involved in Research Ethics Committees which aim to ensure health research in Ireland is carried out ethically Carrying out research - in some important health areas, the research from other countries is not necessarily relevant to Ireland, and so local research is essential. We may need to research the views of the public so we can provide better health services.
Research is implicit in many if not all of the 10 essential services and core functions of Public Health.
Sources of Public Health Research Objective the collection, analysis, use and communication of health-related information is the quintessential public health service, undergirding all others Scientific Literature Systematic Reviews Surveillance data Evaluations Qualitative data Surveys Personal experience Subjective Lasker, RD, Humphreys, BL, Braithwaite, WR 1995
Evidence-based Public Health Helps to manage the amount of literature to review Helps ensure the retrieval of up-to-date and reliable informationabout what works and doesn t work for a particular public health question. Provides assurances that ones time is being used most efficiently and productively in reviewing only the best of the best information available on the particular public health question and Provides assurances that decision-making is based on the best of the best information available.
Research Dissemination Research Application Dissemination Other Health care Professionals Other Healthcare Institutions Other Public organisations General Public Internationally
Public Health & LENUS Departments of Public Health have been contributing their research publications to LENUS since its inception in 2009. LENUS represents a one-stop-shop location for us to collectively store and share our various research reports/excel datasets/patient leaflets and other grey literature. Within the HSE Communities on LENUS our publications represent one of the largest number of publication groups listed (402).
Departments of Public Health Webpages Editorial Group A review of the Health Protection and Public Health publications available on the main HSE Publications page was undertaken in 2012. Did not reflect adequately the breadth of publications available and was very much outdated and in need of a revised approach in linking to relevant publications that are routinely updated within the service. Did not represent the breadth of publications that the general public and professionals should be directed to. Duplication between Public Health publications on LENUS and on the HSE Main website publications page with publications uploaded in one or other locations.
The LENUS Repository Win Simply uploading and attaching all of our publications to the HSE pTools microsite was not an option for us. How would this be maintained going forward. LENUS was the obvious place to locate all publications most were there already Obvious location for wider open access to all. It occurred to us that we could look at ways of broadly subject cataloguing our publications and linking directly to them from our newly developing Departments of Public Health Webpages from LENUS. As new publications are added to Lenus then would automatically appear on HSE Public Health Webpages
LENUS Repository Search In April 2013, we undertook a search of the LENUS Repository. Ensured all relevant Public Health publication on the HSE Main website were also on LENUS. Actively searched the LENUS repository for publications produced by Dept. s of Public Health and worked with Aoife to ensure these were located within the LENUS HSE Public Health Community/Collection.
Dept.'s of Public Health Metadata Identified CORE subject keywords and local subject headings and matched these to our LENUS Departments of Public Health publications list. Worked collaboratively with LENUS to have these available to us when uploading Dept.'s of Public Health publications on the repository.
Directly linked these to our Departments of Public Health Webpages on the main HSE website. So now as our publications are added to LENUS and appropriate subject headings applied they are available in the url links to LENUS on our Publications page.
Circulated instructions to local Departments of Public Health when uploading publications to LENUS A small group of us (3-4) effectively curate this collection on LENUS. Alerted when a submission is made and we can review the submission and check the subject headings. Work collaboratively with HSE Librarians on maintaining this open access collection.
Policies on open access to scientific research results should apply to all research that receives public funds. EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION of 17.7.2012 on access to and preservation of scientific information {SWD(2012) 221 final}
Public Health & Open Access Oftentimes staff in Departments of Public Health do not have the time to write research articles for peer-review journals in order to make new information known to others. LENUS provides us with the opportunity to disseminate our work freely to others. Currently our Webpages Editorial Group will be looking more closely at how we can promote greater Open Access in Departments of Public Health. This would also be accordance with Open Access policy of the HSE. As a publicly funded organisation, we do have an obligation to make our research/reports publicly available.
Departments of Public Health recipients of the HSE Open Access Research Awards http://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/Resources/library/Open_Access/gallery.html
