Title: Welcome to the Canadian Health Network Workshop www.canadian-health-network.ca Sandra Clark Norma Gibson-MacDonald Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety www.ccohs.ca
1Welcome to theCanadian Health NetworkWorkshopw
ww.canadian-health-network.caSandra ClarkNorma
Gibson-MacDonaldCanadian Centre for Occupational
Health and Safetywww.ccohs.ca
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3 What is the Canadian Health
Network?
- CHN is a national bilingual health information
project, funded by Health Canada, that focuses on
providing access to web-based information on
health promotion and disease prevention. -
4What can you find on the CHN website?
- Authoritative Canadian health information in both
official languages - Full-text access to over 10,000 pamphlets, fact
sheets other resources on health promotion
disease prevention - Links to over 650 health organizations from
across Canada
5What do CHN partners have in common?
- they are all not-for-profit and all credible.
- they are all Canadian
- each organization is involved in some aspect of
health information research or service delivery - every organization has a web page presence
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6CCOHS and CHN
- CCOHS is the CHN affiliate partner for Workplace
Health - provides leadership and expertise on workplace
health content - selects quality resources and responds to health
information inquiries - develops and supports a network of associate
partner organizations in the area of workplace
health
7 Canadian Health Network Home Page
8Special Features of the CHN website
- Health Centres on 26 health topics
- Over 400 Frequently Asked Questions Answers
- Information on Health Events Conferences
- Guide to evaluating web-based health information
- An Email feature visitors can use to get help in
locating health information
9What is a CHN Health Centre?
- A gateway to information on a specific health
topic or population group - Health Centres on 26 health topics
- Variety of ways to find information
- link to a Guided Search
- "Quick Search" on common health requests
- FAQs
- CHN Recommends Key Canadian resources
- "Beyond our Borders International Resources
- special services (e.g. phone lines, discussion
groups, quizzes)
10Frequently Asked Health Questions
- From the CHN Home Page, click on the FAQs button
on the top, right-hand side of the screen to see
a list of Health Centre FAQs. - FAQs are created specifically for CHN by our
partner organizations and cover health topics of
common interest.
11Example Frequently Asked Questions on Injury
Prevention
12CHN Partner Pages
- Direct access to web pages of over 650 Canadian
CHN partners, including non-profit organizations,
government agencies and educational institutions
13Different Ways to Searchfor Information
- Visit and browse one of 26 Health Centres (a
Guided Search) - Search the A to Z index of topics
- Use the Keyword Search engine
- Search lists of Frequently Asked Questions
14 Searching Options Page
15Begin a Guided Search on the CHN Home Page
16 Workplace Health Centre Home Page
17 Workplace Health Centre Resources
18CHN Resources
- Each resource has been created by a CHN partner
organization and carefully chosen for inclusion
in the CHN website. - Subject headings are assigned descriptions are
written to help searchers locate the resources
that best meet their needs.
19 A Health Centre Resource
20A to Z Searching
- With A to Z, you can search for a very specific
topic and find a list of resources that are right
on target.
21A to Z Search Screen
22 Click on a letter to the left of the
Search box to see a list of topics
23Search the A to Z Index for Heart Disease
- Choose a letter of the alphabet to see a list of
subject choices. - Click on a subject heading it appears in the
Search box. - Click the green Search button to find resources
on this topic.
24Resources on Heart Disease
- A list of Canadian Health Network resources on
heart disease
25Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Fact Sheet
26Combining Search Terms Using the A to Z Search
- Search for up to 5 topics at once.
- Combine terms using the Search Options buttons
- All the Terms to find 2 or more search terms in
the same document. - Example Osteoporosis Exercise
- Any of the Terms to find all documents that
contain even 1 of the search terms entered.
- Example Tai Chi Yoga
27Search the A to Z for Proteins or Carbohydrates
- Click on the letters of the alphabet to locate
and select the terms Protein Carbohydrates.
Both should appear in the green Search Box. - Click on the Any of the Terms search option
button to search for resources on any one of the
topics listed. - Click on the green Search button to find these
resources.
28Practice Time
29When to use the Keyword Search Engine
- The keyword search engine searches CHN document
subject headings, titles of documents
annotations that describe their content, to find
documents that match your search terms. - Use the search engine when you cant locate a
topic in the AtoZ index, or if you want to build
a more specific search than the AtoZ index will
allow.
30 Keyword Search Engine
31What can you search for?
- 2 or more words in the same document. These words
do not have to appear right next to each other
within the text of the documents.
EXAMPLE diet osteoporosis - Phrases. EXAMPLE calcium rich foods
- Any document that contains one or more of the
search words entered.
EXAMPLE vitamins minerals
32Example1 Keyword Search on bicycle helmet
safety
33Search results for bicycle helmet safety
34Example 2 Keyword Search on Tylenol
or acetaminophen
35Search results for Tylenol or acetaminophen
36Example3 Keyword Search on the phrase accident
prevention
37Search results for accident prevention
38Boolean Example Search for Health Quizzes or
Games
39Search Results for quiz or game
40Practice Time
41 Help Pages
42Example of a Help Page Online Guide to
Evaluating Internet Health Information
43Contact CHN
- Send CHN your question if you cant find what you
need on our website. - Questions will be answered by the CHN partner
best qualified to respond. - Feedback can help identify new resources,
ensuring that CHN continues to develop a website
that meets the needs of its audience.
44Contacting the Canadian Health Network
45Contact CHN
- You can also use whatever Email program you have
to contact the CHN directly at
writeus_at_canadian-health-network.ca
46 Questions?
47Thank You for Coming!