Open Access: It

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Open Access Its the Smart Choice Peter
Morris for the Child Health Division of the
Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin,
Australia.
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Outline of talk
We are not in Kansas anymore.

• Smart choices
• The Cochrane Collaboration
• The Indigenous InfoNet
• Using evidence to make smart choices

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What choices do we make?

• Smart
• Use information to weigh up the benefits and
  harms of available options
• Typical
• Personal

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Evidence-based practice
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Can we trust the data?
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Health information on the Internet
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Global health- .achieving equity
www.gapminder.org
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Jaundice
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We need information!
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Not a smart choice

• Medically harmful
• Violates the UN Human Rights Convention
• No evidence of any benefit
• Very expensive

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Conclusion