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Abstract
The internet is becoming a more and more popular source of all kinds of information. The quantity of web pages that offer information and advice about health is increasing, though the quality is often not rising. The aim of the presented work is to describe advantages and difficulties connected with dissemination of evidence-based information in social media. Using Polish Facebook and Twitter profiles over the course of 2 years, we posted about 400 posts and tweets. We analysed types of topics and some strategies to broaden our audience. On basis of our results, we found that probably inconclusive results make review summaries unintelligible and not popular in public media, though the broad reach of posts in public media does not implicate that the message was understood. Even though numerous efforts were put into guidelines on how to write a proper plain language summary of the systematic review, there is still space for improvement.
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The International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare is the official journal of the Joanna Briggs Institute. It is a fully refereed journal that publishes manuscripts relating to evidence-based medicine and evidence-based practice. It publishes papers containing reliable evidence to assist health professionals in their evaluation and decision-making, and to inform health professionals, students and researchers of outcomes, debates and developments in evidence-based medicine and healthcare.
The journal provides a unique home for publication of systematic reviews (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, economic, scoping and prevalence) and implementation projects including the synthesis, transfer and utilisation of evidence in clinical practice. Original scholarly work relating to the synthesis (translation science), transfer (distribution) and utilization (implementation science and evaluation) of evidence to inform multidisciplinary healthcare practice is considered for publication. The journal also publishes original scholarly commentary pieces relating to the generation and synthesis of evidence for practice and quality improvement, the use and evaluation of evidence in practice, and the process of conducting systematic reviews (methodology) which covers quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, economic, scoping and prevalence methods. In addition, the journal’s content includes implementation projects including the transfer and utilisation of evidence in clinical practice as well as providing a forum for the debate of issues surrounding evidence-based healthcare.
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