EBP Resources
- EBP Tutorial (Sponsored by University of Minnesota Libraries)
- ACE (The Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE) established by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)
Nursing Research
Research Methods Resources Qualitative & Quantitative Methods- Quizzes
- Content Analysis
- Stemler, Steve (2001). An overview of content analysis. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 7(17). Retrieved from http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=17
- Concordance Software
- Quantitative Critique Resources
Institutional Review Boards
- ARENA/PRIM&R (Applied Research Ethics National Association)
- IRC-Independent Review Consulting, Inc.
- IRB Discussion and News Forum
- DHHS-Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
- Federal Register Online
- FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
- NSF (National Science Foundation)
- ORI (Office of Research Integrity)
- USDA (US Department of Agriculture)
- University of Minnesota Informed Consent
- NH Office of Human Subjects Research
- NIH computer based training: Protecting Human Research Participants
- Simplification of Informed Consent Documents
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Assessment Tools
- Child Health Toolbox
- Core MOS measures of quality of life
- Healthy Days Measures (CDC HRQOL)
- The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Measurement System
- Generalized Perceived Self-Efficacy Scale
- Geriatric Depression Scale -- GDS
- HIV-PARSE Baseline Questionnaire
- Lung Cancer Symptom Scale (LCSS)
- Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales
- MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire (MacNew)
- Mini Mental State Examination
- The MOS Social Support Survey
- Patient Satisfaction Survey
- Patient Satisfaction Questionnaires (PSQ III) (PSQ-18)
- Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL)
- Pediatric asthma symptom scale
- RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0
Additional Research Tools
Major Organizations and Research Groups- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Adult and Community Health
- Cochrane Collaboration
- Department of Health Care Policy Harvard Medical School
- Department of Health Services, University of Washington
- Health Assessment Lab (HAL)
- International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
- National Center for Health Outcome Development (includes the Patient-assessed Health Instruments database)
- National Institute of Nursing Research
- Pain Research Group (PRG)
- Quality of Life Research Unit, University of Toronto
- RAND Health Program
- Stratis Health
- St Ann's Hospice