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- Repositories
  - The Registry of Methods and Tools for Evidence-Informed Decision Making
  - Methods and Tools for Organizational Change
  - Health Evidence™
  - Repository of Public Health Evidence Syntheses
- Training
  - Videos
  - Evidence-Informed Decision-Making Competence Measure
  - Learning Needs Assessment for Evidence-Informed Decision Making
  - Online Learning Modules
  - University-Certified Learning Module Program
  - Webinars
  - Workshops
  - Knowledge Broker Mentoring Program
    
    KB Mentoring Impact
  - Knowledge Broker Virtual Office Hours
- Tools
  - Evidence-Informed Decision Making in Public Health
  - 6S Search Pyramid
  - Anatomy of a Systematic Review
  - Rapid Review Guidebook
  - EvSyS: The Evidence Synthesis Selection Tool for Decision Makers
  - Algorithm for Classifying the Study Design of Primary Studies
  - Quality Assessment of Community Evidence (QACE) Tools
  - Resource Planning and Assessment (RPA) Tool
  - Assessing Applicability and Transferability of Evidence Tool (A&T Tool)
  - Core Competency Tool
  - Mental Health Resources for Healthcare Workers
- Rapid Evidence Service
- Impact
  - Evidence-Informed Decision Making Casebook
  - Impact of the Knowledge Broker Mentoring Program
  - Why It Matters
  - NCCMT Publications
  - User Stories
  - Outreach
  - KT Student Awards
- About Us
  - About the NCCMT
  - Our Funder
  - Our Host Institution
  - The National Collaborating Centres
  - Team Members
  - Advisory Group Members
  - Students
  - COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END)
  - Contact Us

McMaster Optimal Aging Portal

Labarge Optimal Aging Initiative, AGE-WELL, & McMaster (2020). McMaster Optimal Aging Portal. Retrieved from Organization website: http://www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org

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Evaluated/validated

En français

Description

This portal provides easy access to evidence-based information about healthy aging for health care professionals and their patients/clients. The portal is unique among healthy aging information websites due to its rigorous quality appraisal that helps users filter through a large quantity of health information and easily identify the highest quality resources.

Steps for Using Method/Tool

The portal includes the following features:

Content in 62 categories, including common health conditions, health care delivery and healthy aging practices
A search function to find blog posts, evidence summaries and web resource ratings on a topic of interest
A database of over 30,000 critically appraised published research abstracts on topics relevant to healthy aging
Email alerts, including “What’s new in healthy aging?” or any of three tailored professional alerts to keep up on the latest content added to the portal

Evaluation

Barbara, A. M., Dobbins, M., Haynes, R. B., Iorio, A., Lavis, J. N., Raina, P., & Levinson, A. J. (2016). The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal: Usability Evaluation of a Unique Evidence-Based Health Information Website. JMIR human factors, 3(1), e14. https://doi.org/10.2196/humanfactors.4800

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