Major Health Issues in Nova Scotia: An Environmental Scan

yielded 1 result. In Bandolier, no results were yielded using “health status
disparities”, “healthcare disparities” or “health disparities”.
Integrated Chronic Disease Prevention
In PubMed, used MeSH Headings “chronic disease” and “preventive health
services”. Yielded 10 results. Broadened search to “chronic disease prevention”
which yielded 122 findings. Selected items focusing on broad prevention reviews
rather than those that were disease specific. Searched integrated chronic disease
prevention with same limits and nothing was found. In CINAHL, searched
“chronic disease prevention”. Yielded 25 results. In Cochrane, searched “chronic
disease prevention” which yielded 9 reviews and 5 economic evaluations. In
Bandolier, using the search term “chronic disease prevention” which yielded no
results. Using “chronic disease” and “preventive health services did not yield
results either.
Injury Prevention
In PubMed used key word “injury prevention”. Yielded 272 findings. Items
selected mainly focussed on broad injury prevention reviews rather than reviews
focused on specific injuries (e.g. brain injury, sports related injury). Included
reviews related to falls. Used MeSH heading “Accident Prevention” not “Injury
Prevention” which resulted in 106 additional findings.
In Cochrane, searched “injury prevention” which yielded 35 reviews and 23
economic evaluations. Searching “accident prevention” yielded 20 review results,
of which 6 were selected, and 14 economic evaluations. In CINAHL used key
word “injury prevention”. Yielded 36 results. In Bandolier, searching “injury
prevention” yielded no results.
Chronic Disease Management
In PubMed used key word chronic disease management. Yielded over 12,000
results, so phrase was limited by the terms “model” and “program,” yielding 475
and 620 results respectively. Items selected focused on chronic disease
management models in general rather than highly disease-specific chronic disease
management approaches. For example, an item titled “Oral 5-Aminosalicylic Acid
for Maintenance of Medically Induced Remission in Crohn’s Disease” was
excluded from the inventory because of its highly specific nature. Successfully
searched on key word chronic disease management in CINAHL and Cochrane,
also in Bandolier with no relevant results.
Primary Health Care
In PubMed used MeSH Headings “primary care” and “delivery of health care”.
Yielded 110 results. Selected items focusing mainly on reviews that examined
primary care broadly. Mostly did not include reviews that were disease specific