Developing a web-based information resource for palliative care : an action-research inspired approach Street, Annette F., Swift, Kathleen, Annells, Merilyn, Woodruff, Roger, Gliddon, Terry, Oakley, Anne and Ottmann, Goetz 2007, Developing a web-based information resource for palliative care : an action-research inspired approach, B M C medical informatics and decision making, vol. 7, no. 26, pp. 1-13, doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-7-26. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads ottman-developingawebbased-2007.pdf Published version application/pdf 367.49KB 303 Title Developing a web-based information resource for palliative care : an action-research inspired approach Author(s) Street, Annette F. Swift, Kathleen Annells, Merilyn Woodruff, Roger Gliddon, Terry Oakley, Anne Ottmann, Goetz Journal name B M C medical informatics and decision making Volume number 7 Issue number 26 Start page 1 End page 13 Publisher BioMed Central Place of publication London, England Publication date 2007-09-14 ISSN 1472-6947 Summary Background : General Practitioners and community nurses rely on easily accessible, evidence-based online information to guide practice. To date, the methods that underpin the scoping of user-identified online information needs in palliative care have remained under-explored. This paper describes the benefits and challenges of a collaborative approach involving users and experts that informed the first stage of the development of a palliative care website. Method : The action research-inspired methodology included a panel assessment of an existing palliative care website based in Victoria, Australia; a pre-development survey (n = 197) scoping potential audiences and palliative care information needs; working parties conducting a needs analysis about necessary information content for a redeveloped website targeting health professionals and caregivers/patients; an iterative evaluation process involving users and experts; as well as a final evaluation survey (n = 166). Results : Involving users in the identification of content and links for a palliative care website is time-consuming and requires initial resources, strong networking skills and commitment. However, user participation provided crucial information that led to the widened the scope of the website audience and guided the development and testing of the website. The needs analysis underpinning the project suggests that palliative care peak bodies need to address three distinct audiences (clinicians, allied health professionals as well as patients and their caregivers). Conclusion : Web developers should pay close attention to the content, language, and accessibility needs of these groups. Given the substantial cost associated with the maintenance of authoritative health information sites, the paper proposes a more collaborative development in which users can be engaged in the definition of content to ensure relevance and responsiveness, and to eliminate unnecessary detail. Access to volunteer networks forms an integral part of such an approach. Notes This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Language eng DOI 10.1186/1472-6947-7-26 Field of Research 111708 Health and Community Services 111711 Health Information Systems (incl Surveillance) Socio Economic Objective 920211 Palliative Care HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2007, Street et al Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30019365 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Nursing and Midwifery Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. 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