This National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools document defines and summarizes the concept of evidence-informed public health (EIPH), supports the importance of critical appraisal of primary research studies and systematic reviews to inform practice, and presents some of the more commonly used critical appraisal tools.

  2021-08-31 – Topic Overview

Three modules from the Canadian Cochrane Centre and Dietitians of Canada, with support from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) are available to help increase the use of Cochrane Systematic Reviews among registered dietitians.

  2021-08-31 – Course

This special article through Science Direct outlines the three fundamental principles of evidence-based practice as applied to the field of clinical nutrition. Mayo Clinic Proceedings; Innovations, Quality and Outcomes. 2019 Jun;3(2):189-99.

          2019-06-03 – Topic Overview

The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) has created a series of 11 short videos on basic statistical concepts - risk and relative risk, effectiveness of interventions, type of reviews, odds ratio, confidence intervals, forest plots/meta analysis, clinical significance, evidence-informed decision making, pyramid tool and standardized mean difference.

  2021-08-31 – Audio/Visual

The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), "provides Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial health care decision-makers with objective evidence to help make informed decisions about the optimal use of drugs and medical devices in our health care system". While the emphasis of the sites in the checklist is on information about drugs, there are many relevant websites listed for retrieving nutrition-related information. Updated August 2021.

   2021-08-31 – Directory

A synthesis of the recommendations and evidence regarding traumatic brain injuries.

  2019-07-08 – Summary of Recommendations and Evidence

A synthesis of the recommendations and evidence regarding fructose.

  2020-11-25 – Summary of Recommendations and Evidence

A synthesis of the recommendations and evidence regarding the Mediterranean diet.

  2022-12-08 – Summary of Recommendations and Evidence

A synthesis of the recommendations and evidence regarding the ketogenic diet.

          2021-10-20 – Summary of Recommendations and Evidence

A synthesis of the recommendations and evidence regarding multi-fetal pregnancy.

  2023-12-05 – Summary of Recommendations and Evidence