Pre-Health Profession Program
Core Resources
Reference
Online
Credo Reference
A collection of online encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference sources. Search for a topic in all subject areas, individual or multiple subjects, or in a specific book. Titles of interest fo Health Promotion & Sciences include:
o The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health (Medicine)
o Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Professions (Medicine)
o The Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopedia (Medicine)
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The Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease (Medicine)
o Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology (Psychology)
Print
Handbook of Health Behavior Change
Reference Collection 2nd Floor
Call Number: RA776.9 .H36 2009
Encyclopedia of Health and Aging
Reference Collection 2nd Floor
Call Number: RA777.6 .E534 2007
The Encyclopedia of Men's Health
Reference Collection 2nd Floor
Call Number: RA777.8 .R68 2005
Encyclopedia of Women's Health
Reference Collection 2nd Floor
Call Number: RA778 .A494 2009
Health in the Americas, 2007 edition
Reference Collection 2nd Floor
Call Number: RA407.5.L3 P18 2007
Websites
Health Statistics on the Web
World Health Organization
Four different databases are available from the WHO. These databases include national statistics for 70 core indicators, data on chronic diseases and their risk factors, data and statistics for infectious diseases, and regional statistics from WHO offices.
http://www.who.int/research/en/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Data and Statistics Get data and statistics on a wide range of health topics http://www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics/
Wide-ranging OnLine Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) A query system for the analysis of public health data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Datasets are also available. http://wonder.cdc.gov/Welcome.html
New York City Department of Health: My Communitys Health Includes topical and geographic reports and datasets, as well as EpiQuery, a web-based system providing basic data analyses on several datasets. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/community/community.shtml
The Office of Womens Health: Quick Health Data Online Includes demographics, mortality, natality, reproductive health, violence, prevention, disease and mental health. State- and county-level data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories and possessions. Data are available by gender, race and ethnicity and come from a variety of national and state sources. http://www.healthstatus2010.com/owh/index.html
University of Michigan: Health Statistics on the Web A comprehensive list of links to reliable websites providing statistical information on health-related topics http://www.lib.umich.edu/government-documents-center/explore/browse/statistics+health/938/search/
Websites for Healthcare and Health Promotion Professionals
Partners for Information Access in the Public Health Workforce Resources for health educators and health promotion specialists. http://phpartners.org/hpro.html
The Community Tool Box Over 7,000 pages of practical information for community health professionals. Developed by the Work Group for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas. http://ctb.ku.edu/en/Default.htm
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force An independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm
EthnoMed A joint project of University of Washington Health Sciences Library and the Harborview Medical Center's Community House Calls Program, this website provides medical and cultural information on immigrant and refugee groups. The focus is on groups that are prevalent in the Seattle area, but much of the information is applicable to other geographic areas. http://www.ethnomed.org/
Portals for Consumer Health Information
Medline National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health