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Courtney Pyche

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Subjects: Public Health & Health Professions

Public Health Databases

CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) is the authoritative index for nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nutrition and dietetics, and other health professions.
Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making
Embase
Global Health
Specialized database dedicated to public health. Contains journal articles, reports, books, conferences proceedings, and theses.
PsycINFO (on EBSCOHost online platform) 1887-Current
American Psychological Association’s (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations. Journal coverage spans from the 1800s to the present.
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
PubMed
Biomedical database from U.S. National Library of Medicine. PubMed comprises citations from MEDLINE, life science journals, and e-books, some links to full text content.
Scopus
Comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.
Web of Science
Multidisciplinary journal indexing and citation database with coverage back to 1900.

Evidence base for Social-Behavioral Research/Work

Campbell Collaboration - The social-behavioral parallel of the Cochrane (biomedical) evidence based databases. Covers education, crime, politics/economy, social policy/system/problems, land use, social impact of technology.

Health Communication

Health Communication Materials Database From Health Communication Partnership (Hopkins Bloomberg SPH, Tulane's SPH& Tropical Medicine, International AIDS Alliance, Save the Children & Academic of Educational Development.)

Health Communication Science Digest - monthly collection of journal links to recent articles and reports relevance to PH communication community.

Past National Conferences on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media. CDC. Presentations and materials.

Health Communications Internship Program - high qualified and RECENT grad degree recipients participate in health & science communication projects in one of the many National Cancer Institute offices.

Coalition for Health Communication Info on funding/grad ed/job op'ties, conferences, calls for papers, a slightly-outdated PDF list and some web resources on Health Communication.

Communicating Risks and Benefits: An Evidence-Based User's Guide. Baruch Fischhoff, Noel T. Brewer,Julie S. Downs, eds. Silver Spring, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration: August 2011.

Gateway to Health Communication & Social Marketing Practice Introduces the fundamentals of health literacy and demonstrates the importance of health literacy within public health practice.

Public health communication : critical tools and strategies. Claudia F. Parvanta, David E. Nelson, Richard N. Harner, Editors. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2018. (Ebook only available if logged in through UF as a UF affiliate.)

Social and Behavioral Sciences

H.R.379 - Improving Social Determinants of Health Act of 2021
Bill requires CDC to fund eligible organizations to build capacity to address SDOH and coordinate programs " to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities."
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington
Campbell Collaboration
The Social Science counterpart to the clinically-oriented Cochrane Evidence-Based Medicine reviews. Far from all topics covered but those that are covered are considered "the best of the best".
General Social Survey
Demographic, behavioral and attitudinal questions and data on societal trends, with variables, time-trends on variables and a cross-national component.
Health & Well-Being for All
Derived from a Leading Change and community engagement case study CDC developed for medical student (and other) fellows just before they returned to medical school, the "Health in a Box" site includes a map, a "dialogue guide", and cards illustrating key points (all freely downloadable on the website, or one can purchase the materials, since the map is a 3 x 5 foot durable versa-fabric in the actual toolkit). The website also contains many links to other resources that support teaching and learning. The creators will be publishing a blog about this tool sometime after January 2018 on the Practical Playbook blog (https://practicalplaybook.org.)

Education & Health Long-term Trends

National Obesity Monitor
Mental Health in Rural Communities Toolkit
7 modules from the Rural Health Information Hub on evidence-based models and resources, primarily focusing on adult mental health.
PhenX Toolkit
"A catalog of recommended measurement protocols and toolkit developed by scientific community via a consensus-based process" (including a collection on social determinants of health) maintained by RTI International. (link to 7/21/20 Version 33.0)
International Social Survey Programme
Annual, cross-national collaboration on surveys. Includes publications and data.
Refuge Health Orientation
Created originally as "Safe, Smart and Healthy" by the Refugee Services Section of the Ohio Dept of job & Family Svcs, these videos are now available through Healthy Roads Media in several languages.
Roper Center for Public Opinion
Specializes in data from surveys of public opinion.
Society of Behavioral Medicine
State & County QuickFacts (US Census Bureau)
Select demographic, economic or geographic data by state.
The State of Health Equity Research: Closing Knowledge Gaps to Address Inequities
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) report on results of a qualitative analysis of all U.S.-based, health disparities-focused health services research (HSR) to analyze trends (2007–2011) in funding and grantee institutions, the populations and outcomes studied, and shifts in these investigations’ focus on detecting, understanding, or eliminating inequities in health and health care.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Portal linking to Centers for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality; for Substance Abuse Prevention and Substance Abuse Treatment and for Mental Health Services.
SSRN : Tomorrow's Research Today
SSRN is "a platform for the dissemination of early-stage research." Initially (1994) it focused on the social sciences but it now includes applied sciences, health sciences, humanities, life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. Source of grey literature--reports, white papers, pre-prints, etc.
Data Set Directory of Social Determinants of Health at the Local Level
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2004.Data sets on Economy, Employment, Education, Political, Environment, Housing, Medical Government Public Health and Psychsocial.

Health Assessments

Association for Community Health Improvement - Community Health Assessment Toolkit http://www.assesstoolkit.org/assesstoolkit_app/index.jsp

University of Kansas Community Toolbox http://ctb.ku.edu/en/

Community Health Status Indicators
Contains over 200 measures for each of the 3,141 United States counties. You can display community profiles on maps (easier to compare peer and adjacent counties) or download in brochure format.
Community Helath Needs Assessment
Web-based platform to help hospitals, non-profit orgs, state and local health depts and other org in IDing assets & potential disparities in their communities.