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The Public Health Knowledge Base
Public Health Web Resources
Ginny Tanji
Karyn Pomerantz
Overview:
Public Health Web Resources
Community Health, Social Determinants, and Health
Policy & Services
Social Inequalities
– Income Inequalities
– Racial Disparities
Epidemiology/Biostatistics, Environmental Health,
Health Promotion and PH Metasites Epidemiology,
Biostatistics
Major Statistical Sources
Overview:
Public Health Web Resources
Textbooks, Papers, Tutorials
Environmental Health
– Federal Agencies
– Databases
– Tutorials
Health Promotion
Public Health Metasites
Identifying New Public Health Websites
Social Determinants of Health
Information on the broad factors that influence health
Inequalities in health
– Economic inequities
– Racism
– Women’s status
Community health indicators and data on social
determinants of health
Policy and advocacy sites
Bibliography on Social Determinants
MLA’s Public Health/Health Admin Section Newsletter
– http://www.phha.mlanet.org/phhanews/inequality.html
Health and social inequalities
Excellent source to key:
– articles
– web sites
– associations
– statistical sources
Introduction to the Social
Determinants of Health
From the World Health Organization (WHO)
– http://www.who.dk/healthy-cities/determ.htm
Short pamphlet, “Solid Facts,” in multiple
languages
Covers key determinants of health - from
income disparities to social support
Community Health Indicators:
Measuring Social Determinants
Community Health Status Indicators Project
from HRSA
– http://www.communityhealth.hrsa.gov
Search for county level data on
demographics, life expectancy, death and
birth measures
Comparisons with similar counties
Healthy People 2010
467 health objectives with emphasis on
eliminating health disparities
Leading indicators include physical activity,
substance abuse, sexual behavior, mental health, environmental
health, access to health care
Search by state and health indicator
– http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010/
Income Inequalities:
Health and Income Equity Site from the University of
Washington
– http://depts.washington.edu/eqhlth/
“... devoted to providing the background scientific
evidence that demonstrates & seeks to explain the
association between income inequality and health.”
Good collection of papers on this issue, including
criticisms, a glossary, and further links.
Inequality in Income and
Wealth
Inequality.org
– http://www.inequality.org
Journalistic reports on growing gaps in
income and wealth
Excellent set of links on this topic for data and
advocacy
Racial and Ethnic Disparities
in Health
Differentials in health status: life expectancy,
infant mortality, distribution of disease
Differentials in access to health care,
insurance coverage, utilization of medical
procedures
Debate re “race” (biological concept) vs.
racism (social, political and economic
concept)-
“present-day inequalities between so-called "racial"
groups are not consequences of their biological
Inheritance but products of historical and
contemporary social, economic, educational, and
political circumstances.”
Office of Minority Health
Statistical data on health disparities
Publications from federal and non-federal
sources
Information on access to care
Conferences
– http://www.omhrc.gov/
Bureau of the Census
“Minority Links”
Social Data: age, disability, insurance,
education, women, child care
Economic Data: income, poverty, business,
child support
News releases
– http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html
US Initiative to Eliminate Racial
and Ethnic Disparities in Health
Data on major conditions: infant mortality,
diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer,
HIV, immunization
Reports
Funding sources
Other web sites: cultural competency...
– http://raceandhealth.hhs.gov/
Women of Color Health Data
Book from HHS
Health messages regarding physical activity,
nutrition, body image, pregnancy
English and Spanish
Women’s health statistics
News and reports on women’s health
– http://www.4woman.gov/
International Health Data:
Mortality, Diseases, Population
WHO Statistical Information Service
– http://www.who.int/whosis/
Rich collection of statistical data on burden of
disease, conditions
Papers on health equity and health policy
Analysis and Bibliographies on
Scientific Racism:
Eugenics, Health, Reproductive Rights
http://racescience.mit.edu/racesci/
Bibliographies and syllabi on issues of
academic racism: intelligence, sociobiology,
gender issues
Counters historical and current arguments
that behavior is color-coded
Analysis, Policy, and Action
Web sites that analyze social aspects
of health
…propose public policy strategies
…advocate action to change social
conditions
NICHSR: Health Policy Sites
NLM’s National Information Center for
Health Services Research and
Technology Assessment
– http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrsites.html
Excellent resource for sites on health
economics, health policy, and data
Electronic Policy Network:
Links to Liberal Social Policy
Electronic Policy Network
– http://www.epn.org
Policy positions on welfare, employment,
health, criminal justice
Good selection of links to sites on health
policy
Families USA
Promotes issues of health care access,
Medicaid reform, children’s health
– http://www.familiesusa.org
Community Toolbox
Kit for community organizing and development
– http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/
Community development strategies
Bilingual research-based recommendations for
coalition building, program evaluation,
advocacy techniques, and more!
Radical Social
Analysis
www.neravt.com/left/
www.plp.org
http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
CDC (Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention)
– http://www.cdc.gov/
Health topics A-Z
GIS and Public Health (Geographic Information
Systems)
– http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/gis/gis_home.htm
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
National Guideline Clearinghouse
– http://www.guideline.gov/index.asp
Full-text evidence-based practice guidelines
various diseases
Sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Policy
Research/AMA, Association of Healthcare
Plans
Major Statistical Sources
National Center for Health Statistics
– http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
CDCWonder
– Public health datasets available for
searching such as specific Healthy People
Objectives, by state, etc.
– http://wonder.cdc.gov/
Textbooks, Papers, Tutorials
Finding and Using Health Statistics
– Self-study course from NICHSRHCT
– http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/usestats/index.htm
“How to Read a Paper” series from BMJ
– http://www.bmj.com/collections/read.shtml
Environmental Health:
Federal Agencies, Databases
National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences
– http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
Environmental Protection Agency
– http://www.epa.gov/
Toxnet
– http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
Health Promotion
CHID (Combined Health Information Database)
– http://chid.nih.gov/
Healthfinder
– http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Prevline National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug
Info
– http://www.health.org/
Tufts Nutrition Navigator
– navigator.tufts.edu/index.html
Public Health Metasites
ASTHO
– http://www.astho.org/
Public Health Foundation
– http://www.phf.org/
WWW Virtual Library: Public Health
– http://www.ldb.org/vl/index.htm
WWW Library: Epidemiology
– http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu/epidem/epidem.html
Identifying New Public Health
Websites
Public Health Foundation see e-news
– http://www.phf.org/
Medicine on the Net (print & online pub)
– http://www.corhealth.com/
Pub Health/Health Admin Section, MLA
– http://www.phha.mlanet.org/
Scout Report
– http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/
Search Strategies
Consider the type of information you require
and the site that might have it
Use the search engine on that specific site
All purpose internet search engine
Keywords/synonyms
Search Engines to Consider
Google
– http://www.google.com/
For information from a government agency
– FirstGov
• http://www.firstgov.gov/
– Google/unclesam
• http://www.google.com/unclesam
PH Internet Resources
Sampling of resources available and of
topics of interest in public health
Diverse workforce, with diverse subject
areas
We hope that we have provide you with
a starting point.
Case Study Instructions
Packet contains some sample case studies
Try those of greatest interest to you
Reconvene to share results
Review the what strategies worked and what
did not.