Ask OASIS Selecting a Database
The nature of public health research is interdisciplinary, so you may want to search across multiple subject areas:
Starting with Multidisciplinary Databases can be helpful, but requires a more refined search strategy.
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Information Portals
PH Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
A collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations, and health sciences libraries which provides timely, convenient access to selected public health resources on the Internet.
Public Health Suggested Resources
Connect Google Scholar to the Walden Library so that when you find an appropriate article citation outside of Walden's subscribed databases, you can easily find licensed content via Google Scholar.
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)AHRQ produces evidence resources and training, including continuing education tools and evidence-based reports.
- Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe CDC is a federal agency that conducts and supports health promotion, prevention and preparedness activities in the United States, with the goal of improving overall public health. See also the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
- Health Evidencequality-rated reviews on the effectiveness of public health interventions.
- HSR Project SearchHSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress)
- National Institutes of HealthNIH's 27 institutes and agencies provide access to a wealth of information, statistics, and updates on most health topics.
- PoplineSearches the reproductive health literature worldwide.
- WHO Global Health ObservatoryA data warehouse that collects, stores and displays information on chronic diseases and their risk factors for all WHO member states.