Research Guides: Public Health: Home

Research Librarian for the Health Sciences, Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacology, Public Health

Hector R. Perez-Gilbe

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UC Irvine
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Subjects: Medicine & Health Sciences, Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

About Public Health

The Program in Public Health reflects a number of disciplines and academic interests, many with significant intersections between medicine, epidemiology, disease prevention, health care, environmental sciences, food sciences & nutrition, demography & sociology, education, gender studies, anthropology, Housing, Geography and many other relevant areas. There are also many professional areas and specific applications represented and includes planning, forecasting, GIS, etc.

The library collections are to support instruction and current research efforts by faculty and graduate students, and the diverse undergraduate programs and the global coverage of relevant issues. They include books, journals, conference papers, government information, data sets, films & multimedia, grey literature and are found in all formats. Always growing, the collections are expanding in scope and depth. This website is a sitemap of how to find and use some of these resources.

Many of the resources listed in this Guide reflect international contributions from a variety of sources in a wide range of subjects. The emphasis on international development from many different vantage points is the intention of much of this compilation of resources. It is recommended to use the "Subject Coverage" tab to find additional topical concentrations and resources, and to comprehensively explore the guide by clicking through it. Of course, it is a work in progress and with your input, will better support your needs.

Career Information for Public Health/Epidemiology

Options with a Public Health Degree

Key Sites

CDC.Gov (Centers for Disease Control)

GIDEON This link opens in a new window Resource for data on Infectious Diseases. Includes data on bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections, vaccines and immunoglobulins, microbes, and drugs.
Global Health via CABI This link opens in a new window Global Health (GH) is a bibliographic abstracting and indexing database dedicated to public health. It compiles international medical and health research by capturing key literature, including journals, reports, books and conferences from 1973 to the present. Publications from over 100 countries are abstracted, and all relevant non-English-language papers are translated to give access to research otherwise not available. The database's open serials policy and coverage of international and grey literature means that 40% of material contained in Global Health is unique to the database.

World Health Organization WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
Haz-Map
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Haz-Map (http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov) is an occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work. Haz-Map links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms. It is one of the products and services made available by the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html).

Chemicals and biological agents in Haz-Map are linked to industrial processes and other activities such as hobbies. Occupational diseases and their symptoms are associated with hazardous job tasks and possible exposure to hazardous agents. Information from textbooks, journal articles, and electronic databases such as NLM's Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB®) is classified and summarized to create the database. HSDB is part of the TOXNET® (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov) system of databases related to toxicology and environmental health.

Some of Haz-Map's features include: text search capability, browsing by jobs, diseases, or agents, searching hazardous agents by adverse effects, searching diseases by jobs and findings, and automated searches of TOXNET. Definitions of technical terms are available by selecting hyperlinks to the glossary.
POPLINE Your connection to the world's reproductive health literature
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POPLINE®(POPulation information onLINE), the world's largest database on reproductive health, containing citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues. POPLINE is maintained by the INFO Project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs and is funded by the United States Agency for International Development. (USAID).

POPLINE contains nearly 360,000 records and has been maintained since 1973 by the INFO Project (formerly Population Information Program). The majority of items are published from 1970 to the present, however, there are selected citations dating back to 1827. The database adds 12,000 records annually and is updated every Monday.

In addition to free text searching, the database can be searched by keywords from the POPLINE Thesaurus , a controlled vocabulary of 2,400+ terms used to index documents in the database.

POPLINE's special features include links to free, fulltext documents; the ability to limit your search to peer-reviewed journal articles; RSS feeds for topical searches; and many abstracts in French and Spanish.

PubChem This link opens in a new window Mostly contains small molecules, but also larger molecules such as nucleotides, carbohydrates, lipids, peptides, and chemically-modified macromolecules. We collect information on chemical structures, identifiers, chemical and physical properties, biological activities, patents, health, safety, toxicity data, and many others.
PubMed@UCI This link opens in a new window Provides access to millions of citations from MEDLINE and life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Highlights a variety of GIS resources.
HealthMap
Minority Health Resource Center Portal provides access to the nation’s largest repository of information dedicated to the health of minority populations within the United States and its territories. The collection includes over 60,000 documents, books, journal articles, reports, and media related to the health status of racial and ethnic minority populations. In addition, users can access consumer health materials in more than 40 languages. The database identifies print and digital content leading to article, document, journal, and organizational records.
Public Health - Martindale's Extensive site with glossaries, journals, databases, and information about courses and textbooks.

Other Subject, Resource & Course Guides

Business of Healthcare
Consumer Health Use this guide to find medical resources aimed at consumers.
Demography and Social Analysis (DASA)
Environmental Psychology
Grunigen Medical Library
Medicine Resources Use this guide to help identify resources in Medicine.
Planning, Policy, and Design
Policy & Surveys
Policy Resources Use this guide to help you navigate U.S. and International policy research.
Poverty
Sustainability

H1N1 Flu Information

Flu.gov Flu.gov provides comprehensive government-wide information on pandemic influenza and avian influenza for the general public, health and emergency preparedness professionals, policy makers, government and business leaders, school systems, and local communities.
CDC H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
Portal for all CDC H1N1 information
CDC: H1N1 Guidance for Professionals Information and guidance for clinicians, public health laboratories, and animal health officials.
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Clinicians
Clinicians should consider the possibility of H1N1 influenza virus infections in patients presenting with febrile respiratory illness.

If H1N1 flu is suspected, clinicians should obtain a respiratory swab for H1N1 influenza testing and place it in a refrigerator (not a freezer). Once collected, the clinician should contact their state or local health department to facilitate transport and timely diagnosis at a state public health laboratory.

State Public Health Laboratories
Laboratories should send all unsubtypable influenza A specimens as soon as possible to the Viral Surveillance and Diagnostic Branch of the CDC’s Influenza Division for further diagnostic testing.

Public Health and Animal Health Officials
Officials should conduct thorough case and contact investigations to determine the source of the H1N1 influenza virus, extent of community illness and the need for timely control measures.
CDC: H1N1 General Information
Facts and advice for the general public regarding H1N1
CDC Flu On Twitter
Tweets from the CDC about Flu.
CA Dept. of Public Health: Swine Flu (H1N1)
General information page on H1N1 Flu.
CA Dept. of Public Health: Information for Health Professionals Links to information for clinicians, healthcare facilities, emergency personnel, and more.
CA Dept. of Public Health: Swine Flu Interim Mask and Respirator Guidance (PDF)
WHO: Complete List of H1N1 Guidance Documents
WHO: Influenza A (H1N1)
Updates, Guidance, Related Links, and Media Center from the World Health Organization.
Orange County Health Care Agency: Swine Influenza
Epidemiology and Assessment: Public Health Services
Orange County: Latest Updates for OC on Swine Influenza

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CDC Emergency On Twitter
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CDC For Health Professionals On Twitter
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FDA Recalls On Twitter
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World Health Organization (WHO) News On Twitter
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