Comparative Health Systems/Global Health Research Guide
Global Health Research Guide Compiled by Ellen Paterson- Search the Library Catalog under ‘Find Books’ using Library of Congress Subject Headings, such as:
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Health Behavior
- Health Planning
- Health Status Indicators,
- Medical Policy –Cross-Cultural Studies
- National Health Insurance–Cross-Cultural Studies
- National Health Services–Cross-Cultural Studies
- Pan American Health Organization
- Public Health
- Social Medicine
- World Health
- World Health Organization
- Recent Reference books for topic introductions, statistics, etc.
- Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries Ref. RA 441.5 .D57 2006
- Encyclopedia of Epidemiology Ref. RA 652 .E533 2008 2 vols.
- Encyclopedia of Global Health Ref. RA 441 .E53 2008 4 vols.
- Global Health Watch 2005-2006 Ref. Desk, 1st floor, RA 441 .G575
- Health in the Americas Ref. Desk RA 407.5 .L3 .P18 2007 2 vols.
- Infectious Diseases Ref. RC 111 .I516 2008 2 vols.
- Pandemics and Global Health Ref. Desk RA 649 .Y65 2008
- State of Health Atlas Ref. Desk G 1046 .E6 .O366 2008
- Suggested databases to locate current magazine and journal articles in print or electronic format:
- Academic Search Premier
- CINAHL
- Health Reference Center
- Medline
- Professional Development Collection
- ScienceDirect
- Social Sciences Abstracts
- SocIndex with Fulltext
- Wilson Omnifile
- Selected Internet/World Wide Web sites for country information, news, reports, data, etc. :
- www.globalhealth.gov HHS gateway links to WHO and PAHO
- www.globalhealth.org Global Health Council-- news, emerging threats, child health, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, some free online reports, etc.
- www.globalhealthfacts.org Kaiser Family Foundation…data by country
- www.paho.org/hq Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- www.pandemicflu.gov Pandemic Flu and Avian Influenza
- www.populationaction.org Population Action International
- www.unicef.org UNICEF
- www.usaid.gov US Aid from the American People
- www.who.int/en/ World Health Organization (WHO)
- www.worldhealthnews.harvard.edu Harvard School of Public Health
- Citation format guide: Concise Rules of APA Style Ref. Desk, 1st floor, BF 76.7 .C66 2005
Prepared by Margaret Anderson/Ellen Paterson
Revised Ellen Paterson 6/2001, 5/22/09