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ProQuest Public Health

• The base of knowledge for public health comes

from a variety of disciplines

• ranging from social sciences to biological

sciences and business

• brought together by a commitment to

improve the public's health Public Health – Research Challenges

• In part due to the great

breadth of the public health discipline, there is currently no single resource for searching the core public health literature

• A key distinction between public health professions and

the clinical health professions is the focus of activities on the wellbeing of entire populations rather than on individual patients

• Existing resources are designed for the clinical

health professions

Public Health – Research Challenges

• Even if public health

professionals have the time and access to search numerous databases, locating useful information is hindered by the scarcity of public health

• riented index terms.

Fitness Food Hygiene HIV/AIDS Malaria Obesity Smoking Street cleaning Swine Flu (H1N1)

Problem Solved… ProQuest Public Health, the ideal database to meet the unique challenges of public health researchers

ProQuest Public Health

ProQuest Public Health

• ProQuest Public Health includes index records

for more than 800 core public health publications from around the world.

• Title list is specifically based around the Medical

Library Association’s project to identify the core literature in public health, the goal of which was to identify the literature that “should be in all libraries serving public health organizations in any or all of the specialty areas covered.”

Sample of public health index terms in the ProQuest controlled vocabulary

Community health care Drug resistance Epidemiology Food containment & poisoning Health promotion Health care access Disease prevention Rural health care Environmental health Disease control Health facilities Health sciences Blood & organ donations Infectious diseases Health risk assessment Emergency services Epidemics Health behavior Vaccines Blood banks Mental health care Immunization Global Health Childrens health Ethnomedicine Pandemics Health care delivery Disease transmission FDA approval Quarantine

ProQuest Public Health

ProQuest Public Health provides access to more than 600 high quality full-text journals including

• NEJM and Lancet
• Content from around

the world

• Representing a

variety of publishers

Journal Content is the Foundation

ProQuest Public Health will provide access to over 9,400 full-text dissertations covering important topics such as:

• Biostatistics
• Environmental Health Sciences
• Epidemiology
• Health Services Administration
• International Public Health
• Maternal & Child Health
• Occupational Safety & Health

Users can track emerging research that isn’t published elsewhere Unique Content • Dissertations

ProQuest Public Health includes access to current newspaper articles from around the world on hot topics such as:

• H1N1 flu
• Childhood Obesity

Users can stay abreast of breaking news related to public health topics Timely Content • Newspaper Articles

• Disaster preparedness
• Electronic cigarettes

ProQuest Public Health includes government documents from:

• Center for Disease Control (CDC)
• Department of Health & Human Services
• National Institute of Health (NIH)
• US Food & Drug Administration
• Department of Homeland Security
• State Department Documents
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Energy
• And more

Relevant Content • Government Documents

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