» Why care about statistics?
Do you wish to know how many college-age people:
- ... get abortions?
- ... binge drink?
- ... smoke?
- ... die of cancer?
- ... have diabetes?
- California:
California Department of Public Health: Statistics
Statistical and data tables on numerous health topics: Adolescent Sexual Health, Communicable Diseases, Births and Deaths, Immunization, Marriage, HIV/AIDS, etc.
- United States:
FastStats A to Z (CDC)
Quick access to public health statistics organized alphabetically. Includes links to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages.
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (CDC)
YRBSS monitors health-risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults.
- International:
Global Health Observatory: Country Profiles (WHO)
The main health data and statistics for each country, including descriptive and analytical summaries of health indicators for major health topics.
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Learn about a community
- State and County QuickFacts (US Census)
Quickly get recent state, county, and city demographics (including age, race/ethnicity, income residence) and business information.
- US EPA Zip Code Search
Information on hazardous waste sites, toxic releases, facility enforcement/compliance history, air pollution, and cleanup activities.
- Death Profiles by Zip Code (CA Dept of Public Health)
Generalized cause of death by age and zip code for California.
- Data and Statistics (CA Dept of Education)
Data on school enrollment, non-English language learners, free lunch numbers, teacher data, class size, and much more.
- Network for a Healthy California GIS Map Viewer (CA Dept of Public Health)
An interactive system to view and query mapped nutrition data. The application contains nutrition and other health related data, including nutrition and school health programs, grocery stores and other local nutrition resources, demographics (race and spoken language) of general and at-risk populations.
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Online topical web pages
- The Public Health Library has created several topical web pages which include associations, publications, and more on such topics as:
- and many others.
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Finding journal articles and more on your topic
(...A small sampling from the Public Health Library's Indexes and Databases web page)
Click the UC-eLinks icon from an article citation to:
- ... access articles available online
- ... access the UC library catalog for articles in print
- ... use "Request" to get copies of articles from journals not available at UCB.
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PubMed for UCB
NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students.
- Primary database for finding journal articles on public health topics.
- Enter keywords in the search box and click Search
- Use Filters to limit your search to words in the title or title/abstract - this will help focus your search
- Also use Filters to limit by age group, language, gender and more
- Click the Related Citations link to find more, similar articles
- Use Single Citation Matcher to find a single, known article
- PubMed Quick Guide (UCB Library)
- Web of Science
NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students.
- OskiCat (UCB library catalog)
- Search for terms as keywords (brings back the most results), subjects, or title words
- OskiCat Help
- Melvyl (catalog for all UC and beyond)
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Health news resources
- Covering medical research: a guide for reporting on studies (Center for Excellence for Health Care Journalism and the Association of Health Care Journalists)
This book (available at the Public Health Library) explains how to read the evidence when it comes to medical studies, how to put each of the types of studies into context for your audience, and more. Also covered are how peer-reviewed journals work and how publication bias can occur. It includes an easy-to-follow checklist for reporters to produce meaningful, yet accurate, news stories.
- HealthNewsReview.Org
Evaluates health news stories (mostly on therapeutic interventions) for a set of criteria including: frequency of benefits and harms, strength of evidence, alternative options, novelty, who is promoting it, and more. Includes a Toolkit with Tips for Understanding Studies.
- Keeping Up-to-Date on Public Health (UCB Public Health Library)
How to keep up-to-date on public health literature, news, and grants.
- Reporting on Health
An online community for journalists and new media practitioners who cover health issues. It offers extensive reporting resources, blogs, and networking opportunities, including a forum where journalists can showcase and share their work. The Resources section includes tips, a directory of sources, and a large collection of topical guides.
- Resources for Entertainment Education Content Developers (CDC)
Easy-to-use, credible information on pressing health issues: includes information such as who’s at risk, typical symptoms, prevention messages and case examples, and related links.
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Sources for breaking health-related news
- Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
Daily reports on health reform, health costs/quality, coverage and access, and more.
- California Healthline
Daily news digest on health care policy and politics.
- E & E Publishing
NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students. Includes:
- Environment and Energy Daily, tracks environmental and energy action in Congress
- Greenwire, comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy
- ClimateWire, climate policy and its effects on business, the environment and society
- Medical News (Newswise)
NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students.
News, journalism grants resources, and expert sources. Also available here are Science News,
Business News, and
Life News and more.
- Medscape Public Health and Prevention News
NOTE: Viewing full text requires free registration
Produced in collaboration with APHA. Medscape also provides news in other health-related categories including HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, and many more.
- Public Health Newswire
News covering public health topics, trends, and advocacy sponsored by the American Public Health Association.
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Indexed news sources
(...A small sampling from the Public Health Library's Electronic Newspapers and News Sources web page)
- Access World News
NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students
News summaries, broadcasts and transcripts from hundreds of sources, local to international.
- LexisNexis Academic
NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students
Full text articles and documents from thousands of news, legal, and business sources. Also includes country profiles, information on public figures, and company information.
- New York Times (via ProQuest)
NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students
Coverage: 1980 to present. You can also access the Historical New York Times (back to 1851).
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Citing Resources/Using RefWorks
Why cite sources?
Whenever you quote or base your ideas on another's work, you must document the source you used. Even when you do not quote directly from another work, if reading that source contributed to the ideas presented in your work, you must give the authors proper credit.
» Note that citing differs between "scholarly" work and journalism. Ask you instructor for guidance as needed.
This webpage has information on citation styles, styles guides, and plagiarism.
RefWorks is a web-based tool that allows users to create their own personal database by importing citations from online databases (like PubMed). You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. Web-based means you can access RefWorks from any computer with Internet access. Access to RefWorks is provided by the UCB Library to UCB students, staff, and faculty. Click Login to create a RefWorks password and get started!
» RefWorks' Output Style Preview Utility provides you with an easy way to see how a particular style (eg, APA, MLA, etc.) is formatted.
RefWorks Exercise Set (.docx; from the Public Health Library): Learn how to use RefWorks
Read about "Conditions of Use"
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