Public Health Knowledge Base Public Health Literature Searching Kristine Alpi, MLS, AHIP Weill Cornell Medical Library MPH Program, Community Health Education Hunter College, City University of New York NOTE: CHANGES ARE INDICATE WITH RED TEXT ON SLIDE WITH WRITEN COMMENTS IN CAPITAL LETTERS LOCATED IN THE NOTES FIELD ACCOMPANYING EACH SLIDE. TITLE: PUBLIC HEALTH KNOWLEDGE BASE SUBTITLE: PUBLIC HEALTH LITERATURE SEARCHING 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Overview Key Databases Key Subject Areas Case Study Exercise 4/8/2019 NEW SLIDE OUTLINING PARTS OF PRESENTATION 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

What’s Special about Public Health Literature? Variety of Resources Grey literature and reports Programmatic funding and publication International source literature Multilingual source literature Variety of subject areas Administration and policy Basic lab science Clinical medicine Toxicology Social science ALPHABETIZE IF ORDER NOT RELEVANT CAPITALIZE THROUGHOUT TITLE CHANGE ORGANIZATION OF TOPICS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Key Databases for Public Health Searching CINAHL: Public Health Nursing, Health Education, Nutrition, Laboratory Practice HAPI: Health and Psychosocial Instruments POPLINE: Family planning, population law and policy, maternal/child health TOXLINE, EMIC, and DART/ETIC: Environmental health sciences PubMed: MEDLINE and HealthSTAR ADD KEY TO TITLE ALPHABATIZE ADD HAPI AS DATABASE PLACE PUBMED AT BOTTOM TO INTRODUCE NEXT SLIDE 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

PubMed Freely accessible on the Web through the National Library of Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi Phrase indexing versus word indexing Coverage of Public Health Literature disciplines MeSH Coverage (Changes Suggested) Journal Coverage (Core PH Journal List) EXPAND 1ST BULLET POINT TO INDICATE NLM INDENT URL FOR PUBMED 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

PubMed: New Publication Types Evaluation Studies Studies determining the effectiveness or utility of processes, personnel & equipment. Validation Studies The processes by which the reliability and relevance of a procedure for a specific purpose are established. ADD PUBMED TO TITLE NEW PUBLICATION TYPES OF FOR WHAT? 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

PubMed: Coverage of PH Programs Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Healthy People Organizations (1968) United States Indian Health Service (MeSH - 1992) ADD PUBMED TO TITLE ARE YOU REFERRING TO ANY SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE THRID BULLET POINT? ALPHABETIZE SWITCH SLIDE ORDER FROM 8 TO 6 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

PubMed: Medical Subject Headings: Key Terms Environment and Public Health (1998) Public Health (Branch of Medicine) Public Health Practice (1998) Health (Occupational, Public, Rural, Urban, World) Population Characteristics (1998) Preventive Medicine DROP MESH DATES UNLESS LAST 2-3 YEARS??? OR USE FOR ALL BULLET POINTS DELETE “H” FROM SECOND BULLET POINT 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

PubMed Medical Subject Headings: Subheadings Economics Epidemiology Instrumentation Legislation & Jurisprudence Methods Organization & Administration Standards Statistics & Numerical Data Utilization MAY WANT TO USE LOWERCASE AS THE SUBHEADINGS SINCE THEY ARE OFTEN PRESENT AND USED IN LOWERCASE 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Key Subject Areas in Public Health Health Services Administration Biostatistics Epidemiology Behavioral Sciences/Health Education Environmental Health Sciences Occupational Safety & Health Maternal and Child Health Public Health Practice & Program Management Public Health Nutrition Biomedical & Laboratory Practice Public Health Dentistry International/Global Health Public Health Nursing Public Health Informatics NEW SLIDE INTRODUCING THE SUBJECT AREAS COVERED IN REMAINDER OF PRESENTAITON 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Health Services Administration Journal Coverage MeSH: Health Services Administration (1998) Public Health Administration Management of public health organizations or agencies. HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Biostatistics Journal Coverage MeSH: Biostatistics maps to Biometry Use of statistical methods to analyze biological observations and phenomena. Epidemiologic Measurements Statistical calculations on the occurrence of conditions in defined populations. HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Epidemiology Journal Coverage MeSH: Epidemiology (Field of Medicine) Epidemiology (Subheading) Epidemiologic Factors Epidemiologic Methods HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Behavioral Sciences/ Health Education Journal Coverage MeSH: Health Education Behavioral Sciences Health Behavior (1989) Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice (1990) HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Environmental Health Sciences Journal Coverage MeSH Environment Environment Health Environmental Pollution Environmental Illness Noxae Pesticides HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS REARRANGE CATEGORIES ON SLIDE TO MATCH FORMAT OF OTHER SIMILAR SLIDES REPLACE NOXAE AND PESTICIDES WITH POISONING??? 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Occupational Safety & Health Journal Coverage MeSH: Occupational Health (1991) Accidents, Occupational (1979) Human Engineering Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Maternal and Child Health Journal Coverage MeSH: Maternal Health Services (1968) Child Health Services (1968) Child Nutrition (1967) Neonatal Screening (1990) Maternal Welfare HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Public Health Practice & Program Management Journal Coverage MeSH: Public Health Practice (1998) Previous Indexing: Public Health (1966-1997) Public Health Administration (1968-1997) Public Health Administration HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Public Health Nutrition Journal Coverage MeSH: Nutrition Food Services Food and Beverages Feeding Methods (1998) HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Biomedical & Laboratory Practice Journal Coverage MeSH: Laboratory Techniques and Procedures Instrumentation & Methods (Subheadings) HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Public Health Dentistry Journal Coverage MeSH: Public Health Dentistry Community Dentistry (1991) Fluoridation (1965) HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

International/Global Health Journal Coverage MeSH: World Health (1978) Population Characteristics (1998) International Cooperation Geographical Locations Category Tree 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Public Health Nursing Journal Coverage MeSH: Public Health Nursing Community Health Nursing (1977) Associated with Visiting Nurse Home Care Services (1967) HIGHLIGHT OR DISTINGUISH ACTUAL MESH TERMS TO DIFFERENTIATE FROM THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TERMS 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

Public Health Informatics Computerized Surveillance Systems / Electronic Laboratory-Based Reporting Geographic Information Systems Immunization Registries See PH/HA Resource List on PHI http://www.phha.mlanet.org/phi.html INDENT URL ON LAST BULLET POINT 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001

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Case Study Exercise Form small groups Receive case study topic 15 minutes to prepare search strategy and teaching points 5-7 minutes to present strategy Discussion of strategy and presentation 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001