1. 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
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TITLE: PUBLIC HEALTH KNOWLEDGE BASE
SUBTITLE: PUBLIC HEALTH LITERATURE SEARCHING
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2. Overview Key Databases Key Subject Areas Case Study Exercise 4/8/2019
NEW SLIDE OUTLINING PARTS OF PRESENTATION
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3. 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
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4. 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
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5. PubMed
Freely accessible on the Web through the National Library of Medicine
Phrase indexing versus word indexing
Coverage of Public Health Literature disciplines
MeSH Coverage (Changes Suggested)
Journal Coverage (Core PH Journal List)
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6. 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.
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NEW PUBLICATION TYPES OF FOR WHAT?
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7. PubMed: Coverage of PH Programs
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Healthy People
Organizations (1968)
United States Indian Health Service (MeSH )
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. 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
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11. 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
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12. 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.
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13. Epidemiology Journal Coverage MeSH: Epidemiology (Field of Medicine)
Epidemiology (Subheading)
Epidemiologic Factors
Epidemiologic Methods
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14. Behavioral Sciences/ Health Education
Journal Coverage
MeSH:
Health Education
Behavioral Sciences
Health Behavior (1989)
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice (1990)
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15. Environmental Health Sciences
Journal Coverage
MeSH
Environment
Environment Health
Environmental Pollution
Environmental Illness
Noxae
Pesticides
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REPLACE NOXAE AND PESTICIDES WITH POISONING???
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16. Occupational Safety & Health
Journal Coverage
MeSH: Occupational Health (1991)
Accidents, Occupational (1979)
Human Engineering
Occupational Diseases
Occupational Exposure
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17. Maternal and Child Health
Journal Coverage
MeSH:
Maternal Health Services (1968)
Child Health Services (1968)
Child Nutrition (1967)
Neonatal Screening (1990)
Maternal Welfare
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18. Public Health Practice & Program Management
Journal Coverage
MeSH: Public Health Practice (1998)
Previous Indexing:
Public Health ( )
Public Health Administration ( )
Public Health Administration
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19. Public Health Nutrition
Journal Coverage
MeSH:
Nutrition
Food Services
Food and Beverages
Feeding Methods (1998)
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20. Biomedical & Laboratory Practice
Journal Coverage
MeSH:
Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
Instrumentation & Methods (Subheadings)
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21. Public Health Dentistry
Journal Coverage
MeSH:
Public Health Dentistry
Community Dentistry (1991)
Fluoridation (1965)
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22. International/Global Health
Journal Coverage
MeSH:
World Health (1978)
Population Characteristics (1998)
International Cooperation
Geographical Locations Category Tree
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23. Public Health Nursing Journal Coverage MeSH: Public Health Nursing
Community Health Nursing (1977)
Associated with Visiting Nurse
Home Care Services (1967)
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24. Public Health Informatics
Computerized Surveillance Systems / Electronic Laboratory-Based Reporting
Geographic Information Systems
Immunization Registries
See PH/HA Resource List on PHI
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25. Summary Slide Summary Text 4/8/2019 MLA CE 2001
NEW SLIDE FOR SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION
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26. 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
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