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 oriented index terms.

FitnessFood Hygiene

HIV/AIDS Malaria

Obesity SmokingStreet 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 careDrug 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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