Diseases and
Epidemiology
Databases | Bioterrorism | Disease Conditions | Evidence Based Public Health
Databases | |
| Resources | Description |
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| PubMed MEDLINEfor access to full-text and print holdings of Health Sciences Library and Hamilton Library |
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| Cochrane Database | Full-text database of regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by the Cochrane Collaboration since 1991. |
| Web of Science | A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the sciences as well as both the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Search by cited author, cited work, title word, journal title, author name and author address. |
| NLM Gateway | A single Web interface that searches multiple NLM retrieval systems; Search for AIDS Meeting Abstracts and choose meeting abstracts from retrieval. |
| Academic Search Premier | Includes some full-text journals |
| ScienceDirect | Includes full-text journals from Elsevier |
| FirstConsult | Includes full-text books and journals |
| MD Consult | Includes full-text books and journals |
| More Databases Webpage, HSLib | Our library web page listing various databases in alphabetical order |
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Bioterrorism | |
| Resources | Description |
| Biological Warfare | Specialized Information Service, National Library of Medicine |
| Bioterrorism Planning and Response | From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response | From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Medlineplus: Biodefense and Bioterrorism | Biological and Chemical Weapons; links to full-text information |
| Public Health Training Network | From CDC educational broadcasts |
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Disease Conditions | |
| Resources | Description |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | |
| CDC A-Z Index | From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDC Recommends: The Prevention Guidelines System | From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| National Guideline Clearinghouse | Public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Policy Research, American Medical Association, and American Association of Health Care Plans. |
| MedlinePlus | A database with full-text links to quality health information for professionals consumers. |
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Avian Influenza, Disease Conditions | |
| World Health Organization (WHO)-Epidemic and Pandemic Alert Response (EPR)-Avian Influenza | |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Avian Influenza | |
| PandemicFlu.gov/AvianFlu.gov | |
| Medline Plus: Bird Flu | |
| WHO: EPR-Global Influenza Surveillance | |
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Cancer, Disease Conditions | |
| American Cancer Society | |
| Cancer Control Planet National Institutes of Health. Links to comprehensive cancer control resources for public health professionals | |
| Cancernet, National Cancer Institute | |
| Hawaii Tumor Registry | |
| Oncolink maintained by the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center. | |
| Reporting on Cancer Research From the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | |
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Chronic Disease, Disease Conditions | |
| Diabetes Public Health Resource, CDC | |
| National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC | |
| National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke | |
| United States Renal Data System | |
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Communicable Diseases, Disease Conditions | |
| APEC Emerging Infections Information Network Joint effort of CDC and University of Washington School of Public Health & Community Medicine; covers Pacific Rim | |
| Influenza Report 2006 B.S. Kamps, C. Hoffman, W. Preiser (editors) | |
| Issues in Healthcare Settings, Division of Healthcare and Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control | |
| ProMED (Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases) Federation of American Scientists, global monitoring of emerging diseases. | |
| World Health Organization Disease Links--infectious, vaccine preventable | |
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Disability, Disease Conditions | |
| Disability Statistics Center (full-text reports from Univ. of California at SF) | |
| National Organization on Disability | |
| National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research | |
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Health Disparities, Disease Conditions | |
| Health Disparities: A Selected Bibliography from National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | |
| Health Disparities Research National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | |
| National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities | |
| Office of Minority Health | |
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HIV/AIDS, Disease Conditions | |
| AIDSinfo US Dept of Health and Human Services | |
| AEGIS (AIDS Education Global Information System) | |
| HIV InSite Knowledge Base (full-text from Univ. of California at SF) | |
| HIV InSite Gateway from University of California at San Francisco | |
| HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service | |
| HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, CDC | |
| Statistics on AIDS Links from HIV InSite Gateway | |
| Hawaii Statistics from the State Department of Health | |
| World Health Organization HIV/AIDS | |
| Additional HIV AIDS Resources | |
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Occupational Diseases, Disease Conditions | |
| HazMap: Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases from National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services | |
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Tropical Medicine, Disease Conditions | |
| American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | |
| Malaria from WHO/TDR | |
| Tropical Diseases Ring | |
| World Health Organization Search on specific disease | |
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Evidence Based Public Health | |
| Resources | Description |
| Cancer Control Planet | National Institutes of Health Links to comprehensive cancer control resources for public health professionals |
| CORE Child Health and Development Database | This database collects evidence-based documents, tools, and other materials developed by the PVO community for work in child health and development. |
| Health Data Tools and Statistics | From Partners in Information Access fo the Public Health Workforce, National Library of Medicine |
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Agencies & Associations, Evidence Based Public Health | |
| Hawaii State Department of Health | |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| CDC Epidemiology Program Office | |
| CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention | |
| CDC Public Health Surveillance Program Office | |
| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists | |
| International Epidemiological Association | |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | |
| WHO SEARO (South East Asia Regional Office) | |
| WHO Western Pacific Region | |
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Public Health Surveillance, Evidence Based Public Health | |
Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions  Under Public Health Surveillance from MMWR 5/2/97 |
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| Communicable Diseases Hawaii Administrative Rules, Dept. of Health, Title 11, Chapter 156 |
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| Eurosurveillance | |
| Globalhealth.gov from DHHS | |
| Public Health Surveillance and Communicable Diseases Control, Secretariat of the Pacific Community | |
| Public Health Systems and Emerging Infections: Assessing the Capabilities of the Public and Private Sectors, Report from the Institute of Medicine, 2000 | |
| WHO SEARO (South East Regional Office) | |
| WHO Western Pacific Region | |
| Statistical Data check Statistics on this site OR Statistics page on HiPHIVE site | |
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Other Resources, Evidence Based Public Health | |
| John Snow from UCLA School of Public Health | |
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Other Resources: Courses | |
| Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health OpenCourseWare courses on statistical reasoning, history of public health, bioterrorism training, etc. | |
| Public Health Training Network from Centers for Disease Control | |
| Research Resources in Epidemiology from UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library | |
| Supercourse-Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health, University of Pittsburgh | |
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Other Resources: Meta-Sites | |
| Partners in Information Acess for the Public Health Workforce | |
| Worldwide WEB Epidemiology Library --Comprehensive epidemiology links maintained by University of California at San Francisco. Includes links to important epidemiology sites, meetings and employment information, publications and information on discussion groups. | |
| WWW Virtual Library: Public Health comprehensive links by subject and by country | |
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Other Resources: Software | |
| EpiInfo software Program free download site from CDC | |
| Internet Resources for Public Health, Websites, & Internet resources in the Public Domain--selected by Delta Omega Honorary Society, Johns Hopkins | |
| R Statistical Software free | |
| SAS Institute Inc. | |
| SPSS, Inc. | |
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Other Resources: Textbooks/Papers/Dictionaries Online | |
| All the Virology on the WWW from Tulane University | |
| Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1998-2002, edited by Jonathan Swinton | |
| Epidemiology for the Uninitiated, 5th ed., 2003 from BMJ, type book title in search box | |
| HyperStats Online online statistics textbook, provided by David M. Lane, Rice University, introductory level | |
| Medical Epidemiology, Greenberg, 4th ed., c2005 | |
| Red book: 2009 report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 28th ed. c2009. | |
| Statistics at Square One by T D V Swinscow, 10th ed., 2002, type book title in search box | |
| How to Read a Paper, Series from British Medical Journal. Includes full-text articles such as "Statistics for the Non-Statistician," "Assessing the Methodological Quality of Published Papers," etc. | |
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Journal & News Resources, Evidence Based Public Health | |
| Communicable Disease Prevention & Control news from around the world | |
| Canada Communicable Disease Report | |
| Communicable Disease Report, Hawaii State Department of Health | |
| Communicable Disease Report Weekly United Kingdom, 1991-2006 | |
| Health Protection Report United Kingdom, supercedes the Communicable Disease Report Weekly from 2007 | |
| Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC | |
| Eurosurveillance | |
| MMWR (Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report), CDC | |
| MMWR CDC Surveillance Summaries | |
| MMWR Recommendations and Reports | |
| US DOD Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System | |
| WHO Weekly Epidemiologic Record, World Health Organization | |
| World Health News, Harvard School of Public Health | |
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