Public Health Research: Further Resources
Everything you need to get started finding scholarly journal articles, books, and more.
While ordinary websites are not good sources of scholarly journal articles, the selected government and non-government websites below have other types of useful resources such as policies, descriptions of programs, data, etc., which you can explore. And don't miss our guides to finding health statistics on the Internet.
ADDITIONAL LINKS OF INTEREST
GUIDES TO HEALTH STATISTICS
- Health Statistics on the InternetFind global and national health statistics on government websites.
- Coronavirus ResourcesSelected sources in one convenient location.
ONLINE ARCHIVE
- Industry Documents LibraryThe Industry Documents Library is a digital archive of documents created by industries which influence public health, hosted by the University of California, San Francisco Library. Originally established in 2002 to house the millions of documents publicly disclosed in litigation against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, the Library has expanded to include documents from the drug, chemical, food, and fossil fuel industries to preserve open access to this information and to support research on the commercial determinants of public health.
SELECTED CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
- California Department of Public HealthThe California Department of Public Health (CDPH) works to protect the public's health in the Golden State and helps shape positive health outcomes for individuals, families and communities.
- San Bernardino County Public HealthWorking in partnership to promote and improve health, wellness, safety and quality of life in San Bernardino County.
SELECTED NATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
- American Public Health AssociationAPHA champions the health of all people and all communities. We strengthen the public health profession. We speak out for public health issues and policies backed by science. We are the only organization that combines a nearly 150-year perspective, a broad-based member community and the ability to influence federal policy to improve the public's health.
- Public Health FoundationThe Public Health Foundation (PHF), a private, non-profit, 501(c)3 organization based in Washington, DC, improves public health and population health practice to support healthier communities.
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL ENTITIES
- MetaSUB Metagenomics & Metadesign of Subways & Urban BiomesWe aim to build a molecular profile of cities around the globe to improve their design, functionality, and impact on health. Public transportation systems represent the densest interaction space for millions of people each day, and yet, there is little known about the dynamics of the microbiome and metagenomics profile on these surfaces, and most importantly, how these dynamics and our interactions with these surfaces can impact an individual’s health, as well as the health of a city.
