Information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and research from the US Department of Health & Human Services
Health information on a variety of topics, research and statistics in English and Spanish.
This resource provides a framework for community health improvement projects and provides some key concepts to consider.
Review effective programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease.
Health information in 50+ languages.
Public health resource portal. Health Services/Sciences Research Resources (HSRR), Health Services/Technology Assessment (Full) Texts (HSTAT), Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce, HSR Queries (PubMed with cost & quality search filters), CER Queries (Comparative Effectiveness)
Programs, resources, advocacy, and model practices in community health, environmental health, public health infrastructure and systems, and public health preparedness. Also includes conferences, webinars and other training information.
Resources for statistics by topic, surveys and data collection, NIOSH data, Healthy People 2020, etc.
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (U.S.)
Allows you to look at health rankings for counties within a given U.S. state and includes length of life, quality of life, health behaviors, clinical care, social & economic factors, physical environment. It includes data, definitions and comparisons across counties
Data.CDC.gov provides a central way to search and discover data and allows for visualizations (e.g., charts, maps, and filtered views), and syndication.
The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a tool used by more than 90 percent of America's health plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service. Altogether, HEDIS consists of 94 measures across 7 domains of care. Because so many plans collect HEDIS data, and because the measures are so specifically defined, HEDIS makes it possible to compare the performance of health plans on an "apples-to-apples" basis.
Links to all kinds of health statistics from the National Institutes of Health and other federal government agencies.
MMWR Recommendations and Reports
Principal U.S. health statistics repository maintained by the CDC.
Find data about the U.S., such as maps and population, demographic, and economic data
The Global Health Observatory (GHO) provides data and analyses on global health priorities. GHO highlights information on various global health themes and trends using core indicators, database views, major publications and links to relevant web pages.
This UHC data portal to tracks progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) around the world. It provides current data on access to health services and equity in access globally and in individual countries. Also available as a free mobile app.
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The research process has six steps, described below: Step 1 | Find a topic you're interested in. Step 2 | Identify keywords connected to the topic. Step 3 | Use these keywords to search for articles and books related to the topic in library databases or Google Scholar and scan them to see if they're relevant to your research. Step 4 | Sometimes, your searches will lead you to change your research topic, which is okay; just go back to Step 2 and identify some new keywords. Step 5 | Evaluate the sources you've gathered for accuracy and relevance to your topic and cite them properly. Step 6 | Synthesize the sources you've evaluated into a clear, original thesis statement and write your research paper. |
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These three words (And, Or, Not) are used as connectors between your search terms. They are Boolean Operators. "And" | Narrows the number and focus of results, and results contain sources with all search terms. For example:
"Or" | Broadens the number and focus of results, and results contain sources with any of your search terms. It's used with synonyms and related terms. For example:
"Not" | Narrows the number and focus of results and eliminates sources containing the term after "not". For example:
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Determining if a source is credible and reliable can be challenging. Use the SIFT method to help you analyze information, especially news or other online media. STOP | Do you know anything about the website or source of information you found? What about its reputation? It's purpose? You'll want to know these things before you read it, cite it, or share it on social media. INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE | It's important to know the expertise and agenda of your source. Try a Google search of the author or publisher to find out what others say about them. Open multiple tabs. FIND TRUSTED COVERAGE | Look for the best information on a topic or scan multiple sources to see what the consensus is. Find something in-depth and read about more viewpoints. Even if you don't agree with the consensus, it will help you to investigate further. TRACE CLAIMS, QUOTES, & MEDIA | Is there a study or report mentioned in the article? Find the original report to see if it was accurately reported. What about images? A reverse-image search may be necessary. |
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Without a well-focused question, it can be difficult and time consuming to identify appropriate resources and search for relevant evidence. Practitioners of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) often used a specialized framework, called PICO to form the question and facilitate the literature search. PICO stands for,
When should you use PICO?
Why should you use PICO?
Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. It allows you to find articles, theses, abstracts, and court opinions. Articles for which we have paid access will have @ University of Lynchburg linked in the margin.
When you are off-campus, Google Scholar will forget that we are your home library. So, in order to keep finding University of Lynchburg resources, follow the steps below to set up your library links:
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