May 12, 2008
New Subject Page on Health Disparities @ NLM
The National Library of Medicine now features a subject page leading researchers to resources about health disparities. Resources include the NLM's strategic plan for addressing health disparities, Medline searches for health disparities among particular groups, department of Health and Human Services reports, and many other sources.
This page can be found at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/health_disparities.html.
Posted by cmaureen at 10:29 AM | Comments (0)
June 01, 2007
Epidemiology and Infection Now Available via JSTOR
The journal Epidemiology and Infection has just been added to our institutional subscription to the JSTOR archive
Epidemiology and Infection (Health & General Sciences Collection)
Previous Title: The Journal of Hygiene (0022-1724)
Release Content: Vols. 3 – 127, 1903-2001
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0950-2688
NOTE: Volumes 1-2 (1901-1902) of The Journal of Hygiene are not available for release at this time. The content will be publicly released at a later date.
Posted by hlook at 12:05 PM | Comments (0)
April 30, 2007
Early Release of 2006 National Health Statistics
Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the January-September 2006 National Health Interview Survey (Released 3/28/2007):
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200703.htm
Some of the highlighted topics include Health insurance coverage; Vaccination; Obesity; Leisure-time physical activity; Current smoking; Alcohol consumption; HIV testing; Serious psychological distress; Diabetes; and Asthma.
Posted by pfa at 01:01 PM | Comments (0)
April 13, 2007
Early Access to AJPH Articles
American Journal of Public Health: First Look provides electronic access to articles that have been accepted for publication but have not yet been printed to paper or posted online by issue. This allows access to content 4 to 6 weeks in advance.
First Look is available at the following URL: http://www.ajph.org/first_look.shtml
Posted by ponderj at 11:44 AM | Comments (0)
MLA Top Ten Health Information Websites
The Medical Library Association (MLA) has a top ten list of useful websites listed on its website. Click here to view it.
The site describes its evaluation of websites as based on the following criteria: credibility, sponsorship/authorship, content, audience, currency, disclosure, purpose, links, design, interactivity, and disclaimers.
While you're at the MLA site, browse around and check out some of the other resources they provide and point to for health information.
Posted by ponderj at 11:14 AM | Comments (0)
April 06, 2007
Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health
Here are a few links to information and resources online about evidence-based practice for Public Health.
Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health--This is part of the University of Massachusetts Medical School Lamar Soutter Library web page. It is the result of a project by the Library and other partners to address a gap in evidence-based practice. While much has been developed for clinical evidence-based practice, there were few of these resources designed or available specifically for population-based public health practice. This site offers information on the project as well as The Pathway to Evidence-Based Resources and other relevant resources.
E-Roadmap to Evidence-Based Public Health Practice--Associated with the NH Institute for Health Policy & Practice, this site offers conceptual and practical information on evidence-based public health practice, including a tutorial on how to use the site's resources to conduct evidence-based practice.
Evidence-Based Public Health Web Link List--Part of the website for Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce, this page offers a list of links to helpful sites for evidence-based practice.
Evidence-Based Public Health Practice: Improving the Quality and Quantity of the Evidence--Journal article E. Waters and J. Doylefrom the Journal of Public Health.
Posted by ponderj at 11:27 AM | Comments (0)
March 30, 2007
Lecture Speaker Articles for April 2-6
The following lectures during the week of April 2-6 are listed on the News & Events page of the SPH website. Below are links to articles by the speakers and other resources related to lecture topics. Note that you may need University of Michigan authentication to access some of these articles through the links provided.
Please see the School of Public Health and departmental websites for further information about these events and speakers.
Ann Arbor District Library:
Bright Nights Community Forum: Women's Health & Depression
Tuesday April 3
Speaker: Sheila Marcus, MD
Panelists: Heather Flynn, PhD, Emily Gutman, LMSW, Helen Kales, MD and Yolanda Smith, MD, MS
Online Announcement and Description of event located within the University of Michigan Depression Center website.
Depressive Symptoms Among Pregnant Women Screened in Obstetric Settings
Lecture:
A Gender Equity Perspective on Tuberculosis
Wednesday April 4
Speaker: Ann Thorson, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Equity and Equality: Case Detection of Tuberculosis Among Women and Men in Vietnam
IRWG Health Speaker Series:
Sex, Gender, and Vulnerability
Thursday April 5
Speaker: Rachel Snow, D.Sc.
Population Studies Center Researcher Profile and Recent Publications
Occupational Health Speaker Series:
Cardiovascular Disease in Firefighters
Friday April 6
Speaker: Dr. Stefanos Kales
Firefighters and On-Duty Deaths from Coronary Heart Disease: A Case Control Study
Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Prospective Cohort Study
Posted by ponderj at 11:25 AM | Comments (0)
March 23, 2007
Resources: Public Health Images!
Looking for photographs, maps, and other visualizations related to Public Health? These could be useful for research, presentations, course work, or viewing for personal interest. Below are several websites that contain searchable databases of images and GIS maps relevant to Public Health:
Public Health Image Library (PHIL), Centers for Disease Control
World Health Organization Public Health Mapping and GIS Map Library
Images from the History of Medicine Database, National Library of Medicine
Artwork and Photographic Images Related to Immunization, Immunization Action Coalition. This page has short descriptions of and links to some of the image websites listed above and a few other websites that have images related to immunization.
Just remember to follow applicable copyright restrictions and academic citation standards in using the images you find at these websites.
Posted by ponderj at 12:20 PM | Comments (0)
Articles: Lecture Speakers for March 26-30
The following lectures during the week of March 26-30 are either offered at the School of Public Health or of possible interest to SPH faculty and students. Below are links to articles by the speakers on their topics. Note that you may need University of Michigan authentication to access some of these articles through the links provided.
Please see the School of Public Health and departmental websites for further information about these events and speakers.
Department of Epidemiology, Annual Blackerby Lecture:
Saliva Diagnostics and Epidemiological Research and Practice
Wednesday March 28
David T.W. Wong, D.M.D., D.MSc.
Salivary Diagnostics Powered by Nanotechnologies, Proteomics, and Genomics
Human Saliva Proteome and Transcriptome
Salivary Transcriptome Diagnostics for Oral Cancer Detection
RNA Profiling of Cell-free Saliva Using Microarray Technology
Lecture:
Neuroimaging as a Biomarker in Population-Based Studies
Thursday March 29
William Jagust, M.D.
Brain Imaging Evidence of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease in Normal Aging
Seventh Annual John Dewey Lecture:
Populism and John Dewey: Convergences and Contradictions
Thursday March 29
A Different Kind of Politics: John Dewey and the Meaning of Citizenship in the 21st Century
Lecture:
Water, Climate, and Health: The Need for a Global Sustainable Supply of Safe Drinking Water
Thursday March 29
Dr. Rita R. Colwell
Effects of Global Climate on Infectious Disease: The Cholera Model
Occupational Health Speaker Series:
Professional Judgment and Bayesian Methods
Friday March 30
Dr. Gurumurthy Ramachandran
Retrospective Exposure Assessment Using Bayesian Methods
Posted by ponderj at 10:42 AM | Comments (0)
March 09, 2007
Articles: Seminar Speakers for March 12-16
The following lectures are taking place at the School of Public Health during the week of March 12-16. Below are some resources relevant to the speakers.
Please see the School of Public Health and departmental websites for further information about these events and the speakers.
Department of Epidemiology Seminar:
The World Bank and Health Inequalities in Developing Countries
Wednesday March 14
Howard Stein, Ph.D.
Faculty Profile and Curriculum Vitae
Posted by ponderj at 11:55 AM | Comments (0)
Resources: Online Public Health Libraries
Below are links to potentially helpful websites for Public Health information. These are not homepages for governmental health agencies, nor are they homepages for public health libraries. Instead, they are websites that attempt to be actual online libraries. As such, they contain information and links that provide access to a wide variety of information of interest to Public Health students, researchers, and professionals.
Public Health's Digital Library for Seattle and King County
Internet Public Library Health and Medical Sciences section
National Library for Health (UK)
Posted by ponderj at 10:48 AM | Comments (0)
February 01, 2007
Public Health Data Now Available at Michigan Census Research Data Center
Following an agreement between the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the U.S. Census Bureau, the Michigan Census Research Data Center (MCRDC) is very pleased to announce that confidential versions of most NCHS surveys (listed below) are now available to qualified researchers with approved projects in the secure MCRDC facilities at the Institute for Social Research. Virtually all NCHS survey and vital statistics data files, in varying degrees of detail and including, for example, sample design information and lower levels of geography, can be made available as requested and needed in the RDC. There is a small charge for the preparation of data extracts, but University of Michigan researchers pay no usage fees when conducting research at the MCRDC. Researchers interested in using these data in their research should contact the MCRDC at mcrdc@umich.edu or visit our web site http://www.isr.umich.edu/src/mcrdc/ for further information.
NCHS Datasets available in the MCRDC
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I, II, and III
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery
National Hospital Discharge Survey
National Nursing Home Survey
National Home and Hospice Care Survey
National Employer Health Insurance Survey
National Health Provider Inventory
National Health Interview Survey 1967-2005
National Immunization Survey Longitudinal Study on Aging
National Survey of Family Growth State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey
a. Health
b. Child Well-Being and Welfare, 1997
c. National Survey of Early Childhood Health
d. National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
e. National Survey of Children's Health
f. National Asthma Survey
g. National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs Vital Statistics
a. Birth
b. Mortality
c. Marriages and Divorces
d. Fetal Death
e. National Death Index
Linked Data
National Health Interview Survey with Mortality data 1986-2000
National Health Interview Survey with Medicare Enrollment and Claims data 1991-2000
National Health Interview Survey with Social Security Administration Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance data 1962-2003
National Health Interview Survey with Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income data 1974-2003
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I
Epidemiologic Follow-up Study with Mortality data 1971-2000
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I with Medicare Enrollment and Claims data 1991-2000
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I with Social Security Administration Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance data
1962-2003
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I with Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income data 1974-2003
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II with Mortality data 1976-2000
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II with Medicare utilization and expenditure data 1991-2000
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III with Mortality data 1988-2000
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III with Medicare Enrollment and Claims data (CMS-1991-2000)
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III with Social Security Administration Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance data
1974-2003
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III with Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income data 1974-2003
Longitudinal Study of Aging II with Mortality data 1994-2002 Longitudinal Study of Aging II with Medicare Enrollment and Claims data 1991-2000
Longitudinal Study of Aging II with Social Security Administration Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance data 1962-2003
Longitudinal Study of Aging II with Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income data 1974-2003
1985 National Nursing Home Survey with Mortality data 1985-2002
1985 National Nursing Home Survey with Social Security Administration Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance data 1962-2003
1985 National Nursing Home Survey with Social Security Administration Supplemental Security Income data 1974-2003
Posted by hlook at 10:45 AM | Comments (0)
December 19, 2006
Access to the Cochrane Library of EBM Databases
The Health Sciences Libraries (Taubman Medical, Dentistry, Public Health) have provided two methods of access to the Cochrane Library for a number of years. Due to budgetary constraints, the Wiley Interscience version will no longer be available after December 31, 2006.
The Cochrane Library will continue to be available via the EBM Reviews databases in UM-Medsearch (http://www.lib.umich.edu/medsearch).
The staff of the Health Sciences Libraries can provide personalized consultation on searching Cochrane as well as offer assistance at the Information Desk, by phone (734)763-5109, or via email to sph.reference@umich.edu.
We appreciate your understanding as we continually review and make difficult decisions about our electronic resources.
Posted by hlook at 11:10 AM | Comments (0)
December 12, 2006
Update on the University Library's Newspaper Collection
The University Library is pleased to announce two enhancements to our newspaper collection – Library PressDisplay which provides online view-on-demand access and ND Press which is a library-mediated print-on-demand service. These options provide timely access to a great number of US and international newspapers online as is preferred by patrons. For some titles, Library PressDisplay also allows printing of individual articles as well as the ability to listen to newspapers in the original language.
Due to the results of an internal study indicating an ongoing decline in the use of print newspapers, the Graduate Library will be canceling subscriptions to those print newspapers that receive little or no use. Please see the Graduate Library's Newspapers web page for additional information about both of these developments.
Should you need current issues of newspapers for your research or for your classes, please contact Marija Freeland (mfreelan@umich.edu).
Posted by hlook at 03:24 PM | Comments (0)
December 05, 2006
WISER 2.3 for first responders in hazardous material incidents
A new version of WISER (2.3) is now available for download from
http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov
The key updates in this release include:
* Data updated to reflect the latest content of NLM's Hazardous Substance
Data Bank(HSDB)
* New data item: Ionization Potential (see Physical Properties data menu)
* New data item: EPA's Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGL) (see Medical
data menu)
* New substances requested by users: Acrylic Acid and Ethyl Methyl Ether
* Improved presentation of ERG 2004 guide pages (not yet on Palm OS)
* Updated and improved NFPA 704 data
* Improved NFPA 704 presentation, including placard displays (not yet on
Palm OS)
* Searching and grouping by NFPA 704 hazards in "Help Identify" is now
available on the Pocket PC (as well as WISER for Windows and WebWISER)
* Support for non-standard Pocket PC screen sizes and orientations
* Event Tracking (logging) added to WISER for Windows and Pocket PC (see
the User's Guide)
* And more! See the README files in the respective downloads.
Posted by hlook at 08:46 PM | Comments (0)
December 03, 2006
Collection of International AIDS Posters Available Online
The online collection of over 619 AIDS posters from 44 countries has been digitized from the History and Special Collections division of the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. The browseable and searchable collection is available at http://digital.library.ucla.edu/aidsposters/
"The collection provides a fascinating insight into the many approaches that have been used to try to modify risk behaviors," said Roger Detels, MD, MS, UCLA professor of epidemiology and infectious diseases. "The posters range from terrifying to amusing and reflect the many cultures from which they have been drawn, which include national cultures and risk group cultures. The collection should be of interest to anyone interested in the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and attempts to control it."
Posted by hlook at 11:19 PM | Comments (0)
December 01, 2006
NLM: MEDLINE/PubMed Resource Guide
The National Library of Medicine's new MEDLINE/PubMed Resource Guide is available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pmresources.html
"A guide linking users to a wide range of MEDLINE/PubMed resources on the NLM Web site is now available. This helpful guide includes sources for news, overviews, data structure and variables, statistics, help and training resources, and more."
Posted by hlook at 06:13 PM | Comments (0)
November 10, 2006
Diversity Matters at Michigan
UM President Mary Sue Coleman's Diversity Matters at Michigan remarks to the campus community about the passage of Proposal 2 and what it means for the University of Michigan.
Posted by hlook at 03:49 PM | Comments (0)
Ten million American adults look online for health information on a typical day
New PEW Online Health 2006 report is released.
Posted by hlook at 02:33 PM | Comments (0)
October 25, 2006
Craniofacial Disfigurements Web Site: Let's Face It
Betsy Wilson, the founder of the Let's Face It USA web site, is presenting "Facing Life with a Different Face", a talk for the UM community and public about life with facial differences. Betsy will be speaking of her experiences as a mother of a child with craniosynostosis as well as her personal experiences as a survivor of facial cancer.
Betsy will be speaking Friday, October 27, from noon to 1pm at an event in Room G378 of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. The event is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
The new UM version of the Let's Face It web site will be at:
http://www.dent.umich.edu/faceit/
Press Release:
Craniofacial Disfigurements Web Site to be Transferred to U-M -- "Let's Face It" Leader to Speak at Dental School Oct. 27 http://www.dent.umich.edu/about/aboutschool/news/news2006/news100406.html
Event Information and Poster:
Facing Life With a Different Face -- Betsy Wilson:
http://www.dent.umich.edu/faceit/FaceItPoster.pdf
Posted by hlook at 01:51 PM | Comments (0)
October 03, 2006
New Online Access to Ethnicity & Disease
Public Health Library & Informatics has activated an online subscription to Ethnicity & Disease from 2003-present. To access the journal, you will need to have the institutional username and password which is available via MIRLYN and SearchTools.
URL http://pk.lib.umich.edu/2484872
Posted by hlook at 02:27 PM | Comments (0)
New Online Access to the Journal of the American Statistical Association
Soon to be added to MIRLYN:
For access to 2006 articles from the Journal of the American Statistical Association, please go to
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asa/jasa
Posted by hlook at 02:09 PM | Comments (0)
February 07, 2006
Public Health Preparedness Database
RAND researchers have developed a Public Health Preparedness Database. This searchable database can be used to find examples of evaluated preparedness exercises. The web site also features reports, tools, and resources to help state and local public health officials prepare for public health emergencies, including bioterrorism.
Posted by hlook at 01:34 PM | Comments (0)
February 02, 2006
New Resource: Safari Tech Books Online
The University of Michigan University Library is pleased to announce the availability on all three U-M campuses of Safari Tech Books Online, a fully-searchable collection of full text books about computer software and programming, from the beginner to the advanced programmer level.
From "The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics" to "Zope 3 Developer's Handbook", Safari titles cover details on programming languages, operating systems, software applications, "hacks", and much more. Searchable full text of recent technical books from O'Reilly & Associates and The Pearson Technology Group (including Addison-Wesley, Alpha, Financial Times Prentice Hall, Cisco Press, New Riders, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall PTR, Que, Sams) and others. Many titles covering both Windows and Mac versions of software are included, along with titles about UNIX and Linux and their applications.
A title-by-title list of books available via our Safari subscription is available.
Posted by hlook at 04:17 PM | Comments (0)
January 25, 2006
Homeopathy Collection of Taubman Medical Library
The Digital Library Production Service and Taubman Medical Library are pleased to announce the availability of the Homeopathy Collection. A project is currently underway to scan 500 books in the Homeopathy Collection of Taubman Medical Library and make their full text available online. The search interface for the Homeopathy documents available online to the general public is located at:
http://www.hti.umich.edu/h/homeop
The homeopathy collection at the University of Michigan originated in the holdings of the Homeopathic Medical College, first established as part of the University in Ann Arbor in 1875. The Homeopathic Medical College existed concurrently with the allopathic Medical School until 1922. There was also a Homeopathic Hospital in existence locally from 1879 until 1891.
The collection itself contains items dating from the mid-1800's to the present day. Although not being digitized at this time, of particular interest is the Bradford Homeopathy Collection, which is composed of 1027 pamphlets that detail 75 years of the history and development of the field of homeopathic medicine. Along with the holdings of the former Homeopathic Library, these pamphlets constitute one of the most complete collections on the subject.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/taubman/info/rare/collections.html
Posted by hlook at 03:02 PM | Comments (0)