Please note: A Kerberos username and password are required for
off-campus access to subscription electronic resources.
Print Resources
Books on Reserve
Author: Ashcengrau, Ann, George R. Seage III
Year: 2008
Location: General Reserves
Call Number:WA 950 A813e 2008
Author: Edberg, Mark
Year: 2007
Location: General Reserves
Call Number:W 85 E21e 2007
Author: Walt, Gill
Year: 1994
Location: General Reserves
Call Number:WA 525 W231h 1994
Author: Leaning, Jennifer, Susan M Briggs, Lincoln C Chen
Year: 1999
Location: General Reserves
Call Number:W 323 H918 1999
Author: Abel-Smith, Brian, Jo Campling
Year: 1994
Location: General Reserves
Call Number:WA 530.1 A139i 1994
E-Textbooks
Databases
E-Journals
Recommended Websites
Materials on prevention and control of public health conditions.
From Johns Hopkins University; works with international agencies, foundations, governments, and non-governmental organizations in the US and overseas to promote healthy behavior.
Established by the World Bank, the DCPP provides evidence-based analysis of resources that assess disease control priorities.
From the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology. Provides aggregated data on incidences of various diseases around the world.
Nonprofit international health organization promoting care for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, and reproductive health.
The Performance Improvement (PI) Resource Guide is intended to help state public health systems (SPHS) that have completed the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) and seek to use the results to improve their system's performance.
Information and resources on urban health.
"[A] bimonthly publication of The New York Academy of Medicine Library alerting readers to new grey literature publications in health services research and selected public health topics."
A collaborative project to provide public health professionals with timely, convenient access to information resources to help them improve the health of the American public.
Promoting health through social marketing: "PSI is the leading nonprofit social marketing organization in the world."
Partnership for Prevention a disease prevention and health promotion organization Public Health Foundation. Resource includes the Public Health Infrastructure Resource Center (PHIRC).
Addresses informatics from a public health perspective.
News, information and articles (many available in free full text) compiled by the UK National Health Service's National Library for Health.
News, information and articles (many available in free full text) compiled by the UK National Health Service's National Library for Health.
Nonprofit and nonpartisan organization focusing on disease control. Statistics and reports on various health topics.
UNFPA supports programs for poverty reduction, safe pregnancy and birth, HIV/AIDS control, and gender equality.
A news digest from the Center for Health Communication of the Harvard School of Public Health
BU and BMC Resources
BHLP helps doctors and hospitals in treating patients who draw on a variety of cultural traditions and religious worldviews.
Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias
Current country information from the CIA
Government Agencies and Resources
Emergency preparedness and bioterrorism resources.
Includes the Health Care Activities and Initiatives of "Border Health," "Community Health Centers," "Migrant and Farmworker Health," and "School-Based Health," among others.
US Department of Health and Human Services, provides information on Medicaid and Medicare programs, including statistics. Public data files and HCFA reports are listed.
From the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
The Public Health Portal of the European Union
PubMed searches and full-text resources supporting HP2010 objectives
Links to Ministries of Health for various nations; sponsored by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health includes a list of related web sites.
A branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health Care Financing Administration is the the federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Health Reports
Health Reports for the City of Boston and individual Boston neighborhoods
Statistics on cancer occurrence and other related factors. From the American Cancer Society.
Reports from the World Bank
Reports from the World Health Organization
Professional Associations
Formerly the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine: dedicated to prevention research and interprofessional education.
Web Search Engines
Search engine for the websites and databases of HumGen International, the PHG Foundation and the the CDC's National Office of Public Health Genomics.
