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The Public Health Knowledge Base

Discover comprehensive resources on social determinants of health, including income inequalities, racial disparities, and community health indicators. Explore key statistical sources, policy sites, and advocacy resources to understand and address health inequities.

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The Public Health Knowledge Base

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  1. The Public Health Knowledge Base Public Health Web Resources Ginny Tanji Karyn Pomerantz

  2. Overview:Public Health Web Resources • Community Health, Social Determinants, and Health Policy & Services • Social Inequalities • Income Inequalities • Racial Disparities • Epidemiology/Biostatistics, Environmental Health, Health Promotion and PH Metasites Epidemiology, Biostatistics • Major Statistical Sources

  3. Overview:Public Health Web Resources • Textbooks, Papers, Tutorials • Environmental Health • Federal Agencies • Databases • Tutorials • Health Promotion • Public Health Metasites • Identifying New Public Health Websites

  4. Social Determinants of Health • Information on the broad factors that influence health • Inequalities in health • Economic inequities • Racism • Women’s status • Community health indicators and data on social determinants of health • Policy and advocacy sites

  5. Bibliography on Social Determinants • MLA’s Public Health/Health Admin Section Newsletter • http://www.phha.mlanet.org/phhanews/inequality.html • Health and social inequalities • Excellent source to key: • articles • web sites • associations • statistical sources

  6. Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health • From the World Health Organization (WHO) • http://www.who.dk/healthy-cities/determ.htm • Short pamphlet, “Solid Facts,” in multiple languages • Covers key determinants of health - from income disparities to social support

  7. Community Health Indicators:Measuring Social Determinants • Community Health Status Indicators Project from HRSA • http://www.communityhealth.hrsa.gov • Search for county level data on demographics, life expectancy, death and birth measures • Comparisons with similar counties

  8. Healthy People 2010 • 467 health objectives with emphasis on eliminating health disparities • Leading indicators include physical activity, substance abuse, sexual behavior, mental health, environmental health, access to health care • Search by state and health indicator • http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010/

  9. Income Inequalities: • Health and Income Equity Site from the University of Washington • http://depts.washington.edu/eqhlth/ • “... devoted to providing the background scientific evidence that demonstrates & seeks to explain the association between income inequality and health.” • Good collection of papers on this issue, including criticisms, a glossary, and further links.

  10. Inequality in Income and Wealth • Inequality.org • http://www.inequality.org • Journalistic reports on growing gaps in income and wealth • Excellent set of links on this topic for data and advocacy

  11. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health • Differentials in health status: life expectancy, infant mortality, distribution of disease • Differentials in access to health care, insurance coverage, utilization of medical procedures • Debate re “race” (biological concept) vs. racism (social, political and economic concept)-

  12. “present-day inequalities between so-called "racial" groups are not consequences of their biological Inheritance but products of historical and contemporary social, economic, educational, and political circumstances.”

  13. Office of Minority Health • Statistical data on health disparities • Publications from federal and non-federal sources • Information on access to care • Conferences • http://www.omhrc.gov/

  14. Bureau of the Census “Minority Links” • Social Data: age, disability, insurance, education, women, child care • Economic Data: income, poverty, business, child support • News releases • http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html

  15. US Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health • Data on major conditions: infant mortality, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, HIV, immunization • Reports • Funding sources • Other web sites: cultural competency... • http://raceandhealth.hhs.gov/

  16. Women of Color Health Data Book from HHS • Health messages regarding physical activity, nutrition, body image, pregnancy • English and Spanish • Women’s health statistics • News and reports on women’s health • http://www.4woman.gov/

  17. International Health Data:Mortality, Diseases, Population • WHO Statistical Information Service • http://www.who.int/whosis/ • Rich collection of statistical data on burden of disease, conditions • Papers on health equity and health policy

  18. Analysis and Bibliographies on Scientific Racism:Eugenics, Health, Reproductive Rights • http://racescience.mit.edu/racesci/ • Bibliographies and syllabi on issues of academic racism: intelligence, sociobiology, gender issues • Counters historical and current arguments that behavior is color-coded

  19. Analysis, Policy, and Action • Web sites that analyze social aspects of health • …propose public policy strategies • …advocate action to change social conditions

  20. NICHSR: Health Policy Sites • NLM’s National Information Center for Health Services Research and Technology Assessment • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrsites.html • Excellent resource for sites on health economics, health policy, and data

  21. Electronic Policy Network:Links to Liberal Social Policy • Electronic Policy Network • http://www.epn.org • Policy positions on welfare, employment, health, criminal justice • Good selection of links to sites on health policy

  22. Families USA • Promotes issues of health care access,Medicaid reform, children’s health • http://www.familiesusa.org

  23. Community Toolbox • Kit for community organizing and development • http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/ • Community development strategies • Bilingual research-based recommendations for coalition building, program evaluation, advocacy techniques, and more!

  24. Radical Social Analysis www.neravt.com/left/ www.plp.org http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html

  25. Epidemiology & Biostatistics • CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) • http://www.cdc.gov/ • Health topics A-Z • GIS and Public Health (Geographic Information Systems) • http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/gis/gis_home.htm

  26. Epidemiology & Biostatistics • National Guideline Clearinghouse • http://www.guideline.gov/index.asp • Full-text evidence-based practice guidelines various diseases • Sponsored by Agency for Healthcare Policy Research/AMA, Association of Healthcare Plans

  27. Major Statistical Sources • National Center for Health Statistics • http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ • CDCWonder • Public health datasets available for searching such as specific Healthy People Objectives, by state, etc. • http://wonder.cdc.gov/

  28. Textbooks, Papers, Tutorials • Finding and Using Health Statistics • Self-study course from NICHSRHCT • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/usestats/index.htm • “How to Read a Paper” series from BMJ • http://www.bmj.com/collections/read.shtml

  29. Environmental Health: Federal Agencies, Databases • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences • http://www.niehs.nih.gov/ • Environmental Protection Agency • http://www.epa.gov/ • Toxnet • http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

  30. Health Promotion • CHID (Combined Health Information Database) • http://chid.nih.gov/ • Healthfinder • http://www.healthfinder.gov/ • Prevline National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Info • http://www.health.org/ • Tufts Nutrition Navigator • navigator.tufts.edu/index.html

  31. Public Health Metasites • ASTHO • http://www.astho.org/ • Public Health Foundation • http://www.phf.org/ • WWW Virtual Library: Public Health • http://www.ldb.org/vl/index.htm • WWW Library: Epidemiology • http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu/epidem/epidem.html

  32. Identifying New Public Health Websites • Public Health Foundation see e-news • http://www.phf.org/ • Medicine on the Net (print & online pub) • http://www.corhealth.com/ • Pub Health/Health Admin Section, MLA • http://www.phha.mlanet.org/ • Scout Report • http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/

  33. Search Strategies • Consider the type of information you require and the site that might have it • Use the search engine on that specific site • All purpose internet search engine • Keywords/synonyms

  34. Search Engines to Consider • Google • http://www.google.com/ • For information from a government agency • FirstGov • http://www.firstgov.gov/ • Google/unclesam • http://www.google.com/unclesam

  35. PH Internet Resources • Sampling of resources available and of topics of interest in public health • Diverse workforce, with diverse subject areas • We hope that we have provide you with a starting point.

  36. Case Study Instructions • Packet contains some sample case studies • Try those of greatest interest to you • Reconvene to share results • Review the what strategies worked and what did not.

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