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Snooping for Stats

Snooping for Stats. Nancy Schaefer UF Health Science Center Libraries 392-1306 NancyS@library.health.ufl.edu. Questions to Ask. WHO cares enough about the issue to collect such statistics? WHAT format might they use? WHERE would they publish these?

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Snooping for Stats

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  1. Snooping for Stats Nancy Schaefer UF Health Science Center Libraries 392-1306 NancyS@library.health.ufl.edu

  2. Questions to Ask • WHO cares enough about the issue to collect such statistics? • WHAT format might they use? • WHERE would they publish these? • WHEN can you reasonably expect to find published statistics?

  3. WHO…? are the most powerful health organizations in the country?

  4. Explore a likely data collector’s website http://www.nih.gov

  5. Follow “Site Map”, “Statistics” or “Info/Facts” links

  6. Start Your Cancer Search Here http://www.nci.nih.gov/

  7. A Good Cardio Starting Place http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm

  8. CDC www.cdc.gov is gateway to tons of health facts and full-text of 3 authoritative journals

  9. CDC’s Data & Statistics page

  10. Results from clicking on “Monitoring systems and statistical databases” link

  11. CDC Products & Publications

  12. “State facts”

  13. FL DOH and “Charts”

  14. CDC Centers: Specific condition specialists

  15. Multi/all-subject sites http://www.healthweb.org/ http://phpartners.org/hp/ Links to resources on some Healthy People 2010 objectives http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (searchable database) http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/ - Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts (including minority stats)

  16. http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/index.html

  17. Motor Vehicle Accidents http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://www.ntsb.gov/Surface/highway/highway.htm - National Transportation Safety Board - Highway http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/ncipchm.htm - National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/motorvehiclesafety.html- MedlinePlus Motor Vehicle Safety

  18. Federal http://www.census.gov/ , http://www.fedstats.gov/ State http://www.state.fl.us/edr/population.htm International http://unstats.un.org/unsd/ - United Nations http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm Dept of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm - World Health Organization (health-specific data) http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/244175/ Initially developed by the World Bank, now independent nonprofit http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php compilation of OECD, Unicef, Unesco, CIA World Fact Book, etc. Demographics

  19. Other formats The PubMed database cites about 15 million articles in scholarly journals. Access it from the Health Science Center Libraries databases page: http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/resources/index.htm

  20. Tutorials for databases This PubMed tutorial lets you pick individual areas to learn about. Each is brief.

  21. Tutorials for other Databases To Public Health Webliography

  22. Medical Subject Headings

  23. Specify aspect of subject to be searched by clicking in front of a subheading, then click on “Send to” button. This weeds out articles that don’t focus much on your subject.

  24. Check your search terms.Click “Search PubMed” button to run the search.

  25. Too many results? Click on LimitsUse the pull-downsand click GO Type in the oldest acceptable Publication Date, 4-digit year only.

  26. Results 3 & 4 Look Useful! Click on Author hyperlink for abstract and UF Library access

  27. Does the abstract make the article sound worth hunting down on HSCL shelves?

  28. Useful subheadings for this assignment Epidemiology = the distribution of a disease, factors which cause it. Incidence, frequency, prevalence, outbreaks; surveys and estimates of morbidity in geographic areas and in specified populations. Excludes mortality, for which the subheading "mortality" is used. Statistics and numerical data Ethnology = ethnic, cultural, or anthropological aspects of a disease. Also used to indicate place of origin of a group of people.

  29. Useful Non-Disease MeSH Terms Population Groups Ethnic Groups Battered Women Sexual Partner Minors Age Groups

  30. Find more specific terms at the bottom of the Subheadings/Major page of a general MeSH term

  31. http://www.hhs.gov/

  32. Healthfinder’s Just for You pages for ethnicity-specific health info http://www.healthfinder.gov/ from DHHS’s Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  33. http://scout.wisc.edu/ another place to look for organizational websites

  34. Other Useful Databases

  35. Most of these Databases identify journal articles Use the Library Catalog to find books on your topic

  36. UF Library Catalog 2 ways to access!

  37. Search the Library Catalog for Books & Videos “Go wide” with your topic. Too specific may get 0 results.

  38. Check library’s possession of a journal

  39. Reading catalog search results Click on URL for electronic access to Table of Contents, Abstract or Full-Text article

  40. New York Academy of Medicine - Grey Literature Report For un-published reports, working papers… http://www.nyam.org/library/greyreport.shtml

  41. When??Reasonable Expectations Data gathering takes time. Ensuring data is complete and accurate takes time. Uniformly formatting data takes time. Publishing takes time.

  42. 1 year old data is fantastic.2 year old data is excellent.3 year old data is very good.5 year old data is reasonable.. . . 10 year old data really is old but may be the best available.

  43. National Library of Medicine links toHealth organizations Directory of Health Organizations http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/Dir/DirMain.html MedlinePlus (consumer-oriented database) Organizations page http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organizations/organizations_a.html

  44. Thank you for your attention.

  45. Questions? NancyS@library.health.ufl.edu or 392-1306

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