Research Guides: MPH Fieldwork I: EPBI 9289: Get Started

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This guide contains resources on the MPH Fieldwork I that may also be useful for Fieldwork II. The guide is intended to be used along with the subject guides for Public Health, which have additional resources for policies, health statistics and data.

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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Recommended books

Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs by Muriel J. Harris
Publication Date: 2016-10-21

A practical introduction to participatory program evaluation. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of evaluation, with a participatory model that brings stakeholders together for the good of the program. This book links community assessment, program implementation, and program evaluation, and emphasizes practical, ongoing evaluation strategies that connect theory with application. Also included: planning policy change programs using logic models and theory of change, plus expanded coverage of processes, outcomes, data collection, and more.
Research Methods for Public Health by Amy A. Eyler (Editor)
Publication Date: 2020-10-28

This book provides foundational knowledge and practical guidance for all steps in the research process using public health examples and real-world applications to reinforce all concepts. It covers everything students need to have a firm basis on how to design public health research, how to collect and manage data using a variety of study designs and methods, and how to share research results. Foundational topics such as searching the literature, finding gaps, formulating research questions, operationalization and measurement, sampling, budgeting for research studies, summarizing and visualizing data, disseminating results and more are explained in clear and accessible prose.
Encyclopedia of Health Care Management by Michael J. Stahl (Editor)
Publication Date: 2003-10-21

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Starter Databases and Cited Reference Search

PubMed

PubMed comprises more than 37 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is the largest component of PubMed and consists primarily of journal citations; articles indexed with MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) and curated with funding, genetic, chemical and other metadata.
Public Health Database
ProQuest Public Health offers core literature for the study of public health, including biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, and behavioral sciences.
Embase

EMBASE contains references to journal articles in biomedicine. The references consist of authors, title, journal data, abstract and keywords. EMBASE contains European literature, and coverage in the field of drug research, pharmacology and pharmaceutics. The database can be searched back to 1974.
Google Scholar

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Google Scholar provides search for scholarly literature. It covers disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
Web of Science

Web of Science indexes core journal articles, conference proceedings, data sets, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. It also includes access to EndNote Online.

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Public Health
covers a variety of areas studied in public health, including social and behavioral sciences, epidemiology and health information management and policy.
Statistics and Data for Health
Guide containing sources and tips for a variety of health related stats and data sources.
Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Reviews
The Databases & Grey Literature section lists all core databases and also identify relevant subject matters.
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Dataset and Data Repositories: Data by Subjects
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Qualitative Data Analysis and QDA Tools
Tests and Measurements
This guide assists in identifying and finding tests, measurements, assessments, rating scales on particular subjects.

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