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Health Matters: Health Innovation and Communication

PWR 1KSB - Winter 2013 - Instructor: Savelson, K.
Last Updated: 18-Nov-2014

A guide to resources for PWR 1KSB: Health Matters: Health Innovation and Communication. The premise of the course is that "health" needs to be defined and studied in context  What is health? Is this a medical question, or a cultural, political, or ethical question? While we cannot universally define "health," it's now a legal issue as well.

Background/Reference Sources

Use these sources to help you pick a topic and to provide context to your research based argument.

Encyclopedia of bioethics / Stephen G. Post, editor in chief.
3rd ed. New York : Macmillan Reference USA : Thomson/Gale, c2004.
Green Library » Information Center » QH332 .E52 2004 V.1
Also a searchable digital encyclopedia
American health : demographics and spending of health care consumers / by the editors of New Strategist Publications.
2nd ed. Ithaca, N.Y. : New Strategist, c2007.
Green Library » Information Center » RA445 .A442 2007
Health care policy and politics A to Z / Julie Rovner.
2nd ed. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2003.
Green Library » Information Center » RA395 .A3 R685 2003
Encyclopedia of aging and public health [electronic resource] / Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic (eds.).
New York ; London : Springer, c2008.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Encyclopedia of medical anthropology : health and illness in the world's cultures / edited by Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember.
New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2004.
Green Library » Information Center » RA418 .E354 2004 V.1
Third world health : hostage to first world wealth / Théodore H. MacDonald ; foreword by Desmond M. Tutu.
Oxford ; Seattle : Radcliffe Pub., c2005.
SAL1&2 (on-campus shelving) » Stacks » RA441.5 .M33 2005
This work is a collection of almost 200 consumer health publications produced by the US government. The texts are replicated in full and cover a wide variety of topics that include: AIDS; allergies; cancer; contraception; genetic diseases; and women's health.
Public health in the 21st century / Madelon L. Finkel, editor ; foreword by David J. Skorton.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011.
Green Library » Information Center » RA424.8 .P83 2011 V.1

Suggested Searchworks Subject Terms

These are some sample Searchworks searches - see the left-hand column limiters to limit your results by language, date, topic, format, etc.

Medical Policy
results are sorted from new to old
Medical Policy - Medical Economics
Medical Ethics
Health Promotion
Health Policy

Databases

Besides the selected GENERAL AND SUBJECT SPECIFIC DATABASES LINKED HERE , try the databases below for Articles on particular perspectives on Health

Academic search premier [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
add ("choose databases"): America: History and Life, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Film and TV Literature Index, MLA (Literature)
ProQuest. Research library [electronic resource].
[Ann Arbor, Mich.] : ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Click on the link at the top "Social Science Databases". you can search all, or select one or more: AltPress Watch, Gender Watch, Ethnic NewsWatch, Sociological Abstracts, Psycinfo, PAIS (public policy).
Scopus [electronic resource].
[New York] : Elsevier, 2004-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
a cross-section of scientific and social science - try, for example, searching: health policy and nutrition
MEDLINE [electronic resource].
[S.l.] : National Library of Medicine
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Medline: there are several databases that provide coverage of the NIH PubMed database. The easiest to use is the one provided by EBSCO.
Social services abstracts [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Indexes and abstracts research in social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. Major areas of coverage include community and mental health services; crisis intervention; evaluation research; the family and social welfare; gerontology; policy, planning and forecasting; poverty and homelessness; professional issues in social work; social development; social work education; support groups/networks; violence, abuse and neglect; and welfare services.
Alt-PressWatch [electronic resource].
[Stamford, Conn.] : Softline Information, [2001]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Full text database of selected newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press.

Suggested E-Journals

When you search a particular journal, you don't need to use as many keywords in your search. You already know the focused perspective of the journal by its description.

Journal of immigrant and minority health [electronic resource].
[New York, NY] : Springer, c2006-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Health policy and planning [electronic resource].
Oxford : Oxford University Press
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource

Sample Books of Interest

Informing the future [electronic resource] : critical issues in health.
2nd ed. Washington, D.C. : Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, c2003.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Eliminating healthcare disparities in America : beyond the IOM report / edited by Richard Allen Williams.
Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2007.
SAL1&2 (on-campus shelving) » Stacks » RA563 .M56 E45 2007
Macrosocial determinants of population health [electronic resource] / [edited by] Sandro Galea.
New York, NY : Springer, c2007.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Comparative health policy in the Asia-Pacific / edited by Robin Gauld.
Maidenhead, Berkshire : Open University Press, 2005.
SAL1&2 (on-campus shelving) » Stacks » RA395 .A84 C65 2005
Health financing for poor people [electronic resource] : resource mobilization and risk sharing / editors, Alexander S. Preker and Guy Carrin.
Washington, DC : World Bank ; Geneva : World Health Organization : International Labour Office, 2004.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource