Health Information for Public Health Professionals Colorado Public Health Department Annual Meeting 10:15 – 11:30 September 27, 2004 Denison Memorial Library

Discussion Topics  Finding Full Text  WISER  Public Health Partners Website  Go Local – in conjunction with MedlinePlus  Bioterrorism Resources

Public health librarians ensure you have access to full text health information  A public health library, with at least 25 journal subscriptions, can become a DOCLINE library.  DOCLINE Libraries network with medical libraries throughout the nation to access full text journal articles.  Some medical libraries share freely with each other libraries are currently members of freeshare.

Pool resources to make accessing full text health information a reality. Cease departmental buying of journals Eliminate duplicate subscriptions Colorado has 55 public health entities. All entities contribute to Library. Resources available for 25 journal subscriptions Library and DOCLINE membership established Librarian provides delivery of full text articles to public health workers across the state.

The Public Health Section of the Medical Library Association lists core journals for public health collections (info.med.yale.edu/eph/phlibrary/phjournals/)info.med.yale.edu/eph/phlibrary/phjournals/ The Journal Citation Reports (subscription database) notes which public health journals have the highest impact factor. Check with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine about becoming a DOCLINE Library Which 25 journals should I order?

WISER – Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders wiser.nlm.nih.gov wiser.nlm.nih.gov Mobile support, providing First Responders with critical information in the palm of their hand. Comprehensive decision support: o identification of unknown substances o guidance on actions necessary to save lives

Intuitive, simple, and logical user interface developed in conjunction with first responders o Access to 390 substances from NLM's Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) which contains detailed information on over 4,700 critical hazardous substancesHSDB o Rapid access to the most important information about a hazardous substance

http: wiser.nlm.nih.gov/tutorial.html

Partners in Public Health

A series of web based conference calls

Back to the Health Promotion And Education List

19% decrease in teen births

Still on Health Promotion & Education Page

Still on Health Promotion And Education Page

Behaviors at the Crossroads of Health - Johns Hopkins Webcast

Go Local - a Partnership Opportunity for Public Health Departments & Libraries

For peer reviewed information, click on MEDLINE/ PubMed to be taken to preformulated searches in PubMed.

Dirline.nlm.nih.gov

Toxtown.nlm.nih.gov

Literature and Guidelines

PubMed  Preformulated Searches from HP2010 Information Access Project and from MEDLINEplus Health Topics Page  Perform your own searches by going directly to PubMed.  You can access PubMed via pubmed.gov or via the phpartners.org web site.

Choose the MeSH database (Medical Subject Headings) to start your search

Bioterrorism MeSH Search Click on the word to see the subheadings

Insert “AND free full text [sb]” to retrieve articles in full text

Click on the Icon to go to Full Text

Choose Related Articles to find articles with similar MeSH headings

Using “related articles” retrieves many more hits Use the History Button to limit related article searches

PubMed Search Strategy  Go to MeSH (medical subject headings).  Type in a subject, click on the underlined subject which interests you.  Choose a subheading or scroll down to choose a more specific subject.  Send to the search box with “And”.  Choose another MeSH term or hit “search PubMed”.  Limit or expand your search  Free Full Text [sb]

Back to Literature and Guidelines Free in full text

Literature and Guidelines

Literature and Guidelines

Wiser was discussed earlier

Add public health to the text box to reduce your results to 128

Health Data Tools and Statistics

Education and Training

Bioterrorism Resources

nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/public_health/bioterrorism.html

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National Nurses Response Team National Nurses Response Team

Center for Biosecurity, Univ of Pittsburgh

American College of Physicians

Public Health Bioterrorism Information Check out the web sites discussed today. Bookmark or file ones useful to you. Talk with a Medical or Public Health Librarian Download applicable PDA resources