InfoGuides: Global and Community Public Health: Health Policy, Bioethics, and Public Health & Epidemiology

Health Policy, Bioethics & Public Health & Epidemiology

CQ Press Library This link opens in a new window
Integrates various reference titles on government and politics, including CQ Almanac, CQ Researcher, CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly), CQ Congress Collection, the Voting and Elections Collection, and more, into a user-friendly, electronic format. Users have the ability to cross-search resources within the CQ Press Library.
Congress.gov This link opens in a new window
A service of the Library of Congress that makes federal legislative information freely available. Features and content include: bills and resolutions, the Congressional Record, committee reports, information on treaties, teacher resources, and more. Formerly THOMAS.

Policy File Index This link opens in a new window
Access domestic and foreign public policy research and analytical papers on governmental and legal topics, representing the work of think tanks, research groups, and academic institutes from 1990 to present.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Offers access to congressional publications dealing with the wide variety of topics addressed by Congress. Includes U.S. Serial Set, Congressional Hearings and Testimony, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, Congressional Record, Legislative Insight, and U.S. Bills and Resolutions; as well as Executive Branch Documents (1789-1948), and Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations.

Health And Medicine Division of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine formerly Institute of Medicine, the studies that HMD undertakes are requested by federal agencies and independent organizations or begin as specific mandates from Congress. While our expert, consensus committees are vital to our advisory role, HMD also convenes a series of forums, roundtables, and standing committees.

American Medical Association Code of Ethics
Updated periodically to address the changing conditions of medicine, links to the 2016 edition
Bioethics Research Library,
Kennedy Institute of Ethics includes bibliographies and links on frequently discussed ethical issues.
Code of Ethics for Nurses
Developed as a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities in a manner consistent with quality in nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession.
National Human Genome Research Institute Online Bioethics Resources
Links to policy documents for government agencies and research institutes focusing on genome issues.

CDC WONDER
Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research -- an easy-to-use, menu-driven system that makes the information resources of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) available to public health professionals and the public at large.
Epi Info
Epi Info is a free set of software tools for data analyses with epidemiologic statistics, maps, and graphs for public health professionals
HealthMap
Collected by CDC, surveillance data and epidemiological reports on disease and injury.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Collected by CDC, surveillance data and epidemiological reports on disease and injury.
Public Health Genomics Knowledge Base
From CDC, an online, continuously updated, searchable database of published scientific literature, CDC resources, and other materials that address the translation of genomic discoveries into improved health care and disease prevention.

SAGE Research Methods and Cases Online This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of Epidemiology, and more on research methods