News Sources for Public Health
Last update: 23 September 2009,
by Maureen Bell
This page is divided into a number of sections
Health News Services Free on the Web
American
Medical News
This is the Web edition of American Medical News, which covers
professional,
social, economic and policy issues in medicine. AMNews is published
weekly
by the American Medical Association.
BBC NEWS | Health
Health
Minutes
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Brief reports on health topics of popular interest by Dr Norman Swan.
Harvard
World Health
News
Published by the Center for Health Communication of the Harvard School
of Public Health, this online weekly news digest covers stories on
public
health issues from around the world.
HealthScout
HealthScout, a news service provided by Rx Remedy, Inc., posts fifteen
to twenty short, easy-to-understand articles each day on a variety of
medical
and health topics in the news. Articles are based on interviews with
experts
and reports from medical journals, and HealthScout cites sources and
provides
links to related resources for each. HealthScout also summarizes
newswire
stories and links to the original newspaper or journal article.
Searches
of news sources are performed every 4 hours.
Radio
National - Health Report
Radio National - Life Matters
Radio
National
Presents: Robert Theobald and The Healing Century
Reuters Health
Information Services
WHO Media Centre
The World health Organization's press releases and fact sheets
Newspapers Available to Staff and
Students of the University
For information on the availability of newspapers in the Barr Smith (and other libraries) see our Newspapers and News Services page.
Full text of a number of Australian and overseas newspapers is available on the web to the University's staff and students. Click here for details of the databases involved.
New Books
Each week a classified list of newly acquired books is produced by the
library. To browse the list click here .
Publishers' Catalogues and Booklists
This list is divided into Australian and overseas sites.
Australian
Australian
Department of
Health and Ageing - A-Z Publications
Many publications are available as .pdf files.
Australian
Institute
of Health and Welfare(AIHW) Publications
Many publications are available as .pdf files.
National
Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) - Publications
Many publications are available as .pdf files.
Northern
Territory.
Department of Health and Families. Publications
Many publications are available as .pdf files.
NSW Department of Health - Publications
Many publications are available in .pdf format.
publications.gov.au enables you to search for publications from Australian Government websites and Australian libraries using any combination of information about the publication including all or part of the title, publisher name or ISBN.
Queensland Health - Publications
Full text resources from Queensland Health.
South
Australia. Department of Health. Publications
Some publications are available as .pdf files, some are available as
.html online versions, and some are available as Word documents.
Tasmania . DHHS Publications
Some publications available as.pdf files.
Western
Australia. Department of Health. Publications.
The full text of many publications is available at this site.
Overseas
American
Council on Science and Health Publications
The
Commonwealth Fund:
Publications List
The Commonwealth Fund is a New York City-based private foundation
supporting
independent research on health and social issues. Publications are
listed
in broad subject categories.
Department
of Health (UK). Publications
Many of these publications are available electronically.
EarthPrint: Environmental
publications
from international organizations
At this bookstore you can view the latest WHO publications addressing
health and environment issues, order publications online, or register
to
receive email announcements of new and forthcoming publications.
Health Canada. Public Health Agency Publications
Many publications are available as .pdf files.
Institute of Medicine. Report Index
These are the reports that have been released from the Institute of Medicine in the United States since 1998. Full text is free, and the list can be viewed by date, by topic, or by title. A wide range of topics is covered - including women's health, child health, food and nutrition, and the environment.
King's Fund Research - Publications
Most of these publications are available free online.
National Academies Press
The National Academy Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies
to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the
National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the
National
Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress
of the United States. The full text is available at this site - browse
titles by category
Office of Public Sector Information
Formerly known as Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO).
TSO - The
Information
Management Company
TSO (The Stationery Ofice) publishes on behalf of the UK's Parliaments
and assemblies and is the UK's definitive source of official and
regulatory
information.
UNT
Libraries: CyberCemetery
University
of North Texas Libraries and the U.S. Government Printing Office,
as part of the Federal Depository Library Program, created a
partnership to
provide permanent public access to the Web sites and publications of
defunct
U.S. government agencies and commissions. This collection was named the
"CyberCemetery" by early users of the site.
World Health Organization
Publications
Catalogue
This is the catalogue of WHO publications. It is updated regularly.
World
Bank Publications
The comprehensive source for information on content and offering of
World Bank print and electronic publications. Includes the Digital
Library,
an online library of full-text publications or summaries to major World
Bank publications, and feature articles and abstracts from World Bank
journals.
|
