Health Communication Research Guide
Databases
Books
Selected Websites
Databases
Use the following databases to find scholarly articles on health, medicine, and communication.
Academic Search Premier
An interdisciplinary database with a strong focus in communication.Academic OneFile
Another interdisciplinary database that includes peer-reviewed articles from journals and reference sources. Covers the physical sciences, social sciences, technology, medicine, and more.Communication & Mass Media Complete
Citations and full text in communication and mass media.ComAbstracts
Abstracts of articles from over 80 core communications journals.Communication Abstracts
Indexes and abstracts key communication journals.Health Reference Center-Academic
Articles geared toward both health consumers and practitioners.Medline
The premier database for medical and health topics. There is also a free version of Pub Med for off campus users.PsycINFO
Index and abstracts to journals in psychology and related fields.NOTE: You may search across all the EBSCO databases listed above (Academic Search Premier, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Medline, and PsycINFO) by searching EBSCOhost Research Databases.
Use these databases to see how health topics are portrayed in the media.
LexisNexis Academic
Newspaper and magazine articles, television and radio transcripts, blogs, etc.
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Index of more than 30,000 evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming.
Books
Healthy People 2010 [X] RA445.U486 2000
Published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, these books focus on "Understanding and Improving Health" and "Objectives for Improving Health." They include factual data such as leading health indicators.American Health: Demographics and Spending of Health Care Consumers [X] RA445 .A442 2007
Access to Health Risk Behavior in the United States: a State-by-State Look at Teens and Adults [X] RA776.9.A245 2004
Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior (2 vols.) [X] R726.5 .E53 2004
Statistical Abstract of the United States [X] HA202.A75
Statistics on many aspects of life in the United States. The most recent edition (2007) is kept at the Reference Desk.
Search the Library Catalog for additional reference books and circulating books. Some suggested subject headings include:
Communication in medicine
Health education
Health promotion
Public health -- Reporting
World health
Some titles in the Library's collection are:
Speaking of Health: Assessing Health Communication Strategies for Diverse Populations
Health Communication: From Theory to Practice
Global Public Health Communication: Challenges, Perspectives, and Strategies
Understanding Health Communication Technologies
Handbook of Health Communication
Websites
The American Public Health Association
Current information on legislation, public policy, and news related to public health.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Many parts of the CDC website will be helpful for health communication planners, including FastStats A-Z, Health and Safety Topics, and more.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Center for Health Marketing
This division of the CDC provides information on applied health marketing campaigns, resources for creating an effective campaign, global health marketing initiatives and professional development tools.The Communication Initiative
Devoted to supporting communication as a astrategy for economic and social change.The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
This non-profit, private foundation focuses on the major health care issues facing the nation. See also GlobalHealthFacts.org.Making Health Communication Programs Work
A revision of the original publication from the National Cancer Institute, developed to guide health communication program planning.National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health (NLM/NIH)
Health information, research, and publications for the public, healthcare professionals, and researchers.
