Managing health and wellbeing projects HLTH 3042
Introduction
This assignment help is designed to help you to find information as part of the evidence based literature review, and to find health statistics.
Databases
In the practical Medline, Cochrane Library and Informit health databases will be used.
For a full list of evidence based databases refer to the Finding the evidence using UniSA databases handout. You can also work through the Evidence based health care databases online workshop.
Locating resources
When you have obtained information about journal articles in databases and the full text of the article is not available in that database the Find it button may link you to the full text. Refer to the Using Find it guide (PDF 469kb, opens in new window) for more information.
If this option does not find the full text:
- Identify the type of reference - journal article; book; book chapter; conference paper; thesis
- Identify the source of the reference, for example
- for a journal article the source is the title of the journal
- for a book chapter the source is the title of the book
- for a conference paper the source is the title of the conference
Search the Library catalogue (opens in new window) to find out if the Library holds the source you have found in your search.
Health statistics
This list is a starting point for locating health statistics:
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (opens in new window) Official statistical organisation for Commonwealth and State Governments in Australia. Includes links to:
- Australian Bureau of Statistics – Themes: Health (opens in new window) Information is provided on the 2004-05 National Health Survey (opens in new window), and areas such as mortality, mental health, alcohol, causes of death and physical activity. Includes:
- Australian Social Trends (opens in new winodw) is an annual series that presents information on contemporary social issues and areas of public policy concern
- Census of Population and Housing (opens in new window) The census is held every 5 years. Use this data for national, state and local statistics
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 2004-05 (opens in new window)
- Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing – Statistics (opens in new window) Statistics are provided on various aspects of the health system including Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and General Practitioners.
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (Edith Cowan University) (opens in new window) The goal of this site is to facilitate accessibility and exchange of information relating to Indigenous health. An extensive range of statistics is provided.
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) (opens in new window) AIHW is the national agency for gathering health and welfare statistics. It works closely with the national and state services and agencies. Many AIHW publications are freely available online. Use the AIHW website to access:
- Australia’s health 2008 (opens in new window)
- Australian Hospital Statistics 2006-2007 (opens in new window)
- Health and welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2008 (opens in new window)
- Rural, regional and remote health: indicators of health status and determinants of health (opens in new window)
- Young Australians: their health and wellbeing 2007 (opens in new window)
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention – Data & Statistics (United States) (opens in new window) The CDC are agencies within the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The site provides reports and statistics prepared by the CDC on a range of health topics including HIV/AIDS, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, workplace safety and behavioural risk factors
- North West Adelaide Health Study (opens in new window) The Study is a longitudinal representative cohort of over 4000 randomly selected adults aged 18 years and over, who live in the northern and western regions of Adelaide.
- Social health atlas of South Australia (opens in new window), produced by the Public Health Information Development Unit (opens in new window)
- South Australian Department of Health (opens in new window) provides links to:
- Epidemiology Branch (opens in new window)
- Health Omnibus Survey (opens in new window)
- HealthySA (opens in new window)
- Population Research and Outcomes Studies Unit (opens in new window)
- South Australia: our health and health services 2008 (opens in new window)
- UNICEF – Monitoring and Statistics (United Nations Children's Fund) (opens in new window) UNICEF produces statistics on key indicators relating to child well-being, such as mortality, immunisation, malnutrition and HIV/AIDS. These statistics are available globally and by country, and a tool for generating customized statistical tables is provided.
- WHOSIS – A guide to statistical information at WHO (World Health Organisation) (opens in new window) The WHO provides access to a variety of health statistics for its nearly 200 Member States. Some aspects covered include reproductive health, health financing, disease, causes of death, and risk factors
Topic guides
There are a range of Resources by Topic which will link you to useful print and online library resources and websites in specific subject areas including:
Internet Resources
You may also find suitable academic references for your assignment using an internet search engine, particularly if you are looking for health statistics.
Google Scholar searches within academic sources on the internet rather than over the whole internet. The internet contains an enormous amount of material and there is no overall quality control on the web. You need to carefully evaluate the websites you find.
Use Google or your favourite search engine to check government departments and organisational bodies for statistical information and reports.
Other resources
Obtaining assistance
- Use the online Help screens
- Use the resources on the Library website
- Use Ask the library for assistance
- Ask at the Library desk
- Contact the Health Sciences Academic Library Services Team by email