Subject Guides: *Public Health: Evidence, Health Data & Statistics

U.S. Health Data and Statistics

Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
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ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States (book)
Call Number: USM Portland Reference HA202 .P76

Global Health Data and Statistics

Tutorials for finding data and statistics

Maine Health Data and Statistics

Video on Importance of Data (Practical Playbook)

Creating Infographics - Data Visualization

Community Health Maps
Information on low cost mapping tools for community-based organizations
Information Visualization guide
Guide to resources at USM and elsewhere.
Interactive Information Visualization
Online book by Michael Freeman, MPH (Data Visualization Lecturer @ UW)

Cool Infographics (E-book) by Randy Krum
Call Number: E-Book; click above title for access
ISBN: 9781118582282
Publication Date: 2014
Infographics: a practical guide for librarians (E-book) by Beverley E. Crane
Call Number: E-Book; click above title for access
ISBN: 9781442260375
Publication Date: 2015
Infographics: The power of visual storytelling (E-book) by Jason Lankow; Ross Crooks; Josh Ritchie
Call Number: E-Book; click above title for access
ISBN: 9781118314043
Publication Date: 2012
Infographics for Dummies (E-book) by Justin Beegel
Call Number: E-Book; click above title for access
ISBN: 9781118792278
Publication Date: 2014

Need help understanding EBM?

Evidence-Based Medicine - Background Learning Modules
8 modules essential for understanding and using evidence-based medicine. (U Mass)

How to Read a Paper (Book) by Trisha Greenhalgh
Call Number: USM Stacks R118.6 .G74 2014
ISBN: 9781118800966
Publication Date: 2014

Evidence-based Resources

PubMed Filters for Searching

Healthy People 2020 Structured Evidence Queries
Pre-formulated PubMed search strategies to find published literature to support achieving Healthy People 2020 objectives.
PubMed Clinical Queries Filters
Medical Genetics, Systematic Reviews, and Clinical Studies filters.
PubMed Health Services Research Filter
Enables you to restrict search results in PubMed to articles focusing on economic or quality assessment.
PubMed Subject Filters
Filters for AIDs, Cancer, Complementary Medicine, Systematic Reviews, Toxicology, and other subjects in PubMed.
Data Filters in PMC and PubMed (2018)
Looking for journal articles with associated data sets? New search filters are available.

Examples of a critical evaluation study

Katikireddi SV (2014). How do systematic reviews incorporate risk of bias assessments into the synthesis of evidence? A methodological study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2015 Feb;69(2):189-95. doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204711

Sheehan MC (2015). Use of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Environmental Health Epidemiology: a Systematic Review and Comparison with Guidelines. Curr Environ Health Rep 2015 Sep;2(3):272-83. doi: 10.1007/s40572-015-0062-z