Key Resources
- Cultural Competency Resources (Medical)Hardin Health Sciences Library's Cultural Competency resources page. Focus on clinical resources.
- Academic Search Elite This link opens in a new windowThis multi-disciplinary database offers full text for nearly 2,000 scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every area of academic study, Academic Search Elite offers full text information dating as far back as 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Practical Library Tips
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Getting ArticlesOptions for getting journal articles whether they are available online or only in print.
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Scanned Articles and chaptersThe UI Libraries will scan printed articles and chapters from print books for you.
Statistics and Trends
- Healthy Iowans 2010 DatabaseProvided by the Iowa Department of Public Health
Includes a database spreadsheet containing core data for measuring goals in the state health plan. - ChildStats.gov"This website offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health."
- Child Trends DataBankReports on national trends and research on over 100 key indicators of child and adolescent well-being, including the racial and ethnic composition of the child population.
- Data2010: The Healthy People 2010 Database"DATA2010 is an interactive database system developed by staff of the Division of Health Promotion Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics, and contains the most recent monitoring data for tracking Healthy People 2010."
- Find Shortage Areas: MUA/P by State and CountyProvided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration.
Provides maps that display Medically Under-served Areas/Populations (MUA/P). - National Center for Health Statistics: Health Data for All AgesPresents interactive online data tables that provide health statistics for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Customize tables with the following characteristics: age, gender, race and ethnicity, and geographic location.
- PeriStatsProvided by the March of Dimes.
Provides access to maternal- and infant-health-related data at the national, state, county, and city levels. Several indicators are broken down by race and ethnicity. - U.S. Census Bureau - Data ExplorerFind Census data about race, ethnicity, age and other characteristics under People.
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