Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training (MHRT)

This guide is a great tool for your research needs for the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training program with the School of Nursing and Health Studies. For more information on systematic reviews or citation management, click on the corresponding tabs above.
 

• MHRT Program

• Biblioteca Virtual de Salud (BVS)
  This portal, part of the World Health Organization's Biblioteca Virtual de Salud, brings together peer-reviwed articles, legislature, websites, and institutional information about the topic of "reducing health risks and promoting healthy environments where people live, study, work and play as an integral elemend of human security and sustainable development."
• Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe en Ciencias de Salud (LILACS)
  Full text and indexed articles from Latin American peer-reviewed journals and theses and dissertations. Most abstracts in Spanish/English or Portuguese/English. Full text in Spanish or Portuguese.
• PAHO (Pan American Health Organization)
  Direct link to PAHO's publications related to public health issues in the Americas.

• CDC Global Health Equity
  CDC's website about global health equity with information about the subject, resources, and strategies to accomplish health equity.
• World Health Organizations (WHO) Global Health Observatory
  General statistics as well as health statistics for each country in the list.
• Global Health Data Exchange
  It holds a comprehensive catalog of surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other health-related data. It can be searched by data type, keyword, organization, or survey family.
• Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
  National and sub-national data on family planning, maternal and child health, child survival, HIV/AIDS/STIs, infectious diseases, reproductive health, and nutrition.
• World Bank Data
  The World Bank's comprehensive database of Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) statistics.
• UNICEF - Country Data
  United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) website has children health statistics for every country. You can click on a country on the map or scroll through the "select country" tab at the top center of the page.
• UN Data
  Simple single-entry point for a variety of statistical resources including those from United Nations Organizations such as FAO, UNESCO, ILO, WHO, UNDP, ITU, UNHCR, and more.

• CINAHL Plus
  Primary index to the international literature of nursing and health.
• PubMed - US National Library of Medicine, NIH
  Provides access to citations for biomedical articles from Medline and life science journals. Citations may include links to full-text articles.
• Embase
  Embase is a comprehensive biomedical literature database that provides over 30 million abstracts and indices from published, peer-reviewed literature, in-press publications and conferences covering the most important international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day. It includes full-text indexing of drug, disease and medical device data, supported by the Embase thesaurus Emtree, which facilitates precise searching so users may find the answers they need to their research questions.
• Web of Science Citation Indexes
  Web of Science, published by Thomson Reuters, is a multi-disciplinary database that provides integrated access to over 8,000 key research journals indexed in: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. There are two main ways to search the database: --- select General Search to search for articles by subject term, author name, journal title, or author affiliation --- select Cited Reference Search to search for articles that cite an author or article that you specify. Web of Knowledge features citation searching, email alerts, links to the full text of many items.
• Biological Science (ProQuest)
  This service indexes theoretical and applied research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology, and related resources in the biological sciences. MEDLINE and TOXLINE are included in the search.

• the Health Disparities in the U.S. Guide
  This guide from the University of Michigan Libraries offers information other resources about health disparities in the United States.
• MedlinePlus - Health Disparities
  Medline Plus is an online health information resources for patients. This specific page covers the health disparities of several communities in the U.S.
• U.S. Department of Health - Office of Minority Health
  OMH is focused on the collective goal of the success, sustainability and spread of health equity promoting policies, program and practices.
• ethnoMED
  This website intends to provide cultural context when working with immigrants and refugees and serves as an intro to cross-cultural practice.

• Jamaica Ministry of Health & Wellness
• Peru Ministry of Health
• Mexico Secretary of Health
• Brazil Ministry of Health
• Costa Rica Ministry of Health

• Statista
  Integrates over 85,000 diverse topics of data and facts from over 10,000 sources onto a single professional platform. The database provides business customers, researchers, and the academic community with direct access to relevant quantitative facts on agriculture, finance, politics, and many more areas of interest.
• INEGI
  Has statistics and information on Mexico's population, resources, economy, and health topics.