LibGuides: Health Policy: Getting Started

Key Databases

CINAHL Complete
Search for background information on a wide range of clinical health sciences topics
Cochrane Library
Search for systematic reviews of primary research in human health care and health policy
PAIS Index
Search articles, government documents, and grey literature related to international politics and public policy
PubMed
PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering.
Scopus
Search peer-reviewed literature, including scientific journals, books and conference proceedings
Web of Science
Search for articles from scholarly journals in all areas of research

Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization that conducts in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Principal government agency for public health. Navigate to the publications and data and statistics sections for research.
Kaiser Family Foundation
The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy.
National Conference of State Legislatures
State-level information on public health and policy.
RAND Corporation
Original research related to health system policy.
Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy
Center at Duke focused on developing and implementing evidence-based policy solutions locally, nationally, an globally.

Global Health Policy Center - CSIS
CSIS' Global Health Policy Center (GHPC) is a leading policy research institution focused on building bipartisan awareness about global health and its importance to U.S. national security.
World Bank - Health
World Bank is a major international organization that collects and distributes data, including data on health.
World Health Organization
The WHO is the premier international organization dedicated to public health and disease prevention.
World Health Statistics - WHO
Annual statistical summary of global trends in health.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC also produces data on US health and health behavior.
Global Health Data Exchange
The Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) is a data catalog created and supported by the The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
The Global Health Observatory
The WHO's Global Health Observatory provides global health data and health behavior data.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
A part of the CDC, the NCHS is a major originator of US health data.
WHO - Health Data and Statistics
Additional data provided by the WHO.
Policy Atlas (Harvard University)
A comprehensive database of policy and public health data for researchers, policymakers, and community advocates.