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Public Health Knowledge Domains "When and Why" of Using an EBPH Approach Steps in Searching and Evaluating the Literature Selected EBPH Terms from PubMed
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Public Health Knowledge Domains
Public health is an interdisciplinary field of study and research. The following list identifies twenty knowledge domains within public health. Awareness of the databases associated with a specific knowledge domain can be useful when searching the literature. For example, articles on health services administration may be located in business-related databases as well as the health sciences literature, and articles on health promotion and education may be located in education-related databases. See a list of public health databases available to the public.
• Biostatistics
• Chronic Diseases & Conditions
• Community Health
• Communicable Diseases
• Disaster Control & Emergency Services
• Environmental Health
• Epidemiology
• General Public Health
• Global Health
• Health Services Administration
• Health Promotion & Education
• HIV/AIDS
• Maternal & Child Health
• Nutrition
• Occupational Health
• Public Health Informatics
• Public Health Laboratory Sciences
• Public Health Nursing
• Social & Behavioral Sciences
• Vital Statistics & SurveillanceSource: Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project. The Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Identified Knowledge Domains of Public Health.
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