Snooping for Stats

1. Snooping for Stats Nancy Schaefer UF Health Science Center Libraries 392-1306 NancyS@library.health.ufl.edu

2. Questions to Ask • WHO cares enough about the issue to collect such statistics? • WHAT format might they use? • WHERE would they publish these? • WHEN can you reasonably expect to find published statistics?

3. WHO…? are the most powerful health organizations in the country?

4. Explore a likely data collector’s website http://www.nih.gov

5. Follow “Site Map”, “Statistics” or “Info/Facts” links

6. Start Your Cancer Search Here http://www.nci.nih.gov/

7. A Good Cardio Starting Place http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm

8. CDC www.cdc.gov is gateway to tons of health facts and full-text of 3 authoritative journals

9. CDC’s Data & Statistics page

10. Results from clicking on “Monitoring systems and statistical databases” link

11. CDC Products & Publications

12. “State facts”

13. FL DOH and “Charts”

14. CDC Centers: Specific condition specialists

15. Multi/all-subject sites http://www.healthweb.org/ http://phpartners.org/hp/ Links to resources on some Healthy People 2010 objectives http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (searchable database) http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/ - Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts (including minority stats)

16. http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/index.html

17. HIV http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/HIV/HIVMain.html National Library of Medicine’s HIV section http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/resources/index.htm AIDSLINE database http://www.aegis.com/default.asp AEGIS (AIDS Education Global Information System) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/daids/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases AIDS http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html National Center for HIV, STD and TV Prevention

18. Heart Disease http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

19. STDs http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html National Center for HIV, STD and TV Prevention http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/stds/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases STD fact sheet http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec80009a98 CDC’s Sexually Transmitted Diseases fact sheet

20. LOW BIRTH WEIGHT and Birth Defects http://www.unicef.org/ United Nations Children’s Fund http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/default.htm National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disorders

21. DIABETES http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

22. FOODBORNE ILLNESS http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/food/index.htm National Center for Infectious Diseases’ Food-Related Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/foodbornedis.htm National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Foodborne Diseases page http://www.fda.gov/ Food & Drug Administration http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/ Center for Food Safety and Nutrition

23. SUICIDE http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/topics/explore/suicide/ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Mental Health Topics – Suicide fact sheet http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/suicideprevention/fivews.asp National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (collaboration among numerous federal agencies) http://www.sprc.org/ Suicide Prevention Resource Center http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ National Institute of Mental Health

24. Cancers (Neoplasms) http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/uscs/index.htm US Cancer Statistics (2000 and 1999 editions) http://seer.cancer.gov/ National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results http://www.nci.nih.gov/ National Cancer Institute http://seer.cancer.gov/ National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

25. STROKE http://www.strokecenter.org/ The Internet Stroke Center at Washington University in St. Louis http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/stroke.htm National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

26. Motor Vehicle Accidents http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration http://www.ntsb.gov/Surface/highway/highway.htm - National Transportation Safety Board - Highway http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/ncipchm.htm - National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/motorvehiclesafety.html- MedlinePlus Motor Vehicle Safety

27. Federal http://www.census.gov/ , http://www.fedstats.gov/ State http://www.state.fl.us/edr/population.htm International http://unstats.un.org/unsd/ - United Nations http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm Dept of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm - World Health Organization (health-specific data) http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/244175/ Initially developed by the World Bank, now independent nonprofit http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php compilation of OECD, Unicef, Unesco, CIA World Fact Book, etc. Demographics

28. Other formats The PubMed database cites about 15 million articles in scholarly journals. Access it from the Health Science Center Libraries databases page: http://www.library.health.ufl.edu/resources/index.htm

29. Tutorials for databases This PubMed tutorial lets you pick individual areas to learn about. Each is brief.

30. Tutorials for other Databases To Public Health Webliography

31. Medical Subject Headings

32. Specify aspect of subject to be searched by clicking in front of a subheading, then click on “Send to” button. This weeds out articles that don’t focus much on your subject.

33. Check your search terms.Click “Search PubMed” button to run the search.

34. Too many results? Click on LimitsUse the pull-downsand click GO Type in the oldest acceptable Publication Date, 4-digit year only.

35. Results 3 & 4 Look Useful! Click on Author hyperlink for abstract and UF Library access

36. Does the abstract make the article sound worth hunting down on HSCL shelves?

37. Useful subheadings for this assignment Epidemiology = the distribution of a disease, factors which cause it. Incidence, frequency, prevalence, outbreaks; surveys and estimates of morbidity in geographic areas and in specified populations. Excludes mortality, for which the subheading "mortality" is used. Statistics and numerical data Ethnology = ethnic, cultural, or anthropological aspects of a disease. Also used to indicate place of origin of a group of people.

38. Useful Non-Disease MeSH Terms Population Groups Ethnic Groups Battered Women Sexual Partner Minors Age Groups

39. Find more specific terms at the bottom of the Subheadings/Major page of a general MeSH term

40. http://www.hhs.gov/

41. Healthfinder’s Just for You pages for ethnicity-specific health info http://www.healthfinder.gov/ from DHHS’s Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

42. http://scout.wisc.edu/ another place to look for organizational websites

43. Other Useful Databases

44. Most of these Databases identify journal articles Use the Library Catalog to find books on your topic

45. UF Library Catalog 2 ways to access!

46. Search the Library Catalog for Books & Videos “Go wide” with your topic. Too specific may get 0 results.

47. Check library’s possession of a journal

48. Reading catalog search results Click on URL for electronic access to Table of Contents, Abstract or Full-Text article

49. New York Academy of Medicine - Grey Literature Report For un-published reports, working papers… http://www.nyam.org/library/greyreport.shtml

50. When??Reasonable Expectations Data gathering takes time. Ensuring data is complete and accurate takes time. Uniformly formatting data takes time. Publishing takes time. So…..