MPH Program: Foundational Resources

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Hint: go to 'N' for national agencies and stats relevant to your subject.

About CDC lists focus areas and has a tool that allows you to link to a specific webpage or image (useful for course design).

Excellent starting point for topic exploration and data collection with numerous links to diverse websites.

CDC Stacks is a free, digital archive of scientific research and literature produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This online archive is composed of curated collections tailored for public health research needs. This repository is retained indefinitely and is available for public health professionals, researchers, as well as the general public. Useful for researching PH evidence base.

Links to current agency priorities.

National surveys & mandatory state-reported data.

“Health, United States focuses primarily on trends over time in health statistics. Comparable data must be available for at least two points in time and available at the national level. In addition to national level data, data are commonly shown by age group, sex, race and Hispanic origin, geography, poverty status, and education level whenever possible.”