Open AccessHealth Services Research Tools for Public Health Professionals
Author(s) -
Barbara Whitener,
Virginia V. Van Horne,
Anne H. Gauthier
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2003.035030
Subject(s) - public health , health professionals , environmental health , medicine , health services , medline , family medicine , nursing , health care , political science , population , law
Although the fields of public health and health services research have much in common, public health practitioners--in their daily encounters with practical, frontline challenges--may not be aware of the quantity and the quality of information generated by health services research that is directly related to public health activities. We describe a number of health services research resources that public health practitioners may find useful, including an overview of these resources and several in-depth examples.