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EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH

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     Article on EBPH Jacobs JA, Jones e, Gabella BA, Spring B. Brownson RC.  Tools for implementing an evidence-based approach in public health practice.  Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:110324. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110324

PubMed is a free database by the National Library of Medicine that contains over 35 million citations on biomedical literature.

"On [HealthData.gov], you can find data on a wide range of topics, including environmental health, medical devices, Medicare & Medicaid, social services, community health, mental health, and substance abuse. The data is collected and supplied from agencies from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as well as state partners." - (About Us | HealthData.gov)
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Prasinos M, Basdekis I, Anisetti M, Spanoudakis G, Koutsouris D, Damiani E. A Modelling Framework for Evidence-Based Public Health Policy Making. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2022 May;26(5):2388-2399. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2022.3142503.

Healthy People 2030 provides information and evidence-based strategies related to the Healthy People 2030 objectives. The National Library of Medicine and the Public Health Foundation staff have worked together to develop pre-formulated search strategies for selected Healthy People 2030 focus areas.
The Guide To Community Preventive Services
The National Library of Medicines portal to projects and databases of interest to health administration and public health practitioners.
The TRIP Database is a free medical database for searching and finding literature that supports evidence-based practice.
The Cochrane Library: Evidence for healthcare decision-making
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The health services research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It includes the U.S. Preventive Task Force
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