Selected resources - for more on this topic contact the Library

Current Awareness Bulletin

Contact library staff to receive a weekly Public Health email bulletin which provides details of new research published in the top 5 quality journals as well as details of any relevant articles published in The Lancet, BMJ, NEJM, JAMA and Cochrane Reviews.

Useful Websites

The South West public health observatory : Through the collection, monitoring and analysis of data, they produce evidence to inform decision-making on health issues at local, regional and national levels.
Chief Medical Officer  the UK Government's principal medical adviser and the professional head of all Directors of Public Health.
The department of health policy areas pages link to the latest guidance and advice from government
The UK's Faculty of Public Health is the standard setting body. It is a joint faculty of the three Royal Colleges of Physicians (London, Edinburgh and Glasgow)
Gloucestershire Public Health Intelligence Unit: This site contains a range of information and data on the state of the health of the people of Gloucestershire. You will find information on: the county's population, the leading causes of ill health and inequalities locally, information regarding the wider determinants of health, such as employment, education and housing

Electronic Journals - Top 5 - Athens accoung required

Other e-journals are available: log in with NHS Athens at NHS Evidence

BMC Public Health (open access journal) - 2001 onwards
Health Statistics Quarterly - 2007 - 2011
Journal of Public Health - 1996 onwards (1 year delay) (free access content only)
Journal of Public Mental Health - 2003 onwards
Perspectives in Public Health - 2005 onwards

Print Journals

	GRH	CGH
Archives of Disease in Childhood	2004 - 2008
British Journal of General Practice		2000 onwards
British Medical Journal	1981 onwards	Current 5 years only
Journal of Infection	1985 - 2008
The Lancet	1981 onwards	Current 5 years only

Electronic Books - Athens account required

Farmer, Richard & Lawrenson, Ross. (2004) Epidemiology and public health medicine 5th ed Malden, Md : Blackwell, Lecture Notes series
Levy, Barry S. & Sidel, Victor W. (2006) Social injustice and public health Oxford: Oxford University Press
Elliot, Paul. (2009) Infection control: a psychosocial approach to changing practice Radcliffe
Bonita, Ruth, Beaglehole, Robert H, & Kjellstrom, T. (2006) Basic epidemiology. 2nd ed Geneva : World Health Organization
Rogstad, K. E. (2011). ABC of sexually transmitted infections. 6th ed. (ABC). Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell. 

 New Books

Title	Shelved at
Baggott, R. (2011). Public health : policy and politics. 2nd ed. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan.	W100 GRH
Gillam, S.J. ; Yates, J. ; Badrinath, P.  (2012) Essential public health: theory and practice. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press	W100 GRH
Harvey, J. ; Taylor, V. F. (2013). Measuring health and wellbeing. (Transforming public health practice). Los Angeles; London : Sage.	W270 GRH
Guest, C. (2013) Oxford Handbook of public health practice. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press	W4 GRH
Warwick-Booth, Louise, Cross, Ruth & Lowcock, Diane (2012) Contemporary health studies. Cambridge: Polity Press	W250 CGH

Please contact the Library to suggest appropriate books for purchase

Need to know more?

For a full list of books & journals use our online catalogue - www.swims.nhs.uk
To find more e-journals go to NHS Evidence and log in with your NHS Athens account
To ask for a literature search on a specific topic contact the Library, details below

The Library Alexandra House Cheltenham General Hospital Tel: 0300 422 3036 Email:

The Library Redwood Education Centre Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Tel: 0300 422 6495 Email:

 

 

 

 

Updated 14th February 2013 DC
(Books - 1st August 2013 LB)
(Electronic books - 2nd July 2013 LB)
(Journals - 21st March 2013 CG)