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The following tutorials are written, reviewed and regularly updated by a national team of UK university lecturers and librarians with the aim of supporting students, lecturers and researchers in UK higher education.

Search planning worksheet example for Molecular Pathology

Literature search planning example - Molecular Pathology

Public Health web resources

American Public Health Association (APHA)
The APHA aims to protect all Americans, their families and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States.
Office for Product Safety and Standards
The Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) was set up to drive better delivery of regulation. This duty has now been taken over by the Office for Product Safety & Standards
CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S.
Department of Health
The Department of Health (DH) helps people to live better for longer. We lead, shape and fund health and care in England, making sure people have the support, care and treatment they need, with the compassion, respect and dignity they deserve.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
The ECDC is an EU agency with aim to strengthen Europe's defences against infectious diseases. It is seated in Stockholm, Sweden.
European Commission: Public Health
European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
EPHA is Europe’s leading NGO advocating for better health. We are a dynamic member-led organisation, made up of public health NGOs, patient groups, health professionals, and disease groups working together to improve health and strengthen the voice of public health in Europe.
European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
The EUPHA is an umbrella organisation for public health associations and institutes in Europe.
'Fair Society Healthy Lives' (The Marmot Review)
In November 2008, Professor Sir Michael Marmot was asked to chair an independent review to propose the most effective evidence-based strategies for reducing health inequalities in England from 2010.
Global Health Observatory (GHO)
The GHO data repository provides access to over 50 datasets on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millennium Development Goals, non communicable diseases and risk factors, epidemic-prone diseases, health systems, environmental health, violence and injuries, equity among others.
Harvard School of Public Health
The School produces knowledge through research, reproduces knowledge through higher education, and translates knowledge into evidence that can be communicated to the public, policy makers, and practitioners to advance the health of populations.
International Epidemiological Association (IEA)
The IEA has more than 1000 members in over 100 different countries who follow the aims of the Association to facilitate communication amongst those engaged in research and teaching of epidemiology throughout the world, and to encourage its use in all fields of health including social, community and preventative medicine.
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Since its founding in 1916, the Bloomberg School has advanced research, education and practice to create solutions to public health problems around the world.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Publications
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) help people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from health care.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH)
Public Health Agency of Canada
The Agency's mission is to promote and protect the health of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation and action in public health.
Public Health England
PHE is an executive agency of the Department of Health. Its mission is to protect and improve the nation’s health and to address inequalities.
Public Health England: Data and Knowledge Gateway
A new, single point of access to data and analysis tools from across Public Health England.
Supercourse
Supercourse is a repository of lectures on global health and prevention designed to improve the teaching of prevention.
UK's Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
The Faculty of Public Health (FPH) is the standard setting body for specialists in public health in the United Kingdom.
World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
WHO Regional Office for Africa
WHO Regional Office for Europe
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
WHO Regional Office for the Americas
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
WHO Regional office for the Western Pacific

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Internet tutorials

Search planning worksheet example for Molecular Pathology

Public Health web resources