These consumer resources on HEALTH topics are recommended for health & wellness classes, English essays, or speeches. Use recommended library databases for consumer health topics. Discover credible web sites and online resources. Get local, national, and global health statistics.
Library databases for consumer health topics
- Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowUp-to-date information on health care topics. Resources include nursing and allied health journals, magazines, newsletters, consumer health information sources, reference books, and multimedia resources.
NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee
Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL)
- Health and Wellness (Gale) This link opens in a new windowReference materials, journal and magazine articles, pamphlets, and videos on health issues from authoritative medical sources
NOTE: Access limited by IP to users located in Tennessee
Resource provided by Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL)
Credible websites and online resources
This alphabetical list of credible and reputable websites are recommended for students researching health and wellness topics for academic assignments.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Find information on diseases, get healthy living tips, and find public health statistics at this government agency website.
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS) - Health on the Net FoundationThis NGO helps consumers find "medical information you can trust" with its HONcode certification program and HONsearch.
- Health Videos (MedlinePlus)Animated video collection. Shows the impact of diseases and conditions on body parts and organs.
- Mayo Clinic - Patient Care & Health InformationFind information on diseases and conditions, symptoms, drugs and supplements, tests and procedures, healthy lifestyle, and first aid.
Commercial website. HONcode certified. - MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine)Find information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in easy to understand language. Designed for patients and their families.
Government website.
Health statistics
Find statistical information on health issues with these resources for Tennessee, National (US), and International health data.
- Tennessee Health StatisticsStatistics and publications on public health issues in Tennessee. Includes the County Health Rankings report which ranks the overall health of the counties for all 50 states. Tennessee Department of Health.
- County Health Rankings & Roadmaps: TennesseeAnnual County Health Rankings for Tennessee begin in 2011. Data on health factors including high school graduation rates, obesity, smoking, unemployment, access to healthy foods, the quality of air and water, income inequality, and teen births .
Collaboration between Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
- CDC FastStatsAlphabetical list of statistics and data on public health issues. Same resources available from CDC Public Health Data.
- CDC Public Health DataData & statistics on public health issues organized by topic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- County Health Rankings & RoadmapsAnnual County Health Rankings arranged by state begin in 2011. Find statistics for every state in America. Discover policies, programs, and systems changes that can improve health
Collaboration between Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
- Global Health ObservatorySections: Global Health Observatory, Data Repository, Reports, and Country statistics. World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Organization (WHO) statisticsGlobal health data from the World Health Organization (WHO)
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