Subject Guide
Steve Duecker
Contact:
skduecker@bsu.edu
765-285-3326
765-285-3326
Library Links
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Ask a LibrarianContact a librarian by chat, phone, email, in-person or schedule a reference appointment.
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FAQs at the University LibrariesFind the answers to frequently asked questions here!
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Interlibrary LoanRequest a book, article, or another item not available in the Ball State University Libraries.
Country Health Concerns
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CIA World FactbookReliable information about countries and their populations. Scroll down and select a country where it says Explore Countries. Then scroll down and select People and Society from the box in the left column. See the links to country comparisons below the information about the people (e.g. Median Age). International rankings are provided for various data including infant mortality, life expectancy, and health expenditures. Also see the Geography tab for information about the environment.
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WHO World Health StatisticsThe World Health Statistics annual statistics provides statistical information about many health related issues including, AIDS prevalence, contraceptive use, life expectancy, infectious diseases, health services, risk factors, etc. This information can provide a basis for comparison to determine what problems a country has.
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WHO Global Health ObservatoryScroll down to the GHO Themes for interactive charts highligting country data on issues such as child health, diseases, morbidity, life expectancy, and health workforce. For country information see the Country Statistics link in the left column. Additional information can be found by clicking on the Countries tab at the top of the page.
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Demographic YearbookDownload the complete yearbook or individual tables. Published by the United Nations, this statistical work provides mortality, vitality and natality statistical information for the world's countries.
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Global Health Issues OverviewProvides an overview of global health issues.
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Healthy People 2020 Determinants of HealthLearn about the determinants of health. See the Topics and Objectives tab for an overview of objectives and data, and evidence-based resources.
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Millennium Development GoalsLearn about the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Also see the Reports and Statistics links.
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Sustainable Development GoalsThe United Nations post-2015 goals to carry on the what it began with the Millennium Development Goals.
Agent, Host, and Environmental Factors
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WHO Environment, Climate Change and HealthProvides recommendations for decision-makers and stakeholders, with the aim of maximizing the positive health effects.
Determinants of Health and Interventions
Articles will help you discuss the relationship between the determinants of health and health issues, identify interventions being implemented, and analyzing the political, economic, environmental, and cultural factors.
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PAIS InternationalIndexes public affairs journals. Combine a country name with an issue to identify articles which can be found using MultiLink.
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Access World NewsSearch newspapers from many nations around the world. Search your nation's newspapers using the problem you are studying as keywords.
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Nexis UniSearch newspapers from around the world using your nation's name and your research issue as keywords.
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Global Health InitiativesLearn about global health initiatives from the United States Department of Health and Human Services.