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RESEARCH QUESTION |
SOURCE/ |
BROAD SEARCH |
NARROWER SEARCH |
LIMIT |
Citation in APA format . |
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1. Looking for overviews and/or a focus area |
ebookcentral |
social determinants of health |
<your disease or condition> AND social determinants of health |
Limit by publication date |
Dagogo-Jack, S. (2016). Diabetes Mellitus in Developing Countries and Underserved Communities. Springer. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4747049
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Scroll to Chapter 14: Diabetes in Native Populations and Underserved Communities in the USA |
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Credo Reference |
social determinants of health |
social determinants of health AND asthma, social determinants of health AND diabetes |
try the limit to ProCon |
Social Policies and Health Inequalities | Blackwell Companions to Sociology: The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology—Credo Reference. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2020, from https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/bkmedsoc/social_policies_and_health_inequalities/0
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Try the CITATION feature | |
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Nursing Reference Center Plus |
diabetes |
diabetes AND food insecurity |
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2. Looking for individual studies, in articles via databases, |
PubMed |
<your disease or condition> AND social determinants of health |
<your disease or condition> AND social determinants of health AND health policy <your disease or condition> AND (uninsured OR disparities) <your disease or condition> AND (uninsured OR disparities) AND health policy |
Limit to Publication type: "Review" |
Liou, Y. M., Yang, Y.-L., Wang, T.-Y., & Huang, C.-M. (2015). School lunch, policy, and environment are determinants for preventing childhood obesity: Evidence from a two-year nationwide prospective study. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 9(6), 563–572. PubMed. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2015.02.012
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Look for the new CITE feature in Pubmed, to cite one citation at a time in APA |
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3. Looking for more articles via databases, |
Search Proquest Central |
affordable care act |
(PPACA OR affordable care act OR health care reform OR Obamacare) AND women's health |
Peer-reviewed Scholarly |
Gurley-Calvez, T., PhD, Bullinger, L., MPA, & Kapinos, K. A., PhD. (2018). Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Breastfeeding Outcomes. American Journal of Public Health, 108(2), 277–283. Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection; PAIS Index; ProQuest Central. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304108
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Look for the "CITE" feature! |
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Search PsycINFO if your topic is related to behavior, addictions, mental health, etc. |
(sociocultural factors/ or socioeconomic status/ OR health disparities/) AND <your topic>
health care policy AND <your topic> |
Limit to methodology "literature review" | ||||
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CINAHL |
Social Determinants of Health AND pregnancy |
Limit to publication type "Research" | ||||
| 4. Web searching | cdc.gov | Search health topic | ||||
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Many policy briefs can be located online. Google searches: Include the phrase "policy brief" in your search. (Keep the quotation marks around "policy brief" to find this exact phrase.) Use a site: search. This will limit your search to a broad domain (e.g., .org sites, .edu sites, .gov sites) |
"policy brief" health insurance
health insurance "policy brief" |
Health Policy Brief: Young Adults and the Affordable Care Act | Health Affairs. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2020, from https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20131216.035859/full/
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4. Need APA help?