Research Guides: POLS 212: Health Politics (HC): Reports & NGOs

Finding Research Reports and Conference Papers

PolicyFile
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Provides access to articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. Covers a wide range of topics from international trade to health care reform, from telecommunications regulation to terrorism. Most content is NOT peer-reviewed.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
This organization makes conference papers searchable and provides full text access to many of them. SSRN collects conference papers, journal article pre-prints and working papers in the social sciences. This is a good place to find very recent material.
World Health Report (WHO)
See the current 2013 report as well as earlier years.

GapMinder
This website promotes sustainable global development and achievement of the Millennium Goals through education. Note in particular the variety of data available for health issues.
Global Health
This division of the Department of health and Human services coordinates health care with other regional and global organizations.
Global Health Council
This organization serves as a collaborative voice of the global health community on health issues; it convenes stakeholders around key global health priorities and actively engages key decision makers to influence health policy.
Institute for Health Metrics
This website provides a rich array of resources including research articles, policy reports, and country profiles showing the global burden of disease.
Pan American Health Organization
Top Think Tanks, 2013
James McGann at the University of Pennsylvania ranks public policy organizations each year. The report organizes ranking by the world and by region in addition to a ranking by area of research (see page 62 for top health policy think tanks worldwide).
World Health Organization (WHO)