Public Health and Social Care

Frontline health providers, hospital systems, foundations, patient groups, practitioner communities, governments, think tanks, and other organizations produce assessments, guidelines, pilot projects, real-world evaluations, newsletters, and collaborative projects.

Public Health and Social Care brings this information together, updates it regularly, adds search tools and unique identifiers—and preserves the material for future reference.

A range of institutions and sources

• Public health agencies
• Medical associations
• Medical foundations
• Hospitals
• Data collection and reporting agencies
• Charities
• Local, state, and national governments
• Research institutes
• Expert bloggers
• Funding agencies
• Pharmaceutical and medical companies
• Health commissions
• Health consulting companies
• Community health organizations
• Nursing and allied health organizations
• Academic and professional societies
• Disease surveillance and reporting organizations

Practical content that isn’t found in traditional databases

Our focus is outside of journals, books, and formal publications. We’re also not aiming for conference proceedings, data sets, or dissertations. Instead, we’re focused on materials such as:

• Research studies and reports
• Case reports and case series
• Performance data
• Guidelines and manuals
• Community health needs and impact assessments
• Blogs and social media
• Protocol and methodology papers
• Health education and promotional literature
• Policy and positioning statements
• Newsletters and blogs
• Disease surveillance reporting
• Health technology assessments

Global reach, custom coverage, and special archives

We track the impact of new and emerging disease outbreaks, and create dedicated preservation archives to ensure lessons learned are not lost. Our archive includes over 250,000 studies, impact statements, and related materials covering the COVID-19, H1N1, Ebola and ZIKA emergencies.

Evidence From the Real World

Public Health and Social Care provides access to pilot projects, real-world assessments, evaluations of interventions, and collaborative projects, filling knowledge gaps and informing decision-making across the field. Coverage is broad and inclusive, encompassing research on vulnerable and aging populations, people with learning, physical, or sensory difficulties, caregivers, indigenous peoples, non-white populations, the LGBTQ+ community, and immigrants.