University Library: CHL/610: Community Health Assessment: Week 3

Gathering Secondary Data

Alfano-Sobsey, E., Ledford, S. L., Decosimo, K., & Horney, J. A. (2014). Community health needs assessment in Wake County, North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 75(6), 376-383.
Asadi-lari, M., & Gray, D. (2005). Health needs assessment tools: Progress and potential. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 21(3), 288-297.
Payne, J. (1999). Chapter 3: Collecting information. Researching Health Needs : A Community-Based Approach, 25-36. SAGE Publications, Ltd.
Payne, J. (1999). Chapter 4: Using existing information. Researching Health Needs : A Community-Based Approach, 37-52. SAGE Publications, Ltd.
Ricketts, T. C. (2003). Geographic information systems and public health. Annual Review of Public Health, 24, 1-6.
Safran, C., Bloomrosen, M., Hammond, E., Labkoff, S., Markel-Fox, S., Tang, P. C., & Detmer, D. E. (2007). Toward a national framework for the secondary use of health data. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 14(1), 1-9.

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