Texts

The texts listed below are related to the subject of primary care and public health research. While in no way comprehensive, this selection has aided the PCPH faculty in formulating hypotheses and conducting their own research. All sources come highly recommended.

The PCPH Scholars Program has available all listed sources in the Section of Primary Care Library. If you are a current scholar and are interested in one of these titles, please contact the program coordinator to access a copy.

Internet Resources

These links have proven useful in conducting community based medical research. Some of these sites are New York specific, but hopefully they can be used as guides, leading to other useful and informative city-specific sites.

Texts

Abramson JH, Abramson ZH. Survey Methods in Community Medicine. 5th edition. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1999.

Aday LA. Designing and Conducting Helath Surveys. 2nd edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Bradburn N, Sudman S, Wansink B. Asking Questions. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Browner WS. Publishing and Presenting Clinical Research. First edition. San Francisco: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999.

Fink A, ed. The Survey Kit. 2nd edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2003.

Hulley B, et al. Designing Clinical Research: An Epidemiologic Approach. 2nd edition. San Francisco: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.

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Internet resources

New York University Center for Immigrant Health

New York University Program for the Survivors of Torture

New York State Department of Health

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