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Introduction to Health Services Research : A Self-Study Course

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Case 4: Bioterrorism -- Community Preparedness (Page 48 of 49)
Phase Two: Finding the Information

Q21. Identify strategies and resources to help you stay informed of developments and events related to Bioterrorism and Community Preparedness.

Suggested Solution

Several of the databases you examined earlier will allow you to set up alerts on the searches you have run previously. Databases such as Sociological Abstracts, POPLINE's Current Awareness Searches, PAIS International provide you with the ability to set up alerts.

Journals will often send alerts when new tables of content come out. Be sure to add likely titles to your list of alerts.

Many of the key players will too. Review Module 3 for those key players who provide alerting services.

You might also find valuable information in government-sponsored (and scientific) Weblogs such as the Department of Health and Human Services' Pandemic Flu Leadership Blog. Although this is a short (five week) blog intended to "bring together highly influential leaders from the business, faith, civic and health care sectors to discuss how best to help Americans become more prepared for a possible influenza pandemic. The Department is hosting this five-week blog summit to expand this conversation as part of an ongoing effort by the Department to help Americans become more prepared."

Also consider professional Weblogs and podcasts put out by experts and governmental and non-governmental organizations with an interest in this topic.

After answering this question, you have completed Case 4. Congratulations! Good work!

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