LibGuides: Health: Grey literature and web resources

Useful health websites

Websites useful to obtain health reports and policies via health organisations and government departments:

Victorian Government Health Information

Federal Government Health Information

Health Management & Policy

Health Promotion

Public Health

Indigenous Health

ABC Health Coverage

Health Updates is a weekly online alert about recent ABC health coverage.
Health Report presented on Radio National each Monday at 5:30 pm

World Statistics

Global Health Observatory (GHO) data
WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for more than 1000 indicators for its 194 member states.
Health, Nutrition and Population Data and Statistics
The World Bank’s comprehensive database of Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) statistics. It includes over 250 indicators on topics such as health financing, HIV/AIDS, immunization, malaria and tuberculosis, health workforce and health facilities use, nutrition, reproductive health, population and population projections, cause of death, non-communicable diseases, water and sanitation, with background information on poverty, labor force, economy and education.
OECD Health Statistics
Datasets for a range of health statistics for populations around the world including Australia. Includes health status, non-medical determinants of health, health resources, health expenditure etc.
World Development Indicators Online - Health
Data on health systems, disease prevention, reproductive health, nutrition, and population dynamics. Sourced from the United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and various other sources.

Rural Health

Tips for searching the web

You will usually find help pages, FAQs, or guides to searching on individual search engine homepages. Click on the plus icons below to explore some some common tips for searching the web.

Google

Google can be good source for finding grey literature. To avoid unwanted results, use operators to limit your search.

Google Operators To search Google by domain or site, use

[search term] site:nn eg. health site:gov.au limits your search to Australian Government health related websites;
research site:www.deakin.edu.au will bring up research pages from Deakin University.
Many grey literature documents are in .pdf format. Use filetype:pdf to limit to these.

Google Advanced (google "Google Advanced Search" to find search interface) Provides rudimentary search fields as well as limiters including region, site/domain, file type or where the search terms appear on the page.

Complex searching through Google (PDF, 143KB)