Mississippi Health Facts


This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library. Mississippi health facts includes the areas of public health, delivery of health care, health services, nursing, health resources, and disease as well as information about hospitals, physicians, dentists, and health facilities.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks  
/ More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts  
/ Selected journal articlesMore reference sources
Specialized sources
/ Selected electronic sources


Guides

Mississippi. State Department of Health. Annual report / Mississippi State Department of Health.
          JOURNAL STACKS

Mississippi state health plan 2001.
          REF WA 540 .AM7 M73 2001

Jones, Ellen Shea (ed.). Behavioral risk factor survey: 1988 Mississippi.
          WA 540 .AM7 B43 1988

Mississippi public health milestones.
          WA 11 .AM7 M577 1986


Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Mississippi hospital law manual / Mississippi Hospital Association.
          REF WX 32 .AM7 M57 1999

Cox, James L. Mississippi almanac: the ultimate reference on the state of Mississippi.
          REF HC 107 .M7 C69 2001

2000 annual report on hospitals licensed by Mississippi State Department of Health.
          REF WX 2 .AM7 A568 2001

Mississippi. State Board of Medical Licensure. Physicians in Mississippi, July 1, 1995.
          REF W 76 P497 1994

Characteristics of physicians, Mississippi: December 31, 1996.
          REF W 16 C4 1996


Selected textbooks

Bridgforth, Lucie R. Medical education in Mississippi: a history of the School of Medicine.
          W 19 .AM7 B75 1984

Morton, Margaret, et al. Celebrating public health nursing: caring for Mississippi's communities with courage and compassion, 1920-1993.
          WY 108 C443 1993

Sabin, Linda E. Struggles and triumphs: the story of Mississippi nurses, 1800-1950.
          WY 11 .AM7 S22s 1998


More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Health Services - Mississippi
Public Health - Mississippi
Delivery of Health Care - Mississippi
Health Surveys - Mississippi
Health Behavior - Mississippi
Hospitals - Mississippi
Health Facilities - Mississippi
Statistics - Mississippi
Nursing - Mississippi

Selected journals

Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association
Mississippi Dental Association journal
Mississippi medical news
Mississippi morbidity report
Mississippi pharmacist
Mississippi RN
Newsweekly
(e-journal)


More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog

Suggested subject headings: Mississippi - Periodicals
Public Health - Periodicals
Hospitals - Periodicals
Statistics - Periodicals
Health Behavior - Periodicals
Nursing - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

HealthSTAR Database  On-Campus   / Off-Campus

 

Suggested subject headings: Mississippi
Southeastern United States
Rural Health
Hospitals, Rural
Rural Health Services
Delivery of Health Care
Health Services
Health Behavior
Nurses

Index to Health Information

Search using keywords: Mississippi
Southeastern States
Health Facilities and Services
Medical Economics
Health Care Reform
Health Risk Behavior
Health Facilities Administration
Nurses and Nursing

Ebsco Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition  On-Campus   Off-Campus

Search using keywords: Mississippi
Mississippi's
Rural Health
Health Statistics
Health Services
Nurses

Selected journal articles

Hart-Hester S, et al. Access to health care professionals in rural Mississippi.  Southern Medical Journal.  2003 Feb; 96(2):149-54.

Kippenbrock T, et al. Nurse practitioners providing health care to rural and underserved areas in four Mississippi Delta states. Journal of Professional Nursing. 2002 Jul-Aug; 18(4):230-7.

Kum-NJi P, et al. Reducing the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome in the Delta region of Mississippi: a three-pronged approach.  Southern Medical Journal. 2001 Jul; 94(7):704-10.

de Shazo R. Coming up short.  Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 2001 Apr; 42(4):127-30.

Davis SP, et al. Assessing cardiovascular risk in children: the Jackson, Mississippi CCRIC study.   Journal of Cultural Diversity. 2002 Fall; 9(3):67-72.

Zotti ME, et al. Prenatal smoking and birth outcomes among Mississippi residents.  Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 2003 Jan; 44(1):3-9.


 
More reference sources

Mississippi. Board of Nursing. Fiscal year 1997 statistics; registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurse practitioners, expanded role LPNs.
          REF WY 16 M577 1998

Mississippi Dental Association. Membership directory 2000-2001.
          REF WU 22 .AM7 M57 2000

Mississippi. State Medical Association. MSMA membership directory 2002.
          REF WB 1 .AM7 M57 2002

Healthcare standards 2003: official directory. p.D163-D171
          REF W 22 H424 2003

Membership directory: August 1998-99 / Mississippi Hospital Association.
          REF WX 22 .AM7 M4 1998-99

Mississippi Health Care Commission. Division of Licensure & Certification. Directory of Mississippi health facilities.
          REF WX 22 .AM7 D57 2000

Mississippi nursing practice law and rules and regulations.
          REF WY 33 .AM7 M57 2001

Mississippi official and statistical register, 2000-2004.
          REF J 87 M74a 2000-2004

Mississippi Health Facilities Licensure and Certification. Health maintenance organization regulations.
          W 132 .AM7 M4 2001


Specialized sources

Health care state rankings, 2002 : health care in the 50 United States. 10th ed.
          REF WA 900 .AA1 M673 2002

Cancer facts & figures 2001
          REF QZ 200 C232 2001

Vital statistics Mississippi 2001.
          REF HA 464 M587 2001

Mississippi healthy futures: county data book.
          REF WA 540 .AM7 M32 1993

Mississippi population projections for 2005, 2010 and 2015.
          REF HB 849.53 L638 2002

Mississippi statistical abstract, 2001.
          REF HA 461 M5 2001

Department of Health Information Management. 601-984-6352
          University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
          John C.Hyde, PhD jhyde@shrp.umsmed.edu

Department of Health Information Management. 601-984-6346
          University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
          Bill Rudman, PhD brudman@shrp.umsmed.edu


Selected electronic sources

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/stat_abstract/

Mississippi State Department of Health
http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/

2001 State Health Profiles
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/stprofiles.htm

Mississippi Health Sciences Information Network
http://mishin.umsmed.edu/


Author: Ardis Haaland
Copyright 1999, Rev. 2001, 2003 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson