Key Texts
Required Books
Health and Human Rights in a Changing World by Call Number: RA394 .H385 2013ISBN: 1136688560Publication Date: 2013-07-04
The Human Right to Health by ISBN: 9780393343380Publication Date: 2013-02-11Coming soon!
Additional Titles
Perspectives on Health and Human Rights by Call Number: RA427.25 .P47 2005ISBN: 041594807XPublication Date: 2005-04-16
Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century by ISBN: 9781400888535Publication Date: 2017-09-08
Key Websites
Scholarly Literature Databases
- ScopusInterdisciplinary citation and abstract database covering more than 14,200 peer-reviewed journals, tracking cited and citing literature.
Advantages: peer-reviewed journal articles across academic disciplines with links to 'citing' and 'cited by' documents. - PubMedHealth sciences articles including clinical, basic sciences, and public health information. Interface incorporates Himmelfarb Library's customized search filters for Clinical Reviews/EBM, Clinical Trials, and Reviews. Coverage: 1950 - Present including corrections and daily updates. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Advantages: core health sciences research tool with filters to focus on specific article types.
Writing Resources
How to / Guides
- How to write a health policy briefWong SL, Green LA, Bazemore AW, Miller BF. How to write a health policy brief. Fam Syst Health. 2017 Mar;35(1):21-24. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000238. Epub 2016 Dec 1. PMID: 27935727.
- Developing a Policy BriefKeepnews DM. Developing a Policy Brief. Policy Polit Nurs Pract. 2016 May;17(2):61-5. doi: 10.1177/1527154416660670. Epub 2016 Jul 22. PMID: 27450972.
- Be it resolved: writing resolutions to influence health policyWallace PM, Watkins DC, Dixon-Terry E. Be it resolved: writing resolutions to influence health policy. Health Promot Pract. 2010 Jan;11(1):9-12. doi: 10.1177/1524839909353024. PMID: 20038647.
Writing Support
- GW Writing CenterFree, peer-based support to students and faculty from across the university. Clients participate in one-on-one sessions with student consultants on their projects at all stages of the writing process. Our conversation-based approach helps clients strengthen their abilities as writers and become stronger editors of their own work.
