The best list of Health & Health Education Journals 
(compiled by Penney Kirby)
1) American Journal of Community Psychology
http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0091-0562
Website Features: Table of contents, sample issue
Indexed In Medline: no

2) American Journal of Health Behavior
http://131.230.221.136/ajhb/
Website Features: Table of contents, abstracts and back issue search engine
Indexed In Medline: no

3) American Journal of Health Promotion
http://www.healthpromotionjournal.com/publications/journal.htm
Website Features: Editor's notes
Indexed in Medline: no

4) American Journal of Preventive Medicine
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajpmonline
Website Features: Table of contents, abstracts, back issue search engine and free sample back issue.
Indexed In Medline: yes

5) American Journal of Public Health
http://www.apha.org/
Website Features: Table of contents and abstracts. Indexed in Medline: yes

6) Canadian Journal of Public Health
http://www.cpha.ca/english/cjph/cjph.htm
Website Features: Website currently under construction
Indexed In Medline: yes

7) Canadian Social Trends
http://www.statcan.ca/english/IPS/Data/11-008-XIE.htm
Website Features: Download or electronic subscription for fee
Indexed In Medline: no

8) Chronic Diseases in Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/main/lcdc/web/publicat/cdic/index.html
Website Features: Full text and abstracts.  No search engine.
Indexed In Medline: no

9) Health Communication
http://www.erlbaum.com/Journals/journals/HC/hc.htm
Website Features:  Electronic subscription for cost
Indexed In Medline: yes

10) Health Education and Behavior 
(Formerly Health Education Quarterly)
http://www.sph.umich.edu/hbhe/heb/
Website Features: Table of contents and abstracts.  No search engine.
Indexed In Medline: yes

11) Health Education Research
http://her.oupjournals.org/
Website Features: Table of contents, email notification service.
Abstracts.
Indexed In Medline: no

12) Health Promotion England
http://www.hpe.org.uk/sexualhealthresources.htm
Website Features: Downloadable information sheets.
Indexed In Medline: ---

13) Health Promotion International
http://heapro.oupjournals.org/
Website Features: Table of contents notification service.  Abstracts.
Free sample issue.
Indexed In Medline: no

14) Health Promotion Practice
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/details/j0309.html
Website Features: Articles are indexed and available through UBC Library (Ingenta database).
Indexed In Medline: no

15) Health Psychology
http://www.apa.org/journals/hea.html
Website Features: Table of contents and some full text articles.
Indexed In Medline: yes

16) International Electronic Journal of Health Education
http://www.iejhe.org/
Website Features: Subscription based.  Author and title index.
Indexed In Medline: no

17) Internet Journal of Health Promotion
http://www.ijhp.org/
Website Features: Full text.
Indexed In Medline: No

18) Journal of Aging and Health
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journals/details/j0100.html
Indexed In Medline: yes

19) Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
http://www.jech.com/
Website Features: Full text of articles.
Indexed In Medline: yes

20) Journal of Health and Social Behaviour 
(formerly J. of Health and Human Behavior)
http://www.jstor.org/journals/00221465.html
Indexed In Medline: yes

21) Journal of Rural Health
http://www.nrharural.org/pagefile/rh.html
Website Features: Searchable table of contents and abstracts.
Indexed In Medline: yes

22) Patient Education and Counselling
http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/9/5/5/index.htt
Website Features: Searchable table of contents and abstracts.  Sample full text issue.
Indexed In Medline: yes

23) Preventive Medicine
http://www.apnet.com/pm
Website Features:  Tables of contents and some full text articles.
Indexed In Medline: yes

24) Social Science and Medicine
http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/pateducou
Website Features: Searchable table of contents and abstracts.  Sample full text issue.
Indexed In Medline: yes

Other journals of interest:

  • British Medical Journal (BMJ)

  • http://www.bmj.com/
    Website features: Full text, Email alert, searchable.
     
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)

  • http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/index.asp
    Website Features: Full text of some articles, email table of contents
    alert.
     
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

  • http://www.jama.com/
    Website Features: Email alert, table of contents, searchable and
    abstracts
     
  • HELPING.ORG - Helping People Make a Difference

  • http://www.helping.org/nonprofit/
    This website is a great resource in nonprofit management - a real
    launching pad. Tools and resources for helping your nonprofit make the most of the Internet. The site is sponsored by the Benton Foundation.

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