Epidemiology

Community-based, participatory epidemiology apps provide communication forums and allow researchers to collect information from people close by or from great distances:

OVERVIEW

Participatory Epidemiology: Use of Mobile Phones for Community-Based Health Reporting (PLoS Medicine, 2010)

SAMPLING

• EpiCollect (developed at University College, London)
• HealthMap (developed at Boston Children's Hospital)

The following journals are pertinent to the field. Those marked with (*) have impact factors listed in Epidemiology related fields in InCites Journal Citation Reports:

• American Journal of Epidemiology *
• Epidemiologic Methods
• Epidemiologic Reviews *
• Epidemiology *
• International Journal of Epidemiology *
• Journal of Clinical Epidemiology *
• MMWR *
• Vital Signs

• Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER)

Sources and tools for specialized health statistics include:

• Data Query System (National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)-estimates and trends on more than 12 public health topics 
• Disability and Health Data System (DHDS, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
• Health Data, Tools, and Statistics (Health Services Research & Public Health>HSRIC) 
• Health Inequality Data Repository (WHO)
• Metadata- Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program