List of journals of interest to health promotion and health
communication practitioners
1) American Journal of Community Psychology
ISSN: 0091-0562
Frequency: 8 issues per year
This journal indexed in
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
Mental Health Abstracts,
PsycINFO,
Sage Family Studies Abstracts,
Social Science Index,
Social Scisearch,
Social Work Abstracts,
Sociological Abstracts
Web site features:
tables of contents for back issues, 1997
abstracts available
search engine for journal articles
2) American Journal of Health Behavior
ISSN: 0187-3244
Frequency: 6 issues per year
Indexed in Applied Social Sciences Index,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
ERIC,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Sociological Abstracts,
Violence & Abuse Abstracts
Web site features:
tables of contents and abstracts
subject and author indexes by volume for the year 1996-2002 (i.e.
last complete volume)
cumulative subject and author indexes for January 1997 to December
1996
3) American Journal of Health Promotion
ISSN: 0890-1171
Frequency: 6 issues per year
Indexed in
Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts,
Combined Health Information Database (CHID),
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, (CINAHL),
ERIC,
Psychological Abstracts,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Sociological Abstracts,
Sage Family Studies Abstracts,
SPORT Discus
Web site features:
Editors notes column
abstracts may be found at the Inbrief link for each issue.
email alerts
4) American Journal of Preventive Medicine
ISSN: 0749-3797
Frequency: 8 issues per year (10 issues per year starting 2004)
Indexed in Combined Health Information Database (CHID),
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Sage Family Studies Abstracts,
Sociological Abstracts
Web site features:
search engine for journal collection
tables of contents and abstracts
back issue search engine
free registration
email alerts
5) American Journal of Public Health
ISSN: 0090-0036
Frequency: 12 issues per year
Indexed in Ageline,
Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Medline / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Sage Family Studies Abstracts,
Social Work Research and Abstracts
Web site features:
tables of contents only, 1971-1974
tables of contents and abstracts, 1975-
search engine for journal articles
free sample issue online
email alerts
6) Canadian Journal of Public Health
Indexed in EMBASE,
Medline / PubMed
Web site features:
general information about the journal
table of contents available from path Canadian Journal of Public
Health from banner, then Index of Articles
7) Canadian Social Trends
ISSN: 0831-5698
Frequency : 4 issues per year
Indexed in Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA),
Canadian Periodical Index,
POPLINE
Web site features:
download or electronic subscription for fee. Print copies frequently
available for use in public and academic libraries.
selected articles available for free online in html format
cumulative subject index of articles available. No abstracts.
table of contents with abstracts for current issue
Note: Not indexed in MEDLINE / PubMed.
8) Chronic Diseases in Canada
ISSN: 0228-8699
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Indexed in EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Web site
features:
downloadable full text and abstracts in html format
no search engine
annual indexes
email table of contents alerts available
9) Health Communication
ISSN: 1532-7027
Frequency: four issues per year
Indexed in Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
(ASSIA), Combined Health Information Database (CHID),
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO
Social Scisearch
Web
site features:
table of contents without abstracts listed for each issue
email table of contents alert available
10) Health Education and Behavior (formerly Health
Education Quarterly)
ISSN: 1090-1981
Frequency: 6 issues per year
Indexed in Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA),
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Sociological Abstracts,
Social Work Abstracts
Web site features:
table of contents and abstracts for current issue
no search engine
journal archive available
11) Health Education Journal
ISSN: 0017-8969
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Indexed in Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
(CINAHL),
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Current Contents / Web of Science Social Sciences Citation Index
Web site features:
table of contents with abstracts for volume 60(1 & 2) (2001)
only
12) Health Education Research
ISSN: 0268-1153
Frequency: 6 issues per year
Indexed in
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO
Web site features:
search engine for journal collection
tables of contents and abstracts
back issue search engine
email table of contents alerts
13) Health Promotion International
ISSN: 1460-2245
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Indexed in Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature
(CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Sociological
Web site features:
search engine for journal collection
tables of contents and abstracts
back issue search engine
email table of contents alerts
14) Health Promotion Practice
ISSN: 1524-8399
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Indexed in Combined Health Information Database (CHID),
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Social Services Abstracts,
Sociological Abstracts
Web site:
Web site features:
electronic subscription for a cost
email table of contents alerts
table of contents, volume 3-
15) Health Psychology
ISSN: 0278-6133
Frequency: 6 issues per year
Indexed in
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Social Sciences Index,
Social Work Research & Abstracts
Web site features:
tables of contents for most recent six issues
table of contents with abstracts for current issue
16) International Electronic Journal of Health Education
ISSN: 1529-1944
Frequency: 4 issues per year for 1998-2000. Subsequently publication
is an open volume, i.e. articles appear on web page as soon as they
have been accepted for publication.
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)
Web site features:
table of contents for current issue
cumulative annual table of contents
searchable archive of issues with access to full text of articles
17) Reviews of Health Promotion and Education Online (formerly
Internet Journal of Health Promotion)
Not indexed by Medline or known to be included in other databases.
Web site features:
The former Internet Journal of Health Promotion has been transformed
into the Reviews of Health Promotion and Education Online and has
become the official internet journal of the International Union
for Health Promotion and Education. To know more about this transformation,
see the paper "From
IJHP to RHP&EO," by Editor-in-Chief
Michel O'Neill.
free access
The archived collection of full-text IJHP articles and e-Proceedings
(1995 1999) can be found online
at the RHP&EO Web site.
18) Journal of Aging and Health
ISSN: 0898-2643
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Indexed by
AgeLine Database,
Combined Health Information Database (CHID),
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
HealthSTAR,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Sociological Abstracts
Web site features:
tables of contents for each issue starting 14(1), February 2002
email table of contents alerts
19) Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
ISSN: 0143-005X
Frequency: 12 issues per year
This journal indexed by
CAB Abstracts,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO
Website features:
full text, pdf files and abstracts available for issues published
since January 2000.
PDF files and abstracts accessible for January 1998-December 1999
abstracts only are available for issues published from 1978-1997.
email table of contents alerts
topical index which organizes articles thematically
collection of the ten articles most read during the previous month
20) Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved
ISSN: 1049-2089
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Indexed in
AgeLine Database,
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA),
Combined Health Information Database (CHID),
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
HealthSTAR,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Sociological Abstracts
Website features:
email table of contents alerts
tables of contents for each issue starting 13(1), February 2002
21) Journal of Health and Social Behavior (formerly
Journal of Health and Human Behavior)
ISSN: 0022-1465
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Indexed in
AgeLine Database,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO,
Sociological Abstracts
Web site feature:
Search engine, abstracts, full-text access, table of contents available
only by subscription.
22) Journal of Health Communication
ISSN: 1081-0730
Frequency: 6 issues per year
Indexed in
Current Contents / Web of Science,
MEDLINE / PubMed
PsycINFO
Web site features:
email table of contents alerts
tables of contents with abstracts
search engine for journal articles
23) Journal of Health Psychology
ISSN: 1359-1053
Frequency: 6 issues per year
Indexed in
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA),
Combined Health Information Database (CHID),
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
PsycINFO,
Social Scisearch,
Sociological Abstracts
Web site features:
email table of contents alerts
tables of contents for each issue starting 4(1), January 1999
24) Journal of Rural Health
ISSN: 0890-765X
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Indexed in
Agricola,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
Sociological Abstracts
Web site features:
search engine for journal articles
author, subject and abstract indexes
free access to pdf files of current issue
25) Journal of School Health
ISSN: 0022-4391
Frequency: 10 issues per year
This journal indexed in
CAB Abstracts,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
ERIC,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO
Web site of the American
School Health Association
26) Patient Education & Counselling
ISSN: 0738-3991
Frequency: 12 issues per year
Iindexed in Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied
Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO
Website features:
searchable table of contents and abstracts
full-text requires subscription
sample full text issue
27) Preventive Medicine
ISSN: 0091-7435
Frequency: 12 issues per year
Indexed in
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA),
CAB Abstracts,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO
Website features:
searchable table of contents and abstracts
full-text requires subscription
sample full text issue
28) Social Science and Medicine
ISSN: 0277-9536
Frequency: 24 issues per year
Indexed in
CAB Abstracts,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed, PsycINFO,
Sociological Abstracts
Website
features:
searchable table of contents and abstracts
full-text requires subscription
sample full text issue.
29) British Medical Journal (BMJ)
ISSN: 0007-1447
Frequency: 52 issues per year
Indexed in
Agricola,
CAB Abstracts,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed
PsycINFO
Web site features:
searchable (1994 present) articles, full-text access
current issue
email table of contents alerts
30) Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
Indxed in
AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts,
CAB Abstracts,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO
Web site features:
e-CMAJ: eCMAJ is both the home of CMAJ on the Web and a growing
electronic journal in its own right. It contains the complete editorial
contents of CMAJ, supplemented by a variety of interactive features
and additional content.
features table of contents, abstracts and full-text access to most
articles
eCMAJ table of contents free by e-mail
archive of all online issues
email table of contents alerts
collection of the ten most-read articles during the previous month
and 100 most-read articles of the previous year
31) Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Indexed in
AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts,
CAB Abstracts,
Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),
Current Contents / Web of Science,
EMBASE,
MEDLINE / PubMed,
PsycINFO
Web site features:
searchable table of contents and abstracts
email table of contents alerts
