Public health

General

Directories of sites:

• Bringing Health Information to the Community (BHIC) Blog (Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MidContinental Region, National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
• FirstGov (Entryway to all U.S. Government Web sites)
• HSR Information Central (Health Services Research) (National Library of Medicine)
  • HSRR (Health Services and Sciences Research Resources): searchable database of datasets and instruments
• HealthWeb: Public Health
• Public Health Resources on the Internet (UC Berkeley Public Health Library)
• www.health.gov (U.S. Government)

Individual sites:

• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
• American Public Health Association
• AskSPHERE (Clearinghouse of public health training programs, materials and resources)
• Best Practice Initiative (Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities
• Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals
• Grey Literature Report (New York Academy of Medicine)
• NLM Gateway (National Library of Medicine)
• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
  • Public Health Information and Data Tutorial
• Public Health Foundation
• Regional Healthy People 2010 Events and Priorities
• Public Health Grand Rounds (University of North Carolina & CDC)
• Public Health Image Library (CDC)
• THRIVE: Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (Prevention Institute)
• Training Finder (Clearinghouse of distance learning courses in public health)

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Regional/State

Health Departments:

• Index of Local Public Health Departments (National Association of County and City Health Officials)
• New York State Department of Health
  • Public Health Forum (Includes NYS Health Regulations)
• Genesee County
• Livingston County
• Monroe County
• Ontario County
• Wayne County
• Wyoming County

Other:

• Center for Health and Behavioral Training (prevention/management of STD/HIV/TB)
• Center for Community Health (University of Rochester Medical Center)
• CLIC on Health (Community and Library Information Collaboration on Health)
• Health Action (Monroe County)
• New York State Association of County Health Officials

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Consumer Health

• Consumer Health Resources (UC Berkeley Public Health Library)
• healthfinder® (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Health Topics A to Z (New York State Department of Health)
• MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine)
• New York State Physician Profiles (New York State Department of Health)
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
• Patient Education & Consumer Health Resources (Miner Library)
• MLA Top Ten Useful Websites and Other Useful Health Sites (Medical Library Association)
• Other Useful Health Sites (Medical Library Association)

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Emergency/Bioterrorism Preparedness

Directories:

• Bioterrorism Bibliographies and Resources (Medical Library Association)
• Bioterrorism Resources (American College of Physicians)
• Public Health: Disaster Preparedness (Medical Society of the State of New York)
• Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness (New York Academy of Medicine/National Library of Medicine)

Individual sites:

• Bioterrorism & Emerging Infections Education (University of Alabama)
• Bioterrorism Readiness: New York State Information for Consumers
• CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response
• Center for Biosecurity (University of Pittsburgh)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Guidelines on Bioterrorism (National Guideline Clearinghouse)
• New York State Emergency Management Office
• National Emergency Management Association
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• U.S. EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness & Prevention Office (CEPPO)

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Environmental Health/Toxicology

Directories:

• Chemfinder (Search for information about individual chemical substances)
• Chemical Safety (NIOSH)
• Environmental and Occupational Health (HiPHIVE: Hawaii Public Health Information Virtual Emporium)
• Environmental Health & Safety Resources (University of Wisconsin at Madison --includes a directory of Material Safety Data Sheets)
• Environmental Health Resources and Toxicology (University of Nevada at Reno)
• Environmental Management Links (osh.net by Work Care)
• HealthWeb
• Environmental Health, Occupational Health, and Toxicology
• Toxicology
• Healthy People 2010 Environmental Health Resource Pages (Public Health Foundation. Lists Web sites related to 2010 Objectives. Provides PubMed searches for journal articles related to each objective.)
• National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center
• RochesterEnvironment.com
• Toxicology and Environmental Health Information (National Library of Medicine)
• UC Berkeley Public Health Library
  • Environmental Health
  • Toxicology/Occupational Health Resources

Individual sites:

• Alliance for Healthy Homes
• Scorecard (Environmental Defense. Provides in-depth pollution reports for any US county.)

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Free Online Journals/News

Directories:

• Directory of Open Access Journals (Lund University Libraries)
• FindArticles.com
• Free Medical Journals.com
• HighWire Press' Free Online Full-text Articles
• NewJour (a comprehensive listing of new journals and newsletters available on the Internet for all subjects)
• PubMed Central (free access to a very small, but growing number of biomedical journals)
• Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
  • Journals and Publications-Professional
  • Journals and Publications-Popular Media
• U.S. Government Periodicals on the Web (Auburn University Libraries)

Individual sites:

• BMC Public Health
• Center for the Advancement of Health
• News in Public Health (Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce)
• World Health News (Harvard School of Public Health)

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Grants

Directories:

• Foundation Center Finding Funders
• Grants.gov
• GrantsNet (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
• SRA International Grants Web

Individual sites:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• CDC Funding Opportunities
• Grants/Funding Opportunities (New York State Department of Health)
• National Institutes of Health
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Rochester Grantmakers Forum
• Rural Information Center Health Services Funding Resources (USDA)

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Maternal/Child Health

• Maternal and Child Health Bureau (U.S. Health Services and Resources Administration)
• Maternal and Child Health Resources (UC Berkeley Public Health Library)
• Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)

Nutrition

Directories:

• Food/Nutrition Resources (UC Berkeley Public Health Library)
• Nutrition (HiPHIVE: Hawaii Public Health Information Virtual Emporium)
• Nutrition.Gov

Individual sites:

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 (Department of U.S. Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Rural Health

Directories:

• Health Resources (Rural Information Center, National Agricultural Library)
• HealthWeb: Rural Health
• Rural Health Resources (UC Berkeley Public Health Library)

Individual sites:

• National Rural Health Association
• Rural Assistance Center

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Statistics

Directories:

• FedStats (Gateway to statistics for >100 federal agencies)
• Health Statistics Tutorial (Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce)
• HealthWeb
  • Biostatistics
  • Health Statistics
• Public Health Indicators and National Data
• Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center)

Individual sites:

• Census Scope: Your Portal to Census 2000 Data (University of Michigan Social Science Data Analysis Network)
• Childstats.gov (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics)
• Finding and Using Health Statistics: A Self-Study Course (Dr. Dan Melnick, National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology)
• Health Statistics (MedlinePlus Health Topic)
• Health, United States, 2004 (CDC, National Center for Health Statistics)
• Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (CDC)
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Population Reference Bureau
• State and County QuickFacts (U.S. Census Bureau)
• State Health Facts (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
• Statistics on the Aging Population (Administration on Aging:)
• Weekly Epidemiological Record (WHO)

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