• Documents
  • The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century
  • Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Health Professionals for the 21st Century
  • Healthy People 2020
• Organizations
  • American Public Health Association (APHA)
  • Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • National Association of School Nurses (NASN)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Cancer.gov (NCI)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Guide to Community Preventive Services
• healthfinder
• HealthWeb: Public Health
• Iowa Public Health Information
• Mayo Clinic
• MEDLINEplus
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
• Public Health Foundation
• Public Health Information Links for Nevada (PHIL)
• Surgeon General
• Turning Point
• Virtual Public Health Center
• World Health Organization (WHO)

• Minnesota Local and County Health Departments
• State Health Departments
• National Health Observances Calendar
• NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
• PDA Resources in Public Health (software installation may be required)
  • .911 (emergency responders, bioterrorism, infectious diseases)
  • ACP-ASIM List of Guidelines
  • AIDSinfo Drug Database
  • Asthma Treatment Guidelines
  • Bioterrorism Decision Support Tool
  • HighWire Journals' Table of Contents for PDA (requires registration)
  • Immunization Schedules
  • Interactive Preventive Services Selector (AHRQ)
  • Lung Cancer Risk Assessment (must request)
  • National Guideline Clearinghouse's PDA Guidelines
  • Obesity Guidelines
  • Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator (AHRQ)
  • POC-IT Antibiotics Guide (Johns Hopkins)
  • PubMed on PDA
    • PubMed on Tap
    • PubMed for Handhelds
    • PubMed Text Version
  • Quit Smoking: Consumer Interactive Tool (AHRQ)
  • STD Treatment Guidelines
  • Toxicology & Environmental Health Applications
  • Tuberculosis Treatment Guidelines
  • USPSTF Preventive Services Guidelines
  • WISER: Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
• Public Health Glossaries

• National Data and Statistics
  • American Fact Finder
  • CDC Wonder
  • ChildStats.gov
  • FedStats
  • Injury Maps
  • State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System
  • Monitoring the Future:  A Continuing Study of American Youth
  • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
  • NEISS (Injury and Consumer Products Data)
  • SEER (Cancer Data)
  • State Cancer Profiles
  • State Health Facts (Kaiser Family Foundation)
  • U.S. Census
  • WISQARS (Injury Data)
• Minnesota Data and Statistics
  • Health Data and Statistics (MDH)
  • Minnesota Student Survey
  • Tobacco Prevention and Control Data and Statistics - Tables, Charts and Graphs
• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
• Public Health Surveillance and Informatics (CDC)

• Healthy People 2010: Literature to Support Its Goals
• Hot Topics in Public Health Literature Searches
• Consumer Health Pamphlets and Foreign Language Materials
  • 24 Languages Project
  • EthnoMed Patient Education Resources
  • Foreign Language Patient Resources on the Net
  • Health Communication Partnership
  • Hmong Health
  • MedlinePlus
  • MedlinePlus Spanish Edition
  • Multicultural Health Communication Service
  • Multilingual Resources
• Databases
  • PubMed
  • Cancer Control Planet
  • Databases for MDH Employees
  • ERIC (Educational Resources)
  • Evidence-Based Public Health Databases List (PDF: 26 pages)
  • Grey Literature Sources
  • Grey Literature Resources Pathfinder
  • Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
  • Household Products Database
  • National Environmental Publications Internet Site (EPA)
  • NIOSH's Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
  • Prevention Communication Research Database
  • Tox Town (consumer guide to environmental health issues)
  • Image Databases
    • American Social Hygiene Posters 1910-1970
    • Minneapolis Historical Photo Collection
    • Minnesota Historical Society Visual Resources Database
    • Minneapolis Public Library: War Posters
    • Public Health Image Library
• Journals
  • E-Journals for MDH Employees (MDH Only)
  • Free Medical Journals
  • List of Core Public Health Journals
  • Top 25 Public Health Journals by ISI Impact Factor (PDF: 1 page)
• Keeping Current
  • News Alerts
    • Google News (help with setting up Google News alerts)
    • Kaiser Daily Reports (Sign up for HIV/AIDS, Reproductive, or Health Policy alerts)
  • Journal Literature Alerts
    • Using PubMed's My NCBI to Keep Current
    • Free Table of Contents Alerting Services

• Kaiser Web HealthCasts
• Public Health Core Competencies
• Public Health Grand Rounds
• Public Health Training Network
• TrainingFinder.org (Public Health Foundation)
• Tutorials
  • E-Roadmap to Evidence-Based Public Health Practice
  • Barr Library Tips and Handouts
  • Orientation to Public Health (registration required)
  • Information Literacy
  • Using the Internet
  • Evaluating Information on the Internet
  • Health Information on the Internet
  • Guidelines for Medical and Health Information Sites on the Internet (AMA)
  • Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Evidence-Based Resources for Public Health (PDF: 5 pages)
  • Finding the Grey Literature

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