Online Public Health Resources
On this page:
Featured Resources
Metasites
General Resources
Data and Statistics
Public Health Literature
Education, Training, and Tutorials
Featured Resources
- Websites
- America's Health Rankings (2009)
- County Health Rankings (2010)
- F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future (PDF: 1.99MB/124 pages)
- Healthy People 2020
- Shortchanging America's Health 2010: A State-by-State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars Are Spent
- State Indicator on Physical Activity, 2010 (PDF: 1.48MB/15 pages)
- 2010 Kids Count Child Well-Being Indicators
- Organizations
Metasites
- 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)
General Resources
- Minnesota Local and County Health Departments
- State Health Departments
- National Health Observances Calendar
- NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
- Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
- 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
- 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
Data and Statistics
- 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
- American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
- Public Health Surveillance and Informatics (CDC)
Public Health Literature
- Healthy People 2010: Literature to Support Its Goals
- Hot Topics in Public Health Literature Searches
- Consumer Health Pamphlets and Foreign Language Materials
- Search Tools -- Basic and Specialized
- Evidence-Based Public Health Databases List (PDF: 439KB/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 Resources
- Journals
- 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)
- MedlinePlus News
- Public Health News in Medical News Today
- World Health News
- Journal Literature Alerts
- News Alerts
Education, Training, and Tutorials
- 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
