Useful Web Sites

Bookmarks

Community Assessment
Education
Environment
Government
History of Medicine
Topical Links
Medical Sites
Private


Medical Sites

AD2000 Immunization Schedule
A.M.A.
American College of Prev. Med.
       Click on Preventive Medicine Resource Center
Assn Teachers of Prev. Med.

APHA
AMA's National Patient Safety Foundation ( To Prevent Iatrogenic illness)
BMJ [Electronic version British Medical Journal]
BMJ Collection of articles, By topic 
Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
Intelihealth list of health resources
    Johns Hopkins Monographs
Journal of Preventive Medicine in Medical Care
Medical Society of Virginia

Medicine & Public Health
Initiative
MCV Campus
NACCHO (National Association of City & County Health Officials)
New England Journal of Medicine
Outbreaks
MD jobs/residencies
National Center for Quality Assessment
PDR Health Professional Site
Population Resources for Primary Care Physicians (From Virginian Data MD MPH)
Putting Prevention into practice
VA. Acad. Family Phys.

 Sites for validated medical information
    How to Evaluate a Medical web site
    Alternative Medicine Alert
    AMA's Medical Empowerment site
    Integrative Medicine (Evaluation of Herbal uses)
    Center for  Alternative & Complimentary Medicine  [at NIH]
    Danger of use Web Pharmacies.
    Intelihealth Professional
    Quackery Evaluation

Not Validated but Non-Commercial
    OneMedicine Publishing site for Alternative Care


Links to History of Medicine in the last Millenium.
October Supplement to the Encarta Encyclopedia - Edward Jenner and the Discovery of Vaccination
PBS' DNA workshop
Medical History on the Internet
History of Public Health
National Museum
of Health and Medicine
From Quackery to Bacteriology
Electronic Journal on History of Public Health
The New Electronic Britannica


Community Assessment

Census Bureau 
Public Health Foundation - Health Status Indicators
NACCHO Community Toolbox 
NACCHO Community Assessment
PHPPO Programs
Virginia's Planning District Commission
WHO GIS for surveys
Census Files - 2000 Brochure
GIS in Public Health:  Using  Mapping and Spatial Analysis Technologies for Health Protection  (Videocast)


Topical Links

Asthma Links
Adolescent Health

Cross-Cultural Issues
Food Sanitation Web Sites
Minority Health
      National Coalition of Hispanic Health & Human Services Organizations
      Office of Minority Health Resource Center
MCH Issues
Wellness
Women's Health Issues


Government Agencies

Agency for Health Care Research & Quality (New Name)
Association of State  & Territorial Health Officers
Association of Public Health Laboratories
Conference of State & Territorial Epidemiologists
    Blueprint for 21st Century Surveillance System
Centers for Disease Control 
    MMWR
DHHS
     DHHS vetted Health Information Links
Federal Health Statistics
EPA

FDA
Grantline
Healthy People 2010:
    Coalition for Healthy Communities
    Healthy People Consortium
    Health People Partnerships
    Partnerships for Consumer Health Information
Health Resources & Services Agency
    Center for Telemedicine Development
Healthy People 2000:
Institute of Medicine:
Library of Congress
National Library of Medicine 

    Medline
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
    Bioethics at the NIH
National Institutes of Health 
    Atlas of cancer mortality
    NIH work & Family Life Web Seminars
NIOSH
OSHA
Pan American Health Organization
Putting Prevention into Practice
State Legislature (Virginia)
Virginia Dept of Health
Virginia Department of Mental health, Retardation and Substance Abuse Services
Web-Health
World Health Organization

National Association of Health Data Organizations
    What is the Public Health Consortium?
    National Uniform Billing Committee:
 
    Utah Health Information Network 
    Data Interchange Standards Association

Consumer Health Information paper 
(above is at the National Information Infrastructure Virtual Library)


Educational Links

Ayn Rand - Objectivist Graduate Center
Environmentalism: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
Graduate Programs in Public Health
Public Health Training Links
The Ten Essentials
Public Health In America (The Mission)
Public Health Grand Rounds

Public Health Functions ( Adobe-PDF)
Public Health - Encarta on Line
[You will need a subscription to get to much of this detail - You should have on encyclopedia on line - PC Computing and others believe this is the best on-line source - trial subscription is FREE!]
Center for Education on Public Heallth
Emerging Infectious Diseases Plan
         EMID Plan Video (you need to have Real-Player on your PC to view this.)
         Principles of Vaccination, General Recommendations, and Immunization Strategies  (Videocast)
         Update:  Preparing for the Next Influenza Pandemic and Influenza 2000-2001:   Special Session 
              for Public Health Workers about Influenza Control (Videocast) 
PHTN distance learning opportunities
Epidemiology Web
Global Polio Eradication Process
How to Evaluate Behavioral Health Science.
Health Law Section - Virginia State Bar
How to read an article
Human Genome Project
Minority Health 2000  
MMWR Series
    This Week's report
    Annual Indices
    Surveillance Summary-Current
    Surv.Summ. Past Years
    Supplements
    CDC Achievements 20th Century
    Continuing Education Opportunities from CDC
    Epi-info
    Journal - Emerging Infectious Diseases
National Academy Press Catalogue
Rabies Epizootic Update
Tutorials for Microsoft Office programs (PowerPoint, FrontPage, Outlook)
SPH-UNC Web Casts


Environmental Links

Center for Environmental Studies - VCU
VCU Environmental Links
Drexel University Waterborne Outbreaks


Private Organizations

American Industrial Hygiene Association
American Society of Safety Engineers 
Electronic Telegraph U.K.

Financial Times 
Global Health Network
Healthfinder
Kerr L White Institute
Mapping Software Med Explorer
Medical Economics 

Medicine Net
Medscape
Mental Health 
PointCast network 
Richmond Times Newspaper  
Science Channel - Wall Street Journal Interactive

WWW Electronics Journal List
Ziff Davis Education
Ziff Davis University 
ZD University Campus

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