Public Health & Nursing Administrators: Public Health Websites
This subject guide lists FREE resources of interest to public health & nursing administrators
State Library Links
PubMed & PubMed Central
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PubMedPubMed, provided by the National Library of Medicine, contains over 37 million citations covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
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PubMed Central This link opens in a new windowPubMed, provided by the National Library of Medicine, contains over 2.2 million FREE FULL TEXT citations covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.
Reports
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Community Health Status Indicators ReportThe goal of Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) is to provide an overview of key health indicators for local communities and to encourage dialogue about actions that can be taken to improve a community’s health.
Public Health Websites
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Commonwealth FundThe Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.
The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries.
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EthnoMedThe EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.
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HardinMD: Public Health & Preventive MedicinePointers to the most complete and frequently cited lists for health subjects.
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Health-Evidence.caThis is a web site designed to provide quality research evidence to public health decision makers, saving you time by searching, screening, and rating the systematic review evidence to compile it in a free, searchable online registry: health-evidence.ca.
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National Academy for State Health PolicyThe National Academy for State Health Policy conducts policy analysis; provides training and technical assistance to states; produces informational resources; and convenes state, regional, and national forums.
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ORPHANETORPHANET is a database dedicated to information on rare diseases and orphan drugs. Access to this database is free of charge. --ORPHANET aims to improve management and treatment of genetic, auto-immune or infectious rare diseases, rare cancers, or not yet
Occupational Health & Safety Websites
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Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous AgentsHaz-Map is an occupational toxicology database designed to link jobs to hazardous job tasks which are linked to occupational diseases and their symptoms. It is a relational database of chemicals, jobs and diseases.