HubHip: Health: Public Health and Safety (3585)

DescriptionConcerned with protecting and improving the health of communities and populations. Public health includes such diverse topics as preventive medicine; health education and promotion; sanitation and hygiene; communicable-disease control; emergency medical services; assessment and monitoring and organization of health services and policies.

Public Health and Safety

The WWW Virtual Library - Public Health (Site) - Directory of public health links sorted topically and geographically.
International Public Health Watch (Site) - A group of public health professionals providing organized access to current resources on public health.
Health Systems Research, Inc. (Site) - A public policy research and consulting firm that offers program and technical support to publicly-funded health and human service agencies, nonprofits, and foundations. (Washington, DC)
Medscape Public Health and Prevention (Site) - Journal articles, free continuing education, case reports, medical news, conference coverage, and patient education resources on a variety of public health topics. [Requires free registration.]
Betty C. Jung - Public Health (Site) - Organized access to public health, education, jobs, careers, sites for professionals, students, educators, kids and general public.
Public Health InfoLinks (Site) - Continuely updated database of important online public health research resources. Maintained by the Rollins School of Public Health.
Injury Prevention Web (Site) - Contains data on injury occurrence in each of the 50 US states, information about prevention, policy recommendations, and a resources section with links to government and nonprofit sites worldwide.
Effective Public Health Practice Project, City of Hamilton, Ontario (Site) - Publishes and summarizes systematic reviews of literature and research on the effectiveness of public health interventions.
EuroHealthNet (Site) - A database of human resources which describes the fields of expertise and activities of about 5,000 experts involved in health promotion and public health in Europe. Detailed information on the skills and centres of interests of those included in the database, the organisations for which they work and their current projects. This programme is supported by the European Union.
The George Institute for International Health (Site) - Seeks solutions for major global public health problems through research, policy development and training. Based in Sydney, Australia.