Affiliated Centers

• University of Minnesota: Simulations and Exercises for Educational Effectiveness (U-SEEE)
• HRSA Public Health Training Centers Network
• Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training (partner)
• Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
• Hazardous Waste Worker Training
• • Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training (national)
• Public Health Practice Major
• University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness

General Education Resources

• Association of Schools of Public Health
• Council on Linkages Core Public Health Competencies
• Public Health Foundation
  • Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice
    
  • Public Health Foundation - TrainingFinder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network
    
  • Public Health Infrastructure Resource Center
    
• AskSphere
• National Library of Medicine: Public Health Resources (pdf file)
• Profiles in Science
• HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse
  

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Cancer

• SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2002
  The SEER Cancer Statistics Review (CSR), a report of the most recent cancer incidence, mortality, survival, prevalence, and lifetime risk statistics, is published by the Cancer Statistics Branch of the National Cancer Institute.
• Surveillance Research: Where can I find cancer incidence statistics?
  A list of reports and research tools to help you find cancer incidence statistics.
• US Predicted Cancer Incidence, 1999: Complete Maps by County and State from Spatial Projection Models
  The results presented in this report are computed by a spatial projection model that predicts the number of cases in each county based on the sociodemographic and lifestyle profile for that county.

Environmental Health

• The National Library of Medicine has spruced up its interactive mapping site, TOXMAP
  In response to feedback from users, this popular free resource will now provide more in-depth information about chemicals that are released into the environment and their possible effects on residents' health.
• NLM Adds New Features to TOXMAP Interactive Mapping Site
• National Library of Science's interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances
• Hurricane Katrina: Links to Health Information, Including Toxicology and Environmental Health

Global Health

• Top Cancer Organizations Launch First Online Portal of Asian Language Cancer Information
  The Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training (AANCART) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) have launched a searchable online database of Asian language cancer materials.
• Canadian Public Health Agency of Canada
• GlobalHealthFacts.org
  Access to Global Health Data by country and region (on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and avian flu; demographic and economic indicators; program funding and financing; and other emerging problems.)

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Health Disparities

• Hispanic Health Beliefs and Practices: Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
• FirstGov.gov Spanish Website
• National Library of Medicine - American Indian Health site:
• Bridging the Health Divide. The Rural Public Health Research Agenda
• National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2005
• Guidelines for Health Care Providers Interacting with Muslim Patients and their Families
• NIMH Expands Public Health Education Effort to Reach Latino Men With Depression
  The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, recently launched the Real Men Real Depression campaign to provide Spanish-language materials to inform the Latino community about depression and to encourage men who are depressed to seek help.
• Closing the Gap Solutions to Race-Based Health Disparities
  This report documents the persistent problems experienced by communities of color attempting to access health care services across the nation.
• The National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR, AHRQ 2006)
• Thrive: Community Tool for Health & Resiliance in Vulnerable Environments: A Community Approach to Address Health Disparities
• Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities Quick Links (AHA)
• Spanish-Language Health Resources Knowledge Path: (MCH Nov 2005) Links to resources
• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diagnoses of HIV/AIDS --- 33 States, 2001-2004 CDC MMWR Feb 10, 2006 / 55(05);121-5
• Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers
  Highlights HRSA-supported projects on cross-cultural health care in areas such as assessment, culture and language, specific diseases, health professions, research, special populations, technical assistance, training,and web-based learning.

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Health Literacy

• CA Health Literacy Resource Center
• RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE (REALM) Examiner’s Instruction Sheet
• RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE(REALM) Score Sheet

Infectious Disease

• PandemicFlu.gov / AvianFlu.gov Web site includes features such as "Understanding Flu Terms"
• HHS Issues New Tool to Help Offices and Clinics Prepare for an Influenza Pandemic
  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed a checklist to help medical offices and ambulatory clinics assess readiness and plan for a response to pandemic influenza.
• American Museum of Natural History
  This online exhibit tells stories about infectious disease.

Legislation and Public Health Policy

• ACPM Policy Compendium
  Includes practice policy statements, public (legislative) policy statements, and more, organized according to topic areas broadly based on Healthy People 2010 focus areas.

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Maternal-Child Health

• CDC Releases National Recommendations to Improve Health of Babies and Moms
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with more than 35 federal, public and private partners, has released national recommendations designed to encourage women to take steps toward good health before becoming pregnant.
• America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau Webcasts
  The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) hosts a number of live, interactive internet webcasts for the Maternal and Child Health community. There is also a link to past, archived webcasts available from this website.
• CLIKS: Community-Level Information on Kids
  This website brings together data on the well-being of children collected by KIDS COUNT grantees from state and local sources. The unique system allows users to access state-specific inventories of data from local sources, such as health departments, human services agencies, and schools.
• National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) Data Resource Center
  The Data Resource Center website delivers hands-on access to national, state, and regional data from the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) - the second survey of families sponsored by the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau designed to complement the 2001 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs by providing data on the health and well-being of the general child population.
• Data Resource Center
  The DRC includes over 100 standardized indicators from the two most recent and extensive state-based surveys on the health and health care of children, youth, and families - The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) and The National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN). These indicators are available for you to search by the age, race/ethnicity, income, and health status of children and youth in your state.
• National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs Data Resource Center
  The Data Resource Center website delivers hands-on access to national, state and regional data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN) -- the first-ever survey of families sponsored by the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
• AMCHP Legislative Center
  AMCHP works to strengthen national policy and increase resources formaternal and child health programs.
• Children's Health and the Environment in North America
  Report on children's health and environment indicators in North America.
• CDC Releases Tool to Aid Infant Death Scene Investigation
  For the first time, law enforcement, coroners and medical examiners will have the information they need to more accurately determine the cause of a child's death with the Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigation (SUIDI) Reporting Form. This establishes national standards for data collection at infant death scene investigations
• Information Review: Reaching Out to Children Following Disasters (MCH, 2006)

• Media Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active!

  Interactive after-school education program for young people ages 11 to 13. It is designed to help teach them about the complex media world around them, and how it can affect their health--especially in the areas of nutrition and physical activity.

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Mental Health

• Getting To Outcomes: Improving Community-Based Substance-Use Prevention (Rand, 2006)
  Research brief about Getting To Outcomes (GTO), a science-based model & support tools to help local groups develop/improve substance-use-prevention programs.

Nutrition

• Food Safety Risk Analysis Clearinghouse

Performance Measurement, Credentialing, Competency

• Core Competencies in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion for Undergraduate Medical Education (2002)
  NOTE: Demonstration of Communication Skills is on p. 3 (of 6) under Clinical Prevention
• Performance Improvement Resource Guide for Local Public Health Systems
  The guide helps local public health systems that have completed the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP) and seek to use the results to improve their performance according to the model standards.
• Improving Public Health Performance: Exploring Agency Accreditation
• National Healthcare Quality Report, 2005

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Public Health Communication

• Communicating Science News: A Guide for Public Information Officers, Scientists and Physicians
  From the National Association of Science Writers
• Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Course (CERC, CDC)
  An interactive course of knowledge and tools to navigate communicating to the public, media, partners and stakeholders during a public health emergency, including terrorism. The course consists of 12 self-contained modules

Research Tools

• Health Data Tools and Statistics
  Listings of Health Data Tools and Statistics from the Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
• United States, 2004
  Health, United States, 2004 presents national trends in health statistics.
• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Statistical Briefs
  MEPS Statistical Briefs are easy-to-read, quick graphical summaries of MEPS data very much like MEPS Highlights. These statistical brief are only available on the MEPS website.
• Evidence-Based Public Health
  The section highlights initiatives and research focused on increasing the evidence base supporting public health interventions and contains fact sheets summarizing recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services.
• Main Category: Health Data Tools and Statistics Profiles of America
  This Internet-based information system allows you to manipulate various socioeconomic data series used in many Economic Resource Service (ERS) products. Use the interactive tools to create and manipulate charts, maps, and tables-including multidimensional tables, such as poverty rates by metro/nonmetro status.
• DATA2010
  An interactive database system developed by staff of the Division of Health Promotion Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics that contains the most recent monitoring data for tracking Healthy People 2010.
• Strategies for Enumerating the Public Health Workforce
• http://www.kaiseredu.org/smartlinks.asp
  SmartLinks provides "pre-queried" searches on health policy topics in several different internet search engines.
• http://health-evidence.ca
  Searchable online registry of systematic reviews on the effectiveness of public health and health promotion interventions.

Tobacco-Related Resources

• Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, & Productivity Losses
• Tobacco Control Laws in Your State
• Marketing to the Young: The Tobacco Industry and Flavored Cigarettes

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Women's Health

• HRSA Office of Women's Health
• Women and Health Care: A National Profile
• National Women's Health Indicators Database

Other Related Links and Listservs

• Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute
• Minnesota Department of Health Mailbag
• Hennepin County (Minnesota) Community Health Department cable TV program "A Public Health Journal"
• Community-Based Participatory Research Listserv
  The CBPR e-mail community was created through a partnership between Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and the Wellesley Central Health Corporation to serve the growing network of people involved and interested in CBPR and other types of community-academic research partnerships. People from community organizations, colleges and universities, public and private funding agencies, decision makers and policy makers, and others are all encouraged to subscribe.
• Healthy Roads Media
  This site contains free audio, written and multimedia health education materials in a number of languages.
• Webcast of the 1st Annual National Public Health Nursing Conference
  There are 3 ways to view the conference: Streaming video ; PDF of the slides ; Podcasts (download to your iTunes and iPod).
• NIH Curriculum Supplement Series
  Interactive teaching units that combine cutting-edge science research discoveries from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with state-of-the-art instructional materials. Each supplement is a teacher's guide to two weeks of lessons on science and human health.
• Distance Learning Programs at Accredited Schools of Public Health
  Provides easy access to information on certificate and graduate programs offered via a distance. The web page features a search engine designed to help potential students identify distance-based opportunities; a resource page with links to locate other training resources offered via distance learning modalities, or to learn more about the distance learning field; and current links directly to each school of public health through a unified site
• Quick Guide to Health Literacy
  Provides an overview of health literacy concepts and techniques for improving health literacy. Designed for government employees, grantees and contractors, and community partners working in healthcare and public health fields. The tools can be applied to healthcare delivery, policy, administration, communication, and education activities aimed at the public.

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State and National Organizations

• Minnesota Public Health Association
• Minnesota Department of Health
• HRSA Public Health Training Centers Network
• North Dakota Public Health Association
• Wisconsin Public Health Association
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Health Resources and Services Administration
  • HRSA Bureau of Health Professions - Public Health Homepage
    
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
• American Public Health Association
• National Association of County and City Health Officials
• National Association of Local Boards of Health
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
  Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. CCPH sponsors conferences, training institutes and customized consultation to strengthen community-academic linkages in public health. The CCPH website contains a wealth of resources on practice-based learning, community-based participatory research and community-engaged scholarship.

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