Concerned 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.
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) http://www.hsrnet.com
Organized access to public health, education, jobs, careers, sites for professionals, students, educators, kids and general public. http://www.bettycjung.net/index.htm
Prize for scientific research, established to promote research in a critical field for public health. It will be awarded every two years and the first edition will focus on hypertension. http://par.hypothesis.it
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. http://www.injuryprevention.org
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.] http://www.medscape.com/publichealthhome
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 dat http://www.eurohealthnet.org/
Continuely updated database of important online public health research resources. Maintained by the Rollins School of Public Health. http://www.sph.emory.edu/PHIL.php
