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African American Report African_American_Report.pdf
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American Public Health Association To access the American
Public Health Association, go to http://www.apha.org |
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An Once of Prevention For information on Cost-benefit
analyses in public health planning, go to http://www.cdc.gov/epo/prevent.htm |
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Assessment Protocol for Excellence in Public Health
You can access the Assessment Protocol for Excellence in Public Health at
http://aepo-xdv-www.epo.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000089/p0000089.asp
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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System The Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the state-based surveillance
system of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP). Active in all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
and three territories, it is the primary source of state-based information
about risk behaviors among adult populations.
The BRFSS is designed to gather information from adults about their knowledge,
attitudes, and practices related to various health issues:
- Health status and access to care
- Tobacco and alcohol use
- Dietary patterns
- Leisure time physical activities
- Injury control
- Women's health issues
- Use of preventive services
- HIV and AIDS
Information about the BRFSS may be accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
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Birth Demographics Birth
Demographics.pdf (20KB) |
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CDC'S Chronic Disease Conferences You can find information
about CDC's Chronic Disease Conferences at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/announce.htm
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Census Information To access the Statistical Abstract
of the United States and other Census information, go to the U.S. Census
Bureau at http://www.census.gov
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is composed of 11 Centers, Institutes,
and Offices dedicated to promoting health and quality of life by preventing
and controlling disease, injury, and disability through scientific inquiry.
Specific CDC websites listed below may be especially helpful as sources
of data. You can access the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov
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Coalition Building Primer Coalition
Building Primer.pdf (36KB) |
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Community Toolbox For information on ways to "promote
community health and development by connecting people, ideas, and resources,"
access the Community Toolbox at (http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu) |
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Cost of HD Cost_of_HD.pdf
(952KB) |
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Diabetes Fact Sheet Diabetes_Fact_Sheet.pdf
(75KB) |
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Falls Older Adults Problem Falls_Older_Adults_Problem.pdf
(15KB) |
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Health News Health_News.jpg
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Healthy People 2010 Toolkit You can access the partnership
section of Healthy People 2010 Toolkit at http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/state/toolkit/partners.htm
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Heart Disease and Stroke Problem Heart
Disease and Stroke Problem.pdf (24KB) |
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Hoaxes and Rumors To see health hoaxes and rumors,
access CDC's website at http://www.cdc.gov/hoax_rumors.htm
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Latino Report Latino_Report.pdf
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Legislative Information For an example of legislative
information on a specific area of health interest, you can access "Cancer
Legislation Information" at http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/legislat.htm
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Lexis-nexisTo find out about news media searches,
go to http://www.lexis-nexis.com/lncc/
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Life's First Great Crossroads Life's
First Great Crossroads.pdf (111KB) |
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Making Health Communications Programs Work: A Planner's
Guide. National
Cancer Institute. http://oc.nci.nih.gov/services/HCPW/HOME.HTM |
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Mission Statement Mission
Statement.pdf (7KB) |
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report The Morbidity
and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) is CDC's weekly forum that
publishes articles on health topics and events and also disseminates state-reported
surveillance data on new cases of reportable diseases such as AIDS, hepatitis,
or flu. You can access the MMWR at http://www2.cdc.gov/mmwr |
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National Center for Health Statistics The CDC's National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) makes available statistical information
for a wide range of health problems. Through the NCHS web site, you can
view and print out many published and unpublished reports. The NCHS web
page also links to other web sites of federal and non-federal agencies that
publish health data. Contact information for NCHS is listed below:
National Center for Health Statistics
3700 East-West Highway
Hyattsville, MD 20782
(301) 436-8500
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
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National Coalition Building Institute You can access
information on The National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), a nonprofit
leadership training organization, at http://www.ncbi.org
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National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine
The National Institutes of Health conducts research to acquire knowledge
of prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and disability.
The NIH is composed of 18 Institutes, six centers, and the National Library
of Medicine. You can contact the NIH at http://www.nih.gov
and the National Library of medicine at http://www.nlm.nih.gov
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National Library of Medicine To access bibliographic
data bases, you can go to the National Library of Medicine's web site at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/databases.html |
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News For an example of news coverage that stirs public
attention, view the website of the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR) at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov
to find out more about children at risk and the health effects of substances
in the environment. You can also read the U.S. News and World Report
(June 19, 2000) cover story on neurotoxicants in the environment and their
effects on children directly at U.S.
News and
World Report (June 19, 2000) cover story |
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Other Agencies You may want to examine other agencies'
web sites (e.g., Healthfinder: http://www.healthfinder.gov;
Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.os.dhhs.gov/;
Department of Justice: http://www.usdoj.gov;
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: http://www.nhtsa.gov) |
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Population Group Statements For an example of problem
statements for population groups, access the Office on Smoking and Health's
population statements at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/specpop.htm |
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Public Health Problems Public
Health Problems.pdf (71KB) |
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Roper Center for Public Opinion Research To find public
opinion data, go to the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu
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State and Local Health Departments Most state health
departments can provide state and local data for various health problems
through offices of vital records and/or health statistics. State and local
health department listings can be accessed through the American Public Health
Association at http://www.apha.org/public_health/state.htm
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Surgeon General's Physical Activity Surgeon_General's_Physical_Activity.pdf
(906KB) |
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Surveillance & com Surveillance_com.pdf
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Surveillance in a Suitcase For information on using
surveillance data for public health planning, see http://www.cdc.gov/epo/surveillancein/default.htm
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SWOT SWOT.pdf
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SWOT: Strategic Planning Process Worksheet You can
find information about SWOT and a worksheet at http://www.nnh.org/tobacco/appe-5-2.htm
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The National Institutes of Health The National Institutes
of Health conducts research to acquire knowledge of prevention, detection,
diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and disability. The NIH is composed
of 18 Institutes, six centers, and the National Library of Medicine. You
can contact the NIH at http://www.nih.gov
and the National Library of medicine at http://www.nlm.nih.gov
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THOMAS Information about Congress's activities, legislation,
and committee activities, including full text of House and Senate bills,
can be found through THOMAS, an on-line system of databases provided by
the Library of Congress. THOMAS can be accessed at http://thomas.loc.gov/ |
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Values and Lifestyles You can obtain information on
consumer psychology and demographics data from Values and Lifestyle (VALS)
by clicking on VALS at http://www.sric-bi.com
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World Wide Web Demographics For information on the
demographics of internet users, go to World Wide Web Demographics at http://www.rubicon.com/turnpike/demogrph.html
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