Biomedical Sciences: Public Health
Public Health
- CDC Emergency Preparedness ResponseThis site is intended to increase the nation's ability to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.
- Global HealthOffice of Global Health Affairs--a global health portal for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
- Healthy People 2030Healthy People 2030 is statement of objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and establish national goals to reduce these threats. Links to Leading Health Indicators, implementation, publications, and data.
- Michigan Department of Community HealthThis department is responsible for health policy and management of Michigan's publicly funded health systems. Resources for families, children, community health, mental health, health care coverage, and more. Also includes a section on statistics.
- World Health Organization (WHO)WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. Website contains information on countries, health topics, data & statistics and links to publications.
Population-Specific Information
- American Indian HealthSections on health topics, people & traditions, programs & services, and research & data. From MedlinePlus by the National Library of Medicine.
- Asian American HealthSections on health & disease, alternative medicine, mental health issues, health organizations, major Asian populations. Includes information in Tagalog, Chinese and Japanese. From the National Library of Medicine.
- Black and African-American HealthA beginner's guide from Medline Plus, including sections on statistics and clinical trials.
- EthnomedMedical and cultural information on immigrant and refugee groups. Information is specific to the Seattle area, but is useful for other geographic regions. Specific pages: Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Hispanic, Somali, Vietnamese & more.
- Latino and Hispanic American HealthStatistics and resources from Medline Plus.
- National Adolescent Health Information CenterA national resource for adolescent health information and research. Includes fact sheets, articles and link to websites.
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)The NIA is the research arm of the National Institutes of Health that concentrates on aging research. This site contains links to information on Alzheimer's, clinical trials, and health information for seniors.
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