Guides: Population Health Resources: Websites/Related Resources

Websites and Related Resources

These websites will provide you with authoritative information and tips on how to evaluate health websites.

Association of School and Programs of Public Health
Framing the Futures Taskforce Reports. "Offers resources to facilitate a far-reaching and forward-thinking education in public health".
Global Health
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans. HHS provides essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
Guide to community Preventive Services
"The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community".
Health Map
An interactive map that will provide you with number and type of infections depending on the user's location.
Infections
A list of outbreaks and infections from Medline Plus.
Public Health Grand Rounds
From the CDC. "Each session focuses on key challenges related to a specific health topic, and explores cutting-edge scientific evidence and potential impact of different interventions."

Population Health resources for Medical Students
Linkages between Academia and Public Health Practice
The "Council on Linkages works to further academic/practice collaboration to ensure a well-trained, competent workforce".
Undergraduate Public Health Learning Outcomes
"This learning outcomes model is designed to facilitate the introduction of public health to undergraduate students in two- and four-year colleges and universities."

Public Health Learning
Provides "continuing education and professional development courses on Public Information, Emergency Operations Coordination, and Field Epidemiology".
CDC Learning Connection
"CDC Learning Connection (CDC LC) helps you locate learning products and resources from across the public health community".

Primer on Population Health
A virtual textbook on Public Health concepts for clinicians. "This Primer is tailored for medical students, students of other healthcare professions and all health professionals interested in improving their knowledge."
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
This website provides a number of selected governmental (federal government agencies) and non-governmental resources (think tanks, consulting firms, foundations, and associations) as well as institutional publications.

Robert Graham Center
The Robert Graham Center provides policy studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care. The Center's goal is to "improve individual and population health by enhancing the delivery of primary care" (The Robert Graham Center). The website has a number of data and mapping visualization tools available for information interpretation as well as publications and research to enhance point of care and study.

Health Policy Institute
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute is through the McCourt School of Public Policy. The Institute is made up of a "multidisciplinary group of faculty and staff dedicated to conducting research on key issues in health policy and health services research". Some affiliated projects include the Health Insurance Reforms and the Center for Children and Families.