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American Podiatric Medical Association: APMA is a professional organisation which represents American doctors of podiatric medicine. Resources relate to information on various foot disorders and cover diabetes and heel pain, and sports medicine, as well as a list of foot care tips, and a self assessment quiz. An FAQ, news articles, and access to the association's journal, JAPMA, which is fully searchable and offers full text retrieval for many articles, is also provided.
Author: American Podiatric Medical Association
Subjects: health links, health promotion
DeweyClass: 617.585
Resource type: reference data
Combined Health Information Database: A unified database of bibliographic records from sixteen separately maintained databases that can be searched individually or at once, including AIDS education, Alzheimer's disease, cancer prevention and weight control.
Author: US Department of Health and Human Services
Subjects: diseases, health promotion
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: bibliography
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine: Department concentrating on health promotion through various means. Includes links to information on occupational and environmental health, violence prevention, ageing and health and Alzheimer's disease.
Author: University of California Davis
Subjects: ageing, environmental health, epidemiology, health promotion, occupational health and safety, preventive medicine
DeweyClass: 614.4
Resource type: index
Food Standards Agency: Healthy Eating: Offers advice on achieving a healthy lifestyle through diet and exercise. Includes specific sections for teenagers, children, pregnant women, and men, as well as giving information on how to interpret food labels and tips for eating out.
Author: Food Standards Agency
Subjects: food education, health promotion
DeweyClass: 613.2
Resource type: documents
Health Development Agency: Authority attempting to standardise health levels across socio-economic divisions in England. Provides information about research commissioned by the organisation, public health standards, and guidance to support training and development in the field.
Author: Health Development Agency
Subjects: health promotion
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: institution
Health Library: Gateway to resources on traditional and alternative medicine including informative web-sites and tips on healthy cooking, and wine making and drinking.
Author: Tech Systems
Subjects: health links, health promotion
DeweyClass: 610
Resource type: service
Health Scotland Library: Provides information and resources to support and promote health improvement in Scotland. Offers a lending service for books, videos and training materials for health education, and also contains a number of online resources, including a range of scientific and health-related journals and database services, and a bulletin detailing the most recent additions to the library catalogue.
Author: NHS Health Scotland
Subjects: food education, health promotion
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: library
Healthpro: Aimed at health promotion professionals. Includes courses, conferences, jobs, and information about grants as well as journals, discussion groups, libraries, and other subject-specific material.
Author: Coronary Prevention Group
Subjects: health promotion, medical events
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: index, news
HealthPromise: A database of international, national, and local health promotion information including government publications, surveys, reference documents, research reports, books, journal articles, and resources such as videos, teaching material, software, cassettes, and games. Health-related resources for different population groups such as black and minority ethnic groups, special needs individuals, and elderly and young people are available.
Author: Health Development Agency
Subjects: health promotion, public health
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: opac
HEBS Research Centre: Offers a general library of bibliographic and journal article databases, book catalogues, and links to external holdings, together with discussion groups, training and support materials, survey data, full text published documents, details of commissioned research, and news and event information.
Author: HEBS: Health Education Board for Scotland
Subjects: health promotion, health statistics, medical research organisations
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: documents
HEBSWEB: Health Education Board for Scotland: Health information for both the general public and professionals. The public site includes resources on common health problems including cancer, heart disease and drug and alcohol abuse. The professional site includes news, publications, research and education and training information.
Author: Health Education Board for Scotland
Subjects: addiction, alcohol, cancer research, health promotion, heart, medical guides
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: documents
Influenza: Protecting the Population from Infection: Set of documents providing information and evidence-based guidelines on influenza. Includes details and advice on symptoms, epidemics, pandemics, vaccination, anti-viral drugs, avian influenza and human metapneumovirus. Also available are guidelines on the management and use of various treatments of influenza, PHLS publications, news and updates, and epidemiological data.
Author: Health Protection Agency
Subjects: health promotion, influenza, public health
DeweyClass: 616.9
Resource type: documents
InteliHealth Dental: Offers health advice on various aspects of dental hygiene. Includes an A-Z guide to common medications used in dentistry, possible side-effects, dosages, and regimens, a searchable database of oral health with information on symptoms, prevention, and treatment, as well as resources dealing with specific areas, which include dental care for children, flouride, and dentures.
Author: InteliHealth
Subjects: dentistry, health promotion
DeweyClass: 617.6
Resource type: reference data
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements IBIDS Database: Database containing bibliographic records and abstracts of articles published about dietary supplements. Covers topics such as vitamins, minerals, herbal and botanical supplements, and is searchable by keyword.
Author: Food and Nutrition Information Center
Subjects: health promotion, nutrition
DeweyClass: 613.26
Resource type: bibliography
Mothers 35 Plus - Information for Older Mothers: Designed to promote awareness and knowledge of the main issues associated with pregnancy and motherhood in later life. Addresses the main concerns connected to breast-feeding, chromosome abnormalities, and miscarriage. Also provides real life stories and the latest medical and research news.
Author: Mothers 35 Plus
Subjects: health promotion, pregnancy, reproduction, women's issues
DeweyClass: 618.2
Resource type: documents
National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy: NCYPE is the major provider of specialist services for young people with epilepsy in the UK. The Centre is a charity and works in partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust and the Institute of Child Health.
Author: NCYPE
Subjects: epilepsy, health promotion
DeweyClass: 305.2
Resource type: service
National HIV Prevention Information Service: NHPIS is a free specialist information service on HIV health promotion serving people with a professional interest in HIV prevention.
Author: NHPIS
Subjects: health promotion, hiv
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: directory
NHS Direct: A 24 hour telephone helpline providing advice on symptom management designed to complement traditional health services. A supplementary reference service is available online, covering prevalent symptomatology, offering a database of contact details for major national self-help groups, and supplying patient information leaflets and booklets on treatment choices.
Author: National Health Service
Subjects: health promotion, health services
DeweyClass: 362.1
Resource type: documents
Office of Disease Prevention: Collection of information aimed at patients and the public, researchers, and health workers comprising a database of clinical trials, resources such as Medline and PubMed, information about funding opportunities, program announcements, and links to related institutions. A glossary of public health terms is included.
Author: US National Institutes of Health
Subjects: diseases, health promotion
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: institution
Older People's Services: This resource is intended primarily for local NHS organisations and local councils to help in the implementation of the national service framework (NSF) for older people. Also of use to older people and their carers.
Author: Department of Health
Subjects: ageing, health promotion
DeweyClass: 613.043
Resource type: service
Prevent Blindness America: Focuses on raising awareness of the potential rise in cases of blindness and eye disorders by the year 2030. Adopting a US emphasis, FAQs provide details of adult and children's eye disorders, as well as indicators of self assessment diagnosis, which is not intended to be an alternative to a professional eye examination. Also promotes eye care in children from birth, while a safety section examines issues in a variety of environments.
Author: Prevent Blindness America
Subjects: blindness, eyes, health care, health promotion
DeweyClass: 362.1977
Resource type: documents
Proceedings of the International Health Promotion Conference 1995: Following the theme 'Where Social Values and Personal Worth Meet', these conference proceedings include information about the relationship between individuals and society, target audiences of health education, intuitive intelligence and health, barriers to behavioural change, the role of psychology within health promotion, and qualitative methods in research. Some specific health issues are also addressed such as arthritis, pregnancy and eating disorders.
Author: HealthPro
Subjects: arthritis, eating disorders, health promotion, pregnancy
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: proceedings
Public Health: Journal of The Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene and the Society of Public Health. Provides international coverage of preventive medicine, epidemiology, social and community medicine. Key areas include child health, communicable disease prevention, health promotion and health service planning. Abstracts and full text available online.
Author: Elsevier
Subjects: epidemiology, health promotion, preventive medicine, public health
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: journal
Scientific Journals: Public Health, Environmental Medicine and Hospital Management: Set of links to journals relevant to public health, environmental medicine and hospital management. Some have only subscription information online, others have tables of contents, abstracts or full text.
Author: Brownlow, Mark, science.komm
Subjects: health care, health promotion, hospitals, preventive medicine, public health
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: journal index
Sexology Archive: Archive of documents aiming to promote, protect, and preserve sexual health through original research and by collecting, analysing and disseminating scientific information from other sources. Includes the WHO report on sexual health, courses in sexology, papers and reviews. Information is available in Spanish or English.
Author: Robert Koch Institute
Subjects: health promotion
DeweyClass: 613.9
Resource type: documents
Smoke Free World: Directory of businesses including restaurants, cafes, and travel facilities, which operate under a strict no smoking policy. Addresses are given for smoke free venues in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Caribbean, Central America, North America, South America, and Europe. Resources on how to stop smoking are provided, and various musicians express their views on the habit. Businesses are offered listings free of charge.
Author: 1999 SmokeFreeWorld
Subjects: health promotion, tobacco
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: directory
Student Health: Health advice resource for young people, wriiten by doctors and published weekly.
Author: StudentHealth
Subjects: health promotion
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: service
Topica: Humanities: An automated catalogue of numerous mailing lists relevant to the humanities, with descriptions and subscription details.
Author: Topica
Subjects: health promotion, humanities links
DeweyClass: 001.3
Resource type: directory, mailinglist index
United States Pharmacopeia: An organisation which promotes public health by establishing and disseminating officially recognised standards of authoritative information for the use of medicines. Includes information on standards development for drugs and dosage, medication errors and drug quality reports, and a searchable and browsable database of descriptions, precautions, and side effects of over 750 generic drugs.
Author: United States Pharmacopeial Convention
Subjects: health promotion, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, pharmacy
DeweyClass: 615.1
Resource type: reference data, reference documents
Vitamins and Minerals Guide: Listing of vitamins, their benefits, and information about food sources and nutrients.
Author: CNN
Subjects: food science, health promotion, nutrition
DeweyClass: 613.286
Resource type: documents
WABA: World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action: Global network of organisations and individuals dedicated to protecting, promoting and supporting the rights of breastfeeding children and also mothers. Includes fact sheets, articles and images.
Author: World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
Subjects: birth, health promotion
DeweyClass: 649.33
Resource type: institution
Wired for Health: UK government initiative to provide young people and teachers with access to relevant and appropriate health information, and to link to accurate, clear and credible Web sites on a variety of health issues, as well as information about national health policies and initiatives. Four priority areas for health improvement are: Heart Disease and Stroke, Accidents, Cancer and Mental Health. Topics covered include sun safety, smoking, physical actvity, healthy eating, accidents, alcohol and mental health.
Author: Department of Health and Department for Education and Employment
Subjects: health policy, health promotion
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: documents