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American Public Health Association
The oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from over 50 occupations of public health.

APHA Public Health Nursing Section
The mission of the Public Health Nursing Section is to enhance the health of population groups through the application of nursing knowledge to the community. The website includes roles, definitions, standards of practice, competencies, strategic plans, and more. It also includes links to online journals, nursing video clips, and other publications.

Association of Schools of Public Health
The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) is the only national organization representing the deans, faculty and students of the accredited member schools of public health and other programs seeking accreditation as schools of public health.

ASTHO - Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
A national nonprofit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States.

Bringing Health Information to the Community (BHIC)
A blog hosted by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, which includes postings on conferences, grants, articles, minority health concerns, rural health concerns, and more.

Center for Law & the Public's Health
Founded in October, 2000 with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Center for Law and the Public's Health is a primary, international, national, state, and local resource on public health law, ethics, and policy for public health practitioners, lawyers, legislators, judges, academics, policy-makers, and others.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Since it was founded in 1946 to help control malaria, CDC has remained at the forefront of public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats. The CDC website offers access to CDC publications, funding opportunities, and information on health and safety.

FDA & You: News for Health Educators and Students
FDA & You is an educational newsletter, published by FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), and is intended for use by health educators, secondary school students and their parents. It contains the latest information on FDA medical products as well as health news.

GlobalHealth.gov
Information that promotes health as a global concern, with an emphasis on the link between health in the U.S. and in the rest of the world.

Health Guide USA
Health Resource Guide USA provides the ideal gateway to a wide array of online health information sources. The website includes a listing of local health departments, healthcare associations, and health education programs throughout the U.S.

Medscape: Public Health & Prevention
Created in collaboration with the American Public Health Association, Medscape's Public Health & Prevention page includes access to a public health electronic resource library, coverage of public health and prevention conferences, patient education information, and discussions on public health-related topics.

National Adolescent Health Information Center (NAHIC)
A national resource for adolescent health information and research in order to assure the integration, synthesis, coordination, and dissemination of adolescent health-related information.

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
The mission of the Northwest Center is to improve the quality and effectiveness of public health practice by linking public health academic and practice communities. The website is intended to help front-line public health practitioners find information, learning resources, and online tools that support day-to-day public health practice.

Oregon Public Health Association (OPHA)
An affiliate of the American Public Health Association. Website includes membership information, a list of events, and a link to OPHA Newsletters.

Oregon School Nurse Association
A source of information for school nurses in the state of Oregon.

Pacific Northwest Chapter of The Society for Public Health Education (PNW SOPHE)

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
PHPartners strives to help the public health workforce find and use information effectively to improve and protect the public's health.” Its website provides access to information on health education and promotion, guidelines, health statistics, public health job postings, grants and funding, and conferences.

Public Health Employment Connection
This website, hosted by Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, posts current job openings in the public health field. It also allows job seekers to create and post their resume for prospective employers to view.

Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
The PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures. The site is designed for public health professionals, the media, laboratory scientists, educators, students, and the worldwide public to use for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages.

RHIN: Refugee Health Information Network
RHIN is national collaborative partnership that has created a database of quality multilingual, public health resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees. Resources include: health education materials in various languages and formats (brochures, fact sheets, videos); provider tools (including information on refugee populations, cultures); and, links to related websites.

Society for Public Health Education
SOPHE is an independent, international professional association made up of a diverse membership of health education professionals and students. With its primary focus on public health education, SOPHE provides leadership through a code of ethics, standard for professional preparation, research, and practice; professional development; and public outreach.

Sound Partners for Community Health
Seeks to increase public awareness of specific health issues and facilitate citizens' involvement in making decisions affecting health care by fostering partnerships between public broadcasters, community organizations and additional media entities.

State Public Health
Public health information including demographics, data, and directories.

United States Department of Health and Human Services
The official website of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The website includes information on health-related topics such as disease and conditions, family and children, safety and wellness, grants and funding, and drug and food information.

World Federation of Public Health Associations
The World Federation of Public Health Associations is an international, nongovernmental organization bringing health workers throughout the world together for professional exchange, collaboration, and action. Its members, currently numbering 70, are multidisciplinary national and regional public health societies whose own memberships include nurses, sanitarians, administrators, physicians, health educators, pharmacists, anthropologists, researchers, and many other persons interested in public health.

World Health News
The World Health News is an online news digest from the Center for Health Communication at the Harvard School of Public Health. The site covers critical public health issues from around the world.

World Health Organization (WHO)
"The World Health Organization's website provides information about current disease outbreaks, health programs, emergencies, profiles of health systems in member states, links to health topics and research tools, and publications. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health."

WWW Virtual Library: Public Health
Hosted by the University of New South Wales School of Public Health, this website includes links to over 1,474 electronic resources on public health-related topics such as reproductive health, health promotion, nutrition, and rural health. Website can be searched by topic or geographic region.

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Listservs

CDC Mailing List
Allows you to subscribe to CDC's Terrorism and Emergency Response listservs, as well as other listservs on health-related topics such as HIV/AIDS, women's health, and chronic disease prevention.

Nursing Discussion Forums
An extensive bibliography of listservs for nursing professionals created by Patricia R. McCartney, RNC PhD, a professor at the University of Buffalo.

Public Health and Aging E-mail Forum
The Public Health and Aging E-mail forum is for professionals who are interested in issues related to healthy aging. Topic areas may include health promotion and disease prevention for older adults, arthritis, epilepsy, osteoporosis, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive issues, and health-related quality of life.

South Asian Public Health Forum
SAPHF Discussion Forum has evolved into one of the most active email lists on public health in South Asia. With a collection of more than two thousand postings on public health news, articles, letters on South Asia, it is the only resource of its kind on the Internet. New jobs in Public Health in South Asia are also regularly posted."

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Last Updated: March 2, 2006.
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