Useful Websites: Public Health

ORGANIZATION SITES

American Cancer Society   http://www.cancer.org

American Heart Association  http://www.americanheart.org/

American Public Health Association  http://www.apha.org/

DIRLINE  http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/  A directory of recommended health organizations.

California HealthCare Foundation  http://www.chcf.org/  Articles on health policy and access, and statistics on chronic disease in California.

United Health Foundation:  America's Health Rankings   http://www.americashealthrankings.org/    Twenty years of comparative data for nation and the states.

GOVERNMENT SITES

California Department of Health Services http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/default.aspx Use search engine for birth, morbidity, named diseases and vectors, e.g. breast cancer, ticks, needle stick.

California Department of Health Services - Statistics  http://www.cdph.ca.gov/data/statistics/Pages/default.aspx  Also explore tabs Programs | Publications and Forms | Data.

CDC: Centers for Disease Control  http://www.cdc.gov/

Enviro-Health Links  http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/envirohealthlinks.html

Haz-Map  http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/ is an occupational health database about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals in the work environment. See also Haz-Map factsheet.

Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php

Health Finder http://www.healthfinder.gov/

Health Resources and Services Administration  http://www.hrsa.gov

Health, United States http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm is an annual report on trends in health statistics, with links to data on selected topics.

Healthy People 2010 http://www.healthypeople.gov/

MedlinePlus Health Topics http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthtopics.htm

National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/

National Center for Health Statistics FASTATS A to Z http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/

National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

National Toxicology Program. Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction [and Development] http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/

National Vital Statistics System http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss.htm

Occupational Safety & Health Administration http://www.osha.gov

ToxMap http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov Visually explore data from the US EPA's Toxics Release Inventory and Superfund Program.

ToxNet http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov   Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.

ToxSeek http://toxseek.nlm.nih.gov    Metasearch engine for searching toxicology and environmental health databases and web sites.

United States Food & Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/