Data.gov
Data.gov makes machine readable datasets available from a select set of high value datasets created by the Executive Branch of the federal government. The datasets are searchable in three "catalogs" which provide access to the raw datasets and various tools. The Raw Catalog provides access to data in XML, Text/CSV, KML/KMZ, Feeds, XLS, or ESRI Shapefile formats. The Tools Catalog links you to sites that include data mining and extraction tools and widgets. The Geodata Catalog has links to download federal geospatial data. Data.gov also provides a State/Local tab provides a link to a list of California's machine-readable data provided by a variety of state agencies, such as Department of Toxic Substances Control's Envirostor and the Office of Statewide Health and Planning Division's set of healthcare statistics.
From our Statisitical/Data Resources web page.
F as in Fat 2009: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America from Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
This site shows obesity rates by state for adults and children in the U.S. and contains other state-specific obesity-related information. The report itself ranks state obesity rates and lists government policies that attempt to curb obesity. The report also lists key recommendations for policy reforms aimed at reducing obesity rates.
From our Food/Nutrition Resources web page.
HealthReform.gov
This web site is managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. It has a variety of tools to assist in the health care reform debate. You can find several short reports here such as Hidden Costs of Health Care, Health Disparities: A Case for Closing the Gap, and Roadblocks to Health Care: Why the Current Health Care System does not Work for Women, among others. You can also find the health care status quo in your state, executive orders, testimony by the Secretary of DHHS, speeches by Obama and White House forums.
From our our Health Care Planning, Organization, and Evaluation Resources web page.
Options for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality in an Influenza Pandemic
This talk by Arthur Reingold, MD, Professor and Head of the Division of Epidemiology of the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley presents a talk with slides on what is known about influenza epidemics and pandemics, secondary bacterial infections associated with influenza, and options for reducing morbidity and mortality from influenza epidemics and pandemics. This lecture is also available for viewing on You Tube here where it runs for about 59 minutes.
From our H1N1 Influenza web page.
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology: 2009-H1N1 Working Group Report
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology was convened to plan for an expected resurgence of the novel flu H1N1 this fall. This report looks at response options available and ways to mitigate the effects of the epidemic. The report offers guidance on how to make decisions on key issues and actions that may require quick responses in the event of an epidemic outbreak this fall and winter.
From our H1N1 Influenza web page.
ALTBIB: Bibliography on Alternatives to Animal Testing
This bibliography by the National Library of Medicine allows searches of the ALTBIB database up to the year 2000 and assists with PubMed searches on this topic from 2000 to the present. The site provides links to live PubMed searches on a variety of related topics including dermal toxicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity, carcinogenesis and animal welfare. When using the Live PubMed Searches links, though, be sure to change the date in the PubMed search box from 2008 to 2009 to retrieve the most recent articles. It also provides links to other related websites as well.
From our Toxicology/Occupational Health Resources web page.
Best Practices Guide to Synthetic Nanoparticle Risk Management
This guide was published jointly by the IRSST, the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST) and NanoQuébec. It lays out out a prevention strategy for those who work with nanoparticles.
From our Toxicology/Occupational Health Resources web page.
Fogarty International Center
"The Fogarty International Center is dedicated to advancing the mission of the National Institutes of Health by supporting and facilitating global health research conducted by U.S. and international investigators, building partnerships between health research institutions in the U.S. and abroad, and training the next generation of scientists to address global health needs." The Fogarty International Center has published a comprehensive listing of international funding opportunities called the Directory of Grants and Fellowships in the Global Health Sciences since 1988.
From our Grant and Research Information web page.
Health Effects Institute
"HEI is a nonprofit corporation chartered in 1980 as an independent research organization to provide high-quality, impartial, and relevant science on the health effects of air pollution. Typically, HEI receives half of its core funds from the US Environmental Protection Agency and half from the worldwide motor vehicle industry"
From our Grant and Research Information web page.
Machine Safety: Prevention of Mechanical Hazards
This guide presents ways in which fixed guards and safety distances can be used to make working around most machines in the workplace safer. It was published jointly by the IRSST and the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST).
From our Toxicology/Occupational Health Resources web page.
UCSF Japanese Woodblock Print Collection
This collection of Japanese woodblock prints "provide a window into traditional Japanese attitudes toward illness, the human body, women, religion, and the West."
From our Public Health/Medical Images Resources web page.
USA-Mexico Border Health
The Border Health web site was developed with funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Rural Health Policy "to provide assistance on funding and information resources to U.S. – Mexico Border health grantees and interested parties." It's database is searchable by sponsor type, topic and state. The web site also has links to resources on grantwriting. Its topics pages include links to organizations and publications on topics from aging, cultural competency, diabetes, public health and women, among many others.
From our Grant and Research Information web page.
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