COM126 Evidence Based Medicine & Research: Web Resources

• AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Oregon Department of Health and Human Services
• Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
• America's Health Rankings 2008 Edition
• Commonwealth Fund
• EthnoMed
• Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project
• FluSTAR System for Tracking and Reporting Flu
• Guide to Community Preventive Services
• HardinMD: Public Health & Preventive Medicine
• Health-Evidence.ca
• Iowa Consortium for Mental Health
• KaiserEDU.org
• National Academy for State Health Policy
• ORPHANET
• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
• Public Health Foundation
• RAND: Public Health Preparedness Database

• Gates Foundation Global Health Page (free Web resource) Portal to information about the global health programs of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is one of the world's leading philanthropic organizations. Web page identifies focus areas for grant funding, namely interventions to reduce diseases th
• Public Health Infrastructure Resource Center (free Web resource) Resources for individuals who want to strengthen the United States public health infrastructure, which is defined as the "network of people, agencies, services, knowledge, regulations, and equipment." Includes resources for increasing investment in a publ
• Public Health Resources on the Internet (free Web resource) Wide assortment of online public health resources, organized by the Sheldon Margen Public Health Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Resources are grouped into logical categories, such as "Disability Resources" and "Reproductive Health Reso
• World Federation of Public Health Associations (free Web resource)
• World Health Organization (WHO) (free Web resource) Home page of the World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health. Founded in 1948, WHO's mission is "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health."
• BIREME Virtual Library (free Web resource) Portal to medical literature, health data and news from Latin America. Most pages are in English, but some pages may only be in Spanish or Portuguese.

• DIRLINE. National Library of Medicine
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
• American Board of Family Medicine
• American Geriatrics Society
• Primary Care and Rural Health Louisiana

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