Wired Communities: Putting the "e" in Public Health

Handouts and Resources

Program Notes

Public Health Informatics Competencies

National Library of Medicine (NLM) - Part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), NLM is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences.

National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) - Provides funding, training and research support to health professionals throughout the U. S. The Program is coordinated by the National Library of Medicine and carried out through a nationwide network of health science libraries and information centers.

PubMed - Provides access to MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

MEDLINEplus - Provides extensive full text health information for consumers and health professionals on over 500 diseases and health conditions. MEDLINE also provides interactive health tutorials and is produced in a Spanish version.

TOXNET - A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.

NIHSeniorHealth - This website for older adults was developed by the National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine, both part of the National Institutes of Health.

Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT) - A searchable collection of large, full-text clinical and community practice guidelines.

Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project - The purpose of this site is to make information and evidence-based strategies related to the Healthy People 2010 objectives easier to find. The National Library of Medicine, the Public Health Foundation, and several NIH and DHHS offices have worked together to develop pre-formulated search strategies for selected Healthy People 2010 focus areas.

Blacksburg Electronic Village

New River Health District

Virginia Tech's Center for Human-Computer Interaction

NC Health Info