• MEDLINEplus  consumer health information site from the National Library of Medicine.  It includes links to databases, dictionaries, federal agencies and other associations arranged by disease condition and broad categories. An excellent starting place for basic information about a specific condition.
• CDC Prevention Guidelines System
• healthfinder® is a free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• InteliHealth a joint venture of a joint venture of Aetna U.S. Healthcare® and Johns Hopkins University and Health System
• MEDEM consumer health information from major medical societies.
• NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
• Virtual Hospital for Patients from the University of Iowa  Site includes links to peer-reviewed information on the Internet.
• Hawaii Medical Library CHIS (Consumer Health Information Service) provides excellent consumer health links
• Databases providing access to information in journal articles
  • Medline via PubMed

• CDC Prevention Guidelines System
• Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2000-2002, 3rd ed., Report of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• Health Promotion Hot Links from the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
• Healthy People 2000 Final Review
• Healthy People 2010
  • Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project. Includes quick access to pre-formulated evidence-based PubMed search related to selected 2010 goals.
  • Regional Healthy People 2010 Events and Priorities
  • TOOLKIT - A Field Guide to Health Planning
• Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project provides links to information re 2010 objectives
• Hawaii Department of Health
  • Alcohol Drug Abuse Resources
  • Breast & Cervical Cancer Program 
  • Diabetes Prevention & Control
• Preventive Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

DiversityRx Promotes language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities.

See also  Population Groups  Minority Health and Cultural Competence on this site.

• Resources for School Health Educators Department of Applied Health Science - Indiana University

• CDC's TIPS (Tobacco Information and Prevention Service) Provides excellent links to tobacco control information. Includes links to Surgeon General's Reports, Best Practices, links to other governmental and non-governmental organizations.
• Economics of Tobacco Control from World Bank
• Tobacco Cessation Guidelines from the Surgeon General's Office
• Tobacco Control Archives from University of California at San Francisco
• Women and Smoking Surgeon General's Report 2001

• Health Education Advocate
• Health Education Professional Resources (HEPR) from New York University; designed for health educators to facilitate access to information which may be useful for professional practice.
• Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health (SciPICH)

• Prevention Report newsletter from Centers for Disease Control 
• Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research, 2000. From Institute of Medicine Committee on Capitalizing on Social Science and Behavioral Research to Improve the Public's Health, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
• Surgeon General's Reports 
• Vital Decisions: How Internet users decide what information to trust when they or their loved ones are sick. Report from Pew Internet and American Life.
• Wired for Health and Well-Being: The Emergence of Interactive Health Communication. Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health. 

• American Association for Health Education
• Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education (ASTDHPPHE)
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, DHHS
• Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)

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