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  • 2001 PCH 594 Syllabus

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All statistics to be updated can be found on all the Site Map Pages, the Web Site Statistics Page, and the Web Polls Stats Page. This is done monthly, usually near the beginning of each month.

  • Annotated Public Health Practice Bibliography Community Health in the 21st Century;
  • APA Information Page Plagiarism Tutorial;
  • Cardiovascular Disease American Heart Association's Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia; heart & stroke statistics; heart and stroke statistical fact sheets; What is Coronary Heart Disease?; Disparities in Screening for and Awareness of High Blood Cholesterol --- United States, 1999--2002; Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Multiple Risk Factors for Heart Disease and Stroke --- United States, 2003; Differences in Disability Among Black and White Stroke Survivors United States, 2000--2001; Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension United States, 1999--2002; JAMA patient pages for cardiomyopathy, CPR, oronary artery disease; Red wine and your heart;
  • Cardiovascular Disease Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure; Peripheral Vascular Diseases;
  • Career Resources Top 25 Jobs for 2005;
  • Chinese Culture 123Greetings.Com New Year greetings; Chinese Watermelon Art/Sculpture;
  • Cool Sites A - L IRS - Refund Status;
  • Cool Sites M - Z AnnualCreditReport.com
  • Connecticut Public Health Resources SNAPSHOT: CT's Health Insurance Coverage (Office of Health Care Access, January 2005); CT Attorney General's Office - Pharmacy Prescription Drug Prices; Social Security Essentials for Connecticut;
  • Cool Sites A - L IRS Refund Status; Cooking by numbers;
  • Cool Sites M - Z Annualcreditreport.com;
  • Diabetes Resources on the NetPregnancy and diabetes: What to expect from conception to birth;
  • Evaluation Resources Shortchanging America's Health. A State-by-State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars are Spent; U.S. History - 2001 Report Card; Assessing qualitative research; Yahoo's Evaluation directory; Guidelines for Good Practice in Evaluation; Tips for Writing Assessment Questions; 17 additionals links for evaluating government programs;
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... Free online annual reports; Speech Accent Archive; Project Vote Smart; Abraham Lincoln.net; Presidents of the United States; Worldwide Panorama; We the People (National Endowment for the Humanities;
  • Favorite Movie Sites What We Learn About Smallpox from Movies - Fact or Fiction; Entertainment Weekly's Top 25 movies to see before the Oscars; My list of 2004 first-run movies, rated; Themoviespoiler.com; Moviepooper.com; Hide & Seek; Million Dollar Baby; Reel Classics;
  • Favorite Music Sites Webjay.org;
  • Free Software Quintessential Player; Google Deskbar; Filigrooves - Internet vintage music; EBCD - Emergency Boot CD; Flashboot - emergency flashdrive boot; Offline NT Password and Registry Editor; Audacity; Irfan Viewer - photo editor; Component Software Diff;
  • Grants Page AHRQ's Grants Online Database (GOLD) - searchable database; NIH's Grant Writing Tip Sheets; NIH Grants Page; NIH Grants Search; NIH Weekly Funding Opportunities; Quick Guide for the Preparation of Grant Applications (Complementary and Alternative Medicine); Resources for Grant Applicants; Grants.gov's grant finder;
  • Graphing Guidelines for Effective Graphics; Making pie charts with Excel; Data to Plot; Display of Statistical Data; Display of Statistical Distribution; Chi Square curve fitting - WAPP: Fit to data with y-errors;
  • Health Care Resources on the Net WebMD Phsyician Directory; Medicaid (CMS); Guide to Preventive Services for Physicians, Providers, Suppliers, and Other Health Care Professionals; Medicare from MedlinePlus;
  • Health Education Resources on the Net Healthy Schools Healthy Youth; Coordinated School Health Programs; Academic Outcomes and School-Based Health Care Centers Report from NASBHC.Org; Training System Assessment Guidefor Child Welfare Agencies; What do these students have in common?; Smallstep.gov; Postsecondary Educational Institutions and Programs Accredited by Accrediting Agencies and State Approval Agencies Recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education - January 2005; Accreditation of U.S. Schools;
  • Healthcare Quality Standards Introduction to Evidence Based Practice; Third Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (1/24/2005); Dartmouth Atlas - Quality of Medical Care; AHRQ's Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies - Volumes One to Three; AHRQ's 2004 National Healthcare Quality Report & 2004 National Healthcare Disparities Report;
  • Healthcare Quality Issues NIH Conflict of Interest Information and Resources; Medicare Reform: Widespread Confusion, Uncertain Benefits - Center for Impact Research Report; AHRQ's Safe Practices for Better Healthcare: Summary and 30 Safe Practices for Better Health Care;
  • Healthy People 2010 Designing & Building Healthy Places;
  • Health Professional Information A National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations; Toolkit To End Violence Against Women; Adverse Events Associated With the Use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and COX-2 Inhibitors (FCIC.gov);
  • Information Quality Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critical Evaluation Surveys and Resources; WWW Evaluation Checklist; Lessons Learned: Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation;
  • Kids' Health and Science Page Playing with Time.org; Earthballoon.com; Test Prep Review.com; Tools for Science; Astronomy tutorials; Electronics tutorial; Examples in Quantum mechanics; Earth Impact Effects Program; New Nutrition section: Calcium and Your Child, Caffeine and Your Child, Fiber and Your Child, Iron and Your Child, MedlinePlus Child Nutrition; K-T Event;
  • Kids' Fun Page Caricature Zone; Happy Easter.com (consider me early); Cal's Gallery; The Toymaker; Timberfrog's Online Games you can play on this Web site: Javanoid, Lines, Reversi, Tail gunner, Tetris, Warp (may be temperamental); Take a picture of yourself online; Let Kitty Clean Your Screen; Don't Try This; U.S. Map Test - test your knowledge of U.S. geography; Artsology - Culture for Kids;
  • Maternal Child Health Childrennow.org; Childadvocate.net; Directory for Child Welfare; MCH Policy; Children's Bureau Training and Technical Assistance Network; Screening and Assessing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: A Resource Guide for Practitioners; Educational Status of Foster Children; Mothers' Exposure to Air Pollutants Linked to Chromosome Damage in Babies; Tools for Life;
  • Nutrition Resources CDC's FoodNet; Daily Calorie Counter from MayoClinic; Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005;
  • Personality - MBTI Type TV Show; Keirsey.Com's 16 types; MTR-i;
  • Public Health Continuing Education Expanding Health Coverage to the Uninsured; Health Policy Tutorials; Guidelines for Effective Graphics; Public Opinion 101: Designing Public Opinion Surveys; Medicare 101; New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: An Overview; Preventive Services Educational Resource Web Guide;
  • Public Health Data CDC Wonder; CDC Wonder's Information or Dataset Name; Cancer Mondial - international cancer stats; Monitoring the Future (youth data); Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System; CDC State Health Profiles 2003 (Very good state-based data source); 2002 Youth Demographics; United States Cancer Statistics: 2001 Incidence and Mortality About the Incidence and Mortality Report; American Heart Association's Lung Disease Data in Culturally Diverse Communities; Progress in Reducing Measles Mortality - Worldwide, 1999--2003; Progress Toward Elimination of Measles and Prevention of Congenital Rubella Infection --- European Region, 1990--2004;
  • Public Health Data Prevalence of Overweight* Among Children and Teenagers, by Age Group and Selected Period --- United States, 1963--2002;
  • Public Health Data Childstats.gov;
  • Public Health Documents Employed But Not Insured: A State-by-State Analysis of the Number of Low-Income Working Parents Who Lack Health Insurance; WHO's World Health Report; WHO's Infectious Disease Report of 1999 (the latest); A National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations; Toolkit To End Violence Against Women; The State of Aging; Healthy Behaviors: Addressing Chronic Disease at Its Roots; Johns Hopkins Public Health Documents and Reports;
  • Public Health Practice Time & Project Management articles; Free Management Library; Reorganizing State Health Agencies To Meet Changing Needs State Restructuring Efforts In 2003; Management Map;
  • Public Health Sites A-C Case Definitions for Chemical Poisoning; Portal Español de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos (EPA in Spanish); Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection-Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV in the United States; Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents; List of Cancer-Causing Agents Grows; Biological and chemical weapons: Arm yourself with information;
  • Public Health Sites D-G New section under Emergency Preparedness - Tsunamis: 8 links: Tsunamis; CDC's Tsunami Notice for Travelers; Tsunami Disaster: Health Information for Humanitarian Workers, Interim Vaccination and Malaria Prophylaxis Recommendations for Persons Traveling to Areas Affected by the Tsunami, Interim Health Recommendations for Workers Who Handle Human Remains, Health Effects of Tsunamis, Infectious Disease Concerns Associated with the Indian Ocean Tsunamis, WHO South Asia Earthquakes & Tsunamis Web Site; Chemical emergencies; Fact Sheet: Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance System New; Guidance for Americans Living in Areas Affected by Earthquakes and Tsunami; Food Safety after a Tsunami; Tsunamis Mental Health Resources; General Information on Tsunami-Related Diseases and Health Concerns; Landslides and Mudslides; All funding sources have been moved to the Grants Page ; Gay and Lesbian Medical Association; Gayhealth.com; EPA's Ground Water and Drinking Water Page; USDA's Water Quality Information Page; Groundwater.org; Worldbank.Org's New Ideas in Pollution Regulation (NIPR); EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program; ATSDR's Hazardous Substance Release and Health Effects Database (HazDat); NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Inhalants; Firstgov.gov's Indian Ocean Tsunami;
  • Public Health Sites H-L New section - Lung Diseases: COPDprofessional.org; American Lung Association; Fluwatch.com (National Flu Surveillance Network); UN Refugee Agency; Refugee Republic; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC); Global School-based Student Health Survey;
  • Public Health Sites M-N Health Policy Watch; Association of American Indian Physicians; National Mental Health Information Center; New Section: Immigrant Resource Guide, Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS). Health Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans United States; Racial Disparities in Nationally Notifiable Diseases United States, 2002; PsyPlexus - Resources for Mental Health Professionals; Tolerance.org;
  • Public Health Sites O-Z Department of Labor Poster Page; Living with Suicide; American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; American Assocation of Suicidology; National Center for Farmworker Health; AHRQ's Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence;
  • Public Health Software Statsci.org's Statistical Packages: Free; Software by Gary King; Equating programs; NetEpi - Nice free resources; Febrl (Freely extensible biomedical record linkage); 4 mapping resources: NASA's World Wind 1.3; USDA Forest Service; Topozone.Com; TerraServer USA;
  • Research Resources on the Net Healthcare.researcheasy.com; Public Opinion 101: Designing Public Opinion Surveys; Intellectual Property Policy; Program evaluation standards; Basics of program evaluation; Checklist for program evaluation planning; Are percents appropriate in program objectives?; Evaluation tipsheets (Excellent!); Margin of error, how to explain it; Questions for evaluating a conference; Designing a survey to increase response and reliability; Are percents appropriate in program objectives?; Passing an Exam: A program objective?; What kind of question is good for evaluating awareness?; How to Use Evaluation Data to Write Different Types of Impact Statements; How to Conduct an Evaluation of My Newspaper Column; CDC's Framework of Program Evaluation, and Program Evaluation in Public Health; Introduction to Evidence Based Practice;
  • Search Engines - Public Health ATSDR's Hazardous Substance Release and Health Effects Database (HazDat);
  • Senior Health American Society on Aging; Center for Healthy Aging;
  • Statistical Functions The formulas; From Penn State - Random samples: How and Why; Sampling a diverse audience; How to determine sample size; ANOVA; Descriptive statistics; Student's t-Tests; Kolmogorov-Smirnov test; chi-square distribution test; contingency tables; Fisher Exact Test; ANOVA: ANalysis Of VAriance between groups; Ordinary Least Squares (Regression); Beyond Ordinary Least Squares; 4 new links for ANOVA; Durbin-Watson statistic;
  • Statistical Programs OnlineConversion.com (Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions); UCLA's SPSS Resource Page; Texas A & M SPSS page; What statistical analysis should I use? Statistical analyses using SPSS; CAQDAS - Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software; Software for News Analysis; Text analysis info; Univariate Analysis with SPSS; 3 links to FDR (false discovery rate); Analyzing Knowledge Gain Using Excel; Analyzing Before and After Data Using Excel; Index of On-line Stats Calculators (very good); 2 links to SPSS modeling;
  • Temperament 3smartcubes.com personality tests page;
  • US Government Statistics Sites US Vital Statistics; WISQARSTM (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System); OSHA Statistics & Inspection Data; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Statistical Abstract of the United States (really good); Collegeresults.org (Edtrust) - college/university graduation rates;
  • Useful SitesTravelaxe.com - compare hotels; Travelsmith.com - packing checklists; Allpages.com; eConsumer.gov; FTC's consumer protection; Forms.gov; Findlaw.com's Real Estate Center; Livedeal.com - your local marketplace;
  • Web Development Resources Forms: Introduction;
  • Web Resources Realistic Internet Simulator; Bugmenot.com; Windows Process Library - which files should and should not be running on your computer; Jiwire.com - search for wi-fi hotspots; Zdnet's Webbuyers Guide Search Engine; FTC's consumer protection, phishing alert, identity thief pages; National Consumer Protection Week - Identity Thief (very good collection of resources);
  • Web site Medical Search Engines Healthopedia;
  • Women's Health Yahoo! Directory of Women's Health; Institute for Women's Health Policy Research; The Status of Women in the States 2004; Women's top health threats: A surprising list;
  • Women's Health Issues Office of Violence Against Women (US Department of Justice); A National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations; Toolkit To End Violence Against Women; Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Report of the Surgeon General (10/2004); Surgeon General's Advisory on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy (3/2005);
  • Women's Health - Breast Cancer Cancermaster.com;
  • Writing Resources Developing an outline; Microsoft Office's Business and Nonprofit Templates;

April - June 2005

New Pages

Updated Pages

All statistics to be updated can be found on all the Site Map Pages, the Web Site Statistics Page, and the Web Polls Stats Page. This is done monthly, usually near the beginning of each month.

  • Annotated Great Books Bibliography Why Things Bite Back. Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences;
  • Annotated Public Health Practice Bibliography Why Things Bite Back. Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences;
  • APA Information Page 8 new links from educational institutions - excellent resources, if you want to do it right;
  • Biostatistics/Statistics Sites Statistics Education Links of Juha Puranen; Resources for Introductory Statistics; Java Applets for Statistical Instruction;
  • Cardiovascular Disease QuickStats: Use of Stents* Among Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Coronary Angioplasty, by Race --- United States, 2003; May is High Blood Pressure Month; Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7); Heart Deaths - State Rankings
  • Cardiovascular Disease National Stroke Awareness Month - May 2005; Disparities in Deaths from Stroke Among Persons Aged <75 Years --- United States, 2002; Regional and Racial Differences in Prevalence of Stroke - 23 States and District of Columbia, 2003; Naval Aerospace Medical Institute's Cardiology Page;
  • Children with Special Health Care Needs ESSENTIAL TOOLS — Handbook for Implementing a Comprehensive Work-Based Learning Program According to the Fair Labor Standards Act Third Edition; CADASIL (Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy) Genetics Home Reference; FDA Rule for Current Good Tissue Practice for Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products;
  • Connecticut Public Health Resources Accuweather Hartford; Weathertoday Hartford; Wnbc Weather; Wtnh Weather Closings; CT DOT Regional Weather Reports; Yahoo! Connecticut Government Directory; State Sex Offender Registry Web Sites; A Consumer’s Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Connecticut;
  • Consumer Health Information - General Physical Activity for Everyone: Trails for Health - Physical Activity: A Key Element of Good Health;
  • Cool Sites A - L Incredible Edible Egg recipes; Consumer Report Automotive reviews; IRS - Get Refund Status; History of St. Patrick's Day; KQED: Jacques Pepin: Fast Food My Way; Airliners.Net's Aviation Photos;
  • Epidemiology A- L Achievements in Public Health: Elimination of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome --- United States, 1969--2004 (3/2005);
  • Epidemiology M - Z CDC's Public Health Surveillance Page;
  • Evaluation Resources Eval.org's Online Texts; Unesco's Evaluation Manual; ASTDR's Evaluation Primer on Health Risk Communication; ProjectStar's A User's Guide for National Service Programs; Enquirylearning.Net's What is Evaluation, How to do Evaluation, A Case Study; National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)'s Measuring the Difference: Guide to Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach (September 2000); Standards for Public Health in Washington State; Standards for Public Health in Washington State: Baseline Evaluation Report; Health Canada's The Population Health Template: Key Elements and Actions That Define A Population Health Approach, the Working Tool and What is the Population Health Approach; ASTHO's National Public Health Performance Standards; CDC's National Public Health Performance Standards Program User's Guide; NOAA.gov's Program Evaluation Criteria Weights; Foundation Concepts Essential for Evaluation: Criteria/Evidence/Judgment; Project Evaluation Criteria - City of Bothell, WA; Organizational Evaluation Criteria - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Evaluation Standards and Criteria for Technology Implementation - North Central Regional Educational Laboratory; Illinois Waste Management and Research Center; Rand.Org's Observations on PFI Evaluation Criteria; Exemplary and Promising Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free School Programs 2001 - Department of Education; American Institute of Steel Construction; New section: GAO - 5 links, including Head Start: Comprehensive Approach to Identifying and Addressing Risks Could Help Prevent Grantee Financial Management Weakenesses, GAO-05-176, February 28, 2005; Two new sections: Government Accountability Office - Web site resources, and Reports, with links to public-health related federal agency reports; 2004 National Healthcare Quality Report State Rankings; State Plan Index: A Tool for Assessing the Quality of State Public Health Plans; United Health Foundation.Org's State Health Rankings and Heart Deaths - State Rankings; Methods for Evaluating Area Wide and Organisation-based Interventions in Health and Health Care: A systematic review; Malpractice Claims, By State; Health insurance information for each state (Healthinsuranceinfo.net);
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... Julian Day Numbers for dates on the Gregorian and Julian Calendars; Weather; Leetspeek; NameVoyager - Baby Names; Dumblaws.com; Yahoo!'s U.S. State Government Directory;
  • Favorite Movie Sites Onmyoji, The Jacket, Downfall, Horror Movie & Science Fiction Database; Crash; Downfall; Kingdom of Heaven; Kung-Fu Hustle; Monster-in-Law; Sahara; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Interpreter; Unleashed;
  • Favorite Music Sites Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Visual Timeline; Everclear Online.com;
  • Free Software Microsoft PhotoStory 3; Stockmat.Com;
  • Grants Page Australia Community Builders - Funding Sources;
  • Health Care Resources on the Net Medicare's Prescription Drug and Other Assistance Programs; NCQA's Create a Report Card; QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged >18 Years Who Used Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) During the Preceding 12 Months, by sex --- United States, 2002; New Preventive Services Under Medicare; USHHS Hospital Compare; HelpingPatients.Org; Questions and Answers About Using Magnets To Treat Pain; Steriod Use: Balancing Risks and Benefits; What You Should Know About Research Studies - Partnership for Human Research Protection Inc; Quick Facts about Medicare’s New Coverage for Prescription Drugs for people with limited income and resources; Quick Facts about Medicare’s New Coverage for Prescription Drugs If You Applied for Extra Help; Application for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs; Medicare Modernization Act Help For Those With Limited Income and Resources;
  • Health Education Resources on the Net National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)'s Planning Activities & Strategies (health behavior theories);
  • Healthcare Quality Data & Standards Clinical Performance Measures for Ambulatory Care - Recommended Starter Set from Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance;
  • Healthcare Quality Standards Health Status Indicators - ASTHO links; AHRQ's Tools for Hospitals and Health Care Systems Fact Sheet;
  • Healthcare Quality Issues AHRQ's Patient Safety Network; Assessing the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System -- Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance Project --- Six Sites, United States, January 1--June 15, 2004; NIH Launches First Center In Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network; Children in Hospitals Frequently Experience Medical Injuries; New Section - Health Care Fraud - GAO's Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program: Results of Review of Annual Reports for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003; Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety; New section: Clinical Trials: CISCRP - Center for Information & Study on Clinical Research Participation; Citizens For Responsible Care and Research (Circare); Partnership For Human Research Protection, Inc.; PHRP Standards for Accreditation; What You Should Know About Research Studies; Citizens For Responsible Care and Research (CIRCARE); AHRQ's Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation; Malpractice Law in the United States; HHS Is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy;
  • Healthy People 2010 Healthy Vision 2010 - Vision Rehabilitation;
  • Health Professional Information MedlinePlus - Dermatitis; Mayo Clinic - Types of Dermatitis Slide Show; The Whole ECG - A Really Basic ECG Primer;
  • Information Quality Web Research Evaluation Checklist from University of Louisville;
  • Kids' Health and Science Page USDA Site for Kids; Learn Spanish with Pictures; My Hebrew Dictionary; Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun; Autism info from Mayo Clinic and MedlinePlus; Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls. Your daughter's bones need your support; New section - Safety: Spotlight on Injuries from fireworks, drowning, supervision and drowning; Ear infections; Protecting our children from sexual predators;
  • Kids' Fun Page NameVoyager - Baby names; NASCAR Game Room; Prognosticate.Com; My Hebrew Name; Grocery Store Wars; Let's Play Putt Putt (miniature golf) - this is cool!;
  • Maternal Child Health Foundation for Child Development; Maternal Child Health Library's Knowledge Path: Locating Community-Based Services to Support Children and Families; Social costs: the effects of child maltreatment; A Road Map for Learning: Improving Educational Outcomes in Foster Care; Guidebook for Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare System Coordination and Integration: Framework for Improved Outcomes;Improving Public Child Welfare Agency Performance in the Context of the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews; Guardianship; State Ombudsman Programs; Fatherhood training curriculum; FosterLinks.org; National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Educational Foundation; Family Assessment Guidelines for Child Welfare from USHHS; Chapin Hall Publications - child welfare research reports;
  • Nutrition Resources Your family's calcium needs; A Nation at Risk: Obesity in the United States - A Statistical Sourcebook; We Can!; Weight-Control Information Network; Milk Matters Education Campaign;
  • Public Health Continuing Education National Medicare Training; SUNY Downstate Medical Center Evidence Based Medicine Course: Risk Communication Self-Instruction;
  • Public Health Data Trends in Tuberculosis --- United States, 2004; Preemptive State Smoke-Free Indoor Air Laws --- United States, 1999--2004; Health US - 1996 - 1997, Plus Injury Chartbook; 2004 Cancer Risk Report, and Questions and Answers: Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer 1975-2001, with a Special Feature on Survival; MedlinePlus - Health Statistics; Summary of Notifiable Diseases --- United States, 2003;
  • Public Health Data Tobacco Use, Access, and Exposure to Tobacco in Media Among Middle and High School Students --- United States, 2004; QuickStats: Average Length of Service Provided to U.S. Home Health-Care Patients, by Selected Period --- United States, 1991--2000;
  • Public Health Data Childstats.gov; Child Well Being Index (CWI) 1975 - 2003; Australian Bureau of Statistics; Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality --- United States, 1995--2002;
  • Public Health Documents Foundation for Child Development; Connectforkids.org's Family Income;
  • Public Health E-News Table of contents for January through May are now posted
  • Public Health Practice State Plan Index: A Tool for Assessing the Quality of State Public Health Plans; Getting Organised; Understanding your community; Identifying needs and strengths; Create stronger communities; Public Health Competencies - End Program Template; What is Health Education?;
  • Public Health Sites A-C National Cancer Insitute's Tumor Grade: Questions and Answers, and Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers; Bladder cancer info from MedlinePlus and Mayo Clinic; Students Against Destructive Decisions - Statistics;
  • Public Health Sites D-G Acute Radiation Syndrome: A Fact Sheet for Physicians; Facts About DTPA; Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Dirty Bombs; Prenatal Radiation Exposure: A Fact Sheet for Physicians; MedlinePlus - Allergy, Asthma; Indoor Mold, Building Dampness Linked to Respiratory Problems and Require Better Prevention; Evidence Does Not Support Links to Wider Array of Illnesses; Mayo Clinic and MedlinePlus on Insect bites and stings; (under Environmental Health); Two links about molds; Environmental Science databases;
  • Public Health Sites H-L Update: Notice to Travelers about Avian Influenza A (H5N1); Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2005 – MMWR report; Brief Report: Outbreak of Marburg Virus Hemorrhagic Fever --- Angola, October 1, 2004--March 29, 2005; Compendium of Measures To Prevent Disease Associated with Animals in Public Settings, 2005; New section - H2N2 - 4 links; New section - 7 links re: Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever; Anthrax Q & A: Preventive Therapy; Recent Avian Flu Outbreaks in Asia; MedlinePlus - measles; New section - Malaria;
  • Public Health Sites M-N Depression: Helping friends and family through tough times;
  • Public Health Sites O-Z Tobacco-free Nurses; AHRQ's Helping Smokers Quit - A Guide for Nurses
  • Public Health Software Emergency Preparedness Resource Inventory (EPRI)- A Tool for Local, Regional, and State Planners; Brixtonhealth.com; EpiInfo6.04dPlus download; New section: Environmental Science Resources - EPI Suite v3.12 from the EPA; Syracuse Research Corporation; Integrated Stochastic Exposure (ISE) Model software;
  • Research Resources on the Net Resources for Survey Researchers; An Introduction to Qualitative Research; Different Trials, Different Results How to Explain Them?; Understanding Risk. What Does It Really Mean?; Understanding Risk. What Do Those Headlines Really Mean?;What You Should Know About Research Studies - Partnership for Human Research Protection Inc; SUNY Downstate Medical Center Evidence Based Medicine Course; Interpreting the results of observational research: chance is not such a fine thing;
  • Search Engines - Public Health Environmental Science and Toxicology databases and virtual libraries;
  • Senior Health New section on Advance Directives: MedlinePlus - Advance Directives, U.S. Living Will Registry; Monitoring Progress in Arthritis Management - United States and 25 States, 2003; National Arthritis Month;
  • Statistical Functions Statistical significance; Correlation; Student's t-Test; Statistics.Com's Statistics Books, Manuals and Journals; Statsoft's Electronic Textbook; National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)'s Gathering Data & Assessing Results; New section: Factor Analysis - 2 links; One Way Independent ANOVA By Hand; ANOVA vs. Posthoc; Planned comparisons = main effects; ANOVA planned comparisons;
  • Statistical Programs Free Excel templates from Vertex42 - very good; Software for Measurement Error Methods; Some common statistical procedures; SAS online manual; Sample Size Calculations for Logistic Regression with Exposure Measurement Error; Case-Sib Sample Size Calculations; Kin-Cohort Power Calculations; Factor analysis using SPSS; Multiple Comparisons; Effective use of SPSS tables; Exceltoolkit (Excellent);
  • US Government Statistics Sites Whitehouse.Gov's latest federal statistics; Homicide and Suicide Rates National Violent Death Reporting System, Six States, 2003;
  • Useful Sites USDA Forest Service Maps; My3cents.com; Discontinueditems.com; America's Most Livable Communities; FBI's State Sex Offender Registry Web Sites; National Association of Insurance Commissioner's Consumer Information Service to file complaints against insurance companies; Coalition Against Insurance Fraud;
  • Web Development Resources A Comprehensive Strategy for Using Web Site Statistics;
  • Web Resources National Institute of Open Schooling's Computer Applications Tutorials (very good); Consumer Webwatch Investigation Reports; Consumer Webwatch Search Engine Guidelines; Installing memory;
  • Web site Medical Search Engines FlexFinder Medical Metasearch Engine;
  • Women's Health First Annual Health Survey: Women Talk - 2 links; NWHRC Connects Women to Health Information They Can Trust;
  • Women's Health - Life Cycles MedlinePlus - Breast Feeding;
  • Women's Health - Breast Cancer Cancermaster.com;
  • Women's Health - Heart Disease AHA - Role of Noninvasive Testing in the Clinical Evaluation of Women With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
  • Writing Resources Developing an outline; Microsoft Office's Business and Nonprofit Templates.

July - September 2005

New Pages

Deleted/Changed Pages

  • PCH 201 - Wellness, Spring 2004 Syllabus
  • PCH 202 - Introduction to Public Health, Spring 2005 Syllabus
  • PCH 202 - Introduction to Public Health, Spring 2005 Grading Grids
  • PCH 202 - Introduction to Public Health, Spring 2005 Guidelines & Resources for Grant Justification Writing Assignments
  • PCH 202 - Introduction to Public Health, Spring 2005 Guidelines & Resources for Grant Justification Writing Assignments

Updated Pages

All statistics to be updated can be found on all the Site Map Pages, the Web Site Statistics Page, and the Web Polls Stats Page. This is done monthly, usually near the beginning of each month.

  • Academic Resources Syllabus Finder
  • Annotated Great Books Bibliography Why Things Bite Back. Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences; Eats, Shoots & Leaves; Blink - The Power of Thinking Without Thinking; Coercion. Why We Listen To What "They" Say;
  • Annotated Research Practice A - L BibliographyAustin et al's Evaluating Your Agency's Programs;
  • Annotated Public Health Practice Bibliography Why Things Bite Back. Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences; An Introduction to Community Health;
  • Annotated Skills Bibliography Eats, Shoots & Leaves;
  • APA Information Page New section - APA Format templates (free Word templates; Requirements for PCH 202-04L; New section on tutorials - 5 links; 3 links to references;
  • Biostatistics/Statistics Sites Statistics at Square One; Statistics Resources; British Medical Journal: Statistics Notes; Data and Story Library (DASL); Data sets sources: UCLA Statistics Data Sets,JSE Data Archives;
  • Cardiovascular Disease Aging Hearts and Arteries: A Scientific Quest; About Heart Disease and Stroke; 3 statistical links; Hospitalizations for Heart Disease, by Diagnosis* and Percentage Distribution† --- United States, 2003; Heart attack: An emergency survival guide for the worst-case scenario; Percentage* of Persons Aged >20 Years with Hypertension,† by Race/Ethnicity --- United States, 1999--2002; Trends in Cholesterol Screening and Awareness of High Blood Cholesterol --- United States, 1991--2003;
  • Cardiovascular Disease NHLBI's Heart & Vascular Diseases - NHLBI's Diseases & Conditions Index;
  • Career Resources LifeWorks - info about health and medical science careers;
  • Chinese Culture New section - China Statistics;
  • Connecticut Public Health Resources Real-time Info - Natural Disaster Information Site; State Government Offices, Local US Government, City Government and Federal Government; Vitalrec.com; Sex Offender Registry Search;
  • Consumer Health Information - General CDC's Traveler's Health: Yellow Book - Health Information for International Travel, 2005-2006 - Table of Contents - Condensed Edition & Outline Format; Your Fitness Program: Tips for Staying Motivated; Heat Illness; Fit Source;
  • Diabetes Resources on the Net Two links to diagnosis and treatment of diabetes; Alternative Devices for Taking Insulin;
  • Epidemiology M - Z Indicators for Chronic Disease Surveillance;
  • Evaluation Resources Rankings & Estimates - Ranking of the States 2004 and Estimates of School Statistics 2005; Public Health Foundation's Performance Management in Action: Tools & Resources; 2005 Profile of local health agencies (in progress); NCQA Report Cards of Health Plans; Evaluations: The Art of Organizational Self-Examination; KIDS COUNT State-Level Data Online; The Performance Institute;
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... "American Journeys"; "Land Use History of North America"; "Nationalatlas.gov"; Skeptic's Dictionary - alphabetical and topic listings; Museum of Online Museums, New York Public Library's Digital Gallery; McSweeney's Internet Tendency; State Government Offices, Local US Government, City Government and Federal Government;
  • Favorite Movie Sites Batman Begins; Layer Cake; Mr. & Mrs. Smith; The Complete War of the Worlds Website; War of the Worlds; Fantastic Four; March of the Penguins; Dark Water; Red Eye; The Great Raid; The Island; Wicker Park; Rottentomatoes.com's search engine;
  • Favorite Music Sites Opus 1 Classical; Learning About Microphones; Furthernet.com;
  • Free Software Metapad; Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview; 4 anti-virus software; the page has been totally revamped, check it out;
  • Grants Page Fundraising; Grant resources; How to writing winning proposals;
  • Graphing New section - Online graphing and charting - 7 new links;
  • Health Care Resources on the Net The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2005; CDC's Traveler's Health: Yellow Book - Health Information for International Travel, 2005-2006 - Table of Contents - Condensed Edition & Outline Format; AMA Physician Select; Wehelpmeds.com;
  • Healthcare Quality Data & Standards Indicators for Chronic Disease Surveillance; The Value of Hospital Discharge Databases (AHRQ May 2005);Health Services Research and the HIPAA Privacy Rule; AHRQ/HCUP's Emergency Department Data Evaluation; HCUP Methods Series Reports; State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD); State Inpatient Databases (SID); State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD); GAO's Data Quality: Improvements to Count Correction Efforts Could Produce More Accurate Census Data;
  • Healthcare Quality Standards MedQIC; Public Health Foundation's Performance Management in Action: Tools & Resources;
  • Healthcare Quality Issues
  • Health Education Resources Toolkits for Kids Issues;
  • Health Professional Information New section for pediatrics - 5 sources; CDC's Traveler's Health: Yellow Book - Health Information for International Travel, 2005-2006 - Table of Contents - Condensed Edition & Outline Format; Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2005; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -Topic Index: A-Z; FreeMedicalJournals.Com;
  • Information Quality Top 20 Health Information Sites; Healthratings.Org;
  • Kids' Health and Science Page Fragile Fringe - Coastal Wetlands; Imagine the Universe; NOAA Ocean Explorer; National Gallery of Art Kids Page; Real-time Info - Natural Disaster Information Site; Rocks and Images; Soils Science Education; Solar System Education; Winners Don't Use Drugs; Math links - High School Math Resources; King's List of On-line Math Activities; Math & Science Resources; Middle School Math; Working with Graphs Onlne Activities; Toolkits for Kids Issues; Fit Source; New section - Online Safety - 5 links;
  • Kids' Fun Page My Cat Annie;
  • Koo Sar Pills Investigation - Citations
  • Maternal Child Health GAO's Better Data and Evaluations Could Improve Processes and Programs for Adopting Children with Special Needs; Toolkits for Kids Issues; Rickets; Cleft Lip and Palate; Down Syndrome - 2 links; Genetics Home Reference; Addressing Aggression in Early Childhood; MCH Thesaurus; Mental Health in the United States: Prevalence of Diagnosis and Medication Treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder United States, 2003; Children and Teens Told by Doctors That They Were Overweight United States, 1999--2002;Percentage of Children Aged 4--17 Years with Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties Who Used Mental Health Services, by Type of Service United States, 2003;
  • Nutrition Resources MyPyramid.Gov; Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Mental Health; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; FDA's Medwatch; FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; Sloan-Kettering's About Herbs, Botanicals, and other products;
  • Personality - MBTI Personalitypathways.Com; The 16 Personality Types; Ibiblio is no longer around, but have managed to keep 12 renditions for each personality type. I have add Life Explore's 16 personality profiles;
  • Public Health Continuing Education Opportunities Women's Health Care Competencies for Medical Students; Public Health Information and Data Tutorial; U.S. Legislative Process;
  • Public Health Data NAIC and SIC codes;
  • Public Health Data Annual Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses --- United States, 1997--2001; HCUP's Hospitalization in the United States 2002; Average Length of Hospital* Stay, by Diagnostic Category† --- United States, 2003;
  • Public Health Data Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality --- United States, 1995--2002; Selected Findings on Child and Adolescent Health Care from the 2004 National Healthcare Quality/Disparities Reports;
  • Public Health Documents Kids & Medicaid: A Primer;
  • Public Health E-News Table of contents for January through June are now posted
  • Public Health Practice Public Health Practice vs. Research;Toolkits for Kids Issues; Organizational Development Tools; How to run meetings; how to work with a board of directors; How to file IRS docs; New section - Communication Skills: Speak Up: Tips on Advocacy for Publicly Funded Nonprofits; Tool Kit for Communications and Advocacy (2 parts);
  • Public Health Sites A-C AIDS, the official journal of the International AIDS Society; Kidney Cancer; Combination Treatment Most Effective in Adolescents with Depression;
  • Public Health Sites D-G NRCS Soils; The LEAD Group Inc Fact Sheet Index; ASTHO's Publications Listings; ASTHO's Environmental Health Services; Cell Phone Radiation Levels; Latex Allergy; Floods; FDA Offers Information for Hurricane Aftermath; CDC Offers Advice for People to Protect Themselves after a Storm; Drug Abuse: What it is and how to quit;
  • Public Health Sites H-L CDC's Traveler's Health: Yellow Book - Health Information for International Travel, 2005-2006 - Table of Contents - Condensed Edition & Outline Format; New Infectious Disease subsection: Incubation and Contagious Periods - 5 links; Head and Brain Injuries; Helmets Could Help Head Off Injuries in Skaters;
  • Public Health Sites M-N Percentage of Adults Aged >18 Years Who Assessed Their Health as Excellent or Very Good, by Race --- United States, 1999--2003; Schizophrenia; The Role of Public Health in Mental Health Promotion;
  • Public Health Sites O-Z New section - Vision - 2 links;
  • Public Health Software National Geographic's MapMachine (map anything online);
  • Research Resources on the Net Public Health Practice vs. Research; What to Look for When Reading Medical Research; Finding the Latest Research; Understanding Medical Research;
  • Search Engines - Health National Heart,Blood & Lung Institute's Diseases & Conditions Index - Fact Sheets; Firstgov.gov's Page for national, federal agency, and local libraries; online library databases; grants and benefits for libraries; CDC's Traveler's Health: Yellow Book - Health Information for International Travel, 2005-2006 - Table of Contents - Condensed Edition & Outline Format;
  • Search Engines - Public Health CDC's Traveler's Health: Yellow Book - Health Information for International Travel, 2005-2006 - Table of Contents - Condensed Edition & Outline Format;
  • Senior Health There’s No Place Like Home—For Growing Old Tips from the National Institute on Aging; Aging Hearts and Arteries: A Scientific Quest; MedlinePlus and National Eye Institute - Cataract and Glaucoma; Macro Degeneration; Prostate Diseases; Heat Stress in the Elderly; Quality of Care Is Associated with Survival in Vulnerable Older Patients;
  • Statistical Functions Calculate the Median from Group Data;Discriminant Function Analysis; Log-Linear, Logit, and Probit Models; New section on Likert scales - 5 links; Eta Squared from Multifactor ANOVA Designs; UCLA's Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence; One and two sided tests of significance; Trmmed Mean Confidence Limits; Meta - Analysis:Methods of Accumulating Results Across Research Domains; Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysis; Chi Square;
  • Statistical Programs Perl script to extract SPSS data; SPSS Listserv Archives; Graphpad QuickCalcs; PCABC - Pennsylvania Cancer Alliance Bioinformatics Consortium; What statistical analysis should I use;
  • Temperament New Mood personality test - fun;
  • US Government Statistics Sites USDA Agriculture Fact Book;
  • Useful Sites for Every Day Living Real-time Info - Natural Disaster Information Site; FirstGov.gov's News Page; CDC's Traveler's Health: Yellow Book - Health Information for International Travel, 2005-2006 - Table of Contents - Condensed Edition & Outline Format; Freecyle.Org; Home Energy Saver; State Government Offices, Local US Government, City Government and Federal Government; How Far Is It?; Cell Phone Radiation Levels;
  • Web Development Resources New section - Link Popularity tools - 6 links; Marketleap.com - online Link Popularity check;
  • Web site Search Engines Public Library Locator from ED.Gov;
  • Women's Health - General Resources Women's Health Care in the United States 2004 Fact Sheet; Women and Health Care: A National Profile; New section - Statistics - 10 links, including HRSA's Women Health USA 2005;
  • Women's Health Issues Alcohol - An important women's health issue;
  • Women's Health - Breast Cancer new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Breast Cancer Screening;
  • Writing Resources Review of English Punctuation: Spaces, Quotations, and Parentheses; Brief Guide to Writing Argumentative Essays; A Brief Guide to Writing Philosophy Papers; What is a brief?; Preparing a Policy Issues Brief; Writing a Case Brief; Writing appellate briefs;

October - December 2005

Deleted/Changed Pages

  • Old Camp Web site;
  • Pch 201 Film Review Grading Grid;
  • Pch 201 Film Review Resource Page;
  • Pch 201 Research Project Grading Grid;
  • Pch 201 Research Project Sample Sections & Directions for HealthQuest 4.2 Extra Credit Assignments

Updated Pages

All statistics to be updated can be found on all the Site Map Pages, the Web Site Statistics Page, and the Web Polls Stats Page. This is done monthly, usually near the beginning of each month.

  • Annotated Epidemiology Bibliography
  • Annotated Great Books Bibliography Jane Fonda's My Life So Far; S.D. Levitt & S.J. Dubner's Freakonomics; Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha;
  • Annotated Statistics Bibliography Levitt & S.J. Dubner's Freakonomics;
  • APA Information Page 16 new links, new sections - Help, Samples, Templates;
  • Biostatistics/Statistics Sites Jason Newsom's Stats Notes; New section - Fun statistical sites (it is possible to have fun with statistics);
  • Blog Index Word of the day; Article of the Day; This day in history, Today's birthday; Quotation of the Day; Matchup;
  • Cardiovascular Disease Index Page New Section - Chronic Disease Resources - 9 new links
  • Cardiovascular DiseaseCDC's The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors; CDC Cardiovascular Program's Interactive Maps, Statistical Information Page; NHBLI/NIH's 2004 NHLBI Morbidity and Mortality Chartbook; MedlinePlus - Thrombophlebitis; Five things you should ask your doctor about stroke; New section - Organizations - 10 links; Combined effects of systolic blood pressure and serum cholesterol on cardiovascular mortality in young (<55 years) men and women; Cholesterol levels: What numbers should you aim for?; Cardiovascular Disease in Hispanic Women; National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Latino Community Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Outreach Initiative, Background Report, 1996;
  • Cardiovascular Disease First Guidelines to Focus on Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation; MedlinePlus - Heart Surgery; Pulmonary Hypertension Surveillance --- United States, 1980--2002;
  • Chinese Culture New section - Health information in Chinese - 2 general links and 17 links to diabetes information; Naitonal Zoo Giant Panda Cam; New section - health information - Addressing Cardiovascular Health in Asian American and Pacific IslandersBackground Report; Census Profiles of Asian Americans in NYC; Asian American Research; Famous Chinese Americans, Famous Chinese American directors; Yellow Bridge;
  • Connecticut Public Health Resources Databook: Preventable Hospitlizations in CT: Assessing Access to Community Health Services 2000 - 2004 (OCHA); The State of Your Health: CT; CT at a glance; National Survey of Children’s Health, 2003 Connecticut State Profile; CT Diabetes Surveillance System; Connecticut Acute Care Hospital Fiscal Year 2004 Statewide Financial Analysis; Annual Accident & Health Ranking of 2004 Calendar Year; Connecticut Medicaid Fact Sheet; Connecticut Medicare Profile; Kaiser Family Foundation Connecticut Reports;
  • Consumer Health Information - General WHO's Diet, Physical Activity and Health; Life Expectancy Calculator;
  • Cool Sites A - L Bartleby.com;
  • Diabetes Resources on the Net Metabolic syndrome: new guidance for prevention and treatment; CDC's National Diabetes Fact Sheet; Incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease Among Persons With Diabetes --- United States, 1990--2002; National Diabetes Awareness Month; Prevalence of Receiving Multiple Preventive-Care Services Among Adults with Diabetes --- United States, 2002--2004;
  • Evaluation Resources How Healthy is Your State?; Statehealthfacts.org (this is really good); State & Regional Profiles for Selected Child Health Measures; Refinement - State Report Cards - 2 sections: Government and Nongovernment; 50 state comparisons, State health profiles; Program Evaluation: OMB's PART Reviews Increased Agencies' Attention to Improving Evidence of Program Results; 50-State Analysis of Medicaid Benefit Coverage for Children without EPSDT; HRSA Geospatial Data Warehouse; Cancer Control PLANET;
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... Wordsmith's A word a day; The Other Hawaii; Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States; Ideal age to marry;
  • Favorite Movie Sites Movie Villains Smoke More Than Heroes; Kung Fu Cinema; North Country; Increasing Evidence Points to Link Between Youth Smoking and Exposure to Smoking in Movies; Wong Fei Hung: The Man & the Legend; Aeon Flux; A History of Violence; Casanova; Derailed; Flight Plan; King Kong 2005; The New World; The Skeleton Key; The King is King Net; Movies: An International Directory;
  • Favorite Music Sites Virtual Studio; videos.antville.org; Remember the Eighties;
  • Free Software tinySpell - spell checker; Word Web - thesaurus; Ccleaner.com; Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder; PC Mag's Free Software: Good, for Nothing; New section - office productivity - 2 links; Free Software;
  • Grants PageAHRQ's Preparing a Grant Application: Steps to Success - html and powerpoint;
  • Graphing Graphing Paper!; Graph Paper Printer Program; New section - graphing abuse - 1 link, problems with using Excel for statistics;
  • Health Care Resources on the Net What You Should Know About Research Studies; AHRQ's Next Steps After Your Diagnosis Finding Information and Support; HHS - My Family Health Portrait; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
  • Healthcare Quality Data & Standards AHRQ's Quality Indicators Home Page; Industry Codes crosswalks;
  • Healthcare Quality AHRQ's Guide to Health Care Quality - How to Know It When You See It, Disaster Response Tools and Resources, Effective Health Care; CMS - HEDIS Data; Combining HEDIS Indicators; Public Health Data Standards Consortium; Health-Related Quality of Life Surveillance --- United States, 1993--2002;
  • Healthcare Quality Issues New section: Health Care Costs - GAO's Prescription Drugs: Price Trends for Frequently Used Brand and Generic Drugs from 2000 through 2004; New section - Medical safety -10 links; A Primer on Population-based Medicine;
  • Information Quality How to Find Reliable HIV/AIDS Treatment Information on the Internet;
  • Kids' Health and Science Page Directory Kids.com; Bully-Off; Ed.gov's Helping Your Child Series; ISerenity - Choose a sound and image experience to relax or work by;
  • Kids' Fun Page Dog house puzzle; Store Wars (this is cool!); Carve a pumpkin; Lil Fingers storybooks for toddlers; Origami Models; From Gieson.com - Space Shuttle Game, Orb Game, Flash Flight Simulator, Tangram Game, Checkpoint Delta (all real good); Snowfun - build a snowman;
  • Maternal Child Health Adoption Assistance by State; Prediction of Adult Height; Central Nervous System Abnormalities Associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS); Guidelines for Identifying and Referring Persons with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Maternity Wise;
  • Nutrition Resources Overweight and Obesity: Clearing the Confusion (CDC); Center for Science in the Public Interest (CPSI)'s Food Safety Site, and Outbreak Alert! Foods Most Frequently Linked to Food-borne Outbreaks Report; Guide to Food Additives; Choosing Safer Beef to Eat; Annual Bibliographies of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research; New section - Food & Cancer - 23 links covering acrylamide, nitrosamines, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heterocyclic amines (HAs); Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs); DASH Eating Plan; Public Health Strategies for Preventing and Controlling Overweight and Obesity in School and Worksite Settings;
  • Public Health Continuing Education Opportunities Kaiser Family Foundation's tutorials: Health Systems, Medicaid, Medicare, Uninsured, Prescription Drugs, Race, Minority Health; CDC's Workplans: A Program Management Tool; Women's Health Policy Issues;
  • Public Health Data NCHS - Health Data for all Ages; Summary of Selected Healthcare Industry Data Sets; Childhealthdata.org - Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
  • Public Health Data AHRQ's Hospitalizations in the United States, 2002; Cigarette Smoking Among Adults United States, 2004; State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking and Quitting Among Adults United States, 2004; Percentage of Young Adults Aged 18--24 Years Who Never Smoked Cigarettes United States, 1998--2004; State Medicaid fact sheets; Medicaid Benefits Online Database; Contraceptive Use --- United States and Territories, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2002; Adult Participation in Recommended Levels of Physical Activity --- United States, 2001 and 2003; Surveillance for Certain Health Behaviors Among States and Selected Local Areas --- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2003; Trends in Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity by Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity --- United States, 1994--2004;
  • Public Health Data Abortion Surveillance, 2002; Rate* of Very Low Birthweight,† by Age of Mother and Multiple-Birth Status --- United States, 2003; Total Fertility Rates, by State --- United States, 2003;
  • Public Health Documents CDC's The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors; Health, United States, 2004; Freeze-Frame: A Snapshot of American Teens;
  • Public Health E-News October; November; December;
  • Public Health Practice JACHO's Standing Together: An Emergency Planning Guide for America's Communities; New section - Collaboration Skills - 13 links (check this out!!!); Working With Religious Congregations: A Guide for Health Professionals; A Primer on Population-based Medicine; Disaster Plan Guidebook; Guide for Emergency Management;
  • Public Health Sites A-C Disaster Mental Health Resources; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After a Disaster; Hurricanes;
  • Public Health Sites D-G SAMHSA's Methamphetamine Resource List: Methamphetamine and its Impact on Women, Children and Families; Centers for Public Health Preparedness | Public Health Preparedness Resource Center; Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer; CDC and EPA Mold information; National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety & Health Training;
  • Public Health Sites H-L MedlinePlus - Staphylococcal Infections; Globalhealthreporting.org; Pandemic Influenza; Avian Influenza - Resources for Health Professionals – New Web Page for Clinicians; Key Facts About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus; Worldwide Preparedness; Flu Activity;
  • Public Health Sites M-N Self-esteem Games; Mental Health in the United States: Health Care and Well Being of Children with Chronic Emotional, Behavioral, or Developmental Problems United States, 2001; Mental Health in the United States: Health Risk Behaviors and Conditions Among Persons with Depression New Mexico, 2003;
  • Public Health Sites O-Z Herpeshelper.com;
  • Public Health Software AHRQ's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Clinical Classification Software (CCS-MHSA); AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) for ICD-9-CM; AHRQ's Tools and Software Page; New section - Healthcare Software Resources: Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA)Calculator; UKPDS Risk Engine Calculates heart disease and stroke estimates for those with diabetes;
  • Research Resources on the Net Survey Research Tutorials; Test Scoring - A Brief Guide to Questionnaire Development by Dr. Robert Frary; Survey Monkey;
  • Statistical Functions Nonparametric Effect Size Indexes; Mean and standard deviation; random numbers generator; New section: Ranking - rank score tests, Mann-Whitney; Effect Sizes; New section - Meta Analysis: Averaging dependent effect sizes in meta-analysis; Proportional Odds Ratio Model for Comparison of Diagnostic Tests in Meta Analysis; Derivation versus validation; Conditional logit regression; 5 new links about percentages;
  • Statistical Programs Vertex 42's free Excel templates; Microsoft Calculator Plus; 2 links to the SPSS Developer's Guide; Excel link; SPSS Programming and Data Management: A Guide for SPSS and SAS® Users; Excel add-ons: DE Histograms and SSC-Stat; Determining the Number of Components and Factors Using Parallel Analysis and Velicer's MAP Test; Metric-conversions.org; metric conversion tables; SPSS v10.0; Getting Started with SPSS for Windows; Medical Statistics Using SPSS: an Introductory Course; SPSS for Windows Tutorials, by U.T. Austin - Getting Started,Statistics Tutorial, Displaying Data Tutorial, Data Manipulation and Advanced Topics Tutorial;
  • Temperament New Mood personality test - fun;
  • US Government Statistics Sites The Condition of Education; GAO's Status of Federal Data Programs That Support Ecological Indicators; Employment Cost Index; Crime statistics definitions;
  • Useful Sites for Every Day Living Firstgov.gov's Hurricane Katrina Recovery; New section: Translation services: 3 links - BabelFish, Google's Language Tools, Wordlingo;
  • Web Development Resources Animation Playhouse; Clubunlimited.com; Creating a Web site; Colors and Web design; Online Psychology Research UK; Rapidcounter.com; Domain Popularity; Lexi's Animation Attic;
  • Web Resources Microsoft Tips and Fixes; New section - blogging: Ballofdirt.com; New section - Spam control: Mailinator.com, Sneakemail.com, Spamgourmet.com;
  • Web site Medical Search Engines State Report Cards;
  • Web site Search Engines Truveo Video Search; Update of Online Dictionary lookup - more sources;
  • Women's Health - General Resources
  • Women's Health - Life Cycles NHBLI's Facts About Menopausal Hormone Therapy; Emergency Contraception fact sheet; New section - Toxic Shock Syndrome;
  • Women's Health IssuesGAO's State Approaches to Screening for Domestic Violence Could Benefit from HHS Guidance; Severe Clostridium difficile--Associated Disease in Populations Previously at Low Risk --- Four States, 2005;
  • Women's Health - Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Screening and Socioeconomic Status --- 35 Metropolitan Areas, 2000 and 2002;
  • Writing Resources Three new grammar links;

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