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 Calculating your GPA - 4 online calculating sites;
• Annotated Great Books Bibliography Dan Brown's Angels & Demons; Thomas L. Friedman's The World is Flat - A Brief History of the 21st Century; John Abramson's Overdo$ed America. The Broken Promise of American Medicine;
• Biostatistics/Statistics Sites Using Data;
• Brief Intro to Epi Lectures XIV: Critiquing Internet Information
• Cardiovascular Disease Index Page New section: Chronic Care Model - Improving Chronic Care; Chronic care model; Chronic Care Model Presentations; Overview of Chronic Care Model; Expanded Model; Chronic Disease Web sites; The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors;
• Cardiovascular Disease - General New section: Cough-CPR Hoax - 4 links; New cholesterol guidelines for converting healthy people into patients; National High Blood Pressure Education Month; CDC's Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, CDC Heart Disease page; HeartAge Calculator; NHLBI Heart Healthy Recipes; DASH Recipes; Fact sheets about high blood pressure and healthy eating; Cholesterol: Managing its Effects on Cardiovascular Disease Risk; NCEP ATP III Treatment Guidelines; Clinical Performance Measures - Hypertension; JNC VII Express New Zealand Cardiovascular Risk Calculator; Ten-year Risk Calculator;Factoids and Health Messages about High Blood Pressure; High Blood Pressure Fact Sheets; National High Blood Pressure Month; Performance Measures;
• Cardiovascular Disease - Specific Seattle Heart Failure Model; Awareness of Stroke Warning Signs --- 17 States and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2001; National Stroke Awareness Month --- May 2006; Place of Death After Stroke --- United States, 1999--2002; Stroke; Women’s Stroke Symptoms Differ from Men’s; Study Finds Women’s Stroke Symptoms Differ from Men’s; Clinical Performance Measures - Heart Failure;
• Chinese Culture Cancer Information in Chinese; Asian Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Tool;
• Connecticut Public Health Resources 2003 Registration Report Tables; CT mortality statistics and other reports; Hospitals Performance Comparisons; American Community Survey; The Real Cost of Living and Getting Health Care in CT; Free Wi-Fi Spots; Diabetes information in Chinese; Asian American Diabetes Page;
• Cool Sites A - L Safecar.gov - car ratings;
• Cool Sites M - Z 7 links to determining the value of donated goods;
• Connecticut Public Health Resources New section - Connecticut Economic Data (6 links); Connecticut Town Profiles (9 links); Map of the Month; Public Health Code (DPH); Employment Change 1980-2004, by Town map; 2005 Connecticut Snapshot 2005; American Community Survey; Annual Registration Reports & Resident Hospitalization Reports; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Census 2000 for CT Counties and Towns; CT School Health Survey; Health Disparities; Mortality/Deaths in Connecticut; Population Estimates for CT Counties and Towns;
• Copyright Page Why Plagiarists Do It
• Diabetes Resources on the Net Taking on Diabetes; Diabetes is Epidemic; America's Diabetes Health Guide; Bilingual diabetes information in 38 different languages; Diabetes Tools; Women's Health, Diabetes and Physical Activity; National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program (NGSP; Fructosamine;2000 Quick Reference Guide to the American Diabetes Association's Standards of Care; Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diabetes; Diabetes Quick Reference Guide; Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes - 2006; Closing the Quality Gap: Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies: Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes: Heart Disease and Stroke American Diabetes Association; Diabetes Prevention: Type 2 Diabetes; Combat Diabetes Risk Factors; MedlinePlus - Diabetes Risk Factors; CDC's FAQs about Diabetes; Prevention or Delay of Type 2 Diabetes; Canadian Government's Risk Factors for Diabetes; Pre-Diabetes; Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome (HHNS);
• Epidemiology A- LDefinition of Epidemiology; New section: Age Adjustment - 10 links;
• Evaluation Resources StateMaster.com; New section - State economic report cards (5 links); State efforts to control obesity and childhood obesity; New sections for non-government report cards (health, socio-demographics, health behaviors) from United Health Foundation - America's Health Rankings - All States Comparison 2005; Children in Poverty; High School Graduation, by State; Lack of Health Insurance, by State; Infant Mortality, by State; Premature Death, by State; Total Mortality, by State; Cancer Deaths, by State; Cancer Deaths, by State; Combined Measures of Risk Factors & Outcomes; Prevalence of Smoking, by State; Prevalence of Violent Crime, by State; 2005 NHQR/NHDR State Snapshots;
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... GAO's Facts about Insurance; World War II Military Situation Maps; Hotchkiss Map Collection; Colonial America; American Indians and the Pacific Northwest; Calendars Through the Ages;
• Favorite Movie Sites Criticker.com; 16 Blocks; An American Haunting; Eight Below; Lucky Number Slevin; Mission Impossible 3; Poseidon; Silent Hill; Thank You for Smoking; The DaVinci Code; The Promise; Transamerica; V for Vendetta; X-Men: The Last Stand; Movie List - 4 movie trailer links;
• Free Software New section - Text Analysis Software - 3 links;
• Grants Page Ten Simple Rules to Getting Grants; Searching for grants on Grants.gov; How to find grant opportunities;
• Graphing Control Charts; Flowcharts; Pareto Charts; Run and Control Charts; Defect Concentration Diagram; Microsoft Powerpoint Tutorial; Powerpoint - Shambles.net; Powerpoint Resources; Brainy Betty's Powerpoint templates; Powerbacks.com; Powerpoint Background Templates - 2 links; Watermarking your presentations;
• Health Care Resources on the Net Free Medical Symptom Diagnosis Without An Office Visit; Alijor.com; Talking About Medicare: Your Guide to Understanding the Program; Healthfinder;
• Healthcare Quality Data & Standards AFCARS Toolkit; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP); Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS); The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services; Medicare Hospital Payment information (very good); HCUP Statistical Briefs; HCUP Reports;
• Healthcare Quality AHRQ Quality Indicators Page; New section: Health Care Quality Reports - 8 links, including 2005 NHQR/NHDR State Snapshots; 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR); 2005 National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR); Quality Assurance Methods and Tools; Basic Concepts of Quality; Quality Tools; What is Performance Improvement?;National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care: An Initial Focus Performance Measure Set; Key Measurement Issues in Screening, Referral, and Follow-Up Care for Young Children's Social and Emotional Development;
• Healthcare Quality Issues Cultural Competency Organizational Self-Assessment Toolkit; New section: Pay for Performance - 1 link; HRSA's Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers; Quick Guide to Health Literacy; Office of Communications; Cultural Competency and the Communication, Quality and Safety of Hospital Care: Paper and Toolkit on Assessing and Addressing Hospital Care for Children;
• Healthcare Resources on the Net Healthfinder.gov;
• Health Education Resources Teaching Tips Index; What's Your Learning Style?;
• Health Professional Information A AFP - FPM Toolbox - spreadsheets for medical practice;
• Kids' Health and Science Page The Structures of Life; CUNY Hunter's child safety resources; Finaidfacts.org; NASA's 21st Century Explorer; Way to go, Einstein!; Healthfinder for kids;
• Kids' Fun Page Mariko Takahashi's Poodle Power Workout Party; Computerworks; Icebreakers and Introductions; Warmups and Energizers; On line Friend; Matchpractice.com's Golf Game; Bugging You;
• Maternal Child Health Child Maltreatment 2004; NIH's Genetics Basics; Genetic Science Learning Center; New section: Genetics Education: Genetics Education Center; Genetics Education Modules for Teachers; Genetics Education Network; Genetics Education Partnerships; Genetics Home Reference; National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics;
• Nutrition Resources Trans Fats Judged Major Villain in Cardiovascular Disease; Food Studies Institute; How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label; Prevention of Pediatric Overweight and Obesity; Screening for Obesity in Adults;Dietary Guidelines For Americans, 2005; Encyclopedia of Children's Health;
• PCH 201 - Wellness Index Page 5 plagiarism tutorials, 2 plagiarism resource links;
• Personality - MBTI Can Your Personality Get You Hired or Fired?
• Public Health Continuing Education Opportunities Ed.gov's Digital Workshops; Science of Sex and Gender in Human Health Online Course Web Site;
• Public Health Data Prevention of Hepatitis A Through Active or Passive Immunization;
• Public Health Data WHO's Basic Information on Tobacco Use, The Tobacco Atlas; Use of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Among Students Aged 13--15 Years --- Worldwide, 1999--2005; Physical Dating Violence Among High School Students --- United States, 2003; Youth Tobacco Surveillance --- United States, 2001--2002; Most Common Diagnoses in Patients Transported by Ambulance to Emergency Departments, by Primary Diagnosis Group --- United States, 2003; 2004 National Rollup Report - Uniform Data System; New York City Health Department data; Ohio Health Department data;
• Public Health Data Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health;
• Public Health Documents Health Care Costs 101;U.S. Health Care Spending - Quick Reference;
• Public Health E-News, January - June 2006 Tables of Content for January, February, March, April, May now posted;
• Public Health Practice Family to Family Tools; Public Health Foundation - Public Health Infrastructure Resource Center, Performance Management Self-Assessment Tool; National Standards and Initiatives; Activities for Members of Religious Congregations; Activities for Priority Groups and Settings;
• Public Health Sites A-C New Cancer sub-section for Colorectal Cancer - 6 links; Achievements in Public Health: Reduction in Perinatal Transmission of HIV Infection --- United States, 1985--2005; Evolution of HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs --- United States, 1981--2006; Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS --- United States, 1981--2005; Percentage of Persons Aged 18--49 Years with HIV* Infection,† by Age Group and Race/Ethnicity --- United States, 1999--2002;
• Public Health Sites D-G Power Lines and Cancer FAQs; EMF guru;
• Public Health Sites M-N Tribal-State Relations - Promising Practices in Child Welfare; Working with American Indian Families; Goldberg's Mania Quiz; New section under Mental Health - Depression: Self-assessment tools, resources - 16 links; Clinical Depressive Disorder - Clinical Performance Measures; Healthfinder.gov - American Indians, Pacific Islanders, Asian Americans;
• Public Health Sites O-Z Census 2000 Industry and Occupation pages - Alphabetical Index of Industries, Alphabetical Index of Occupations, Classified Index of Industries - Sorted by Census 2000 Code, Classified Index of Occupations - Sorted by Census 2000 Code, Classified Index of Industries Mapped to NAICS, Classified Index of Occupations Mapped to SOC; Industry and Occupation 2000 page;
• Public Health Software MIX - Meta-analysis with Interactive eXplanations; AHRQ's Comorbidity Software, Version 3.1; Clinical Classifications Software for CPT (CCS-CPT - Beta Version); H-CUP Tools and Software Page; Teaching/Training Modules on Trends in Health and Aging;
• Research Resources on the Net The Promoting Healthy Development Survey (PHDS)-PLUS: Implementation Guidelines;
• Search Engines - H - Z Resource Shelf
• Search Engines - Health Grey Literature Report; NOAH Consumer Health Information; Healthfinder; Healthfinder en espanol;
• Senior Health Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease;Understanding Memory Loss;
• Statistical Functions MIX - Meta-analysis with Interactive eXplanations; Choosing the Right Statistical Test; Testing for Differences Between Two Groups: t test; Cochran Test; Applying Regression Blog;
• Statistical Programs Microsoft Excel Tutorials; MIX - Meta-analysis with Interactive eXplanations; Correlation Coefficient Power Calculations Correlation Coefficient 1-Sample online calculator; SAS: Analyzing Complex Sample Survey Data: A New Beginning, Analysis of Sample Survey Data, Proc SurveyMeans; Gjalt-Jorn Peters Excel Page;
• Temperament Using Keirsey Test Data; Type A Personality Increases Susceptibility to Heart Disease; Four Basic Temperaments; Non-_expression of Negative Emotions as a Personality Feature in Coronary Patients; Type D personality: the heart, stress, and cortisol; Personality types A, B and C and Disease; Type T Personality; Personality Types and Health Risks; DiSC System; DiSC Classic and Models of Personality; Personality types - mutual perceptions matrix; Personality Types, Theories, and Tests;
• US Government Statistics Sites New section - Education statistics - 5 links; Federal Depository Library Locator; Statemaster.com; Nationmaster.com; Foster Care : Numbers and Trends;
• Useful Sites for Every Day Living Breakthechain.org; Mobileseatguru.com;
• Web Development Resources Mysmiley.Net; Boutell.com's WWW FAQs;
• Web Resources Finding Free Wi-Fi Sites
• Women's Health - General Resources NIH's Office of Research on Women's Health;
• Writing Resources Ten Simple Rules to Getting Grants; Ten Simple Rules to Getting Published;

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• PHENOM Logic Models & Annual Reports

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• Annotated Academe Bibliography Frank McCourt's Teacher Man;
• Annotated Great Books Bibliography Lynne Truss - Talk to the Hand #?*! The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door; James Surowiecki - The Wisdom of Crowds; Dan Brown - Deception Point; Joan Didion - The Year of Magical Thinking; Seckel - Incredible Visual Illusions; Petroski - Small Things Considered - Why There is No Perfect Design; Simon Winchester's A Creack at the Edge of the World. America and the Great California Earthquake of the 1906; Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth; Frank McCourt's Teacher Man; Dan Brown's Digital Fortress;
• Annotated Internet Bibliography HTML Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks;
• Annotated Public Health Practice Bibliography Simon Winchester's A Creack at the Edge of the World. America and the Great California Earthquake of the 1906;
• Annotated Statistics Bibliography Joel Best's Damned Lies and Statistics. Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists; Joel Best's More Damned Lies and Statistics. How Numbers Confuse Public Issues;
• Brief Intro to Epi Lectures XIV: Critiquing Internet Information
• Cardiovascular Disease Index Page Improving Chronic Care.org;
• Cardiovascular Disease - General Dietary Therapy for Preventing and Treating Coronary Artery Disease; Good Nutrition Can Prevent and Treat Coronary Artery Disease; Trends in Mean Total Cholesterol Among Adults Aged 20--74 Years, by Age Group --- United States, 1960--1962 to 1999--2002;
• Cardiovascular Disease - Specific HeartDecision.org's online CHD Risk Assessment; Recommendations for the Establishment of Stroke Systems of Care;
• Consumer Health Information - General Pollen Counter;
• Cool Sites A - L Safecar.gov - car ratings; Take Me Fishing.org;
• Cool Sites M - Z 7 links to determining the value of donated goods;
• Connecticut Public Health Resources Calling 9-1-1; From AHRQ's 2005 Snapshots: Overall Health Care Quality Performance, Connecticut Strongest & Weakest Measures, Acute Health Care Quality Performance, Acute Health Care: Specific Quality Measures and Metrics that Constitute the Summary Measure of Acute Health Care for Connecticut, Compared to All States, Ambulatory Care Quality Performance, Ambulatory Care: Specific Quality Measures and Metrics that Constitute the Summary Measure of Ambulatory Care for Connecticut, Compared to All States, Chronic Health Care Quality Performance, Chronic Health Care: Specific Quality Measures and Metrics that Constitute the Summary Measure of Chronic Health Care for Connecticut, Compared to All States, Home Health Care Quality Performance, Home Health Care: Specific Quality Measures and Metrics that Constitute the Summary Measure of Home Health Care for Connecticut, Compared to All States, Hospital Care Quality Performance, Hospital Care: Specific Quality Measures and Metrics that Constitute the Summary Measure of Hospital Care for Connecticut, Compared to All States, Nursing Home Care Quality Performance, Nursing Home Care: Specific Quality Measures and Metrics that Constitute the Summary Measure of Nursing Home Care for Connecticut, Compared to All States, Preventive Health Care Quality Performance, Preventive Health Care: Specific Quality Measures and Metrics that Constitute the Summary Measure of Preventive Health Care for Connecticut, Compared to All States; Department of Education's Data Bulletins, State Education Data, Local & District Education Data; Some revamping of the page to consolidate data links; OCHA's Preventable Hospitalizations in CT, Assessing Access to Community Health Services FYs 2000 - 2004; Air Quality Index, Local Air Quality; Cancer statistics; Studying Health Care Utilization in Connecticut, primarily examines recent utilization trends of acute care hospital inpatient services; Census Data Contacts; Connecticut Map Stats; Connecticut Quick Facts; Connecticut Census Quick Links Page; Completion of Bachelor's Degree; Connecticut Disability Data; County Business Patterns for Connecticut; Economic Census: Summary Statistics for Connecticut 1997 NAICS Basis; Economic Census: Comparative Statistics for Connecticut 1987 SIC Basis; Per Capita and Median Household Income; Household Income Data; Real Median Household Income;
• Diabetes Resources on the Net eDiabetesCure.com; Data Resources, References and Methods; Prevalence of Diabetes; Adult Diabetes Performance Measures National Diabetes Alliance 2005;Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action; Number of Persons with Diagnosed Diabetes* and Number of Ambulatory Care Visits† Related to Diabetes --- United States, 1997--2004; Diabetes Death Rate* for Hispanics† Compared with Non-Hispanic Whites --- United States Versus Counties Along the U.S.-Mexico Border,§ 2000--2002;
• Evaluation Resources Deaths per 100,000 population, by state; Total Gross State Product, by state; Additions to Logic Models sections: Instructional Product Evaluation; Creating Program Logic Models; 4H Logic Model; Developing a Logic Model; Developing Logic Models; Logic Model Workbook; EPA's Measuring Environmental Results; USDA's Program Logic Model Overview; Re-inventing Government; New section - Logic Model Templates: Draft Logic Model Template; Logic Model Examples; Logic Model Template; Logic Model Templates from 4 organizations; Logic Model Template - Explanationo of Terms; Outcomes Logic Model Template; Program Logic Model; United Way Template; CDC 2006 Summer Evaluation Institute; Making the Grade on Women's Health: A National and State-by-State Report Card 2004; Councils of Florida's Local Health Planning;
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... Are you a rebel or a yankee?
• Favorite Movie Sites Miami Vice; The Break-up; The Devil Wears Prada; The Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest; My Super Ex-Girlfriend; Age Gauge -Movies;
• Favorite Music Sites New section: Cool Music Videos: Bouncing Souls, "The Pizza Song";
• Free Software Kim Kommando's Download page; Bysoft.com; Free Medical Palmware; Dafont.com;
• Healthcare Quality The State of Health Care Quality 2005; Databases and Related Tools From the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) – Update; Quality Check.org; Health Care Quality Measures; Collecting Data to Drive Health Efforts; Consistently Evaluating Outcomes; Center for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental Health (CQAIMH);
• Healthcare Quality Issues The Quality of Health Care Delivered to Adults in the United States; 12 new links under Health Literacy: eHealth Literacy: Essential Skills for Consumer Health in a Networked World, JAMA's Health Literacy, Health.gov's Health Literacy and Health Outcomes, Health Literacy Resources from Mlanet.org, Literacy and Health Outcomes, REALM Instructions & Wordlist, AMF's Health Literacy: The Gap Between Physicians and Patients, also in PDF format, Tools to Evaluate Patient Education, Pfizer's What is Health Literacy?; IOM's The Future of Emergency Care Fact Sheet; Eliminating Error-prone Abbreviations, Symbols and Dose Designations; Error-prone Abbreviations Medication Errors; Medication Safety Tools and Resources;
• Healthcare Resources on the Net Consumer's Guide to Diagnostic Imaging; Self-care Essentials;
• Health Education Resources NIH Curriculum Supplement Series; National Board for Professional Teaching Standards;
• Healthy People 2010 Healthy Vision Community-Based Programs Database; Healthy Vision 2010 Special Programs and Events;
• Kids' Health and Science Page Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think and Be Active!; What We Can!?;
• Kids' Fun Sites Find the Celebrity in You; Penguin Fun; Honda Accord Ad - great domino effect; Outbreak at Water's Edge - a Public Health game; Monday Morning Test; Place the State - test your knowledge of U.S. geography; Age gauge - TV, Movies; Geography Test (yes, another one!);
• Maternal Child Health Child Welfare Information Gateway;
• Maternal Child Health Resources Child Welfare Information Gateway; Child Welfare Monitoring; National Data Analysis System;
• Public Health Continuing Education Opportunities Genetics and Your Practice; Six Weeks to Genomics Awareness; CDC's NHANES Tutorial;
• Public Health Data Homicides and Suicides National Violent Death Reporting System, United States, 2003--2004; Cigarette Use Among High School Students United States, 1991--2005; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Research, Statistics, Data & Systems; Medicaid Data; Medicare Data; SCHIP Data; Procedures in US Hospitals, 2003; Quality and Patient Safety;
• Public Health Data America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006; Adolescent* Death Rates,† by Race/Ethnicity and Sex --- United States, 2001--2003;
• Public Health Documents State Official's Guide to Wellness;
• Public Health E-News, January - June 2006 Complete with January - June posted
• Public Health E-News, July - December 2006 July, August and September are now posted'
• Public Health Fact Sheets Developed by my Introduction to Public Health and Wellness students, worth checking out. I just added 19 new fact sheets from earlier years (since 1992!)
• Public Health Practice Taking Care of Business - A Collaboration to Define Local Health Department Business Processes; Choosing Appropriate Interventions; Crafting an Operating Plan; Creating a Supportive Environment;
• Public Health Sites A-C Boot camps for troubled teens;
• Public Health Sites D-G Teendrugabuse.us; Protect yourself from mold; New section - Hurricane information - 3 links, under Emergency and Disaster Preparedness;
• Public Health Sites H-L Pandemicflu.gov; Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Early Detection Data system (HEDDS); National Avian Influenza Surveillance Information; National Wildlife Disease Information Node;
• Public Health Sites M-N National Cancer Institute's A Guide to Clinical Cancer Studies, info for African Americans; Men's Health Awareness Kit; Center for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental Health (CQAIMH); Letting Go of Stress;
• Public Health Sites O-Z Useful Resources to Quit Smoking; Evidence Report on Tobacco Use: Prevention, Cessation, and Control; New section: Wellness - Seven Benchmarks of Success; Welcoa Free Reports; Welcoa Helpful Sites; Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2006; Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Risk, Prevention, and Testing Behaviors --- United States, National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System: Men Who Have Sex with Men, November 2003--April 2005; Healthcare Disconnect: Gaps in Coverage and Care for Minority Adults; Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations, 2003;
• Research Resources on the Net The Culprit and the Cure. Let Science Be Your Guide; New section: Qualitative Research Resources: Audience Research Basics, Prevention Communication Research Database, Prevention Communication Research Database - Search by Methodology;
• Statistical Functions MetaAnalysis: Overview; Meta-Analysis Notes; Quantitative Synthesis in Systematic Reviews; Systematic Reviews: Meta-analysis and its problems; Systematic Reviews: Identifying relevant studies for systematic reviews; Systematic Review: Why sources of heterogeneity in metaanalysis should be investigated; Misleading meta-analysis; Growing pains of meta-analysis; The relation between treatment benefit and underlying risk in meta-analysis; Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test; Meta-analysis: Potentials and promise; Meta-analysis: Principles and procedures; Meta-analysis: Beyond the grand mean?; Bias in location and selection of studies; Meta-analysis Spurious precision? Meta-analysis of observational; Meta-analysis: Unresolved issues and future developments; Meta-analysis:Meta-Analysis Software; Empirical assessment of effect of publication bias on meta-analyses; Systematic reviews in health care:Investigating and dealing with publication and other biases in meta-analysis; Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses; Survival probabilities (the Kaplan-Meier method);
• Statistical Programs SPSS Wiki; Analyzing Complex Sample Survey Data Using SAS, SPSS, STATA and SUDAAN; Comparison of_SAS Survey Procedures and SUDAAN Procedures; U.S. Health and Nutrition SAS Survey Procedures and NHANES;
• US Government Statistics Sites The Condition of Education; AgingStats.gov;
• Useful Sites for Every Day Living Air Quailty Index; Local air quality; Air Travel and Cruise Ships; Gethuman Database;
• Web Resources Finding Free Wi-Fi Sites; Protect Your Personal Information;
• Web site Medical Search Engines MDJunction.com;
• Useful Sites for Everyday Living Incidentlog.com; Babynamewizard.com; Fuel Cost Calculator from AAA.com; Age Calculator;
• Web site Medical Search Engines Healia;
• Women's Health - Life Cycles Useful Resources to Quit Smoking;Independence from Smoking;
• Women's Health - Cervical Cancer Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines for Cervical Cancer;

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• Annotated Biostatistics Bibliography J.S. Rosenthal's Struck by Lightning. The Curious World of Probabilities;
• Annotated Statistics Bibliography J.S. Rosenthal's Struck by Lightning. The Curious World of Probabilities;
• Biostatistics/Statistics Sites OpenEpi.com; Interactivate;
• Cardiovascular Disease - General CDC's Successful Business Strategies to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke Toolkit; High Blood Cholesterol - What You Need to Know; Your Guide to Lowering Cholesterol with TLC; Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Legislative Database -Search for Bills;
• Cardiovascular Disease - Specific How drug-eluting stents work; Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack;
• Chinese Culture Two Reasons I Find Time to Prevent Diabetes: My Future and Theirs Tip Sheet In Chinese; Glycemic Index FAQ in Chinese; Chinese Surnames; China Family Research;
• Connecticut Public Health Resources Board of Examiners for Nursing; Connecticut Medical Examining Board; Comparing Nursing Homes; Health Care Facility Regulatory Action; Regulatory Action Reports; A Comparison of Managed Care Organizations In Connecticut - October 2006; Diabetes in CT; Hazardous Waste Sites and Soil Contamination; CT Medical Board; Grading Connecticut for Serious Mental Illness; Cthealthpolicy.org's Information for Consumers; New section for community health centers: 2006 Access to Communnity Health Databook - Connecticut; Health Center Fact Sheet - Connecticut Profile, National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc - Connecticut Page, Map of Community Health Centers Sites in CT, Commmunity Health Center Fact Sheet - National Profile; Flu Information; State of Connecticut Local Health Departments and Districts, July 2006; Hospital Compare; Hospital Performance Reporting; Connecticut State University Library Information System (CONSULS) Search; Connecticut Licensing Search;
• Consumer Health Information - General FIMDM Health News Review; Burning Calories Calculator; Waist-to-Hip Ratio Calculator; Target Heart Rate Calculator; Walking & Calories Calculator; Medical History Form;
• Cool Sites A- L Fantastic Photographs; Genealogy - Castlegarden.org;
• Cool Sites M - Z Ideal Budget - online calculator; When Life was in Black and White;
• Diabetes Resources on the Net Improving the Quality of Diabetes Care; Idaho Plate Method; Diabetes in America, 2nd Edition -NIDDK.NIH.gov; Screening for Type 2 Diabetes - Diabetes Care 2004; Diabetes Toolkit from Texas Health Department; Feet Can Last a Lifetime; Screening for Type 2 Diabetes; Clinical Practice Tools for Health Professionals; Diabetes and Cardiovascular Toolkit; Campaigns for High-risk Minority Audiences; CDC's Diabetes Program; Diabetes Prevention; Diabetes Prevention Program Curriculum; FTC and FDA Act Against Internet Vendors of Fraudulent Diabetes Cures and Treatments Measures are Part of Coordinated Effort by United States, Mexico and Canada; Health Education Materials for School Personnel; Diabetes Resources for Business and Managed Care; Diabetes Personal Health Decisions; National Diabetes Education Program; National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse; Type 1 Diabetes Research; Directory of Diabetes Resources; Eagle Book: A Guide for Educators and Communities; Low–Glycemic Index Diets in the Management of Diabetes; Glycemic index and heart disease; Carbs, Glycemic Index & Glycemic Load; Glycemic Index Newsletter;The Glycemic Index debate: Does the type of carbohydrate really matter?;Correlation between dietary glycemic index and cardiovascular disease risk factors among Japanese women;Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load;
• Epidemiology A- L OpenEpi.com;
• Evaluation Resources Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART); Managing for Results - Enhancing Agency Use of Performance Information for Management Decision Making - GAO.gov; Grading the States for Serious Mental Illness; CDC's Program Design, Program Design: Evaluation Resources, Program Design: Logic Model, Planning Resources;
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... National Hurricane Center - Names;
• Free Software PGP 7.0.3; Snippy; ZOHO.com; Ardamax Keylogger; Actual Keylogger; Ghost Keylogger; My Financial House; Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD; DLL-downloads.com; TerabyteUnlimited.com Freeware; BooZet's Free Software; YourWare Solutions;
• Graphing Allan Wyatt's Excel Tips for Graphing; Creating Bar Graphs with Excel; Graphing with Standard Error Bars; How to Make a Bar Graph in Excel; Questions about graphing in Excel; Using Error Bars in your Graph; Pdfpad.com;
• Health Care Resources on the Net RateMDs.com; Adult Preventive Care Timeline; Social Security Disability Secrets; Diseases Related to Travel; Seven Pains You Shouldn't Ignore; Medical History Form;
• Healthcare Quality Data & Standards 7 links to Wisconsin health care quality data: 2004 HMO Report Card; 2004 MEDDIC-MS Data Book Volume 1 (program-wide data);2004 MEDDIC-MS Data Book Volume 2 (HMO specific data); 2004 iCare MEDDIC-MS SSI Data Book; 2004 CAHPS Enrollee Satisfaction Executive Summary Report; General Quality Reports page with 2004 and previous performance data links; HMO Performance improvement project report summary 1997-2004;
• Healthcare Quality AHRQ's Measure Index Page; The State of Health Care Quality 2006; The State of Health Care Quality 2006 Charts; The State of Health Care Quality 2006 Executive Summary;
• Healthcare Quality Issues The Health Literacy of America’s Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy from Ed.gov;HRSA's Health Literacy; Health Literacy Improvement; Consumer and Patient E-Health; Health Communication Activity; Pink Book-Making Health Communication Programs Work; Workers Who Care: A Graphical Profile of the Frontline Health and Health Care Workforce; Tools to Address Disparities in Health: Data as Building Blocks for Change;
• Health Education ResourcesPink Book-Making Health Communication Programs Work;
• Kids' Index Page Awesome Library Directory
• Kids' Health and Science Page College-scholarships.com; Scholarshiphelp.org; Kidsource Online; Local School Directory.com;
• Kids' Fun Sites Flash games; Funschool; Escapa; Stackopolis; Cat Halloween Bowling; Looneytunes;
• Maternal Child Health Resources Child Welfare Outcomes 2003: Annual Report; Children & Family Research Center Toolbox Index; New section - Premature Babies: A Primer on Preemies, Premature Babies, Premature Babies, Premature babies: Caring for your preemie at home, Premature Baby,Premature Birth, Resources of New Parents of Premature Babies; Genetics: Family Health History, New England Regional Genetics Group, Understanding Genetics - A Guide for Patients and Professionals; Prediction of Adult Height During Adolescence;
• Nutrition Resources The World's Healthiest Foods; FDA's Make Your Calories Count: Use the Nutrition Facts Label for Healthy Weight Management;
• PCH 201 - Wellness Index Page Son of Citation Machine;
• Personality - MBTI Type TV Show;
• Public Health Continuing Education Opportunities MedlinePlus - Interactive Health Tutorials; CDC Online Continuing Education Courses
• Public Health Data Age-Adjusted Death Rates* for the Five Leading Causes of Death --- United States, 2001--2004; 2005 BRFSS Maps;
• Public Health Data Overweight and Physical Activity Among Children; HCUP Statistical Briefs; State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults --- United States, 2005; State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Secondhand Smoke Rules and Policies in Homes and Workplaces --- United States, 2005; Tobacco Use Among Adults United States, 2005; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveilance System Maps 2005;
• Public Health Data Monitoring Progress Toward Achieving Maternal and Infant Healthy People 2010 Objectives --- 19 States, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2000--2003; National Hosptial Bill: The Most Expensive Conditions, by Payer, 2004;
• Public Health E-News, July - December 2006 July - December are now posted'
• Public Health Fact Sheets Dating Violence; Oral Contraceptives; Cancer of the Esophagus; Pancreatic Cancer; Down Syndrome; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; Type 1 Diabetes; Epilepsy; Cirrhosis of the Liver; AIDS in Africa; Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia; Anabolic Steroids; Antioxidants; Arithritis; Calcium and Women; Depression; Down Syndrome; Food-borne Illness; Gestational Diabetes; Obesity in Children; Osteoporosis; Parkinson's Disease; Teen Suicide; The Benefits of Aerobic Exercise; Understanding Acrylamide; The Truth about Caffeine;
• Public Health Practice Tools to Conduct a Workshop on Community Resource Mapping; Essential Tools (very good);
• Public Health Sites A-C "Regional Coalitions for Health Care Improvement: Definitions, Lessons, and Prospects"; Pink Book-Making Health Communication Programs Work;
• Public Health Sites A - C Alcohol Calculators; Alcohol Calorie Calculator; Blood Alcohol Content Calculator; College Drinking - Changing the Culture; Alcohol Health Effects; Concurrent alcohol and tobacco dependence: mechanisms and treatment; Harmful Effects of Alcohol and Drug Abuse; AIDS.gov; CDC HAN Website; Protocols: Interim Recommended Notification Procedures for Local and State Public Health Department Leaders in the Event of a Bioterrorist Incident
• Public Health Sites D-G Dusted Off - Inhalants; Asbestosnews.com;
• Public Health Sites H-L Clinical Description and Diagnosis; Influenza Symptoms, Protection, and What to Do If You Get Sick; Pandemic Influenza Resources; The Influenza Viruses; U.S. Flu Activity; General Recommendations on Immunization Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP);
• Public Health Sites O-Z Healthier Worksite Initiative; Cost Calculators; A Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage
• Public Health Software OpenEpi.com; HCUP-US Tools and Software; Hotmaps;
• Resources for Health Professionals Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2006 - Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force;
• Statistical Functions Analyzing and interpreting interactions in multiple linear regression (MLR): A practical guide; The magnificent ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic curve);
• Statistical Programs OpenEpi.com; Dr Calculator;
• Useful Sites for Day-to-Day Living Flightstats -check your flight; Black Friday ads;
• US Government Statistics Sites Statistical Abstract of the United States; Quick Health Data Online from Womenshealth.gov; American Housing Survey; The White House's Economics Briefing Room links: Economics Briefing Room (EBR) Main Page, Employment,Income, International, Money, Output, Prices, Production, Transportation; The White House's Social Statistics Briefing Room links: Crime, Demography, Education, Health; Health Data for All Ages from NCHS; CDC Wonder; CDC Wonder - Summary of Wonder data sets; CDC Wonder - What's New; Public Health Surveillance Data;
• Useful Sites for Every Day Living Milebymile.com; How Much Rent Is Too Much Rent?; Replacements.com; Housing Maps; Rentometer.com;
• Web site Polls Statistics Oct-Dec stats are up;
• Web site Search Engines Flightstats;
• Women's Health Issues Violence Against Women: Identifying Risk Factors November 2004; National Domestic Violence Hotline; Sex Differences in Response to Pharmaceuticals, Tobacco, Alcohol and Illicit Drugs Society for Women's Health Research;

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