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  • Annotated Great Books Bibliography James E. McGreevey's The Confession; Iris Chang's The Chinese in America, A Narrative History; D. Goleman's Social Intelligence; I. Caldwell & D. Thomason's The Rule of Four;
  • Annotated Internet Bibliography Collin's The Way Computers & MS-DOS Works;
  • Annotated Public Health Practice Bibliography A. Tsiaras, The Invision Guide to A Healthy Heart;
  • Annotated Statistics Bibliography Bruce Frey's Statistical Hacks
  • Biostatistics/Statistics Sites From Whatever!!! to Understanding and Applying Basic Statistics; Beancounter.com;
  • Cardiovascular Disease Index Page Wellness in Every Stage of Life: A New Paradigm for Public Health Programs;
  • Cardiovascular Disease - General Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2007;Prevalence of Heart Disease --- United States, 2005; CDC Cholesterol Page; CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics;
  • Cardiovascular Disease - Specific What is TIA?; Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network;
  • Chinese Culture Chinese New Year Customs and Culture; Scarred by history: The Rape of Nanjing; Happy New Year - Year of th Pig!!; LoveGevity; National Asian American Diabetes Project; Asian American Health Issues Reports; Chinese Text Project;
  • Connecticut Public Health Resources Connecticut's Health Rankings - 2006; CT Department of Homeland Security's Weather alerts; Connecticut Association of Not-for-profit Providers For the Aging (CANPFA); Connecticut Data Reports; CERC - Map of the Month Page; DiversityData's Metropolitan Area Data; Center for Population Research; Databook: Health Insurance Coverage in CT, Results of OHCA’s 2006 Household Survey; Consumer Health Action Network; Connecticut: Entire Medicare Advantage Profile; Status of Reproductive Rights in CT;
  • Consumer Health Information CDC's Preventing the Flu; WebMD's 13 Healthy Habits to Improve Your Life; CDC's 12 Ways to Health; Healthy Roads Media - multi-lingual health education resources; ACSM Health and Physical Activity Reference Database; Atlas of the Human Body; Consumer Health Resources; Healthy Roads Media; Alberta Center for Active Living; Life Expectancy Calculator; Online Calories burned from running;
  • Cool Sites A- L Hugh's Mortgage and Financial Calculators; Stop Buying Expensive Coffee and Save Calculator;
  • Cool Sites M - Z Practical Money Skills for Life;
  • Diabetes Resources on the Net Diabetes Health Education Resources; New section - Genetics and Diabetes: Evaluation of the TCF7L2 gene as a predictor of type 2 diabetes; Gene Variant Increases Risk of Type 2 Diabetes But Healthy Lifestyle Changes Reduce Genetic Risk; TCF7L2 (transcription factor 7-like 2); TCF7L2 (transcription factor 7-like 2); Variant Gene for Type 2 Diabetes Risk Identified; Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes; Make the Kidney Connection Diabetes & High Blood Pressure; Guide to community Services - Diabetes; Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Program; Diagnosed Diabetes Among American Indians and Alaska Natives Aged <35 Years --- United States, 1994--2004; Self-Rated Fair or Poor Health Among Adults with Diabetes --- United States, 1996--2005; The Healthy Diabetes Plate; Type 1 Diabetes TrailNet; Does Diabetes Run in Your Family?; National Diabetes surveillance System; Programme for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Finland 2003-2010;
  • Epidemiology A- L Epidemiology and Public Health at CDC;
  • Epidemiology M - Z Surveillance for Waterborne Disease and Outbreaks Associated with Recreational Water --- United States, 2003--2004; Surveillance for Waterborne Disease and Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water and Water not Intended for Drinking United States, 2003--2004; Indicators for Occupational Health Surveillance; Surveillance for Foodborne-Disease Outbreaks --- United States, 1998--2002;
  • Evaluation Resources AHRQ's Residential Care and Assisted Living: State Oversight Practices and State Information Available to Consumers; Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health From Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism; America's Health Rankings, 2006; State Program Evaluation Guides; Developing and Using a Logic Model; New section - Evaluation templates: Academic Evaluation Forms; Education Program Evaluation Form; Education Program Evaluation Forms; Evaluation Forms; Evaluation Forms; Media Program Evaluation Form; Program Evaluation Form; Safety and Health Program Evaluation Form; Training Program Evaluation Form;
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... Snowflake and Snow Crystal Photographs; Ulocking the Mysteries of the Federal Budget govbudget.com;
  • Favorite Movie Sites Babel; Casino Royale; Deja Vu; Little Miss Sunshine; Perfume: The Story of a Murderer; Stranger Than Fiction; The Departed; The Fountain; The Guardian; The Illusionist; The Last King of Scotland; The Prestige; The Queen; The Science of Sleep; Update Hollywood; Apocalypto; Blood Diamond; Curse of the Golden Flower; Eragon; Pan's Labyrinth; Night at the Museum; Hannibal Rising; Dreamgirls; Pursuit of Happyness; Letters from Iwo Jima; Notes on a Scandal; Children of Men; The Painted Veil; Rosswalker downloadable movie soundbites; Jim Caviezel; Helen Mirren; Cate Blanchett; Clive Owen; FilmsExposure.com; Movie Therapy: Using Movies for Mental Health; 300; Bridge to Terabithia; The Lives of Others;
  • Free Software FoxitSoftware; Sony Electronic Support;
  • Greetings Page Greetings from Ashland University; Christmas Light Show - wow!;
  • Graphing Excel Charts: Charting in Excel;
  • Health Care Resources on the Net Safemedication.com; NCI Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Atlas of the Human Body;
  • Healthcare Quality Data & Standards Collection and Use of Race and Ethnicity Data for Quality Improvement; Medicaid at a Glance;
  • Healthcare Quality Managing for Quality Guide; Institute for Healthcare Improvement - Resource Topics; State of Health Care Quality; National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports; Measuring Healthcare Quality;
  • Healthcare Quality Issues Improving Cultural Competency in Children's Health Care; Community Health and Health Disparities; Guidelines for Developing Easy-to-Read Health Education Materials; Health and Literacy Special Collection; Health Literacy Studies; Help Your Patients Succeed: Tips for Improving Communication With Your Patients; Readability Research; Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines; Simply Put; The Newest Vital Sign: A New Health Literacy Assessment Tool for Health Care Providers; Understanding Health Literacy; Calculating Reading Level; Clear & Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers; Fry Readability Graphs; Readability Analysis; Readability; Readability Testing; Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Quick and Dirty Guide to Performance Measurement and Pay for Performance (P4P); Reducing Information Pollution in the Internet Age; New subsections for Health Literacy - Newest Vital Sign, Readability, REALM; Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity and Medical Care, 2007 Update; Reducing Health Disparities Among Children: Strategies And Programs;
  • Kids' Health and Science Page Henry the Hand - Champion Handwasher; Safe Toy Checklist; Toy Safety Shopping Tips; What's your birthverse?; Directory of Education;
  • Kids' Fun Sites Elf Snowball Fight; Lion giving a bear hug; Find Pair Memory Game; Mr. Picassohead; Online games: Blocks Game; Invaders Game; Marbles Game;
  • Maternal Child Health Resources Genomics and Public Health at CDC; Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: Statistics and Interventions; Child Welfare Terms - English to Spanish, Spanish to English; Stem Cells - Q & A;
  • Nutrition Resources Herbs and Supplements; NIH Office of Dietary Supplements; NIA Age Page on Dietary Supplements; Top 10 Trans Fat Foods Revisited; Guidelines for Confirmation of Foodborne-Disease Outbreaks; New section - sodas: Why should one avoid diet sodas?; Yikes! Diet soda drinkers most likely to be obese; Soda may increase women's blood pressure; Mindlesseating.org; Getting off colas, sodas, pop, fizz,... oh, whatever; Pop and Cavities; Cavities in a Can Dentalgentlecare.com; Soft drinks: Unsafe beverages; The health effects of drinking soda - quotes from the experts; Why is phosphoric acid in soda pop?;
  • Public Health Continuing Education Opportunities Pharmacy Continuing Education; Pediatric Tuberculosis: An Online Presentation; SAMHSA's Addiction Counseling Competencies;
  • Public Health Data Diversity Data;
  • Public Health Data National Health Interview Survey 1969-1996; Life Expectancy at Age 65 Years, by Sex and Race --- United States, 1999--2004 MMWR 2/23/2007; Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Associated Risk Factors --- United States, 1999--2004;
  • Public Health Data Use of Cessation Methods Among Smokers Aged 16--24 Years --- United States, 2003; Prevalence of Selected Unhealthy Behavior Characteristics Among Adults Aged >18 Years, by Race* --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2002--2004; Racial/Ethnic Differences Among Youths in Cigarette Smoking and Susceptibility to Start Smoking --- United States, 2002--2004; Unintentional Poisoning Deaths --- United States, 1999--2004; MASS Chip; Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance --- Selected Steps Communities, 2005;
  • Public Health Data The Health and Well-being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation 2005;
  • Public Health Documents CDC's Peer Review Checklists; Profile of Older Americans: 2005; Essential Nursing Competencies and Curricula Guidelines for Genetics and Genomics;
  • Public Health E-News, January - June 2007 January - March tables of content are now posted'
  • Public Health Fact Sheets Cumulative Trauma Disorders; Global Warming; Hearing Loss;
  • Public Health Practice CDC's Public Health Science Series: Preface: 60 Years of Public Health Science at CDC; Behavioral and Social Sciences and Public Health at CDC; Economics and Public Health at CDC; Engineering and Public Health at CDC; Epidemiology and Public Health at CDC; Genomics and Public Health at CDC; Informatics and Public Health at CDC; Laboratory Science and Public Health at CDC; Law and Public Health at CDC; Statistics and Public Health at CDC; Urban Planning and Public Health at CDC; Veterinary Medicine and Public Health at CDC; Wellness in Every Stage of Life: A New Paradigm for Public Health Programs; WHO's Health Impact Assessment; U.S. Preventive Medicine.com; Socio-Ecological Model; Getting a Campaign Started; Assessment in Public Health;
  • Public Health Sites A - C World's AIDS Campaign; Cancer Care, Inc.; Cancer Facts; Cancer Hope Network; CancerNet for Patients & the Public (Federal Government); Cancer Page.Com; Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation; Children's Hospice International; Creighton University's Hereditary Cancer Prevention Clinic; Gilda's Club; Gilda Radner's Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry; Gillette Women's Cancer Connection; Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention's Your Cancer Risk; Hospice Link; Internationl Cancer Alliance; Kids Konnected; National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship; National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc; University of Kansas Medical Center; University of Pennsylvania's Strength of Caring Program; Alcohol Video; Binge Drinking; Binge Drinking Stats; Alcohol FAQs;
  • Public Health Sites D-G AHRQ's Providing Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources - A Community Planning Guide; National Clandestine Laboratory Register - DEA. Meth lab locations; Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction; Health Guide for the Public in Disaster Planning and Recovery; How to spot illicit drug abuse in your patients; Drugs are not Child's Play; Inside Dope; Cocaine Video; Crack Cocaine; Inhalants; Marijuana Video;
  • Public Health Sites H-L Finding a Flu Clinic; Age-Adjusted Death Rates* for Leading Causes of Injury Death,† by Year --- United States, 1979--2004; European Organization of Family Health Research; Management of MRSA; Fever Blisters and Canker Sores;
  • Public Health Sites M-N Stress: A Health and Relationship Killer; Stress from TeenHealth; Stress Management; Stress: Signs and Symptoms, Causes and Effects; Hispanics at Mid-Decade;
  • Public Health Sites O-Z 2006 Fact Sheet on Mortality: Adolescents & Young Adults; American Social Health Association; Annual cost of Smoking Calculator; You Can Quit Smoking; Tobacco Video;
  • Public Health Software Worldmapper.org; Worldmapper A to Z; The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project; Healthcare Freeware; BMI Calculator;
  • Research Resources on the Net Guidelines for Reporting Results of Group Quantitative Investigations;
  • Resources for Health Professionals A Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Moving Science into Coverage; Virtual Library from U.S. Preventive Medicine.com; Metaglossary; Biomed Central;
  • Search Engines - Health Canadian Institute for Health Information;
  • Senior Health Eons.com; Fatalities and Injuries from Falls Among Older Adults --- United States, 1993--2003 and 2001--2005; Choosing Osteoarthritis Pain Medications; Older Americans Update 2006 - Key Indicators of Well Being; Healthy Aging; The State of Aging and Health in America 2007 Report;
  • Statistical Functions What Does the Population Attributable Fraction Mean?; Choosing a Significance Test; Research Methods in Biology; Sample Size Determination; Standard Errors; Exact Binomial and Poisson Confidence Intervals; Formulas; How to Calucate Effect Sizes from Published Research: A simplified methodology; Measuring Usability; Usable Statistics; Confidence Intervals; Confidence Intervals; Confidence Interval Around a Completion Rate; Using Microsoft Excel to Calculate and Manage Grades; Restoring Confidence in Usability Results; Statistical Guide for Authors; How To Determine Sample Size, Determining Sample Size;
  • Statistical Programs Excel Templates from Beancounter.com; AJP Excel Information; Free Statistical Software;
  • Useful Sites for Day-to-Day LivingCDC's Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety; ASAP Utilities; Free Excel Add-ins; Excel programs; Analyzing Data Using Excel 2002 Tutorial; Beginner's Guide to Descriptive Statistics; Excel; Excel for Statistical Data Analysis; Excel Functions and Data Analysis Tools; Excel Tutorial; Using Excel for Data Analysis; Using Microsoft Excel; Working with Data: Using Excel; Free Excel Downloads and Add-ins; Free Statistics & Forecasting Software; Descriptive Sampling Statistics; Excel For Statistical Data Analysis; StatPages.Net; QuickCalc; Online calculator; Online Unit Converter;
  • US Government Statistics Sites US Census - State and Metropolitan Area Data Book: 2006 (6th edition); Air Quality Data; Statistical Abstract 2007; Locating Sources of Data;
  • Web Development Resources Betterfonts.com;
  • Web Resources Adware & Spyware - knowing the basics; SANS Top-20 Internet Security Attack Targets (2006 Annual Update); Firefox Web browser; An Atlas of Cyberspaces; Geobytes.com; MapoftheInternet.com; Stop Badware.org; Internet World Stats; Size of the World Wide Web; Web Server Survey;RubyonRails.org;
  • Web site Search Engines Flightstats;
  • Web Tools Labpixies.com
  • Women's Health - General Resources Women's Health Statistical Reports from HRSA; CDC's Women's Health Page; Healthywomen.org's Publications and Resources; Women's Health Videocasts; Health Quizzes;
  • Women's Health - Life Cycles Online Ovulation Calculator; Hormones and Menopause: Tips from the National Institute on Aging; Due Date Calculator; Teen Health and Safety Quizzes;
  • Women's Health Issues ;
  • Women's Health - Breast Cancer Use of Mammograms Among Women Aged >40 Years --- United States, 2000--2005;
  • Women's Health - Heart Disease Reynolds Risk Score for Women;

April - June 2007


Deleted/Changed Pages


  • Pch 201 Spring 2007 Syllabus

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 Ehrenreich's Bait and Switch;
  • Biostatistics/Statistics Sites Open Epi Version 2;
  • Cardiovascular Disease Index Page Competencies for Chronic Disease Practice; The Chronic Care Model; The Power of Prevention;
  • Cardiovascular Disease - General Heart Disease and Stroke, at a Glance; Framingham Heart Study;Your Guide to a Healthy Heart; CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Pevention - Publications; What Is High Blood Pressure?;Prevalence of Actions to Control High Blood Pressure --- 20 States, 2005;
  • Cardiovascular Disease - Specific Recovery from Stroke Resources; What Is Atherosclerosis?; Stroke Survival Guide; Pericardial Effusion - Emedicine.com; Pericardial Effusion - Mayo Clinic; Pulmonary Edema; Pulmonary Edema - Mayo Clinic; National Stroke Awareness Month --- May 2007; Prehospital and Hospital Delays After Stroke Onset --- United States, 2005--2006; Prevalence of Stroke --- United States, 2005;
  • Chinese Culture Chinese Diabetes Health Record Card (DHR); Taking Charge of Your Diabetes in Chinese; Asian Children & Racial Identity: 10 Tips for Talking to Your Child;
  • Connecticut Public Health Resources CT Registration Reports and Hospitalization Reports; Yale's Public Health Workforce Newsletters; Quality in Health Care Program Reports; Connecticut Health Foundation Reports; Facts About Children in Foster Care in Connecticut;CERC.com - Economic development data and information; Connecticut Pandemic Influenza Summit - February 02, 2006; Public Health Foundation of Connecticut; Connecticut’s Industries and Occupations Forecast 2007; Connecticut River at Middletown; Children's Health Fact Sheet; Fuel Cost Calculator; CT Heart Disease and Stroke Surveillance System; Visit Connecticut;
  • Consumer Health Information Calculate your Caloric Requirements; Calories Burned Calculator; Calorie Calculator; Calorie Counter; How many calories do I actually use during physical activities?; ShapingAmericasyouth.org; 10 Easy Ways to Make Exercise a Habit; Finding the Right Gym for You; Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age, Your Checklist for Health; Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age, Your Checklist for Health; MedlinePlus - Healthy Living; Getting Active; Physical Activity Fundamental To Preventing Disease; Smarter Than a 5th-Grader?; USATF.Org;
  • Diabetes Resources on the Net Diabetes mellitus: average HbA1c value for diabetic patients in the clinical information system; Diabetes mellitus: percent of patients with 2 HbA1c's in the last year (at least 3 months apart; Diabetes Educational Materials; German Diabetes Risk Score; SILENT TRAUMA: Diabetes, Health Status, and the Refugee Southeast Asians in the United States; State of Diabetes Complications in America; A1c Chart; Complications of Type 2 Diabetes; Cost of Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Risk Assessment; Family History of Diabetes, Awareness of Risk Factors, and Health Behaviors Among African Americans; American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI); Diabetes Mellitus; Diet, Exercise Seen as a Key to Staving Off Diabetes;
  • Epidemiology A- L Criminal and Epidemiological Investigation Handbook;
  • Epidemiology M - Z Strengthening Disease Surveillance - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Committee Reports - 109th Congress, 2006; Health Indicators: Building Blocks for Health Situation Analysis; Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases;
  • Evaluation Resources Rand.org's Data Collection Instruments; Foster Care Fact Sheets, by state; Data Demand and Information Use in the Health Center - Conceptual Framework; National Opinion Survey to Determine Levels of Preparedness for a Public Health Crisis; AHRQ/HCUP Injury Data, by State; Consumer Health Ratings - Cardiac, Heart Ratings - Reports that are limited to Heart Conditions or Procedures; Children's Health; Blood Sugar Levels, By State; Diabetes in Your State; The Evaluation of the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration: Findings for the First Two Years; Key Indicators and Health Care Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and State; Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Investigations; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Main Page; Trends in State Public Health Legislation 2006 - State Public Health Legislation Report; CIPP Evaluation Model Checklist; Contraception Evaluation Reports; Evaluation Models; The Care of Patients with Severe Chronic Illness: An Online Report on the Medicare Program by the Dartmouth Atlas Project - The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 2006; Evaluating Your Efforts; Evaluation Guides from the Outreach Evaluation Resource Center; Online Handbooks and Texts;
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... 2007 Top Brands;
  • Favorite Movie Sites Breach; Ghost Rider; Premonition; Shooter; The Host; The Reaping; Zodiac; Anthony Hopkins; Mel Gibson; Maggie Smith; Ryan Gosling, Whoopi Goldberg;
  • Free Software Giveaway of the Day;
  • Graphing New section - Dashboards: Create a Dashboard: the Manual; Dashboard of Sustainability; How to Get Started With Excel Dashboard Reporting; Dashboard Templates; The Power of Dashboard Reporting with Excel; MS Digital Dashboard Business Process Assessment Guide; Process Dashboard; Sparklines, Bullet Graphs, Minipies, and Whiskers - The Latest in Dashboard Reporting for Excel; New section - Project Timelines: How to Create a Timeline in Excel; Timelines in Excel; CX Now!; Dashboard Chart ActiveX for Excel; Gantt Chart Links; Vertex Gantt Chart Template;
  • Health Care Resources on the Net What to Ask Your Doctor at Your Next Visit; Questions are the Answer - Get More Involved with your Health Care; Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online; Health Information - Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Tai Chi; MedlinePlus - Surgery; Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs A SUMMARY OF THE 2007 ANNUAL REPORTS;Life Stages & Specific Populations Health information for every age group and population;
  • Healthcare Quality Data & Standards A Guide to Evaluating Data Entry Systems; Shaping Health Statistics Vision for the 21st Century;
  • Healthcare Quality Patient Chart Audit Tools with Guidelines; Manager's Electronic Resource Center; Managing for Quality; Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide; User's Guide to Registries Evaluating Patient - Summary;
  • Healthcare Quality Issues What to Ask Your Doctor at Your Next Visit; Questions are the Answer - Get More Involved with your Health Care; What Did the Doctor Say?:” Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety; CMS.gov's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative; Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2007 Comparative Database Report; New section: Health Care Transparency - Value-Driven Health Care;
  • Health Education Resources Assessment Models; Design Shop Lessons in Effective Teaching; NWREL Publications; Teaching Models;
  • Healthy People 2010 2010 Midcourse Review - Maternal Child Health;
  • Information Quality Web Interface Design Virginia Tech;
  • Kids' Health and Science Page Re-Mission: A game and community for young people with cancer; Types of Scholarships; Scholarship Essay Help; Microbiology - Microbes Bacteria Information; Bullying Resources; National Child Traumatic Stress Network; ChemiPlus Periodic Table;
  • Kids' Fun Sites Brain Games; Starsinyou.com; Newsbreakergame.com; Fun Stuff for Kids from Whoopi.com; Got a Minute? Then We've Got a Game for You!;
  • Maternal Child Health Resources National Child Welfare Resource Center for Adoption (NCWRCA); Finding Permanency for Youth: Resource Handbook; Safety Intervention Resources;
  • Nutrition Resources New sections: Portion Distortion - Do you suffer 'Portion Distortion'?, Portion Distortion 1 Quiz, Portion Distortion 2 Quiz, Visual Aids Make Portion Sense, What Are Serving Sizes?, Actual Serving Sizes, Expanding Waistlines May Be Due To "Portion Distortion" Study Reports, Portion Distortion Quiz, Portion Distortion 1 Quiz, Portion Distortion 2 Quiz, Portion Distortion Quiz, Portion Distortion Guide, Portion Sizes for School Age Children, Put an End to Portion Distortion, Visual Aids Make Portion Sense, What Are Serving Sizes?, Idaho Plate Method. Calorie counting: Calorie Counter - Calories in Food and Calorie Counting to Lose Weight, Calories in Alcohol, Daily Needs Calculator, Free Online Calorie Counter, Idaho Plate Method; Mike's Calorie And Fat Gram Chart For 1000 Foods, Online Calorie Counter; Wok Carefully: CSPI Takes a (Second) Look at Chinese Restaurant Food; Analysis of 88 Soda Studies Links Soft Drinks to Obesity, Disease; What's the Buzz About Energy Drinks?; Caffeine Database in Drinks; Caffeine Content; Caffeine Content in Common Beverages; Caffeine Content in Decaffeinated Coffee; Evaluation of Current Caffeine Content of Coffee Beverages; Starbucks Coffee Caffeine Content; Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults; International Obesity Task Force Links; Practical Guide to the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults; Re-think Your Drink; Re-think Your Drink brochure; 'Superfoods' Everyone Needs; Which Diet is Best for You?; My Fats Translator; Understanding the Complexity of Trans Fatty Acid Reduction in the American Diet. American Heart Association Trans Fat Conference 2006; Rating Cooking Fats; Turning the Heat Down Called Anti-Inflammatory Cooking;
  • Public Health Continuing Education Opportunities CDCynergy; University of Albany School of Public Health Broadcasts; MENTOR (Monitoring and Evaluation Network of Training Online Resources); NHANES Tutorials; On-line HCUP Overview Course;
  • Public Health Data Respondent-Assessed Health Status* Among Persons Aged >25 Years, by Education Level --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2005;
  • Public Health Data Safety-Net Hospitals: Serving the Uninsured, 2003;Prevalence of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Physical Activity by Race/Ethnicity --- United States, 2005; Burden of Tobacco Use; Surveillance of Certain Health Behaviors Among States and Selected Local Areas --- United States, 2005;
  • Public Health Data Using PRAMS for Chronic Disease Prevention; Fatal Injuries Among Children by Race and Ethnicity --- United States, 1999--2002; Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance --- United States, 2004;
  • Public Health Documents Mental Health, United States, 2004; Covering Health Issues 2006 - 2007;
  • Public Health E-News, January - June 2007 January - June tables of content are now posted'
  • Public Health Fact Sheets Acupuncture: The Art of Ancient Chinese Medicine; Alcohol Poisoning: Drinking to Death; Anorexia Nervosa; Barbituates; Benzodiazepines; Cataracts; Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; Colon Cancer; Genital Warts; Herpes Simplex Virus; High Cholesterol; Hodgkin's Disease; Human Papilloma Virus; Life on the Down Low; LSD; Osteoporosis: Sickle Cell Anemia: An Inherited Blood Disease; The Silent Thief; PCP; Trans-Fatty Acids: The Bad Fat; Women and Stroke;
  • Public Health Practice National Public Health Performance Standards Program; CDCynergy - Your Guide to Effective Communication, CDC Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Edition Version 2.1; Leadership Skills for Health Promotion Professionals; New section: Public Health Practice Competencies with 37 links, including 19 new links: APIC/CHICA-Canada infection control and epidemiology: Professional and practice standards; CIPHI Core Competencies Project Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI); Competencies for Chronic Disease; Competencies for Public Health; Competencies for Public Health Workers: A Collection of Competency Sets of Public Health-Related Occupations and Professions; Competency Sets University of Washington's Northwest Center for Public Health Practice; Competencies for Applied Epidemiologists in Governmental Public Health Agencies (AECs); Core Legal Competencies for Public Health Professionals; Competency Areas for Public Health physicians; Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals; Core Management Competencies for Public Health Managers; Core Public Health Worker Competencies for Emergency Preparedness and Response; Environmental Health Competency Project: Draft Recommendations for Non-Technical Competencies at the Local Level; Essential Functions of Chronic Disease Epidemiology In State Health Departments; Genomics Workforce Competencies 2001; Competencies for Public Health Professionals; Informatics Competencies for Public Health Professionals document; MPH Core Competency Development Project; OPHA's Public Health Core Competencies Initiative (PHCCI); Psychological First Aid Competencies for Public Health Workers; Public Health Credentials; Public Health Nursing Competencies; Registered Environmental Health Specialist or Registered Sanitarian (REHS/RS) credential; Responsibilities and Competencies of Certified Health Education Specialists; Strengthening New York's Public Health System for the 21st Century; The Development of a Draft Set of Public Health Workforce Core Competencies; The Public Health Workforce; What is Public Health Practice?; Working With Epidemiologists for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Development; Health Manager's Toolkit;
  • Public Health Sites A - C APA Task Force on the Sexulization of Girls - Summary Report; APA Task Force on the Sexulization of Girls - Full Report; Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers; Cancer Chemotherapy;
  • Public Health Sites D-G The Science of Addiction - Drugs, Brains and Behavior; Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange; National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals; New section: Pandemics - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Guidance for Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Employers; Pandemic Influenza Best Practices and Model Protocols; Pandemic Influenza Benchguide: Legal Issues Concerning Quarantine and Isolation;
  • Public Health Sites H-L H5N1 avian influenza: timeline of major events; Europa - Public Health - Threats to Health; Rapid Response was Crucial to Containing the 1918 Flu Pandemic - Historical Analyses Help Plan for Future Pandemics; Travel Industry Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist; CDC - West Nile Virus - Fight the Bite; Globalhealthfacts.org; Malaria Surveillance --- United States, 2005;
  • Public Health Sites M-N Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum; Cambodian Health Network; The American Community - Hispanics: 2004; The American Community - Blacks: 2004; The American Community - Asians: 2004; Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity and Medical Care, 2007 Update; Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test: Questions and Answers; The Dad Commandments;
  • Public Health Sites O-Z Migrant Farmworker Occupational Health Reference Manual; Fatal Occupational Injuries --- United States, 2005; 101 Ways to Wellness; A Guide to Developing Your Worksite Wellness Program; Health and Productivity Connection Questionnaire; Resilience; Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses --- United States, 2004; Stop-smoking-tips.com;
  • Public Health Software History and Geography of Europe; Dag Stat; Open Epi Version 2; Epidemiology Software - Virtual Health Portal;
  • Research Resources on the Net Internet Sites Related To Survey Research;
  • Resources for Health Professionals Migrant Clinicians Network; Migrant Clinicians Network Resource Page;
  • Search Engines - Health GoPubMed;
  • Search Engines - Public Health Virtual Health Portal;
  • Statistical Functions Income distribution in Current NHANES; METHOD OF CALCULATING OBSERVED TO EXPECTED RATIO AS A MEASURE OF STRENGTH OF ASSOCIATION; Open Epi Version 2;
  • Statistical Programs Unit Conversion: Length, Mass, Volume; SAS - Age-Adjusted Caculations; Vertex Excel Templates; JaxWorks™ Small Business Spreadsheet Factory Downloads; JaxWorks™ Small Business Spreadsheet Factory Library; Exceluser.com Tutorials; XLStatistics; Open Epi Version 2; SAS Tutorials; REVIEW OF Statistical power analysis software;
  • Temperament Page Personal DNA - great personality test
  • Useful Sites for Everyday Living Babel Fish Translation; Germany Travel Guide; Fuel Cost Calculator;
  • Web site Medical Search Engines GoPubMed.com
  • Web Tools 3D Animation;
  • Women's Health - General Resources JRSA' s Women's Health Data; Women's Health Council Projects; Women's Health Resources; Women's Health USA 2006;
  • Women's Health Issues Jane Doe No more; Endocrine disruptors — tipping the hormonal scales;
  • Women's Health - Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Research; Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool; Decline in Breast Cancer Incidence --- United States, 1999--2003
  • Women's Health - Heart Disease American Heart Association's Guidelines for CVD Prevention in Women Focus on Lifetime Risk Factors;

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  • Wellness - Environmental Information
  • Wellness - Health Policy
  • Wellness - Healthy Living
  • Wellness - Infectious Diseases
  • Wellness - Leading Causes of Death
  • Wellness - Mental Health
  • Wellness - Nutrition
  • Wellness - Public Health Issues
  • Wellness - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Wellness - Substance Abuse Issues
  • Wellness - Social Issues
  • Wellness - Women's Health - Diesase Page
  • Wellness - Women's Health - Health Practices Page
  • Well Research and Participants

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 Plagiarism Sleuth Tool; Internet encyclopaedias go head to head;
  • Annotated Great Books Bibliography Alfred Lubrano's Limbo, Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams; Frank Rich's The Greatest Story Every Sold; Latus's If I am Missing or Dead. A Sister's Story of Love, Murder and Liberation; Tina Brown's The Diana Chronicles; The Right Address; Goolrick's The End of the World As We Know It. Scenes from a Life; Vincent's Self-Made Man. One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man;
  • Annotated Internet Bibliography Easy Webpage Design;
  • Annotated Statistics Bibliography Keith Devlin's "The Math Gene";
  • Cardiovascular Disease - General Healthy People 2010 Objectives—Heart Disease and Stroke; Healthy People 2010 Focus Area 12: Heart Disease and Stroke Progress Review May 21, 2007; Rate of Hospitalizations† for Coronary Atherosclerosis and Acute Myocardial Infarction (MI),§ by Year --- National Hospital Discharge Survey, United States, 1996--2005; Trial Scorecards; Heart Disease Q & A; New section: Cholsteraol, stanols and sterols: Diet Can Circumvent Heart Disease Studies suggest vegetable tablets, whole grains and baked or broiled fish; Effect of Plant Stanol Tablets on Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Lowering in Patients on Statin Drugs; FDA Authorizes New Coronary Heart Disease Health Claim For Plant Sterol & Plant Stanol Esters; Functional Foods Fact Sheet: Plant Stanols and Sterols; Health Claim for Foods That Could Lower Heart Disease Risk; History and development of plant sterol and stanol esters for cholesterol-lowering purposes; Plant sterol pills significantly lower LDL cholesterol; Heart-Healthy and Stroke-Free: A Social Environment Handbook; Medicare Preventive Services - To Manage Cholesterol and Your Heart; Little Walking Cuts Blood Pressure Study Shows Even Short Walks Can Improve Your Health; Very Low LDL May Mean More Cancer Risk;
  • Cardiovascular Disease - Specific Outpatient Rehabilitation Among Stroke Survivors --- 21 States and the District of Columbia, 2005; 2006 Summit Presentations; Preventing and Treating Stroke;
  • Connecticut Public Health Resources Connecticut Hospital Association (CHIME) data: JCAHO National Patient Safety, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Surgical Infection Prevention; 2010 to 2030 Population Projections for Connecticut Towns; New London County Health Study; AHRQ's Connecticut Snapshot; Connecticut Focus on Diabetes; Connecticut - Overall Health Care Quality Measures and Metrics Compared to All States; Government Performance Project; Connecticut’s Health Care System: A network of cracks and who’s falling through; CDC's CT cancer statistics; Medicaid Benefits by State: Connecticut; Long Term Care - Services and Support; Connecticut SEER Registry; Connecticut Tumor Registry; Oral Health in CT;
  • Consumer Health Information FDA's Consumer Health Information For You and Your Family; New Section: Visceral Fat: 16 links - Belly Fat Blues; Burning Subcutaneous Bodyfat: Tips for Women…and Men!; Dangerous visceral fat builds up if you don't exercise, can go down if you do; Exercise a Must for Losing Deep Belly Fat, Diabetic women can't rely on diet alone, study shows; Exercise Is Required for Visceral Fat Loss in Postmenopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes Journal of Clinical Endrocrinology & Metabolism; Exercise Fights 'Hidden' Body Fat; Study Shows Inactivity Can Lead to Buildup of Fat Deep Inside Belly; High-Fat Diet Ups Dangerous 'Hidden' Fat; Study Links Waist Circumference, Diet to Visceral Fat; Inactivity, exercise, and visceral fat. STRRIDE: a randomized, controlled study of exercise intensity and amount; More Evidence on Benefits of Exercise; One More Reason to Exercise; Physical Inactivity Rapidly Increases Visceral Fat; Exercise Can Reverse Accumulation; The Hidden Dangers of Belly Fat; Where you carry those extra pounds can affect your risk of developing certain diseases; Vanquishing Visceral Fat; Visceral Fat Build-up Is The High Cost Of Inactivity; News-Medical.net; MayMyRide.com; Its Poor Reputation Aside, Our Fat Is Doing Us a Favor; Calories Burned Estimator;
  • Cool Sites A- L Father's Day; U.S. Flag Facts; Memorial Day; The Open Library;
  • Cool Sites M - Z Abbott & Costello Show;
  • Diabetes Resources on the Net International Diabetes Federation: a consensus on Type 2 diabetes prevention (K. G. M. M. Alberti, P. Zimmet and J. Shaw); Glycemic Load List; Denver Health Plate Method; Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, Satiety, and the Fullness Factor™; NDEP's Diabetes: The Numbers; Annual Diabetes Rate* Among Patients Discharged from Hospitals,† by Year and Age Group --- National Hospital Discharge Survey, United States, 1988--2005; Diabetes Resources for Health Care Professionals; Diabetes Training Manual - Diabetes - Changing Practice, Changing Lives; Diabetes Presentations; Effectiveness of Diabetes Management; National Diabetes Education Program; Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus; Tests of Glycemia in Diabetes; Working Together to Manage Diabetes; Expanded ABCs of Diabetes; Tools that Empower- Diabetes Management Program; Tests of Glycemia in Diabetes; Barriers to A1C Testing Among a Managed Care Population; Rate of Hemoglobin A1C Testing in the Medi-Cal FFS Population; Exercise Key in Control of Type 2 Diabetes; World Diabetes Day; The Genetic Landscape of Diabetes;Genetics and Diabetes;Genetics of Type II Diabetes; Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes; Diagnosed Diabetes Among American Indians and Alaska Natives Aged <35 Years --- United States, 1994--2004;Correctable Visual Impairment Among Persons with Diabetes --- United States, 1999--2004;
  • Epidemiology M - Z National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System;
  • Evaluation Resources Government Performance Project; Grading the States - 2005 Report Cards; CERC 50-State Comparisons Database; Getting To Outcomes 2004 - Promoting Accountability Through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation; Practical Use of Program Evaluation among Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Programs; Program Evaluation Resources; Program Review Template; NHQR State Snapshots; Evaluation Design Template for Increasing Physical Activity in Tucker County High School 2003-2004 CDC-HSTA Project; Evaluation Toolkit - List of Tools; Evaluation Toolkit - Test Form Templates; Evaluation Services; Impact Evaluation; Getting To Outcomes 2004, Promoting Accountability Through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation; Youth Outcomes Measurement Tools Directory; Toolfind - Comparison of all available tools; F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America , 2007; Evaluation Toolkit for Community Youth Programmers; Healthy States Web sites; Cancer Rates, by Site and State; Dental Public Health Programs; State Cancer Profiles;
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... 6 Billion Others (hear about the lives of others who want to share); Blogs from the U.S. Government; Best Stuff in the Whole World; Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena; America's Most Wanted Criminals; New Seven Wonders of the World; 360 Cities.net;
  • Favorite Movie Sites1408; Disturbia; Evan Almighty; Guess Who; Hairspray; Knocked Up; Live Free, or Die Hard; Rescue Dawn; Shrek the Third; Sicko; Stardust; Star Wars; Transformers; The Bourne Ultimatum; The Invasion; The Last Legion; The Pacifier; Film Noir Catalog;
  • Favorite Music Sites New section - (Mostly) Midi Sites: (35 links): FreeByte Music Zone Free music software; Free PC Midi Software; Best Classical Rock Midi; Chris's Favorite MIDI Files; Cybermidi.com; Find Midis.com; FreeMidi.com; Free Midi and Free Karaoke Files; Free Midi Download; Free Midi File Database; Free Midi Files; Free Midi Files of Rock Music Bands; Free Midi Madness; Free Midi Music Downloads Movie themes; Free Midi Ringtones; Free Midi Songs; Free Midi Zone; Free Reggae Midi; Free Rock MIDI File Database; Free Sounds; Free Stuff Music Midi Files; Jerry's Eclectic Jukebox; High Quality MIDI Songs Rock Pop Country Blues Klassik free download; mFiles; Midi Database; Midi Delight.com; MidiSite; Nizreal's MIDI Jukebox; On Classical Midi; Phil Colvin's MIDI Warehouse; Popular Music Midi Page; Royalty Free Music Partners in Rhyme.com; The Dance Midi House; Thomas Distributing Midi Collection; Todd Rundgren Midi; The Cars midis; Lisa's Nostalgia Cafe; Gary's Midi Paradise; Alternative Music Search Engines;
  • Free Software RealPlayer; FileZilla; ChromaSoftware DaVinci; MySQL Downloads; Gzip.org; O-Bible gzip; 7-zip.org; Maxmind - GeoLite Country; AM-Deadlink; Cliprex DVD Player; ArtPlus Software; Data Recovery Europe;PC Inspector;
  • Graphing New section - Concept Mapping: Concept Mapping (3 sites); Concept- or mind-mapping for Learning; Concept Mapping: A Graphical System for Understanding the Relationship between Concepts; Concept Mapping Resource Guide; Concept Mapping Resources; Concept Mapping Website; Concept Maps; Concept Map Templates; Kinds of Concept Maps; Mind Maps; IS&T’s Guide to Effective Illustration: Images for Presentation and Publication;
  • Health Care Resources on the Net Hospital Compare; Americans with Disabilities Act: July 26; Medicaid Benefits: Online Database, by State
  • Healthcare Quality Data & Standards American National Standards Institute; Public Health Data Standards Consortium;
  • Healthcare Quality AHRQ's Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide; Quality Improvement Activity Tools; National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006 Data Tables Appendix; State of Health Care Quality; NCQA Health Plan Report Card; Health Care Report Care Compendium; Quality Profiles - Focus on Cardiovascular Disease, Depression, Diabetes, Care for Older Adults, Wellness and Prevention; The ratio of observed-to-expected mortality as a quality of care indicator in non-surgical VA patients; Ratios of observed to expected mortality are affected by differences in case mix and quality of care; Physician Quality Reporting Initiative;
  • Healthcare Quality Issues Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities; AHRQ Resources on Pay for Performance (P4P); Using Peer Review for Self-Audits of Medical Record Documentation; What is a Health Disparity? Public Health Reports 2002; Moving Upstream: Health Inequities and How to Effectively Tackle Them; Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) Home Study; Health Care Costs - A Primer; Health Literacy Institute; Poor Health Literacy in the Elderly Predicts All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality; Literacy Linked to Survival in Medicare Patients; AHRQ's Emergency Preparedness Atlas - U.S. Nursing Home and Hospital Facilities; AHRQ's Health Information Technology for Improving Quality of Care in Primary Care Settings;
  • Health Education Resources Health Educator's Toolbox; New section: Health Behavior Models: Behavior Change Models For Reducing HIV/STD Risk; Health Behavior Models; Health Education Models and Theories; Health Education Planning Models Models;
  • Healthy People 2010 Tracking Healthy People 2010 (Revised); Advancing the Nation’s Health: A Guide for Public Health Research Needs, 2006-2015 (Research Guide);
  • Information Quality Templates & Examples; New Section: Evaluating Health Information: Evaluate the Reliability of Health Information; Evaluating Web Sites, Articles, and Product Claims;
  • Kids' Index Page
  • Kids' Health and Science Page My Wonderful World; New section - Geography: Discovering Antarctica; HiRISE | High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment; Galaxy Zoo; Current Night Sky; Coping with Traumatic Events; Dealing with Tragedy; Dealing with Violence; Facts for Families; Kids.gov;
  • Kids' Fun Sites Can you solve this mystery picture?; Plasma Pong;
  • Maternal Child Health Resources Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth-serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures; Family Health History Toolkit; One gene makes earwax wet or dry;
  • MPH Accreditation Committee 2006 - 2007 MPH Alumni Survey Response Rates; State Statute Search re: child welfare;
  • Nutrition Resources Nutrition Facts Calorie Counter; 10 Things Your Grocery Store Doesn't Want You to Know; Insidious Consumption - Surprising Factors That Influence What We Eat and How Much; Trans Fat May Increase Infertility; Cheap Fructose May Exact High Metabolic Price; Surveillance for Foodborne-Disease Outbreaks; Appendix A. CDC form 52.13 Investigation of a Foodborne Outbreak; Appendix B. Guidelines for Confirmation of Foodborne-Disease Outbreaks;
  • PHENOM Reports 2007 - 2008 PHENOM Logic Model & 2006 - 2007 Annual Report;
  • PHENOM Stats 2006 - 2007 PHENOM directory countries and continents of visitors;
  • Personality - MBTI Insightgame.org;
  • Public Health Alumni Chapter Statistics 2006 - 2007 statistics
  • Public Health Continuing Education Opportunities ATSDR Training Online; CDC MMWR Continuing Ed for credits; Migrant Clinicians Network Continuing Education Program; Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (CSEM) Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds; Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA)Tutorial;
  • Public Health Data Chronic Disease Indicators; United States Cancer Statistics;
  • Public Health Data Data Compendium;
  • Public Health Data Suicide and Homicide Rates* Among Adults Aged >18 Years, by Age Group --- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2002--2004; Assistance Used to Quit Smoking by Adults Aged >18 Years* During the Preceding 2 Years, by Type --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2005; Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Among Students Aged 13--15 Years --- Worldwide, 2000--2007; State-Specific Prevalence of Smoke-Free Home Rules --- United States, 1992--2003; Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines --- United States, 2001--2005; Types of Alcoholic Beverages Usually Consumed by Students in 9th--12th Grades --- Four States, 2005; Percentage of Adults Aged >18 Years Who Reported Some Form of Arthritis or a Related Condition,* by Sex and Race/Ethnicity --- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2006†; Prevalence of Obesity* Among Adults Aged >20 Years, by Sex --- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), United States, 1999--2000 Through 2003--2004; Reduced Secondhand Smoke Exposure After Implementation of a Comprehensive Statewide Smoking Ban --- New York, June 26, 2003--June 30, 2004; Smoking-Cessation Advice from Health-Care Providers --- Canada, 2005; Average annual number of deaths by cause, race, and sex; Cancer Rates, by Site; Cancer Deaths 2000 - 2004; Cancer in North America; Methods for Measuring Cancer Disparities: A Review Using Data Relevant to Healthy People 2010 Cancer-Related Objectives; State Cancer Profiles;
  • Public Health Documents Healthy States;
  • Public Health E-News, July - December 2007 July & September tables of content are now posted;
  • Public Health Practice Linking Accreditation and Public Health Outcomes: A Logic Model Approach; International Health Regulations; Health Promotion Planning Resources; Program Implementation; Advancing the Nation’s Health: A Guide for Public Health Research Needs, 2006-2015 (Research Guide); Health Policy Research; DHHS's Prevention Report; The Community Guide;
  • Public Health Sites A - C HIV Testing Resources; Normal Adolescent Development Part I; Normal Adolescent Development Part II; Positive Youth Development Resource Mannual; Pire.org's Alcohol Research; Drugs, Alcohol and HIV/AIDS – A Consumer Guide; FHI Family Health International
  • Public Health Sites D-G Responding to a Violent or Traumatic Event; Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation; Drugs Research; Cannabis Use Linked With Risk for Psychosis in Later Life; Smoking Cannabis May Impair Function of Large Airways; CDC Hurricanes page; Natural Disasters and Bad Weather;The World Health Report 2007, A Safer Future: Global Public Health Security in the 21st Century; Teen Drug Slang: Dictionary for Parents; Ready.gov - Prepare, Plan, Stay Informed;
  • Public Health Sites H-L Prevention and Control of Influenza; New section - Tuberculosis: Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB); Tuberculosis; Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO; New section: International Health Regulations: Revision of the International Health Regulations May 23, 2005 - full text; Global Public Health Surveillance under New International Health Regulations; Global Public Health Surveillance under New International Health Regulations - Decision Instrument; Global Public Health Surveillance under New International Health Regulations; International Health Regulations Presentation; International Health Regulations; International Health Regulations 2005; What are the International Health Regulations?; New Section - Hearing Loss:Deafness and Hearing Loss; Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Hearing Loss; Hearing Loss pages from American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, CDC, emedicinehealth, MedlinePlus, Hearing Loss Tutorial, NIHseniorhealth.gov, Hearing Loss and Older Adults; Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention, Noise-Induced Hearing Loss; Self-test; Type, Degree, and Configuration of Hearing Loss; What's Hearing Loss?; How to Prevent Hearing Loss; iPods and Hearing Loss; New section - Human Sexuality: Why Humans Have Sex; Safety Research; North American Plan for Avian and Pandemic Influenza; New section - Kidney Disease: Diabetes & Kidney Disease; Kidney Disease; Kidney Disease: Are You at Risk?; Kidney Disease Overview; Kidney Failure; Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That’s Right for You Your Kidneys and How They Work; Your Kidneys and How They Work; TB TV; Malaria Journal;
  • Public Health Sites M-N Partnership for Prevention; 8 Myths About Depression; Drugs, Alcohol and HIV/AIDS – A Consumer Guide for African Americans; Signs of a Codependent Relationship; Men's Top 5 Health Concerns;
  • Public Health Sites O-Z Framework for Developing Institutional Protocols for the Acutely Distressed or Suicidal College Student; Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Suicide in College and University Settings; More Proof of Harm from Second-Hand Smoke in Bars; Prevalence of HPV* Infection† Among Sexually Active Females Aged 14--59 Years, by Age Group --- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2003--2004; Percentage of Females Aged 15--44 Years Ever Treated for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), by Selected Characteristics --- National Survey of Family Growth, United States, 2002;
  • Public Health Software AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software for Services and Procedures; Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) for ICD-9-CM; Introduction to Epi Info 2000; New section: Concept mapping: Concept Mapping Software; IHMC CmapTools; IHMC Concept Mapping Tool Documentation; ALA-Reader (analysis of lexical aggregates); Suicide Prevention: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, National Suicide Prevention Week --- September 9--15, 2007, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Suicide Trends Among Youths and Young Adults Aged 10--24 Years --- United States, 1990--2004;
  • Research Resources on the Net Guide to Good Research; Junk Science at Large; Web Center for Social Research Methods; The Basics of Scientific Research Studies; Clinical Trials Toolkit; ICH - GCP Guidelines for Clinical Trials; Researcher's Guide - Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Templates; Standard Operating Procedures for Clinical Investigators; Study Coordinator Tools - Standard Operating Procedures (SOP); Coding Qualitative Data;
  • Resources for Health Professionals Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 3rd Ed. Recommendations; Clinician's Ultimate Reference; Guide to Medicare Clinical Preventive Services;
  • Search Engines Index All-in-One List of Search Engines;
  • Search Engines - A - G Ericdigests.org;
  • Senior Health USA.gov's Senior Citizens' Resources; Labor-Force Participation: The Population Age 55 and Older; Tax Expenditures and Employee Benefits: Estimates From the FY 2008 Budget; The National Center for Tobacco-Free Older Person; Social Security Disability; American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR); Growing Older in America: The Health & Retirement Study; Maturity Health Matters; Mourning the Death of a Spouse; Medicare Preventive Services - To Manage Cholesterol and Your Heart; USA.gov's Understanding Employer-provided Retirement and Health Benefits;
  • Statistical Functions How to use the Toolkit Template to TABULATE, conduct the ITEM ANALYSIS and SCORE; Measures of Poverty; METHOD OF CALCULATING OBSERVED TO EXPECTED RATIO AS A MEASURE OF STRENGTH OF ASSOCIATION; FURTHER EXAMPLES OF RATIO OF OBSERVED TO EXPECTED JOINT FREQUENCIES TABLES; Monitoring changes in hospital standardised mortality ratios; Standardized mortality ratios;
  • Temperament Page Does Birth Order Affect Intelligence? Study Suggests That Eldest Children May Score Slightly Higher on IQ Tests Than Younger Siblings; Access - Working with Forms;
  • US Government Statistics Sites Health Data for All Ages (HDAA); Summary of Surveys and Data Systems, National Center of Health Statistics;
  • Useful Sites for Everyday Living MileMaven.com; PointMaven.com; Travel, Transportation, and Recreation; Keep Your Family Safe at Home; HUD.gov's Buying a Home; U.S. Department of State Passport Webpage; Coastal Water Temperature Guide; National Do Not Call Registry; Free Pandia People Search Engine; Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Registry; Trippish; Beachgoers Water Quality Map; Ivhacks.com - get a human on the other end;
  • Web site Search Engines Sputtr.com - mega-search engine;
  • Web Resources Social Browsing Services; New section - Search Engine Optimization (SEO): LinkVendor.com, MarketLeap.com, SeoMOZ; Browser Shortcuts;
  • Web Tools FeebleMinds Animated Gifs; Google Analytics; Sound and Music; Web Development Overview; Animationgold.com; Geo IP lookup; Stone Temple Consulting; CreatonGuide.com;
  • Women's Health - Life Cycles Tubal Ligation Reversal;
  • Women's Health Issues 8 Common Myths About Osteoporosis; Interpersonal Violence Research;
  • Women's Health - Breast CancerMRI Beats Mammography or Ultrasound at Detecting Breast Cancer; More Evidence for Breast Cancer Declines as HRT Use Drops;


October - December 2007


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 New section: College Life: Time Management for Academic Success; Reality Check; Helpful Tips for College; Information and Study Skills; Note Taking; Strategies to use with difficult exam questions; Test Taking Tips; Time Management Strategies for Improving Academic Performance;
  • Annotated Great Books Bibliography Tony Allan's Land of the Dragon: Chinese Myth;
  • Annotated Public Health Skills Bibliography Gerald Jones' How to Lie with Charts, 2nd Edition;
  • Cardiovascular Disease Index Page Chronic Care Model; Tools for Managing Chronic Diseases; Chronic Disease Indicators; Chronic Disease Tools; National Association of Chronic Disease Directors;

    New section - Chronic Disease Data: Milken Institute State Chronic Disease Index; Milken Institute State Chronic Disease Index; Cost of Cancer, by State; Cost of Diabetes, by State; Cost of Emotional Disorders, by State; Cost of Heart Disease, by State; Cost of Hypertension, by State; Cost of Pulmonary Conditions, by State; Cost of Stroke, by State; Air quality; Alcohol; Cholesterol; Illicit Drug Use; Obesity; Overweight; Physical Activity; Smoking; Projected Bachelor Degrees - Education; Projected Life Expectancy at 65 (years remaining) 2004-2050; Milken Institute's The Burden of Chronic Disease; CMS.HHS.gov's Publications List;

  • Cardiovascular Disease - General Type D Personality and Heart Disease; Emotional Stress Alters Heart Function, Ups Heart Disease Risk;
  • Cardiovascular Disease - Specific Preventing and Treating Stroke - Legislator Policy Brief;
  • Career Resources Reality Check; Essential Skills for Your Excellent Career!; Gross Paycheck Calculator; Hourly Net Pay Calculator; Income Calculator; Jason's Salary Calculator; Real Hourly Wage Calculator;
  • Chinese Culture Chinese movie stars; Asian-American Culture; Asian-American Female Celebrities; Asian-American Male Celebrities; Shadowscapes - the art of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law; Confucius Quotes (GG); I Ching Readings(GG); Chinese Proverbs (GG);
  • Revamped!!! Connecticut Diabetes Surveillance Data; Connecticut Community Health Center Data; Income map; 2006 House sales map; CT Biglist.com; Health Status Report on African Americans in Connecticut; Dept of Consumer Protection - Home Improvement; State Legislation Tracking Center for CT Health Information Technology; Network of Care for Behavioral Health; Official Citysites - Connecticut; Physicians in Connecticut; Chronic Disease Indicators - Connecticut; The Burden of Chronic Disease in CT; Diabetes Preventive Practices; Weather Radar for CT (GG); Local Gas Prices (GG); State Drug Utilization; The Connecticut Health Workforce: Highlights from the Health Workforce Profile; State of the Workforce 2007 - The Haves, Have-Nots, and Used-to-Haves; CT Health Disparities Project; Children with Special Health Care Needs (2005);
  • Consumer Health Index Page Health Tip of the Day (GG);
  • Consumer Health Information Potbelly linked to heart disease; Don't Lunge for Exercise Myths; Exercise and Fitness from the American Heart Association; Physical Activity from WHO; Physical Activity and Public Health: Updated Recommendation for Adults From the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association; Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults Recommendation From the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association; Target Heart Rate Calculator (GG);
  • Cool Sites Index Page Aquarium (GG);
  • Cool Sites A- L Autoguide.com; Shadowscapes - the art of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law; Tribal Junction; Masterpiece of the Day (GG); The Last Supper in Detail;
  • Cool Sites M - Z Finance Tip of the Day (GG); Currency Converter (GG); US Savings Bond Values;
  • Diabetes Resources on the Net State Surveillance Data for Diabetes; Diabetes Data and Trends; Diabetes Data and Trends FAQs; Diabetes Outcomes and Process Measures; Diabetes Resources; American College of Physicians Diabetes Portal; Diabetes and Socioeconomic Status; Diabetes Management Survey Tools; Diabetes Screening, Supplies, and Self-Management Training - Medicare Coverage; Diabetes treatment: Medications for type 2 diabetes; Why Diabetes Is Worse for Minorities - Low Drug Adherence, Emotional Distress Worsen Diabetes for Blacks, Latinos; National Association of Chronic Disease Directors Conference Calls; I Can Control My Diabetes Working with My Health Care Team; Diabetes Medications Supplement; Working Together to Manage Diabetes. A Guide for Pharmacy, Podiatry, Optometry, and Dental Professionals; Prediabetes; Prospective Study of Dietary Carbohydrates, Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Middle-aged Chinese Women; Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Cereal Fiber Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in US Black Women; High Glycemic Index Diet May Boost Diabetes Risk;
  • Epidemiology A- L Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the 20th Century (CDC);
  • Epidemiology M - ZCDC's Framework for Program Evaluation;
  • Evaluation Resources State Surveillance Data for Diabetes; Community Health Center State-by-State and US Data; Community Health Center, Data by State Search; Milken Institute State Chronic Disease Index; Burden of chronic disease; State Legislation Tracking Center for Health Information Technology; National Survey of Medicaid Guidelines for Health Literacy; New York State Regional Report Card;
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know... Brain Gym - Cognitive Tests from Cognitive Labs; Aztec Calendar (GG); Mayan Calendar (GG); National Geographic Picture of the Day (GG); Free Rice.com
  • Favorite Movie Sites Silent Era: The Silent Film Website; Movies in Theatres, by Ratings (GG); Top Five Movies At the Box Office for the current week (GG); Random Movie Quotes (GG); Convert English to Yoda-Speak (GG); 30 Days of Night; Across the Universe; American Gangster; Gone Baby Gone; Into the Wild; Michael Clayton; The Brave One;
  • Favorite Music Sites Biguana Online Piano (GG); New section - Lyrics: Findmeatune.com; Song Lyrics on Yahoo! Music; Tunatic - Free music identification software;
  • Free Software Repair XP; XP Backup and Recovery Center; The Free Country.com; Microsoft Systems Utilities; Malware DLLS; XP Tweaks; Zamzar.com;
  • Graphing New section: Graphing the Net - An Atlas of Cyberspaces; Mapping the Web; TouchGraph Google Browser. Concept Mapping: Concept Mapping Software; IHMC CmapTools; IHMC Concept Mapping Tool Documentation; ALA-Reader (analysis of lexical aggregates); Mind Maps and Mind Mapping; Create A Powerpoint Template; Customized PowerPoint Template; Create a Design Template;
  • Health Care Resources on the Net The ABCs of Providing the Initial Preventive Physical Examination; MassMed Link to Health; Medicare Drug Coverage, Part D; Medicare's Extra Help; Part D Coverage Gap or “Donut Hole”; HRSA's Find Affordable Health Care - Search, by state; Questions and Answers About Health Insurance - A Consumer Guide; Quick Reference Information: Medicare Preventive Services;
  • Healthcare Quality Issues Health Literacy and Mortality Among Elderly Persons; American Journal of Health Behavior Special issue on Health Literacy;
  • Health Education Resources National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP);
  • Kids' Health and Science Page Mt. Saint Helens Volcano Cams; Mt. Washington Observatory; Tips from a Scholarship Whiz; New Scientist.com's Breaking News (GG); Astronomy Picture of the Day (GG); Kids.gov; Blue Beauty; Freerice.com;
  • Kids' Fun Sites Cognitive Games from Cognitive Labs; Mighty Optical Illusions (GG); Star Wars game (GG);
  • Maternal Child Health Resources dbGaP; Collection and Use of Cancer Family History in Primary Care; National Geographic's Geography Games;
  • Nutrition Resources Obesity and Genetics: A Public Health Perspective; Obesity and Genetics: What We Know, What We Don’t Know and What It Means; Milk Matters - Calcium Education Campaign; Consumers following questionable health and nutrition advice from the web; Can Soft Drinks Be Healthy?; Soda and Osteoporosis; Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective; Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective - Recommendations;
  • Personality - MBTI Typecan.com;
  • Public Health Data Percentage of Deaths from Malignant Neoplasms, by Sex and Type of Cancer* --- United States, 2004; National Surveillance for Asthma --- United States, 1980--2004. Revamped the Disease Data section so now links are organized by specific diseases or classes of dieases;
  • Public Health Data State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Quitting Among Persons Aged 18--35 Years --- United States, 2006; Cigarette Smoking Among Adults --- United States, 2006;
  • Public Health Data Infant Mortality Rates* for 10 Leading Causes of Infant Death --- United States, 2005†; National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs;
  • Public Health Documents WHO's The World Health Report 2007; HRSA's State Health Workforce Data Resource Guide;
  • Public Health E-News, July - December 2007 July - December tables of content are now posted;
  • Public Health Fact Sheets Alcohol and Cancer; Alcohol Dependence; Anxiety Disorders; Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; Dietary Supplements; Diet and Heart Disease; Infertility; Long Term Effects of Marijuana; Multiple Sclerosis;
  • Public Health Practice Getting Started Kit: Governance Leadership “Boards on Board” How-to Guide; IHI.org's Public Health Resources; Public Speaking Website; NICE's Behaviour Change;
  • Public Health Sites A - C 9-11 Health; Understanding Pancreatic Cancer;
  • Public Health Sites D-G Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center; Carbon Monoxide Kills;
  • Public Health Sites H-L State Net - Legislative and Regulatory Information Service; COPD info from NIH; COPD Learn More Breathe Better Resource Kit from NIH;
  • Public Health Sites M-N Depression Self-Assessment;
  • Public Health Sites O-Z Merck Manual's Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs);CDC's Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs—2007
  • Public Health Software Epi Info Windowns Training Session: Using Epi Info in an Outbreak Investigation, Advanced Analysis & Mapping; Epi Info Windows Training Materials; Database Setup and EpiData; Epi Info Windows Training Guide; Introduction to Epi Info Windows; Using Epidata and Epi Info For Windows; PQS Software Guideline;Map-Related Web Sites; Epi Info™ Community Health Assessment Tutorial;
  • Resources for Health Professionals Clinical Education: Lecture Materials - The Heart Truth; The ABCs of Providing the Initial Preventive Physical Examination; The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services;
  • Search Engines - Health New York Academy of Medicine's Library Collections; Grey Literature Search - Health services and public health research; Worldcat.org;
  • Search Engines - Public Health ;
  • Senior Health Complicated Grief; NIHSeniorHealth Toolkit for Trainers;
  • Statistical Functions ROC Analysis; Choosing the Best Statistical Test; Understanding Confidence Intervals;
  • Statistical Programs Cleveland Clinic Software Page; Getting Started with Access; Mortgage Calculators & Financial Calculators; Top Ten Excel Annoyances;
  • Temperament Page New Section: Type D Personality. A "Type D" Personality: The Impact of Stress and Loneliness on Our Health; Personality Types Made Easy A-D; Are You a Type D Personality?; Comparing symptoms of depression and anxiety as predictors of cardiac events and increased health care consumption after myocardial infarction; More Than Just Type A Personality: The ABCs Of The Personality Types; Personality Types; Reducing Emotional Distress Improves Prognosis in Coronary Heart Disease; Social inhibition modulates the effect of negative emotions on cardiac prognosis following percutaneous coronary intervention in the drug-eluting stent era; Type "D" is for Distressed Includes an assessment tool to see if you are Type D; Type D Personality; Type D Personality Is Associated With Increased Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and Their Partners; Type D personality: the heart, stress, and cortisol; New section - Personality and Health: Personality Trait Linked to Risk of Developing Alzheimer's;
  • US Government Statistics Sites Annual Capital Expenditures Survey;
  • Useful Sites for Everyday Living Translator Beta; Oodle.com; News Anywhere (GG); Instant Traffic.com (GG); Translations (GG);
  • Web site Polls Statistics Oct - December stats are now posted;
  • Web site Search Engines Simple Weather; World Record Search.com;
  • Web Resources Internet Slang Translator; A Chronology of Data Breaches;
  • Web Tools Debi's Wonderful World; Web Style Guide's Screen Resolution; Screen Resolution and Page Design; Screen Resolution Checker; Screen Resolution Detection; What is Your Screen Resolution; Glitter Text Generator (GG); Whois Domain Lookup (GG); ClipArt of.com;
  • Wellness Index Depression Self-Assessment; Dating Dangers: Love's a Minefield, Dating advice from the experts about how to find Mr. or Ms. Right; Online Fatal Online Dating Errors Men's; Why You Can't Overlook a Pretty Face; Sexual Health: Condom Quiz; Why Women Worry So Much; Top 10 Mysteries of the Mind; 10 Things You Didn't Know About You; Gender Difference in Grammar; Men and Women Really Do Think Differently; The Realize Movie; The Time Movie; Stress Management Techniques; Managing Test Anxiety; Test Anxiety and Relaxation; Time Management for Academic Success; Top 10 Mysteries of the Mind; 10 Things You Didn't Know About You; Depression Self-Assessment; Why Women Worry So Much Livescience.com; Why Women Worry So Much Yahoo; Dating Dangers: Love's a Minefield, Dating advice from the experts about how to find Mr. or Ms. Right; Online Fatal Online Dating Errors Men's; Women's Online Dating Errors; Gender Difference in Grammar; Men and Women Really Do Think Differently; Typecan.com; Why You Can't Overlook a Pretty Face; Sexual Health: Condom Quiz; Habit Smart; Beyond Snack Packs: 22 Healthy Munchies; The Power of Optimism; 9 Frighteningly Fattening Fall Foods; Look and Feel Great at Any Weight;
  • Women's Health - General Resources Girls Only Interactive Self-Esteem Zone; Women's Health USA 2007;
  • Women's Health - Life Cycles Contraceptive Methods; Contraceptive Methods for Teens; Contracpetive Method Effectiveness; Choosing a Contraceptive Method; Non-hormonal Contraception; Condoms; Female Condom Instructions; Instructions for Condom Use; Just Say Yes to Safe Sex; Mifeprex (mifepristone) Information;RU-486 (Mifepristone); RU-486facts.org; How can I do an abortion?; Abortion Pill; Plan B; Women Find Menstrual Suppression Attractive Idea but Question Safety; Best Freeware Utilities; Softpedia.com; Last Free Version;
  • Women's Health - Breast CancerThe Breast Cancer Site; Alcohol Amount, Not Type -- Wine, Beer, Liquor -- Triggers Breast Cancer; Alcohol and Breast Cancer; Alcohol and Risk of Breast Cancer; Alcohol and Breast Cancer Risk, Drinking as little as half a glass of wine a day may raise a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, a new study shows; Alcohol Increases Breast Cancer Risk, 30% More Breast Cancer With More Than 3 Daily Drinks of Wine, Beer, or Spirits; Study: All Alcohol Ups Breast Cancer Risk. Researchers Say A Drink Or Two A Day -- Of Beer, Wine Or Liquor -- Can Increase Risk; National Breast Cancer Awareness Month; Breast Cancer.org; National Breast Cancer Foundation; Susan G. Komen for the Cure; New section - Statistics: Breast Cancer Statistics from the CDC; Despite Awareness Campaigns, Breast Cancer Myths Linger; What Are the Key Statistics for Breast Cancer? from American Cancer Society;
  • Writing Resources Preparing to Research; Guide to Grammar and Style; Online English Grammar (GG);


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