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Health Education & Health Promotion

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American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Access Online
American Association for Health Education (AAHE) Access Online
CDC: Health Schools Healthy Youth
Pursues identifying and monitoring highest priority risks, synthesizing and applying research, implementing national programs to prevent these risks, and evaluating and improving those programs.
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Center for the Advancement of Health
Nonprofit organization promoting science that explores relationship among behaviors, biology, emotions, and social context, and works to turn that knowledge into practical health care solution.
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Community Tool Box
Guidelines for community organizing, including an information database, exchange network for community health and development, and guidelines for coalition building.
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Directors of Health Promotion and Health Education (DHPE) Access Online
DisabilityInfo.gov
Information on US government programs, services, and resources to Americans with disabilities, their families, employers, and service providers. Information on health, housing, income support, statistics, etc.
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Guide to Community Preventive Services
Provides recommendations for populations-based interventions to promote health and to prevent disease, injury, disability and premature death.
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Healthy People 2010
National health promotion and disease prevention initiative to improve the health of Americans, eliminate disparities in health, and improve years and quality of life. Information on agenda, progress, and toolkit.
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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)
"IUHPE is an independent association of individuals and organisations committed to improving the health of the people of the world through education, community action and the development of public policies."
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MEDLINEplus
Comprehensive consumer health site developed by the National Library of Medicine with links to disease information, dictionaries, organizations, publications, drug information, interactive tutorials, news articles, a medical encyclopedia and MEDLINE.
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National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH)
Databases, bibliographies, conferences, and projects on issues, such as infant mortality, Healthy Start, and nutrition.
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Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
Links to public health websites in areas of health promotion & health education, literature guides, health data tools & statistics, grants & funding, education & training, and more. Sponsored by coalition including the American Public Health Association and the National Library of Medicine.
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Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
Provides leadership to the health education/health promotion profession. Web page links to chapter, policy, awards, continuing education, and publication information.
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Tox Town
"An interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances."
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Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library | The George Washington University Medical Center
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