Internet Resources
Prevention & Community Health
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| AHRQ: Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
Based on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations from 2001 to 2004 to rigorously evaluate clinical research in order to assess the merits of preventive measures, including screening tests, counseling, and preventive medication.
subject(s): Evidence-Based Medicine. Prevention & Community Health.
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| AHRQ: Put Prevention Into Practice
"A program to improve the delivery of appropriate clinical preventive services, such as those based on USPSTF recommendations. The tools and resources of this program support public and private health care organizations and engage the entire health care delivery system, including clinicians, health care provider organizations, employers, insurers, and consumers".
subject(s): Prevention & Community Health.
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| American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)
Information on policy and education from the ACPM plus a summary of the evidence-based recommendations for clinical and community services. Also provides links to related sites on adolescent health, aging, and cancer. subject(s): Prevention & Community Health.
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| CDC: Chronic Disease Prevention
Information on the CDC's chronic diseases programs including tracking conditions and risk behaviors, major accomplishments, scientific observations, and exemplary state programs. State profiles include fact sheets and information on funding, legislation, reports, state-based programs, statistics, and data. |
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Federal government's principal agency for public health disease surveillance and control. Site contains information on Health and Safety topics, such as diseases and conditions, emergency preparedness, and travelers' health. Also links to CDC publications, health data and statistics.
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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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| National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) NPIN is the U.S. reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB).
subject(s): AIDS/HIV. Prevention & Community Health.
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| Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
Agency provides leadership in stimulating, coordinating, and unifying national disease prevention and health promotion strategies among Federal, State, and local agencies and major private and voluntary organizations.
subject(s): Prevention & Community Health. Public Health - General.
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| Partnership for Prevention
Membership organization that works to increase the priority on prevention in health-related policy and the US health care system. subject(s): Prevention & Community Health.
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| Prevention Institute
A "non-profit national center dedicated to improving community health and well-being by building momentum for effective primary prevention". subject(s): Prevention & Community Health.
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