Research Information
Clinical Medicine
MDConsult
Login and
password required.
Full-text
access to journal articles, reference texts, practice guidelines, drug
information, and patient education materials.
http://www.mdconsult.com
DynaMed
Medical
information database with description and ICD-9 codes for more than
2,000 disease.
http://www.DynamicMedical.com
MDchoice.com
Search engine
to locate medical information selected and reviewed by board-certified
physicians.
http://www.mdchoice.com
Merck Manual
of Diagnosis and Therapy
Concise etiology, diagnosis, and
treatment information.
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/sections.htm
Medscape
News, treatment
updates, clinical management, practice guidelines, conference summaries,
and links to medical specialty pages.
http://www.medscape.com
Clinical Trials
ClinicalTrials.gov
Current clinical trials.
http://clinicaltrials.gov
PDQ
Clinical trials for cancer treatment, screening, prevention,
genetics and supportive care
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cancerdatabase
CenterWatch
Government
and industry sponsored clinical trials.
http://www.centerwatch.com
AIDS Info: AIDS
Clinical Trials Information
Federally and privately sponsored
clinical trials and AIDS Clinical Trial Results Database.
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ClinicalTrials/Default.aspx?MenuItem=ClinicalTrials
Cultural Competence
Central American Immigrants in the Washington Region: A Manual for Providers (1998, 28 pages in Word). By La Clinica del Pueblo's Cultural Sensitivity Program. Compliments of Isabel von Isschot.
Bureau of Primary Health Care,
HRSA, see the Bureau's Clearinghouse for publications.
http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov
National
Center for Cultural Competence from the Georgetown University Child
Development Center.
http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/
Resources for Cross Cultural
Health Care.
http://www.diversityrx.org
Disparities in Health
State Health Facts
from the Kaiser Family Foundation documents disparities by race,
ethnicity, and gender for states in HIV/AIDS, women's health, children's
health and other areas.
http://statehealthfacts.kff.org
Unequal Treatment:
Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care from the
Institute of Medicine, 2002.
http://www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=4475
National Association of County and
City Health Officials
http://www.naccho.org
Office of Minority Health
www.omhrc.gov
Inequality Web Site posts
analysis of race and income inequalities and differentials in health and
other outcomes.
http://www.inequality.org
Evaluating Information
Evaluating
Health Information from MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine,
links to resources on evaluating health web sites, diet information,
supplements, and guidelines on evaluation criteria.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealthinformation.html
Integrity in
Science Project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest
from CSPI investigates how industry influences science, health, and
nutrition information.
http://www.cspinet.org/integrity/about.html
Alliance for Human Research
Protection from the AHRP publishes alerts and news about conflicts
of interest in research and drug company influences on psychiatric
research results.
http://www.ahrp.org/
Pharmed Out No Free Lunch from a group
of health care providers links to studies that demonstrate the influence
of drug company promotion on health care decisions by providers.
http://www.pharmedout.org
http://www.nofreelunch.org
Guidelines
National Guideline Clearinghouse
(NGC)
Federal government-produced database of evidence-based
clinical practice guidelines.
http://www.guideline.gov
MDConsult
Login and
password required.
Full-text practice guidelines.
http://www.mdconsult.com
Recommendations regarding public health interventions to reduce
illness, disability, premature death, and environmental hazards
that impair community health and quality of life.
Guide
to Community Preventive Services by Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
http://www.thecommunityguide.org
Health Literacy
Health Literacy: A
Prescription to End Confusion, a report from the Institute of
Medicine, 2004.
http://www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=19723
Clear
and Simple Communication from the National Cancer Institute.
http://cancer.gov/cancerinformation/clearandsimple
National Institute for Literacy
has resources on different forms of literacy. See its Health and
Literacy site at http://www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs/
for health resources and lesson plans.
http://www.nifl.gov
Virginia
Education Health Literacy Toolkit provides information and lesson
plans to promote health literacy.
http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/healthlit
National Center for ESL Literacy
Education has resources on health literacy for ESL learners and
teachers, including lesson plans and picture stories on health.
http://www.cal.org/
Medication Information
- See the Partners
Medication Page for general information.
Needy Meds lists drugs pharmaceutical companies make available in the "compassionate" drug programs with instructions for requesting them.
Statistical Information (Local)
General Sites
CDC Wonder
wonder.cdc.gov
Search by various conditions and diseases
for DC and surrounding areas. Datasets from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
Health
US
Search by location, gender, group, and years.
From the National Center for Health Statistics.
FASTATS A to
Z: District of Columbia Health
Facts
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/popup_dc.htm
Brief
statistical information plus links to additional sources including
causes of death and death rates, AIDS cases, and hospital care
expenditures.
D.C. Office of Planning: State
Data Center
http://planning.dc.gov
Information from
the U.S. Census on D.C. includes tables and data maps on population,
housing, poverty, employment, and education. City-wide, ward, and census
tract figures available.
TeleAtlas: Census Tract
Numbers
http://geocode.com/eagle.html
Allows users to
type in a street address and retrieve census track and block numbers,
and maps.
DC Department of
Health
http://dchealth.dc.gov
Kids Count Data
Online
http://www.aecf.org/MajorInitiatives/KIDSCOUNT.aspx
State-specific
data on children in the U.S. Customizable graphs present state
indicators graphed over time; maps show color-coded U.S. maps of the
U.S.; interactive feature ranking all states according to an indicator.
By the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
U.S. Census Bureau: State and
County Demographic and Economic
Profiles
http://quickfacts.census.gov/
Population,
demographic, and housing statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau.
American
FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
Find Census data for street addresses.
Partners for Health Information
GWUMC, Washington, DC, with funding from NLM.
Contact: 202/994-3623 or kpomeran@gwu.edu
Updated on July 13, 2009.