Health Behavior & Health Education
Cancer Control PLANET
American Cancer Society
http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov/
This Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. portal provides access to data and resources that can help planners, program staff, and researchers to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based cancer control programs.
Cancer Prevention & Control
CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/index.htm
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's resource for cancer prevention and control.
CDCynergy
Society for Public Health Education
http://www.sophe.org/public/cdcynergy/cdc_training.html
The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) is the official sponsor for CDCynergy workshop trainings. SOPHE has a national network of trained CDCynergy specialists throughout the country with expertise in social marketing, health education, health communication and health information resources.
Children's Dental Health Project
CDHP
http://www.cdhp.org
CDHP works with national associations of governors, state legislators, Medicaid directors and health officials to promote oral health policies across the country.
CLAS Act
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Health Care
http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/ohpp/clasact.asp
This resource offers information on how to structure a cultural competence training program, as well as resources to assist in setting up a training program, to identify qualified trainers, and to assess the cultural competence of organizations and their personnel.
Community Guide
CDC
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/
Includes direct links to research tested intervention programs and product examples from the National Cancer Institute's Research-Tested Intervention Programs in cancer, nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco sections.
Community Health Centers of Arkansas
CHCA
http://www.chc-ar.org/aboutus_intro.html
Community Health Centers of Arkansas, Inc. (CHCA), strives to ensure 100% access and zero disparities through promoting and facilitating shared resources, collaborative partnerships, and providing technical assistance to impact positively the expansion of healthcare services in and among communities.
Community Tool Box
University of Kansas
http://ctb.ku.edu/
The Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics.
Core Public Health Journals in Health Education/Behavioral Sciences
PH/HA Medical Library Association
http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/phlibrary/phjournals/v2/subject/7/index.html
The Core Public Health Journals project is to identify a list of core public health journals that should be in all libraries serving public health organizations in any or all of the specialty areas covered. The Public Health and Health Administration section of the Medical Library Association supports this project.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Institute of Education Sciences
http://www.eric.ed.gov
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.
ERIC Database
Ebsco
http://www.library.uams.edu/resources/databases.aspx
NOTE: UAMS Site
Index to education journals and resources, including full-text ERIC digests. Access available from the UAMS Library Ebsco databases.
Family History as a Tool for Public Health and Preventive Medicine
CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/training/perspectives/famhistr.htm
This Public Health Perspective contains information and resources for public health professionals about the potential for using family history as a tool for improving health and preventing or delaying the onset of common, chronic diseases.
Health Communication Activities
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
http://www.health.gov/communication/
ODPHP is pleased to launch a new Web site that brings together work on the Healthy People 2010 Health Communication Focus Area and consumer and patient e-health.
Healthy Arkansas Program
DHHS
http://www.arkansas.gov/ha/home.html
Healthy Arkansas is a comprehensive effort to clearly define specific areas where behavioral changes can lead to healthier citizens.
Making Health Communication Programs Work
National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/pinkbook
This book is a revision of the original Making Health Communication Programs Work, first printed in 1989, which the Office of Cancer Communications (OCC, now the Office of Communications) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) developed to guide communication program planning.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Buros Institute
http://www.library.uams.edu/resources/databases.aspx
NOTE: UAMS Site
Contains critical reviews and descriptive information of English-language standardized tests covering education, personality, vocational aptitude, psychology, and related areas. Access available from the UAMS Library, Ebsco databases.
National Health Interview Survey: Race and Hispanic Origin Information
NCHS
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/rhoi/rhoi.htm
The site is intended to be a resource for policy makers and
federal agencies that wish to learn about the NHIS' experiences
with collecting data on race and Hispanic origin. It is also a
research tool that will assist researchers using NHIS in
understanding the evolution and complexity of the race and
Hispanic origin data in the NHIS.
NIH Consensus Development Program
NIH
http://consensus.nih.gov/
The Consensus Development Program (CDP) is an unbiased, independent, evidence-based assessment of complex medical issues. The CDP conference is to evaluate the available scientific information on a biomedical issue and develop a statement that advances understanding of the issue under consideration and will be useful to health professionals and the public.
Open Wide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals
National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
http://www.mchoralhealth.org/OpenWide/index.htm
A series of four self-contained online modules designed to help health and early childhood professionals working in community settings (for example, Head Start and WIC staff) promote oral health in the course of promoting general health for infants, children, and their families.
Oral Health Resources
CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the federal agency with primary responsibility for supporting state- and community-based programs to prevent oral disease, promoting oral health nationwide, and fostering applied research to enhance oral disease prevention in community settings.
Racial and Ethnic Classifications Used in Census 2000 and Beyond
Census.gov
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/racefactcb.html
The purpose of this document is to provide information about changes to the questions on race and Hispanic origin that have occurred for the Census 2000. These changes conform to the revisions of the standards for the classification of federal data on race and ethnicity promulgated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in October 1997.
Resource Center for Boating Safety
USCG
http://www.uscgboating.org/
Learn how to prevent accidents, injuries, and fatalities while boating. Review safety tips, news, recalls, defects, and laws and regulations you should know.
School Health Index
CDC
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/shi/default.aspx
The SHI is a self-assessment and planning tool that schools can use to improve their health and safety policies and programs.
Society for Public Health Education
SOPHE
http://www.sophe.org/
The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) mission is to provide leadership to the profession of health education and health promotion to contribute to the health of all people through advances in health education theory and research, excellence in health education practice, and the promotion of public policies conducive to health.
US Department of Education
Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov