Federal
New
York City Department of Health
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh
NYC
DOH Data and Statistics
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/browse/browse-data.html
Statistics and
Publications on New York City health issues. Try "EpiQuery"
to locate more specific information.
The State of America's Children. Washington, D.C.: Children's Defense Fund.
Lehman College Library Ready Reference HV741 .C5375
This annual publication contains statistical charts taken from government sources.
New York State
NYC Vital
Statistics
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/vs/vs.html
New York City
Bronx
Community Health Profiles
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/data/stats/demo.html
Center
for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/
"The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal
agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and
abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions,
and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the
national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control,
environmental health, and health promotion and education activities
designed to improve the health of the people of the United States."
CDC Wonder
http://wonder.cdc.gov/Welcome.html
CDC Wonder "provides
a single point of access to a wide variety of reports and numeric public
health data."
The
Evergreen State College
http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/parkinsons.html
Website on Parkinson's Disease, includes information pertaining to stem cell research.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
(MMWR)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
CDC's weekly report
of epidemiological studies, outbreak investigations and other health
related topics.
Medline Plus
http://medlineplus.gov/
The National Library
of Medicine's portal to health information including "lists of
hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary,
health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription
and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links
to thousands of clinical trials." Also accessible is Medline, the
government's index to medical periodical literature. Medline
is also available through various proprietary subscriptions through
Lehman College Library's electronic databases page.
Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
"healthfinder®
is an award-winning Federal Web site for consumers, developed by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal
agencies. Since 1997, healthfinder® has been recognized as a key
resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human
services information on the Internet. healthfinder® links to carefully
selected information and Web sites from over 1,700 health-related organizations."
Spanish site available at http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/.
World
Health Statistics
http://www.globalhealth.gov/worldhealthstatistics.shtml
Global health statistics
and reports compiled by the U.S. Office of Global Health.
Clinical
Trials
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
"ClinicalTrials.gov
provides regularly updated information about federally and privately
supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov
gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate,
locations, and phone numbers for more details. Before searching, you
may want to learn more about clinical trials."
Food Safety
http://www.foodsafety.gov/
Government gateway
to news and alerts concerning food safety.
Nutrition.gov
http://www.nutrition.gov
>Government gateway
to nutrition and health related information.
Last updated: January 4, 2006
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