Resource Centers
This site is a collaboration with the American Public Health Association
Public Health & Prevention Journals
- American Journal of Public Health
- Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Expert Review of Vaccines
- Harm Reduction Journal
- International Journal for Quality in Health Care
- Journal of Public Health
- Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- The Nation's Health
APHA Links
From the American Public Health Association
- National Public Health Week 2008 Web site, Blog Online Now: Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance
Book Review - Muddy Waters: The Legacy of Katrina and Rita
- A Comparison of the Completeness and Timeliness of Automated Electronic Laboratory Reporting and Spontaneous Reporting of Notifiable Conditions
- Characteristics of Recipients of Free Prescription Drug Samples: A Nationally Representative Analysis
Medscape Community Resources
- Weighty Matters: Public Health Aspects of the Obesity Epidemic Part III -- A Look at Food and Beverage Industries
- ePatients: Engaging Patients in Their Own Care
- Weighty Matters: Public Health Aspects of the Obesity Epidemic: Part II -- Treatments and Approaches to Combating the Problem
- We Physicians Preach What We Practice, and That Matters
POLL
A new bill in Congress would send trained clinicians into doctors’ offices with independent data about the relative benefits, risks, and costs of drugs; some research suggests that such "academic detailing" reduces potential prescribing bias from the influence of drug company reps. What effect do you think such a program would have?
Public Health & Prevention CME
- Routine HIV Screening in the Emergency Department Using the New US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines: Results From a High-Prevalence Area
- Top Herbal Products: Efficacy and Safety Concerns
- Recognizing and Treating Excessive Sleepiness in Primary Care: Reports From 2007
- Management of High-Risk Tobacco Users: Where Practice Guidelines and Clinical Judgment Meet
- Expanding HIV Testing: Practical Screening Cases to Meet New CDC Recommendations
Advisory Board
- Edward L. Baker, MD, MPH
- Cheryl E. Easley, PhD, RN
- Felicia Guest, MPH, CHES
- Audrey R. Gotsch, DrPh, CHES
- Charlene Hanson, EdD, FNP, FAAN
- Omar Khan, MD, MPH
- George Lundberg, MD
Editorial Director
