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1.Colorado Action for Healthy People
Promotes wellness with over 100 community-based health programs aimed at providing Coloradoans with tools to help them prevent illness and death.
URL:http://actionforhealthypeople.org
2.Community Tool Box
Guidance in improving community health and development. Offering specific, skill-building information on a variety of community topics.
URL:http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/
3.East Hampton Cancer Task Force
We seek to obtain and share information with individuals and communities affected by cancer.
URL:http://easthamptoncancertaskforce.org
4.Managing Community Health Services
A resource for those working at the community level to improve health. Tools, discussion boards and related links.
URL:http://erc.msh.org/chs/index.htm
5.WebMD: ZAP Asthma Targets Inner-City Children
Discusses the use of community health workers to screen and teach asthma intervention and prevention to inner-city children and their families in Atlanta.
URL:http://my.webmd.com/content/article/2789.226
6.Community and Public Health
The American Medical Student Association promotes awareness and involvement in areas related to keeping communities healthy.
URL:http://www.amsa.org/cph/cph.cfm
7.Center for Community Health, Education and Research
A Boston based health and social services agency serving the Haitian and Haitian-American community.
URL:http://www.ccher.org/
8.Health-Related Quality of Life, CDC
Information about CDC's use of health-related quality of life measures to track population health and identify health disparities in population subgroups, and in state and local communities.
URL:http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/hrqol
9.Central District Health Department - Boise, Idaho
A Public Health Resource site. One of Idaho's seven independent public health districts, providing community health services to Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties.
URL:http://www.cdhd.org/
10.Club Health - Public Health Information
Club Health shares research, policy and practice on health and nightlife. It carries out original research, develops public health information and promotes best practice through an international conference every two years.
URL:http://www.clubhealth.org.uk
11.Community Voices
Health Care for the Underserved is a five year national health initiative. Working from the community level up, aims to improve the quality and access of health care for the underserved.
URL:http://www.communityvoices.org/
12.Clinicial Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit
To provide the necessary infrastructure to enable multicentre clinical trials and epidemiological studies to be performed meeting international standards for design, conduct and reporting for all clincial groups in Singapore
URL:http://www.cteru.gov.sg/content.htm
13.Dublin Healthy Cities
A partnership approach to enhancing the health of Dublin, its environment and its people. The site provides information on the concept, the structures, the activities and the publications.
URL:http://www.dublinhealthycities.ie
14.Health Promotion Online
Online magazine promoting community health through empowerment and participation, from Health Canada.
URL:http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/for_you/hpo/index.html
15.Community Health: Tools of the Trade
Resources assisting the development of community-focused health delivery systems. Includes guidelines, directories and assessment guides.
URL:http://www.hcwp.org/resources/commhealth/index.asp
16.Health and Community Research Programme
Exploring the linkages between social contexts, communities, health and wellbeing. Includes current projects, about HCRP and links. Based in the UK.
URL:http://www.health-community-research-programme.bigstep.com/
17.Hesperian Foundation
Latest news, available books, and ongoing projects of the Foundation. A non-profit organization committed to improving the health of people in poor communities around the world by making health information accessible. (Berkeley, CA)
URL:http://www.hesperian.org
18.Expanding the Public Health Envelope through Faith Community Public Health Partnerships
Written transcript of a speech presented at the American Public Health Association.
URL:http://www.interaccess.com/ihpnet/aphatxt.htm
19.John Muir and Mount Diablo Hospital
Offers Community Health Education, screenings, programs and services promoting good health and well-being for individuals in the community. (California)
URL:http://www.jmmdhs-1.com/community_health_education.htm
20.JWCH Institute
Provides a variety of programs for the underserved segments of Los Angeles county, including HIV prevention, health education and primary medical care.
URL:http://www.jwchinstitute.org
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