Public Health: Web Resources

U.S. Centers for Disease Control

National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)

US Federal Government collected statistics

U.S. Centers for Disease Control

A subset of the U.S. federal government's data sets that cover a broad range of topics. This group of data sets concern health.

A program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin

State of Illinois statistics by country, community and region

KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)

World Health Organization (WHO)

From the World Health Organization, this database contains over 2 million bibliographic records in the health sciences. Includes the regional databases AIM, IMEMR, IMSEAR, LILACS, and WPRO

Very useful guide with much medical subject specificity

APHA is a membership association of individuals and organizations working to improve the public's health and to achieve equity in health status for all. The APHA represents over 50,000 public health professionals. The website includes access to the American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health, among other resources.

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is the national nonprofit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia. ASTHO's members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy, and to assuring excellence in state-based public health practice.

The National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) is the national organization representing the nation's approximately 3,000 local health departments (including city, county, metro, district, and tribal agencies). NACCHO supports their member by calling for strong national policy, developing useful resources and programs, seeking health equity, and supporting effective local public health practice and systems.

The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) works to strengthen laboratories serving the public's health in the US and globally. The website includes scientific studies on current public health issues and tests being conducted to combat disease, among other resources.

The National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) is the grass roots of public health. NALBOH's mission is to prepare and strengthen boards of health, empowering them to promote and protect the health of their communities through education, training, and technical assistance.