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Jan
08
0 comments Tags: e-cigarettes, healthy youth, smoking
The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service focuses on important public health issues. The published reports are scientifically based and are hoped to generate health initiatives to help address these highlighted health issues such as the use of e-cigarette use among our young people. This recently published report is asking for health professionals, family,… Read More »
Posted in: Children and Teens, Public Health, Websites
Nov
26
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The Community Guide is a place to search for evidence-based findings from the Community Preventive Services Task force. This information can be helpful when designing community interventions because the guide discusses interventions that have worked for others and how well they have worked. There is also information about the cost of the approach, and any… Read More »
Posted in: General, Low Income, Minority Health Concerns, Websites
Oct
09
0 comments Tags: Food literacy, food safety, young adults
As our children grow up and leave for college or employment they are taking steps to becoming independent including how to grocery shop, eat healthy, and keep food safe. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provides information specifically for young adults regarding food safety. Food safety tips sheets provide bite-sized information in both English and… Read More »
Posted in: Websites
Sep
11
0 comments Tags: consumer health resources, spanish language resources, toolkit
The National Cancer Institute has developed a website, SmokeFree.gov, full of free resources to help smokers as they strategize to quit as well as those who are helping others as they work to become smoke free. Different people need different resources as they try to quit smoking cigarettes. At the top of the home web page,… Read More »
Posted in: Children and Teens, Senior, Websites
Sep
11
0 comments Tags: consumer health, health literacy
DigitalLearn.org, the Public Library Associations’s collection of short self-directed tutorials for end-users to increase their digital literacy, now features a course all about researching health topics on the Internet. Developed in partnership with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM), the new course was designed to help learners understand and evaluate health information while… Read More »
Posted in: Health Information Literacy, Public Library, Websites
Aug
06
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NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is helping to make sure that the occupational safety and health information that reaches Wikipedia’s millions of readers is complete, up-to-date, and free of errors.
Posted in: Environmental Health, General, Websites
Jun
20
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The National Library of Medicine released a new design for the Disaster Information Management Research Center website and the Disaster Lit® database. The new design improves access to key resources on natural and man-made disasters, as well as public health emergencies such as emerging infectious diseases. You will also find disaster apps and other mobile-based… Read More »
Posted in: General, National Library of Medicine News, Public Health, Websites
Jun
11
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This toolkit was developed by Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) in response to the popular Netflix Series 13 Reasons Why. SAVE brought together 75 experts in the fields of mental health, suicide prevention, education and healthcare to develop this toolkit, which provides trusted resources and practical guidance related to the difficult issues that the… Read More »
Posted in: Children and Teens, Mental Health, Substance Addiction and Misuse, Websites
May
29
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The AHRQ National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) Web site will not be available after July 16, 2018 because federal funding through AHRQ will no longer be available to support the NGC as of that date.
Posted in: Chronic Disease, Public Health, Websites
May
08
0 comments Tags: consumer health, informed medical decisions, patient engagement, ratings
Choosing the best surgeon can reduce your chances of death, complications, or other bad outcomes. Prospective surgery patients will find the Consumers’ Checkbook website a helpful guide when shopping for a surgeon. The Surgeon Rating is based on analyses of more than five million surgeries done in hospital by more than 50,000 surgeons, shows you… Read More »
Posted in: Health Information Literacy, Websites