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Most journals allow individuals to sign up for free e-mail alerts. Every time a new issue is published, the publisher will send you an e-mail listing the table of contents. Below is a list of the top 20 public health oriented journals. Link directly to the journals e-mail alert registration page, or if you prefer not to register, browse the contents via PubMed’s Journal search.
Staying on top of the latest public health information in your field can be challenging. The following resources are designed to help you keep in touch, stay informed, and manage the information you find.
- Public Health Information and Data
Public Health Information and Data Tutorial provides instruction for members of the public health workforce on issues related to information access and management. It contains modules on Staying Informed, Health Education Resources, Health Statistics, and Evidence-based Public Health.
- MedPage Today: Public Health & Policy
MedPage Today provides daily news coverage of a wide range of health specialties, including health policy, public health, and environmental health. Targeted towards health professionals, the website allows users to sign up for Daily Headlines emails, and presents news in useful continuing medical education-oriented Teaching Brief® and Conference Report formats.
- News Feeds
- RSS Feeds: known as Really Simple Syndication deliver news and other frequently updated content provided by Web sites right to your desktop computer. To receive RSS feeds you must download a free RSS reader. PubMed has just added this feature to their website
- Google News Alerts allow you to set up personalized news alerts and e-mail you whenever news items matching your search criteria are posted online.
- Distance Learning Programs Available at Accredited Schools of Public Health
- Finding and Using Health Statistics: A Self-Study Course
Learn about public health training resources in Washington State (Northwest Center for Public Health Practice) and across the nation.
- Informatics for the Public Health Workforce
MI-INFO (Michigan Informatics) is a series of online tutorials on health information and computer skills designed to support academic public health informatics programs and public health outreach training initiatives. The nine tutorials are competency-based and feature learning objectives, key concepts, exercises, and case studies. The tutorials will enable public health audiences to better access, evaluate, manage, and apply information needed to respond to public health issues and problems.
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health OpenCourseWare
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's OpenCourseWare (OCW) project provides free access to the content of the School's most popular courses, and links to other open courseware projects.
- Outbreak at Watersedge
An entertaining way to teach young people about the world of Public Health.
- Public Health Training Network
A distance learning network of people and resources that takes training and information to the learner.
- SmartPH
SMARTPublicHealth is a state-of-the-art e-learning management and delivery system.
- TRAIN: Public Health Foundation’s Training Clearinghouse
A free service of the Public Health Foundation. While Washington State is currently not an affiliated site, the website’s calendar lists ongoing webcasts, meetings, audio conferences, and online training opportunities.
- Washington Public Health Training Network
The WPHTN website includes a Lending Library, listserv, events calendar, and education and training links.
- Washington State Public Health Orientation Information
This orientation process was developed to help prepare individuals new to various roles in public health for the challenging work that lies ahead. It provides an integrated approach to orientation. |
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