CANCER

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related link: Cancer and the environment in King County A series of reports and data on cancer investigations related to SeaTac Airport, the Tacoma-Smelter Plume Project and the King County Administration Building.

• Al sitio en Español del Centro de Investigación del Cáncer Fred Hutchinson / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Spanish-Language Cancer Information
  Este sitio en el internet tiene propósitos educativos y fue creado para proporcionar información a los hispanoparlantes sobre el cáncer, tratamiento de la enfermedad, temas de prevención e información sobre salud.
  
  
• American Cancer Society Statistics
  Provides access to statistics on cancer occurrence, including the number of deaths, cases, and how long people survive after diagnosis.
  
  
• Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs
  The National Cancer Institute’s interactive site allows visitors to create maps, graphs, text, tables, and figures showing geographic patterns and time trends of cancer death rates spanning 1950-1994 for more than 40 cancers.
  
  
• Cancer Trends Progress Report 2007 Update
  The report summarizes progress against cancer in relation to Healthy People 2010 targets. The report includes key measures of progress along the cancer control continuum and uses national trend data to illustrate where advancements have been made.
  
  
• HINTS: Health Information National Health Trends
  HINTS monitors how Americans find and use cancer information.
  
  
• National Cancer Institute Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
  Advancing understanding of the causes of health disparities and developing and integrating effective interventions to reduce or eliminate these disparities.
  
  
• SEER: Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results
  SEER provides information on cancer statistics to help reduce the burden of this disease on the US population.
  
  
• Washington State Cancer Registry

CHILD HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related links: Child Care Health Program Offers services to King County child care facilities including health policies, immunizations, communicable disease control, nutrition, child development and child behavioral issues. Kids Get Care Program (KGC) KGC ensures that children, regardless of insurance status, receive early integrated preventive physical, oral, mental and developmental health services through attachment to a health care home. Other Child and Youth Health programs at Public Health A list of Public Health - Seattle & King County's ABCD Child Dentistry Program, Children and Family Commission, Children with Special Health Care Needs, Youth Health Services, and more.

• CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
  
  
• Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
  Explores ways to strengthen the well-being of children and youth through effective health programs and health care services in schools.
  
  
• ChildStats: America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005
  Access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
  
  
• Child Welfare Information Gateway
  Connecting professionals and concerned citizens to practical, timely, and essential information on programs, research, legislation, and statistics to promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
  
  
• CORE Child Health and Development
  Promote and improve the health and well-being of children and women in developing countries through collaborative NGO action and learning.
  
  
• Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
  Allows users to search and compare data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (2003) and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (2001).
  
  
• Kids Count
  A national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. Allows users to create custom data reports, city profiles, and download related publications.
  
  
• Maternal and Child Health Data
  US Department of Health and Human Services link to maternal and child health data, resources, and publications.
  
  
• Maternal and Child Health Library
  The Maternal and Child Health Library, part of the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH), at Georgetown University, is a pathway to websites, databases, bibliographies, and related resources.
  
  
• Media Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active!
  Media Smart Youth is an interactive website designed to help teach young people, age 11 to 13, “about the complex media world around them, and how it can affect their health--especially in the areas of nutrition and physical activity.”
  
  
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Healthy Youth
  In addition to providing information on school health and youth oriented health topics, CDC’s interactive website allows visitors to compare data from the 1991-2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Data is available by location, across seven health topics, and allows comparison between two locations.
  
  
• Safe Schools Coalition
  A public-private partnership in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth seeking to reduce bias-based bullying and violence in schools and to help schools better meet the needs of sexual minority youth and children with sexual minority parents/guardians locally, nationally and internationally.
  
  
• The State of Washington’s Children
  Featuring statistics concerning the economic well-being, education, health, family and community, and safety and security of children in Washington State.
  
  
• VERB Youth Media Campaign
  This national, multicultural, social marketing campaign, coordinated by the CDC, encourages young people ages 9-13 years to be physically active every day.
  
  
• Washington State Healthy Youth Survey and Report (2002 and 2004)
  Identifies trends in patterns of behavior over time with regard to safety and violence, physical activity and diet, alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, and related risk and protective factors.
  
  
• WIC Works Resource Center
  A source of nutrition service tools for health and nutrition professionals.

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related links: Communicable Diseases and Epidemiology A comprehensive list of King County sources including disease fact sheets, newsletters, disease reporting requirements for King County Health Care providers and more. Pandemic flu resources Includes pandemic flu fact sheet, the King County Pandemic Flu Response Plan, resources for specific groups, multimedia presentations and more. HIV/AIDS and STD Program Public Health's HIV/AIDS Program coordinates with health care organizations, universities, community-based groups and other Public Health programs to provide essential prevention, research and care services.

• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
  Supports work on the legal, ethical, and policy implications of problems in health, environment, and the life sciences.
  
  
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
  A non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public and healthcare professionals about the causes, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases.
  
  
• Network on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus
  Network of basic scientists, clinical microbiologists, and clinical investigators that focus on S. aureus and other staphylococcal species that exhibit antimicrobial resistance.
  
  
• Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control Association (NMVCA)
  NMVCA'S objective is to enhance public health and quality of life, and to increase awareness and promote education on the importance of integrated vector management.

• TranStat: Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study
  The TranStat tool was locally developed to enable field personnel and researchers to enter and revise data from outbreaks.
  
  
• ZebraHunter.org
  ZebraHunter.org is “the physician's on-line, evidence-based, medical literature search tool. Zebra Hunter retrieves expert documentation of complex and rare clinical case presentations from published case studies in medical journals.”
  

CONSUMER HEALTH

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• Healia Search Engine
  This search engine is designed to find authoritative, high quality online health information. Search results can be filtered according to gender, age, heritage (African, Asian, Hispanic, Native), and reading level.
  
  
• HealthWise
  A consumer health information database sponsored by Group Health Cooperative.
  
  
• MayoClinic.com
  Information on diseases and conditions, drugs and supplements, treatment decisions, healthy living, and health tools. Features include their Symptom Checker and First Aid Guide.
  
  
• MedlinePlus: Consumer Health Information
  The National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health preeminent consumer health website includes over 700 topics on conditions, diseases and wellness, a drugs and supplements database, medical encyclopedia, and other useful resources.
  
  
• Puget Sound Health Alliance: Health in Plain Terms
  Resources to help consumers get the health information they need and to help doctors and other providers talk about health in terms that make sense to their patients.
  

CORRECTIONAL / JAIL HEALTH

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• CDC Correctional Health Homepage
  Fosters collaboration between public health organizations and the criminal justice system by providing information on correctional health care issues to health care providers, the people they serve, and the general public.
  
  
• Institute for Criminal Justice Healthcare
  Integrates public health and the criminal justice system through education, research, technology and dialogue.
  
  
• National Commission on Correctional Healthcare
  Committed to improving the quality of health care in jails, prisons, and juvenile confinement facilities.
  
  
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
  The NCJRS Abstracts Database contains summaries of the more than 185,000 criminal justice publications housed in the NCJRS Library collection.
  
  
• National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System
  Expanding access to community based services for adults diagnosed with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders at all points of contact with the justice system.
  
  
• WHO Health in Prisons Project
  Addresses the gap between public health and prison health at both national and international levels.
  

CULTURAL LITERACY

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related links: Culturally competent care for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people A health care provider's job is to care for the health of her or his patients. This necessarily requires that the provider understand important details about the patient's behaviors, and that the patient invests in the provider with a high degree of trust. Ethnicity and Health reports Authored by Public Health - Seattle & King County, these reports cover a range of cross-cultural topics including racial and ethnic discrimination in healthcare, the health status of some ethnic groups, domestic violence in ethnic and hard to reach populations, and more.

• American Indian Health
  National Library of Medicine’s portal for information on the health of Native Peoples of the United States.
  
  
• Asian American Health
  National Library of Medicine’s portal for information on the health of Asian Americans in the United States.
  
  
• Asian Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Tool (American Cancer Society)
  American Cancer Society cancer education resources in over a dozen Asian and Pacific Islander languages.
  
  
• Consumer Health Information in Many Languages Resources
  The National Library of Medicine’s list of websites offering health information in multiple languages.
  
  
• Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers
  The Health Resources and Services gateway to cultural competence resources, including assessment tools, training opportunities, culture and disease specific information.
  
  
• CultureMed
  Health materials in languages other than English
  
  
• Culture Clues
  Tip sheets for clinicians, designed to increase awareness about concepts and preferences of patients from the diverse cultures served by University of Washington Medical Center.
  
  
• The Cross Cultural Health Program
  Cross Cultural Health Program’s website provides cultural competency and medical interpreter training materials, links to national programs, and a resource library.
  
  
• EthnoMed
  Information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US. Patient education resources are available in several languages.
  
  
• Health Information Translations
  Offers a large collection of patient education materials on several topics and in many languages.
  
  
• Healthy Roads Media
  Healthy Roads Media provides a range of health topics translated into several languages in a number of formats.
  
  
• Immunization Action Coalition
  Immunization information in over thirty languages.
  
  
• Joint Commission: Hospital, Language and Culture Resources
  The Joint Commission's very comprehensive list of groups addressing culturally and linguistically appropriate healthcare services.
  
  
• Non-English Language Information on Seattle.Gov
  Service and community information in over 26 languages on topics such as civil rights, emergency preparedness, housing, utilities, and human services.
  
  
• Practicing Cross Cultural Communication
  An online training module from the New York New Jersey Public Health Training Center. Explore their other training opportunities at www.nynj-phtc.org/default.cfm
  
  
• Quick Guide to Health Literacy
  Factsheets, strategies, and related resources on health literacy for government employees, grantees and contractors, and community partners working in healthcare and public health fields.
  
  
• Refugee Health Information Network (RHIN)
  RHIN has created a database of quality multilingual, public health resources for those providing care to resettled refugees. See their Documents link for a searchable database of translated health education materials.
  
  
• Rehabilitation Provider's Guide to Cultures of the Foreign-Born
  Specific information on cultural perspectives of foreign-born persons in the U.S., especially recent immigrants. Public health providers may find this information helpful in addressing the needs of foreign-born recipients of health services.
  
  
• Salud in Acción
  Seeks to address the community public health issues and needs of the Hispanic/Latino community.
  
  
• Seattle Public Library Languages Resources
  The Seattle Public Library provides access to a wide range of online multilingual resources.