In This Section:

Available Classes

Training and Exhibit Calendar

Distance Learning

Support for Training Activities

Handouts

Presentations

Speakers

Online Resources for Public Health Nurses

The Online Health Information Environment

• U.S. Census Bureau - American FactFinder
  http://factfinder.census.gov/
  
  
• Pew Internet Project Reports
  http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/index.asp
• U.S. National Library of Medicine
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
  
  
• National Network of Libraries of Medicine
  Pacific Southwest Region
  http://nnlm.gov/psr/
  

Clinical Information Resources

• MEDLINE/PubMed
  http://www.pubmed.gov
  

Nursing Resources

• American Nurses Association
  http://nursingworld.org/
  
  
• Allnurses.com: It's how Nurses surf the web
  http://allnurses.com/
  
  
• Nursing Gifts
  http://www.nursinggifts.com/
  
  
• American Nursing Informatics Association
  http://www.ania.org/
  Nursing Informatics is one of the newest specialties in professional nursing and has been officially recognized by the American Nurses Association. It is a unique combination of nursing science, information processing theory and computer science.
  
  
• NursingCenter from Lippincott-Raven Publishers
  http://www.nursingcenter.com/
  
  
• California Board of Registered Nursing
  http://www.rn.ca.gov
  

Public Health Information Resources

• Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce
  http://phpartners.org
  
  
  • HP2010 Information Access Project
    http://phpartners.org/hp/
    PubMed evidence-based search strategies for searching selected Healthy People 2010 focus areas.
    
    
  • American Public Health Association (APHA)
    http://www.apha.org/
    • California Public Health Association - North (CPHA-N)
      http://www.cphan.org/
      
      
    • Southern California Public Health Association (SCPHA)
      http://www.scpha.org/ - select Public Health Nursing Section
      The Public Health Nursing Section usually meets the fourth Wednesday of the month in Diamond Bar.
      
      
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    http://www.cdc.gov/
    • National Center for Health Statistics
      http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
      
      
  • Public Health Foundation
    http://www.phf.org/
    
    
  • SOPHE
    http://www.sophe.org/
    An independent, international professional association made up of a diverse membership of health education professionals and students
    
    
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  http://www.ahcpr.gov/
  
  
• Healthy People 2010 Toolkit
  http://www.healthypeople.gov/state/toolkit/
  
  
• Public Health Functions Project
  http://web.health.gov/phfunctions/
  
  
• My California
  http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp - select Health and Safety link
  
  
• California Department of Health Services
  www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/
  
  
• County of Orange Health Care Agency
  Public Health Field Nursing
  http://www.ochealthinfo.com/public/
  
  
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  www.cpsc.gov
  

Continuing Education

• Public Health Training Network
  http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/default.asp
  A distance learning system from CDC that takes training to the learner.
  
  
• Public Health Foundation TrainingFinder
  http://www.trainingfinder.org/
  A catalog of distance education opportunities produced by the Public Health Foundation.
  

Patient Information Resources

• MEDLINEplus
  http://medlineplus.gov/
  
  
• ClinicalTrials.gov
  http://clinicaltrials.gov
  
  
• Health Hotlines - from Directory of Health Organizations Online (DIRLINE)
  http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hotlines/
  
  
• Tox Town
  http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov
  
  
• A User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information on the Web
  http://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html
  This guide from the Medical Library Association includes an annotated list of the "Top Ten" and recommended cancer, diabetes, and heart disease websites.
  
  
• Multilingual Health Information
  http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html
  Includes resources for specific languages and various glossaries.
  
  
• Consumer Health Materials in Spanish
  http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html#A12
  A list of agencies, organizations, associations, book and video distributors that provide bilingual information.
  

Evaluating Online Health Information

• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases's Use Information Wisely
  http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/howto/howto.htm#how9
  
  
• National Cancer Institute's 10 Things to Know About Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web
  http://www.cancer.gov/templates/doc.aspx?viewid=C68637AF-2AEB-479D-AB60-228118D9674E
  
  
• MEDLINEplus Health Fraud page contains links to sites on evaluating medical treatment information on the web
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthfraud.html
  
  
• Evaluating Health Web Sites
  http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/evalsite.html
  

Additional Help

Search Engines on the Web

• Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries workshop on Web Searching Tips and Techniques
  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/workshops/search.htmld/index.shtml
  
  
• University at Albany Libraries Internet Tutorial on Searching the Internet
  http://library.albany.edu/internet/search.html
  
  
• Search Engine Watch
  http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
  

Listservs and Discussion Groups

• Primary Care Internet Guide - Nursing
  http://www.uib.no/isf/guide/nursing.htm
  Useful list of listservs, associations, university nursing department websites, and online nursing journals.
  
  
• Nursing Discussion Forums
  http://nursing.buffalo.edu/mccartny/nursing_discussion_forums.html
  Nicely organized list.
  
  
• PHNURSES Listserv
  A listserv for public health nurses and others interested in public health nursing issues. PHNURSES is sponsored by the Washington State Department of Health and the University of Washington. To subscribe: e-mail listproc@u.washington.edu with the command subscribe PHNURSES and your name in the message window.
  Example - subscribe PHNURSES Jane Smith
  
  
• Nursing on the Net: Health Care Resources You Can Use
  http://nnlm.gov/training/nursing/
  A web sampler of resources for nursing professionals.
  

Funding Information

• Related Health Services Research Web Sites
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrsites.html
  Click on the Funding link.