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Archive for the ‘Public Health’ Category
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Initial database features over 1300 systematic reviews
The American Dental Association (ADA) announces the launching of EBD.ada.org, the Web site dedicated to evidenced-based dentistry (EBD). EBD.ada.org allows easy and quick access to a database of systematic reviews of oral health clinical information from one centralized location.
EBD, according to the ADA, is an approach to oral health care that requires the judicious integration of systematic assessments of clinically relevant scientific evidence, relating to the patient’s oral and medical condition and history, with the dentist’s clinical expertise and the patient’s treatment needs and preferences.
Supported by a grant from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research (grant number G08 LM008956), EBD.ada.org also features critical summaries of systematic reviews that assess information within systematic reviews in a concise format so that health care workers can incorporate scientific evidence in clinical decision making.
For the complete News Release, please click here.
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
http://www.medlineplus.gov/maryland
Maryland Health -> Go Local is a statewide web-based directory of health services and programs designed to improve public access to health services, programs, and information. The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL), University of Maryland, Baltimore partnered with the National Library of Medicine to create this valuable resource. On the second anniversary of Maryland Health -> Go Local, the Library is presenting a new blog, Maryland Health -> Go Local eUpdate (http://www.hshsl.umaryland.edu/golocal/eupdate/), containing updates, news, and information about project developments and activities.
eUpdate includes a Featured Site which highlights a different program or service each month; and By the Numbers, which provides monthly statistics, including how many people visited Maryland Health -> Go Local and how many pages were viewed. It also allows you to request a speaker or training session, suggest a resource, or provide us with a testimonial about how Maryland Health -> Go Local helped you.
Stay informed! Add Maryland Health ->Go Local eUpdate to your RSS reader! Copy this URL to your favorite reader: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoLocalBlog
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
http://www.medpedia.com/about
Medpedia is just getting started. It is a long term project and is not yet a comprehensive resource. Medpedia is applying a new collaborative model to the collection, sharing and advancement of medical knowledge that, over time, will produce the world’s most comprehensive resource.
The Medpedia Project and Medpedia.com is maintained by Medpedia Inc., a brainchild of Ooga Labs, a technology greenhouse in San Francisco. It is produced in association with Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School and other leading global health organizations. Medpedia will be a commons for the gathering of the information and people critical to health care. Many organizations have united to support The Medpedia Project.
Medpedia is for use by both medical professionals and non-professionals. Its intended uses and benefits include:
- Knowledge sharing and communications tool for people with similar medical interests
- Source of insight and new knowledge for medical professionals
- Historical repository for real-world discussions of medical topics of interest
- Up-to-date news of the latest developments in medicine
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Visit Go Local Tennessee, one of the latest Go Local sites. Go Local connects users with local health services. To find local resources, you can go straight to your local area or use the Go Local link on a MedlinePlus Health Topic Page.
Their featured resource this week is Tennessee’s Disability Pathfinder, which provides information and assistance to individuals of all ages and all disabilities, family members, and interested persons in the community. Information includes a statewide bilingual HELPline, website featuring a database of agency services, state and national website resources on various disability topics and a disability events calendar. A project of the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. CALL 800.640.INFO (4636)
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
by Beth Wescott, editor, SEA Currents, bwescott@hshsl.umaryland.edu
Diabetes Resource for Spanish Speakers
http://estudiabetes.com/ is a social networking site in Spanish dedicated to people of all ages with diabetes condition, and to the parents of children with diabetes. The main purpose is to share experiences in dealing with the disease, as well as to share with others information about diabetes. The site also provides breaking news on diabetes.
Office of Minority (OMH)/Oficina de Salud de las Minorías
http://www.omhrc.gov/espanol/ offers Spanish-language health information on a wide range of health topics, a profile about the health of Hispanic Americans, and health news. OMH is part of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
MedlinePlus Información de Salud de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina
http://medlineplus.gov/spanish/ es un portal médico informativo. Contiene guías, enciclopedia, tutoriales interactivos, así como novedades y noticias sobre temas relacionados. Véase también el primer número de la revista NIH MedlinePlus Salud ya está en línea. ¡Visítela!
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Library Knowledge Path: Spanish-Language Health Resources
http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_spanish.html
This guide, or knowledge path, has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University. It points to current, high-quality Spanish-language health resources for health professionals and consumers. The first section presents general resources that cover a wide range of health topics, while the second section lists resources that focus on specific aspects of maternal and child health.
Spanish-Language Health Guides for Workers Older Than 50 …
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has two checklists to help workers stay healthy at 50+. The checklists help answer questions about what daily steps can be taken for good health, whether one needs medicines to prevent disease, and which screening tests are needed and when to get them. “Mujeres: sigan sanas después de los 50″ and “Hombres: sigan sanos después de los 50,” are available at www.ahrq.gov/consumer/women50sp.pdf and www.ahrq.gov/consumer/men50sp.pdf, respectively. The wall chart, “Seguir sanos después de los 50,” is available at www.ahrq.gov/consumer/50pluspostersp.pdf.
http://www.childrenshealthfund.org/publications/healthed.php
The Children’s Health Fund is committed to providing health care to the nation’s most medically underserved children and their families, in part, by creating low-literacy health education materials to assist children and their families in learning about a variety of health related topics. Their culturally relevant booklets and brochures are available in English and Spanish.
The Hesperian Foundation
http://www.hesperian.org/, a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters for community-based health care, has recently published two titles in Spanish: Un manual de salud para mujeres con discapacidad, the Spanish version of A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities and Helping Children Who are Deaf, Ayudar a los nios sordos. Packed with simple activities, this book is a great resource for parents, caregivers, health promoters, and others in teaching children who do not hear well how to communicate to the best of his or her ability. Both titles can be downloaded and purchased from their new Spanish website http://www.espanol.hesperian.org/ and the online library with free downloads http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/medsun/
MedSun provides a representative profile of reports from healthcare facilities, such as hospitals. MedSun improves understanding of medical device problems so FDA, healthcare facilities, clinicians, and manufacturers can better address safety concerns. Over 350 health care facilities, primarily hospitals, participate in the network. MedSun is unique because it educates health care professionals about the importance of monitoring, being aware of, and reporting device related problems to FDA and the manufacturer.
MedSun also ensures that new safety information is rapidly communicated to the medical community thereby promoting patient safety.
The MedSun Subnetworks
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HeartNet: Focuses on identifying, understanding, and solving problems with medical devices used in electrophysiology laboratories. |
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HomeNet: Focuses on identifying, understanding, and solving problems with medical devices used in the home environment; also focuses on issues related to labeling, training, and servicing problematic devices. |
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KidNet: Focuses on identifying, understanding, and solving problems with medical devices used in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. |
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LabNet: Focuses on promoting awareness of medical devices in hospital laboratories and reporting identified problems to FDA’s Office of In Vitro Diagnostics. |
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SightNet: Focuses on adverse events observed with ophthalmic medical devices used in providing all levels of eye care. |
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Tissue and Cell: Focuses on identifying issues related to biological products, specifically cells and tissues, such as bones and ligaments. This subnetwork is run in conjunction with FDA’s Center for Biologics and Research (CBER). |
These subnetworks are designed to collect and share information about actual and potential adverse events from specific clinical areas of MedSun facilities using high-risk products.
The content that FDA produces is not copyrighted. Stories can be reprinted without permission and copies can be downloaded and displayed free of charge. Editors wishing to use MedSun’s material in publication are asked to please acknowledge MedSun as the source and send copies of stories to medsun@s-3.com.
Subscribe to Email Updates at https://service.govdelivery.com/ service/subscribe.html?code=USFDA_65
For questions contact Tina Powell at 1-800-859-1292 or email at: medsun@s-3.com
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
http://www.phprep.org/2009/?CFID=2487407& CFTOKEN=48417005
Public health preparedness professionals from across the nation will share innovative best practices, tools, and resources to help you build and sustain your community’s capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a public health emergency or disaster.
The Summit will be held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina.
Phone: 866-716-8130 • Fax: (619) 692-2337
Special Offers Reservations (866)-716-8130
Contact Information: Call the registration department at 703-964-1240 or email PHPreg@conferencemanagers.com
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
National Center for Health Statistics’ (NCHS) Health Data Interactive HDI Web Site
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdi/whatsnewhealth_data_interactive.htm The National Center for Health Statistics has combined two interactive, web-based applications, Health Data for All Ages and Trends in Health and Aging, to create a new site, Health Data Interactive. Most of the table topics and many of the previous tables will continue to be featured on HDI. Where possible, age groups have been expanded and the depth of demographic detail increased. In some cases, NCHS offers two tables on the same topic, with one table featuring detailed data on subpopulations and another table providing longer trend data.
Over all, http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hdi.htm presents tables with national health statistics for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. The tables can be customized by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and geographic location to explore different trends and patterns.
Table topics include:
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
MedlinePlus’ drug information content provider - the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) - has recently changed its product name from MedMaster to “AHFS® Consumer Medication Information”. As a result, there are changes to URLs of individual drug monographs on MedlinePlus, together with the September updates. We are replacing /medmaster/ with /meds/. For example,
Old URL:
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682563.html
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/druginfo/medmaster/a682563-es.html
New URL:
Old English URL http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682563.html will redirect to http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
Old Spanish URLs,http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/druginfo/medmaster/a682563-es.html will redirect to http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/druginformation.html.
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce http://phpartners.org has released two new topic pages: Nutrition and Workforce Development.
- The Nutrition topic page includes links to government, professional and research organizations that focus nutrition issues; grants and funding opportunities; legislation and health policy issues related to nutrition; published literature and research reports; and nutrition promotion, education and information resources.
- The Workforce Development page provides links on public health workforce development activities and resources including education and training opportunities; legislative action; professional meetings, summits, councils, and conferences; new workers development programs; tools and resources on public health workforce issues; and workforce projects and research reports.
To keep up-to-date on new PHPartners resources, sign up for the weekly email update through https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=phpartners_link&A=1 or subscribe to the PHPartners RSS feed at http://phpartners.org/rss_information.html.
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