Public health

Australia

 

Australian Government - Dept of Education Science and Technology - DEST

"DEST provides national leadership and works in collaboration with the States and Territories, industry, other agencies and the community in support of the Government’s objectives." This searchable site and ncludes government public health initiatives, public health submissions, indigenous health, obesity, health data and other public health resources.

 

Australian Network of Academic Public Health Institutions - ANAPHI

"This website is designed to facilitate exchange of information and to promote discussion concerning public health education and research." Contains public health links, research, archives.

 

Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

The aims of the Faculty are to improve and protect the health of populations through the practice of public health medicine, including education and research.

 

National Public Health Partnership - NPHP

The partnership is a joint Commonwealth, State and Territory government initiative. "As of 30 June 2006 the National Public Health Partnership (NPHP) was replaced with the Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC) and the Australian Population Health Development Principal Committee (APHDPC), two Principal Committees of AHMAC. This website provides a historical record of the projects undertaken by the NPHP covering events, newsletters, publications, priority work areas and extensive links to Australian and international web resources..

Public Health Association of Australia - PHAA

A comprehensive site providing information about the PHAA as well as the Association's policy statements on a wide range of health issues including child and adolsecent health, drugs, disease prevention, smoking, skin cancer, food and health, health care, financing, housing, prison health, rural health and HIV/AIDS.

Public Health Education and Research Program- PHERP

PHERP is an Australian Government, department of Health and Ageing initiative that aims to strengthen national capacity to educate and train Australia's public health workforce, so that it is well-prepared and responsive in the protection, improvement and promotion of Australia's health.

Public Health SA

The official south Australian government website of the Public & Environmental Health Service, Department of Human Services. The site is searchable and contains information sheets, FAQs, legislation, disease summaries, drug information and links to public health related web resources.

Queensland Public Health Forum

"The Queensland Public Health Forum is a formal collaborative working arrangement between a number of agencies that have an interest in public health in Queensland." The site contains information targeted to health professionals and consumers.

Victorian Public Health Research and Education Council- VPHREC

The VPHREC aims to foster cooperative research; strengthen links between research organisations, industry, educational, government and non-government institutions and strengthen the culture of public health research and education." The site contains online publications and links to public health resources.

The WWW Virtual Library - Public health

A comprehensive site administered by the School of Public Health and Community Medicine - University of New South Wales, Faculty of Medicine. The site contains links to a range of public health resources including organisations, conferences, research laboratories, research programs and health networks.

 

International

 

American Public Health Association

"The Association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States."

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC for public health professionals

Hosted by the US Govt and Dept of Health & Human Services. A premier site with links for all aspects of public health for professionals including an image library.

Department of Health , UK

"The aim of the Department of Health (DH) is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in England." The website provides health and social care policy, guidance and publications as weell as RSS feeds on public health topics, A-Z site index and glossary of health and social care terms.

Public Health Information Network - PHIN

"The CDC Public Health Information Network (PHIN) is a national initiative to improve the capacity of public health to use and exchange information electronically by promoting the use of standards, defining functional and technical requirements."

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