Resources for Public Health Presentations

RML and regional handouts, slides, web sites, and curriculum guides

Presentations:

• Optimizing the Use of Internet Resources in Public and Community Health Practice, A Vision for Public Health A one-hour overview of web resources, created by Janet Schnall, April 2005

• Public Health Info and Data: Reliable Sources for Busy People A 75 minute talk, created by Linda Milgrom, for Montana Public Health Assn meeting, September 2005

• Public Health Information on the Web and other formats. Powerpoints, agenda, handouts, exercises for four-hour, hands-on class, developed developed by Michelle Malizia, NN/LM Southcentral Region, 2005.

• Public Health: Population-Based Approaches to Improving Health A one-hour presentation on information needs, resources, and uses of the public health workforce, Neil Rambo, Winter 2005

• Planning and Implementing a Digital Library for Public Health Seattle & King County A 30 minute overview of project to determine needs and design library resources, Ann Madhavan, December 2005

Print Handouts:

• PHPartners Manual , also available in MS-WORD, 2004

• Web Sites for Public Health Professionals , Janet Schnall, 2005

• "Rainbow Packet" of bullet lists of major features of various sites, Linda Milgrom, 2005
  • NLM
  • PHPartners
  • PubMed
  • MedlinePlus
  • Google

Miscellaneous:

• PHPartners Tutorial
  Public Health Information and Data Tutorial. Web-based, self-instructional version of print manual.

• A.H.E.L.P.:
  Alaska Health Education Library Project site links to projects, materials, and resources for Alaska Public Health workforce.

• H.E.R.E. in Washington:
  Health Education Resource Exchange developed by Washington State Department of Health

• Public Health Collaboration OHSU/Oregon Department of Health Services
  Web site under development for Oregon public health nurses

• Core Competencies Lists:
  Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice list of core competencies for Public Health Professionals, 2001-2004

• Public Health Informatics Competencies:
  Developed by a group of librarians, public health informaticians and educators; this set of skills covers the use of information per se, use of information technology, and management of information technology projects, 2002

• Northwest Center for Public Health Practice:
  Web portal for public health practitioners, "The mission of the Northwest Center is to improve the quality and effectiveness of public health practice by linking public health academic and practice communities." See especially links to public health informatics

• Internet for School Nurses
  Extensive list of web resources applicable to school nursing. Developed by Jama Chorush and Dolores Judkins, OHSU, 2004