Proposed CDC Health Data Standards
http://www.cdc.gov/data/index.htm

CDC and ATSDR Electronic Information Resources for Health Officers, by Andrew Friede, MD, MPH. Published in:
  Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 1996; 2:10-24.
http://www.cdc.gov/elecinfo.htm

CDC WONDER (required registration and logon)
http://wonder.cdc.gov/

Surveillance
http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm#survey

IRMO (Information Resources Management Office)
http://www.cdc.gov/irmo/irmo.htm

IRM STRATEGIC PLAN 1999-2003
http://www.cdc.gov/irmo/strat99.htm

Executive Summary; Introduction; Drivers (forces); Trends; Strategic Planning Assumptions; Guiding principles; Continuous Alignment with CDC's Mission; Cross-Cutting ARM Strategies; CDC's IRM Goals; Capital Planning and Investment Review; Information Technology Architecture; CDC Information Technology Architecture (ITA) Framework; APPENDIX 1- Major IRM Initiatives;  APPENDIX 2 - I/S Security Accomplishments and Initiatives.

"Image Co-Tracker is a tool for creating the database of images from the Internet. It automatically captures the image itself, its Internet address, the Internet address where it refers to, its name and date of adding to the database."

Source: Dick Hoskins, Washington State DOH

The CDC has put togehter this very nice site on GIS and Public Health. Maps included on the site range from All Causes of Death, to specific causes such as prostate cancer, stroke, COPD, heart disease, to motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and homicides. Also available is their Public Health GIS News and Information newsletter. In the newsletter find strategic plans, lectures, information about new technologies and more.

Environmental Health

I really like this site. Here the site's author has included for you a listing of MeSH terms used for searching environmental pollutants. The author has also included a PubMed Search Formulation and some really excellent annotated environmental health sites.

Epidemiology

Find tips on searching for material on Medline, including MeSH terms for epidemiologic methods. Further down the page find links to web pages, reports, and other databases.

Other useful links from this site:

• Complementary Medicine 
• Consumer Health Information 
• Dictionaries
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Infectious Diseases 
• Occupational Health and Safety
  
• Rural Health 
• Subject-Based Information Gateways

What is mathepi.com? Mathepi.com is a nonprofit information site whose goals are to make information about mathematical applications in epidemiology available to public health professionals and students, as well as facilitate communication among mathematical epidemiologists.

What is EPITools? The EPITools project (Epidemiological and Public Health Interactive Tools) is designed to make useful epidemiological software available. Users may contribute their own programs as well as use programs written by others.

November 3, 2002: Unfortunately, the authors seem to have lost interest in the site. There hasn't been much added since the site was announced.

The Public Health Functions Project
http://www.health.gov/phfunctions/project.htm

Activities - Public Health Functions Project
http://www.health.gov/phfunctions/activiti.htm

NN/LM Public Health Projects - Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals
http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/partners/public.html

The last site lists the projects that have been funded by the National Library of Medicine. These projects are to bring public health practitioners and librarians together to do common projects, mostly involving training on the use of NLN's considerable resources to enhance information access and services for a broad range of public health professionals.

A journal article that looks at how researchers find, or do not find, information in public health in Germany.  It underscores the need for promoting information resources and for filtering relevant public health information for use by researchers.

One of the many Websites available on the Web for locating EBP content. Find References, Conferences & Courses, Journals, databases, clinical guidelines, health technology assessment, public health, health outcomes, lists, and Websites.

A ScHARR Introduction to Evidence Based Practice on the Internet. Many resources arranged alphabetically and by type. Type includes searching, appraising, implementing, software, journals, databases and organizations.

Hosted by the Electronic Public Health Project in Oxford. Really comprehensive site with links to various public health sites, Get information on discussion groups, training, travel and international information. Search the site by category, title, description, keywords or hyperlink.  British emphasis.

Career Action Center - Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health

Public Health Employment Connection - ASPH

CareerMart - American Public Health Association

Job Searches in International Public Health - CCIH

publichealthjobs.com

Good site. Comes with resume help, recruiters, salary info, employer profiles.

The Department of Education provides grant funding for neighborhood access to the Internet through its Community Technology Centers initiative. All kinds of networks, not just electronic, are discussed at this site. 

The Department of Housing and Urban Development runs the Neighborhood Networks program, providing training and technology provides Internet access to residents of government-subsidized housing. 

Since 1994, the Department of Commerce has administrated the much lauded, but seriously underfunded, Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP - now known as the Technology Opportunities Program, or TOP). Commerce's matching grant program demonstrates how networks support lifelong learning for all Americans, help public safety officials protect the public, assist in the delivery of health care and public health services, and foster communication, resource-sharing and economic development within rural and urban communities.