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Health Education Resource Links

 

2009 National Health Observances Calendar - www.healthfinder.gov/nho/nho.asp

Action on Smoking and Health - www.ash.orgAmerican Academy of Pediatrics - www.aap.org

American Dietetic Association - www.eatright.org

American Institute of Stress - www.stress.org

American Journal of Health Behavior - www.ajhb.org

American Legacy Foundation, Fighting for a Tobacco Free Future - www.americanlegacy.org

APHA Health Education Section - www.APHA.org

Arthritis Foundation - www.arthritis.orgBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - www.cdc.gov/BRFSS/

Cancer Control Planet - http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov/

Choose Respect, youth campaign against sexual violence - www.choserespect.org

Coalition of National Health Education Organizations - www.cnheo.org

Code of Ethics for Health Education: Long Version – www.sophe.org

Community Guide - www.thecommunityguide.org

Community Tool Box, a tool kit for community health promotion planning - www.americanhealthranking.org/2008/index.html

Cooper Institute, for research on physical activity - www.cooperinst.org/index.cfm

Creative Walking, Cross-country walker Rob Sweetgall promotes physical activity - www.creativewalking.com

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 - www.health.gov/DietaryGuidelines/

Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE) - www.dhpe.org

E: The Environmental Magazine www.emagazine.com

FDA Consumer Magazine - www.fda.gov/FDAC

Food and Nutrition Information Center - www.fnic.nal.usda.gov

Fruits & Veggies, More Matters - www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.com

Global Health Promotion - www.who.int/healthpromotion/

Google Scholar – the Google search engine for serious, scientific, literature searches www.scholar.google.com

Guidelines for Comprehensive Programs to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activitywww.ncppa.org/landmarkreports.asp

Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Source - www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource

Healing Foods Pyramid, University of Michigan Health System’s Integrative Medicine - www.med.umich.edu/UMIM/food-pyramid/index.htm

Health Education Directories (HEDIR) - www.hedir.org/directory

International Stress Management Association – www.isma-usa.org

JAMA Online ( journal of the American Medical Association) - www.jama.ama-assn.org

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - www.jhsph.edu

Laughter Remedy - www.laughterremedy.com

Lifescan Health Risk Appraisal - www.curtishealth.com

Live Well Lifestyle Appraisal – www.wellness.uwsp.edu/other/livewell

 

 

Medline Plus, from National Library of Medicine - www.medlineplus.gov

National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine - www.iom.edu

National Association of Chronic Disease Directors - www.chromicdisease.org

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health of Georgetown University - www.ncemch.org

National Center for Health Education - www.nche.org

National Center for Health Statistics, Fast Stats - www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/

National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity - www.ncppa.org

National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. – www.nchec.org

National Institutes of Health - www.nih.gov

National Library of Medicine - www.nlm.nih.gov

National Society of Physical Activity practitioners in Public Health - www.nspapph.org

New England Journal of Medicine - www.content.nejm.org

Nutrition and Social Marketing Resources, University of California at Davis - www.cdc.gov/dnpa/socialmarketing

The Nutrition Source, Harvard University School of Public Health - www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce - www.phpartners.org

Physical Activity Resources for Health Professionals – www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/DNPA/physical/health-professionals/index.htm

Planned Parenthood Federation of America - www.plannedparenthood.org

Population Reports www.infoforhealth.org/pr

President’s Council on Fitness and Sports - www.fitness.gov

Preventing Chronic Disease Journal – www.cdc.gov/pcd

Project Vote Smart - www.vote-smart.org

Public Health Nutrition Directors - www.astphnd.org

Public Library of Science – www.plos.org

Quack Watch – www.quackwatch.org

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - www.rwjf.org

SIECUS: The Sex Information and Education Council of the United States - www.siecus.org

Seek Wellness - www.seekwellness.com

Self-Help Magazine - www.selfhelpmagazine.com

Shape Up America! - www.shapeup.org

Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) - www.sophe.org

Stress Assess – www.wellness.uwsp.edu/other/stress

Stress at Work – www.cdc.gov/niosh/stresswk.html

Stress Less – www.stressless.com

Surgeon General’s Call To Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity - www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity

Tobacco Documents Library – www.legacy.library.ucsf.edu

Transtheoretical Model, overview of the “stages of change” mode for health promotion - www.uri.edu/research/cprc/transtheoretical.htm

Turning Point ,social marketing resources for public health - www.turningpoint.com

Violence Against Women (VAW) Resource Library - www.vaw.umn.edu/library

Web MD – www.webmd.com

World Health Organization - www.who.int

Youth Risk Behavior Survey – www.cbc.gov/YRBS











 

   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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