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Public Health Online Resources –

Virtual Tour of PHPartners.org

Connecting with the NER SeriesFebruary 3, 2009Presentation available at: http://nnlm.gov/ner/publichealth/

Hathy Simpson, MPHPublic Health CoordinatorHathy.Simpson@umassmed.edu New England RegionNational Network of Libraries of MedicineUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School

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Let me introduce myself

Hathy Simpson, MPH Public Health Coordinator National Network of Libraries of Medicine,

New England Region Based at the University of Massachusetts

Medical School Funded by the National Library of

Medicine, National Institutes of Health

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Agenda Background of the Public Health Partners

(PHPartners) Website• The Partners in Information Access for the

Public Health Workforce Collaboration• Why PHPartners.org?

Public Health Online Resources - PHPartners.org Website• Home page highlights• Main categories• Topic specific resources

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Background – PHPartners

The Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce • Public Health Organizations• Federal Government Agencies• Health Science Libraries

Founded in 1997 Mission: To help the public health workforce

find and use information effectively to improve and protect the public’s health.

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Who are the Partners?

Public Health Organizations• American Public Health Association (APHA)

• Public Health Foundation (PHF)

• Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)

• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)

• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

• Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)

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Who are the Partners?

Public Health Government Agencies• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC)

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

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Who are the Partners?

Health Science Libraries and Associations• National Library of Medicine (NLM)

• National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)

• Medical Library Association (MLA)

• National Agricultural Library (NAL)

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PHPartners.org

PHPartners.orghttp://phpartners.org

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Why PHPartners.org?

Portal of online public health information Targeted to the public health workforce Organized resources by topic Selected resources from government

agencies, professional and research organizations, libraries, and educational institutions

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Selection Criteria Authority – credible author or producer Appropriateness – targeted to the public

health workforce Quality – accurate, well-organized content Access & Reliability - links are maintained Currency – up-to-date information Purpose – aims clearly identified Sponsorship – funding organizations

identified

Available at http://phpartners.org/html/linkselection.htm

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PHPartners.org

PHPartners.orghttp://phpartners.org

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PHPartners Suggest a Linkhttp://phpartners.org/suggestlink.html

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PHPartners.org Home Page

Weekly Public Health News

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PHPartners.org Home Page

Keeping up with What’s New• PHPartners List

• RSS feeds

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PHPartners.org Home Page

Online Self-Guided Tutorial

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Public Health Information & Data Tutorialhttp://phpartners.org/tutorial/index.html

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PHPartners.org Home Page

Filtered PubMed SearchesHealthy People 2010 Information Access Project

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Healthy People 2010 Information Access Projecthttp://phpartners.org/hp

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Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project: Nutrition and Overweight http://phpartners.org/hp

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Healthy People 2010 Chapter 19: Nutrition and Overweighthttp://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume2/19Nutrition.htm

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Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project: Nutrition and Overweight http://phpartners.org/hp

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PubMed/MEDLINEhttp://pubmed.gov

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PHPartners.org Home Page

Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness

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Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness http://www.phpreparedness.info/

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PHPartners.org Home Page

Highlighted Resources

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Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/againsttheodds/index.cfm

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PHPartners.org Home Page

Main Categories

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PHPartners: Health Promotion and Health Education http://phpartners.org/hpro.html

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MedlinePlus http://medlineplus.gov/

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Healthy Youhttp://www.apha.org/publications/tnh/healthyyou/

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BAM! Teacher’s Cornerhttp://www.bam.gov/teachers/index.htm

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Public Health Image Libraryhttp://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp

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CDC Health Topics A-Zhttp://www.cdc.gov/az/a.html

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National Immunization Program Vaccines & Immunizations

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/

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FDA & Youhttp://www.fda.gov/cdrh/fdaandyou/

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Center for Health and Health Care in Schoolshttp://www.healthinschools.org/

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Maternal and Child Health Library http://www.mchlibrary.info

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PHPartners: Literature and Guidelines http://phpartners.org/guide.html

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Health-Evidence.ca http://health-evidence.ca

Results of search on

Child Health AND Obesity

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National Agricultural Library (AGRICOLA) http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/

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Global Health Library http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/php/index.php

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PHPartners: Individual Journal Titles http://phpartners.org/guide.html#Individual%20Journal%20Titles

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Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health: Public Health Journals http://library.umassmed.edu/ebpph/journallist.cfm

Free Full-Text Journals

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PHPartners: Newsletters http://phpartners.org/guide.html#Newsletters

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PHPartners: Reports and Other Publications http://phpartners.org/guide.html#Reports%20and%20Other%20Publications

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Institute of Medicine Reports http://www.iom.edu/CMS/2955.aspx

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PHPartners.org: Guidelines http://phpartners.org/guide.html#Guidelines

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Guide to Community Preventive Services

http://www.thecommunityguide.org/

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PHPartners: Health Data Tools and Statisticshttp://phpartners.org/health_stats.html

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PHPartners: Health Statisticshttp://phpartners.org/health_stats.html#Health%20Statistics

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FASTSTATS A-Z http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/

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PHPartners: National Public Health Data Setshttp://phpartners.org/health_stats.html#National%20Public%20Health%20Data%20Sets

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American FactFinder http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm

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PHPartners: State and Local Public Health Data Setshttp://phpartners.org/health_stats.html#State%20and%20Local%20Public%20Health%20Data%20Sets

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Community Health Status Indicators http://communityhealth.hhs.gov/

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Massachusetts Community Health Information Profile (MassCHIP)

http://masschip.state.ma.us/

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PHPartners: Grants and Fundinghttp://phpartners.org/grants.html

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Grants.govhttp://grants.gov/

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grantshttp://www.rwjf.org/grants/

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PHPartners: Resources Related to Proposal-Writinghttp://phpartners.org/grants.html#Resources%20Related%20to%20Proposal-Writing

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PHPartners: Education and Traininghttp://phpartners.org/educ.html

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TRAINhttp://www.train.org/

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Distance Learning Programs Available at Accredited SPH http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=718

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PHPartners: Fellowships http://phpartners.org/educ.html#Fellowships

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PHPartners: Legislation and Policy http://phpartners.org/legis.html

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Trust for America’s Health http://healthyamericans.org/

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PHPartners: State Legislation and Policy http://phpartners.org/legis.html#State%20Legislation%20and%20Policy

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National Conference of State Legislatures: Health http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/health.htm

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PHPartners: Conference and Meetings http://phpartners.org/conf_mtgs.html

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PHPartners: Webcasts http://phpartners.org/conf_mtgs.html#Webcasts

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Public Health Grand Rounds http://www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/

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PHPartners: Past Meeting Archives and Reports http://phpartners.org/conf_mtgs.html#Past%20Meeting%20Archives%20and%20Reports

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APHA Past Years Abstracts http://www.apha.org/meetings/pastfuture/pastannualmeetings.htm

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PHPartners.org: Finding People http://phpartners.org/find_people.html

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Local Health Department (LHD) Indexhttp://www.naccho.org/about/lhd/index.cfm

Example:A-Z Listing of Local Health Departments in Massachusetts

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PHPartners: Discussion and E-mail Listshttp://phpartners.org/dlists.html

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PHPartners: Jobs and Careershttp://phpartners.org/dlists.html

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Public Health Topic Pages

PHPartners.orghttp://phpartners.org

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PHPartners: Environmental Healthhttp://phpartners.org/environmentalhealth.html

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PHPartners: Environmental Health Hazardous Substanceshttp://phpartners.org/environmentalhealth.html#Hazardous%20Substances

Example:Links to Resources on Lead

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PHPartners: Environmental Health Data Tools and Statisticshttp://phpartners.org/environmentalhealth.html#Data%20Tools%20and%20Statistics

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TOXMAPhttp://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/index.jsp

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PHPartners: Nutritionhttp://phpartners.org/nutrition.html

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PHPartners: Nutrition Promotion, Education and Informationhttp://phpartners.org/nutrition.html#Nutrition%20Promotion,%20Education%20and%20Information

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Food Guide Pyramidhttp://www.mypyramid.gov/

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CDC Nutrition Topicshttp://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/index.html

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PHPartners.orghttp://phpartners.org

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Future Topic Pages• Aging/Elder Health• Children’s Health• Global Health• Health Disparities• How to Find Journal Articles• Obesity• Oral Health• Public Health Genomics• Tobacco• Veterinary Public Health• Women’s Health/Reproductive Health

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Thank you!Send questions and comments to:

Hathy Simpson

hathy.simpson@umassmed.edu

508-856-2085

For future distance and in-person training:

http://nnlm.gov/ner/training/

Presentation available at: http://nnlm.gov/ner/publichealth/