Health Studies Links

Careers Related to Health Studies

• This Is Public Health - The Association of Schools of Public Health shows how the field of public health pervades our lives. 
•  Cause-Effect-What a Degree in Public Health Can Do for You - Also from the Association of Schools of Public Health, this video profiles grad students and professionals in public health. 

Federal Government

• Centers for Disease Control 
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
• The National Womens Health Information Center 
• Medline Plus Online Health Information Center 
• Childstats.Gov 
• Healthy People 2010 
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Qualty (DHHS) Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems 
• National Cancer Inst,Health Info Trends Survey (HINTS) items 

Local Agencies

• Carlisle Area Health and Wellness Foundation  
• Dickinson College: American and Global Mosaic Projects 

State Government

•  Department of Health 
• PA Health Care Cost Containment Council 
• PA Medical Society 
• PA State Data Center 
• Bureau of Health Statistics 
• Hospital Association of PA 
• The Keystone Research Center 

Nonprofits

• Center for Science in the Public Interest  
• Women's Data Center 
• Families USA 

Resources

• ADD Health (National Survey of Adolesent Health) Items 
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (DHHS)Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems 
• Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services Directory of Instruments 
• Sheldon Cohen's Health and Stress Scales 
• Natl Cancer Inst, Health Info Trends Survey (HINTS) items 
• Rand Corporation Health Survey Instruments  
• SAMHDA Survey Instruments 
• Social-Personality Psych Questionnaire Instrument Compedium 
• Folk Medicine in Hispanics in the Southwestern United States 

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