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Better Than a Band-Aid:
Government Health Information
in the
21st Century
Presented July 11, 2008
By Susanne Caro – New Mexico State LIbrary
Special thanks to
Jamie Walker – Presentation design
Objectives
• Learn about website options
• Become comfortable with using the sites
• Find something you can use to help you
patrons
What is health information?
• Diseases
• Drugs and Treatment
• Preventive
Resources
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CDC
FDA
Medline
U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services
• WHO
CDC
Diseases &
Conditions
Healthy Living
Life Stages &
Populations
Emergency
Preparedness &
Response
Workplace Safety &
Health
FDA
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Nutrition
Drug information
Medical Devices
Veterinarian
Medline
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Links to clinical trials
User friendly
Interactive tutorials
Dictionary!
User friendly
A.D.A.M
U.S. Department of Health &
Human Services
• U.S. Government Grants & Funding
Resources
• Health Information Technology Standards
• Reference Collections
• Healthfinder
Databases
DISEASES
Alcohol
Child undernutrition
Nutrition
Overweight and obesity
Tobacco
Water and sanitation
International travel and health
World Health Report
PubMed
• Articles
• PubChem
• MeSH
URLs
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www.cdc.gov
www.fda.gov
http://www.who.int/en/
http://www.healthfinder.gov/kids/
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/