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The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice
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The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice is actively advancing public health systems research that will lead to an expanded evidence base for public health practice.
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Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project
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Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals allows searches of PubMed for scientific journal articles related to achieving selected Healthy People 2010 objectives in 32 areas. Also includes links to relevant community and clinical preventive service guidelines and MEDLINEplus topics.
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Regional Healthy People 2010 Events and Priorities
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Use resource listings, event information, and contacts on this site to get involved in your region's Healthy People 2010 activities and priority area(s). Click on the map or state listings to find information for your HHS region. For each region's priority area(s), you can download, print, or search listings of action resources in Acrobat Reader. Two-page resource listings describe Healthy People 2010 companion resources, sites with evidence-based strategies, and other tools to achieve and promote relevant objectives.
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Management Sciences for Health
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“A private, nonprofit educational and scientific organization working to close the gap between knowledge and action in public health. “MSH's commitment to improving public health is based on the premise that the quality of life and human productivity enjoyed by a community depends on many factors, but none is more critical than good health. To develop and prosper, community members must have access to basic health services and must believe these will be sustained in the foreseeable future.”
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Recalls.gov
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Six different government agencies, including the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, have consolidated their recalls onto a single web site – www.recals.gov.
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Partnership for Prevention
The Public Health Foundation – “Innovative Solutions. Measurable Results”
Organization Focuses on Quality and Effectiveness of Care
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“Working to emphasize disease prevention and health promotion in national policy and practice, Partnership for Prevention is a membership association of corporations, non-profits, and state health departments. We provide high-quality information about prevention to policy makers such as Members of Congress, corporate leaders, and state and local health officials.” For more information on PfP, contact (202) 833-0009 x105 or dcarr@prevent.org.
"The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is dedicated to achieving healthy communities through research, training, and technical assistance. For more than 30 years, this national, non-profit organization has been creating new information and helping health agencies and other community health organizations connect to and more effectively use information to manage and improve performance, understand and use data, and strengthen the workforce." [From the web site]. More information can be obtained at: Public Health Foundation, 1300 L Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005, 202.218.4400 (phone) | 202.218.4409 (fax), info@phf.org.
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) is dedicated to achieving healthy communities through research, training, and technical assistance. For more than 35 years, this national, non-profit organization has been creating new information and helping health agencies and other community health organizations connect to and more effectively use information to manage and improve performance, understand and use data, and strengthen the workforce.
Contact Information: Public Health Foundation, 1300 L Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005. Phone: 202.218.4400 // Fax: 202.218.4409 // Email: info@phf.org.
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