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Health Resources (U.S.) - Federal Sources
- American Fact FinderProvides online access to summary data from several programs at the U.S. Census Bureau. See American Factfinder Basics from GeoStat.
NOTE: Be sure to also check the demographic and mapping resources available from the Scholars' Lab.
See also Congressional Budget Office's Analysis of the Major Health Care Legislation Enacted in March 2010
- Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United StatesProvides interactive maps, graphs, text, tables and figures showing geographic patterns and time trends of cancer death rates for the time period 1950-1994 for more than 40 cancers.
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemThe BRFSS, the world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States. Information from the survey is used to improve the health of the American people.
- Census 2000 Home PageStarting point for accessing data and information from the 2000 Census collected in April 2000.
- Centers for Disease Control and PreventionOne of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Department of Health & Human ServicesUS health information.
- FedStatsA Web gateway with links to the statistics of over seventy federal agencies including such health-related agencies as the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Grants & FundingLists grants available from the Department of Health Human Services and selected other Federal grant programs. See also the general listing of U.S. government grants in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Print version of CFDA in Government Information Reading Room, Post 10.
- LexisNexis Congressional (UVA only)Indexes Congressional materials, including health and health care policy hearings, reports and documents.
Health Resources (U.S.) - for Articles and Consumer Information
- HealthfinderThe Department of Health and Human Services' consumer health information site.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowSearch the public version of the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE databases and get other health related information.
- MEDLINE plus Health InformationFind information on hundreds of diseases, conditions, and medical issues. Use medical dictionaries and encyclopedias and locate doctors and hospitals.
- MMWR Weekly ReportCovers data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health depts; reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases, injuries & intentional and unintentional injuries. Also included: reports on topics of international interest and notices of events of interest to the public health community. In Print: Government Information, Alderman Library Third floor New Stacks, Call No: HE 20.7009/2-2:48.
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion PublicationsLists the Center's publications available online. See especially Chronic Disease Notes & Reports (CDNR) and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- National Women's Health Information CenterDepartment of Health and Human Services' one-stop gateway for women seeking health information. NWHIC is a free information and resource service on women's health issues designed for the health care professionals, researchers, educators, and students.
- See also Kaiser Family Foundation.A non-proft group. Major source for research, analyis and information for health care policy in the U.S.