Information Resources
Here you will find a list of resources that might assist you in finding information. This page will be for the most part a compendium list of the resources found in the schedule, but you can do your one-stop shopping for resources on this page.
Adult Learning Theories
- Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database
Aging
AIDS/HIV
- UNAIDS: Latest research on AIDS/HIV
Alzheimer's
Arthritis
Brain Injury
Cancer
- American Cancer Society
- Cancerwise.org focuses on breaking news in cancer reserach (University of Texas)
- National Cervical Cancer Coalition
- National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
- Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
- National Ovarian Cancer Association (Canada Community for Ovarian Cancer)
Diabetes
- California Diabetes Prevention and Control
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
- American Diabetes Association deals with diabetes research and information
Disease Control and Prevention
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- EPA Environmental Protection Agency creating skin care awareness for children
Disabilities and Accessibility
- Cal-State University Northridge Center on Disabilities
- Ability Hub Assistive Technology Solutions
- ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (often called Lou Gherig's disease)
- National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD)
- National Spianl Cord Injury Association
- Microsoft Accessibility Technology for Everyone
Drugs and Alcohol
- California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
- FDA Food and Drug Administration
- Signs of Life Programs, community based recovery program in SD for the deaf / HH
Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Foundation of the Chesapeake Region
- Epilepsy Foundation of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernadino, and Ventura
Health and Human Services
- California Health and Human Services
- California Department of Health Services
- California Department of Health Services: Occupational Health Branch
- UNICEF United Nations International Children's Fund
- CDC Center for Disease Control Health Topics
- San Diego County Health and Human Services
- Healthweb.com Linking you to the best health information
- National Institutes of Health: United States Department of Health
Heart and Stroke
- American Heart Association
- National Stroke Association
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Industrial
Libraries and Databanks
- Infodome at SDSU (Journals and articles found in Love Library)
- Infodome at SDSU (Databases)
- International Electronic Journal of Health Education
- Merck Manual Lists and describes virtually every disease and condition imaginable
- National Library of Medicine
- California Department of Health Services: Center for Health Statistics: Vital Statistics Query System
- United States Census Bureau
Mental Health
- California Department of Mental Health
- National Mental Health Association
- National Mental Health Association Resource Center
Obesity
- Obesity and Children
- Exercise for Overweight Kids (article)
- Overweight and Obesity (Office of the Surgeon General)
- Childhood Obesity (American Obesity Association)
- American Obesity Association
Osteoporosis
Sexuality, STD's, Sex
- Sexuality and U: Health Professionals
- SexualHealth.com
- Parenting Teens STD's
Sports and Nutrition
- National Athletic Trainers' Association
- American College of Sports and Medicine
- The physician and Sportsmedicine
Teen Health
Women's Health
- The National Women's Health Information Center
- National Women's Health Resource Center
- US Food and Drug Administration: Office of Women's Health
Other Informative Sites Resources
- Med-line Plus Health Information
- The mediweb
- SBC Knowledge Network Blue Web'N
- WebMD
- Health Finder: has a Spanish and kids link
- American Red Cross
- Mayo Clinic
- EPA US Environmental Proection Agency
- The National Academies Press Lets you view books in print free via the internet
- John Snow, Inc. JSI Research and Training Institute
- Journal of the American Medical Assocation useful for finding articles, journals, and peer reviewed data on multiple subjects
- American Medical Association
- American Mecical Association News and Journal Articles
- Office of the United States Surgeon General
- Kaiser Permanente Your Health
- American Health Care Association
- Keep Kids Healthy: healthy tips for infants, children, and adolescents
- www.health.gov is a portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the US Department of Health and Human Services and other Federal departments and agencies