HPIC WEBSITE NEWS
30th November 1998 - Issue 9
HPiC Website News aims to keep readers up to date with recently launched
internet websites in the field of health promotion. The newsletter contains
health information and campaign sites, sites of relevant organisations, and
sites which are recommended as good examples of design for the internet. The
newsletter is compiled every two weeks. Additionally if you require
bibliographic references to health promotion publications, resources or
articles the HealthPromis database may be accessed free of charge via
http://healthpromis.hea.org.uk. Please email comments or suggestions of
sites for inclusion to [log in to unmask] HPiC is the Health
Promotion Information Centre at the Health Education Authority, London, UK.
For more information about the HEA please visit our website at
http://www.hea.org.uk .
Conferences
Author: The Centre for Health Information Management Research
Title: SHIMR 99
URL: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~is/research/chimr/shimr99.html
Country of Origin: England
SHIMR 99 is the Fourth International Symposium on Health Information
Management Research to be held in Sheffield, England, 14-15th June, 1999.
The conference aims to bring together people who are carrying out, or are
interested in, research in the general area of health information management
and technology. This is the conference website, which is currently calling
for papers.
Author: The Society for the Internet in Medicine
Title: MEDNET '98: The World Congress on the Internet in Medicine
URL: http://mednet.qut.edu.au/mednet98.htm
URL: http://mednet.qut.edu.au/mvp/nav.htm (virtual conference website)
Country of Origin: Australia
MEDNET 98 is an international meeting which brings together researchers,
developers and users involved in the application of the internet in
medicine. This website provides information about the conference, held in
November 1998. The virtual conference website includes abstracts of all
papers presented.
Disabilities
Author: The Home Farm Trust
Title: The Home Farm Trust
URL: http://www.hft.org.uk
Country of Origin: England
The Home Farm Trust (HFT) is a national charity and provider of care,
opportunities and quality of life within the community for people with a
learning disability. This website contains information about the charity and
it's projects.
Health Information
Author: Consumer Health Information Services at St. Joseph's Community
Health Centre
Title Help Yourself to Health Information
URL: http://www.opc.on.ca/healthinfo
Country of Origin: Canada
This website aims to help the general public locate self help groups and
health newsletters on the Internet. The self help groups listed have a
Canadian focus, and some of the health newsletters are Canadian as well,
many are free while others charge a subscription fee. This website also
provides guidance on evaluating websites and information found on the
internet.
Health Promotion
Author: Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand
Title: Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand
URL: http://www.hpforum.org.nz
Country of Origin: New Zealand
The Health Promotion Forum is a national umbrella organisation uniting the
efforts of community groups throughout Aotearoa-New Zealand to work for a
healthier society. The organisation provides national leadership and support
for good health promotion practice. The Forum has more than 200 member
organisations . This website provides information about the organisation,
health promotion, publications and events, links and other resources.
Author: Health Minder Software
Title: Health Minder Software
URL: http://www.health-minder.com
Country of Origin: United States of America
Health-Minder is shareware designed to encourage families to organize their
health records and engage in health promoting behaviour. Athough this is
mainly a product information site, it also offers a Resource page gateway to
Internet health resources, and an interactive health promotion calendar for
1999 which includes US Health Days, which may be of use to health promotors.
Housing and Development - Sustainable Development
Author: World Bank
Title: The World Bank's Social Capital Website
URL: http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/scapital
Country of Origin: United States of America
This website links the World Bank with external partners, researchers,
institutions, governments and others interested in applying social capital
for sustainable social and economic development. The site includes hundreds
of abstracts of articles and papers on social capital, resources and an
electronic mailing list.
Inequalities
Author: Progressive Health Net
Title: Progressive Health Net
URL: http://www.progressivehn.org
Country of Origin: United States of America
The Progressive Health Net is a website devoted to issues of economic
equality and health care. The website deals with issues of social
inequalities in health status. The site is sponsored by The Spirit of 1848 a
caucus of the American Public Health Association. This website includes
links to resources and networks, information on researchers and courses and
a link to the Research Toolbox Project.
National Health Service
Author: Doctor Patient Partnership
Title: Doctor Patient Partnership
URL: http://www.doctorpatient.org.uk/index.htm
Country of Origin: England
The Doctor Patient Partnership was launched jointly by the Secretary of
State for Health and the Chairman of the General Medical Services Committee
(GMSC) in England February 1996. It aims to encourage the appropriate use of
general medical services by informing the public on responsible use of GP
services. This website highlights it's campaigns.
Author: NHS Primary Care Group Alliance
Title: NHS Primary Care Group Alliance
URL: http://www.nacgp.org.uk/
Country of Origin: England
The NHS Primary Care Group Alliance began as the National Association of
Commissioning GPs (NACGP) in March, 1994. Following the release of the 1997
White Paper on the NHS, NACGP took on a broader remit to support the needs
of health professionals involved in the new Primary Care Groups, becoming
the NHS Primary Care Group Alliance. This website contains information about
the alliance, news, a discussion forum, reports, conference
information,information about groups and website links.
Organisations - Public Health
Author: South East Institutue of Public Health (SEIPH)
Title: Directory of Public Health Professionals
URL: http://www.seiph.umds.ac.uk/phd/phd.htm
Country of Origin: England
This website is a directory listing public health and health promotion
professionals currently working in South Thames region of the UK. The
website is a database of contacts which can be searched to find who is doing
what in public health across the region. It aims to facilitate contaact
between professionals and support further networking.
Young People
Author: BBC Education
Title: ID: Learning to be you
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/id
Country of Origin: England
The ID: Learning To Be You Campaign aims to help children increase their
decision making abilities by building children's self-esteem and improving
their knowledge. This website contains resources to help children boost
their self-esteem so that they can cope better with the pressures that might
lead them to experiment with sex and drugs. Guidelines for teachers are
included.
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