24th August 1998 - Issue 2
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.
Please email comments or suggestions of sites for inclusion to
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Black and Minority Ethnic Groups
Author: The Chronicle
Title: The Chronicle - changing black Britain
URL: http://www.thechronicle.demon.co.uk/
<http://www.thechronicle.demon.co.uk/>
The Chronicle is an international digital magazine on changing black
urban communities in Britain and abroad. It contains essays, articles
and information about the black urban experience and invites interaction
and contributions from the reader. The journal is aimed at students,
professionals, and corporate, educational and community clients. The
site is written and edited by
Professor Thomas Blair, an academic and urban planning adviser, and the
site is dedicated to improving the lives of black urban communities.
Cancers
Author: North of England Children's Cancer Research Unit, Department of
Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne,
Title: Guide to Internet Resources for Cancer
URL: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/child-health/guides/clinks1.htm
<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/child-health/guides/clinks1.htm>
The "Guide to Internet Resources for Cancer" indexes over 2,700 cancer
related web sites/pages sorted by disease type, medical speciality,
country etc. and has a page dedicated to screening and prevention. It
contains over 50 pages of links to cancer related information, and has
separate sections for health professionals and members of the public.
Author: Imperial Cancer Research Fund
Title: staysafe.html
URL: http://www.lif.icnet.uk/news/sun/
<http://www.lif.icnet.uk/news/sun/>
Imperial Cancer Research Fund's anti- skin cancer campaign website,
which is aimed at the general public. Centred around health promotion
information regarding sun cancer the site provides "sun top tips" for
looking after your skin in the sun.
Evidence Based Health
Author: Bandolier
Title: Bandolier Home Page
URL: http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/Bandolier/
<http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/Bandolier/>
Bandolier is produced monthly in Oxford for the NHS R&D Directorate. It
contains bullet points (hence Bandolier) of evidence-based medicine. The
August issue is now available online and contains information on
Nicotine replacement: patches, sprays, inhalers and gum,
Evidence-informed Patient Choice and Tamoxifen trials.
Author: Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health
Title: CEBMH homepage frames
URL: http://www.psychiatry.ox.ac.uk/cebmh/frames.html
<http://www.psychiatry.ox.ac.uk/cebmh/frames.html>
The Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health is located at the University
of Oxford. It seeks to promote and support the teaching and practice of
evidence-based mental healthcare. The site includes contact
information, information and articles about evidence based mental
healthcare and a journal "Evidence-Based Mental Health: Linking Research
to Practice" which includes some articles in full text.. Also contains a
glossary of evidence based health terminology.
Health Promotion
Author: Centre for Health Promotion; Faculty of Medicine; University of
Toronto
Title: Quality of Life
URL: http://www.utoronto.ca/qol/ <http://www.utoronto.ca/qol/>
The Quality of Life Research Unit is one of several research units
within the Centre for Health Promotion in the Faculty of Medicine,
University of Toronto. It's purpose is to carry out quality of life
research that relates to communities, families, and individuals from a
variety of population groups. The study of Quality of Life is an
examination of factors that contribute to the goodness and meaning of
life, as well as people's happiness. It also explores the
inter-relationships among these factors. Includes details of projects
and reports.
Housing and development
Author: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy
Development and Research
Title: PD&R
URL: http://www.huduser.org/ <http://www.huduser.org/>
The HUDUSER web server is maintained by the Policy Development and
Research Office of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development,
which is responsible for maintaining current information
on housing needs, market conditions, and existing programs, as well as
conducting research on priority housing and community development
issues. This site contains briefing papers, research and data on US
housing market conditions. Also provides access to the HUD USER
bibliographic database which contains more than 5,800 full- abstract
citations on housing policy, building technology, economic development,
urban planning and related fields.
Author: London Research Centre Research Library
Title: London Research Centre - Home Page
URL: http://www.london-research.gov.uk/index.htm
<http://www.london-research.gov.uk/index.htm>
The London Research Centre provides information, research, analysis and
consultancy about urban affairs. The site includes details of current
research and recent publications and statistics, with contact details
where full-text not available. Key areas of research include housing,
community care, transport and the environment. Details of databases on
these subjects are given.
Author: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Title: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
URL: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ <http://www.ahuri.edu.au/>
AHURI acts as an independent advisory service to government and private
sector organisations conducting research and offering training on a
wider range of fields relating to housing and urban studies in
Australia. These include such issues as community and public housing,
youth homelessness and urban renewal. Its website describes the purpose
of the Institute and its current research and training programmes. Also
available on the site is the AHURI database of Urban Expertise which
lists experts in urban and housing studies in Australia.
Multimedia
Author: europemedia.com Ltd
Title: europmedia.com
URL: http://www.europemedia.com/ <http://www.europemedia.com/>
Europemedia.com is a free weekly news report covering the main
developments in the European online markets. It covers interactive
publishing, including developments in the field of television and radio
content on the net.
Nutrition
Author: Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow
Title: Tips for Healthy Nutrition
URL: http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~alison/meals/scenarios.html
<http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~alison/meals/scenarios.html>
A> simple interactive web-based tool for >nutrition advice. This tool
allows you to engage in dialogue between yourself and the program
concerning tips for healthy eating.
Organisations - Professional
Author: The Royal Society of Medicine
Title: The Royal Society of Medicine
URL: http://www.roysocmed.ac.uk/ <http://www.roysocmed.ac.uk/>
An introduction to the Royal Society of Medicine. Highlights events at
the RSM, provides information on the academic services and medical
education, organisations and societies based at the RSM, and a list of
the RSM's conferences and meetings. Also information on the library
services, RSM facilities, and publications.
Research
Author: Steve Simon, Office of Medical Research, Children's Mercy
Hospital
Title: How to read a medical journal article
URL: http://www.cmh.edu/stats/journal.htm
<http://www.cmh.edu/stats/journal.htm>
This site supplies information about what readers should look for to
judge the quality of a research based journal article. The site
discusses how data is collected and manipulated revolving around five
questions: Who did the choosing?; Was there a plan?; Who knew what
when?; Who was left out?; and How much did things change?
Young People
Author: Youthspeak
Title: Youthspeak - Equality for the Future
URL: http://www.youthspeak.org.uk/ <http://www.youthspeak.org.uk/>
YouthSpeak is Britain's only national campaigning group for young
lesbians and gay men, demanding equal rights. This site contains
information about it's campaigns and activities.
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