HPIC WEBSITE NEWS

7th September 1998  -  Issue  3

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
<http://healthpromis.hea.org.uk> . Please email comments or suggestions
of sites for inclusion to [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .


Communication

Author: The Communication Initiative Network
Title:  Welcome to the Communication Initiative
URL:    http://www.comminit.com/ <http://www.comminit.com/>

The Communication Initiative Network is a partnership between The
Rockerfeller Foundation, >UNICEF, USAID, WHO, BBC World Service, CIDA,
Johns Hopkins University's >Center for Communication Programming, UNFPA,
Soul City and Panos. The network >>seeks to support action on various
area of health through communication. The site contains communication
programme descriptions, impact data summaries, communication country
profiles and approaches to developing partnerships. >


Conferences

Author: Karolinska Institute
Title:  2nd Nordic Health Promotion Research Conference
URL:    http://www.primnet.se/public/html/nhprin/present1.htm
<http://www.primnet.se/public/html/nhprin/present1.htm>

The 2nd Nordic Health Promotion Research Conference takes place from
9-11th September in Stockholm, Sweden. The conference theme is "A Health
Promotion Research agenda for the 21st Century" and the website contains
information about the conference, abstracts of papers and key note
speeches, the program, and resources.


Family

Author: Australian Institute of Family Studies
Title:  Australian Institute of Family Studies
URL:    http://www.aifs.org.au/ <http://www.aifs.org.au/>

The Australian Institute of Family Studies is an independent statutory
authority which holds research and information on family wellbeing.
Their information pages contain relevant abstracts from Current
Australian Journals (a current awareness service updated weekly),
conference and course listing,  links, research and information
resources. Three databases which can be accessed through this site are
the AIFS Library Catalogue, the National Child Protection Clearing House
Programs Database and the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy
Prevention Activities and Programs Database.


Health Information

Author: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University
of Sydney
Title:  Resources for current students
URL:    http://www.health.usyd.edu.au/resources/
<http://www.health.usyd.edu.au/resources/>

A selection of resources for public health and community medicine.
Includes information on tobacco control, a bibliography on health and
mass media, tips for conducting literature searches, links to public
health related information on the web  and evidence based medicine
resources.

Author: Health Education Library for People
Title:  Health Education Library for People
URL:    http://www.healthlibrary.com/ <http://www.healthlibrary.com/>

HELP - the Health Education Library for People is India's first Consumer
Health Education Resource Centre, and one of the world's largest
consumer health libraries, as determined by the Medical Library
Association, USA. This site provides a searchable online reading room,
which includes full text books and articles on a wide range of topics.
The site also includes information about health and medicine in India.


Health Promotion

Author: The Alder Group
Title:  The Alder Group: Promoting Health and Innovation
URL:    http://alder.web.net/ <http://www.paho.org/>

A Health Promotion consultancy in Canada. As well as giving a
description of the services of the consultancy, this site contains
resources e.g. slide shows and publications, in the field of health
promotion. This site is mainly focused towards health promotion in
Canada.


Inequalities

Author: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working
Conditions
Title:  Welcome to the Foundation
URL:    http://www.eurofound.ie/ <http://www.eurofound.ie/>

Information about the organisation, themes relating to living and
working conditions, publications and activities. Includes information
about employment, projects, equal opportunities, health and wellbeing,
participation, social cohesion, sustainable development, research, and
an information centre. Also has a site search facility.

Author: London School of Economics and Political Science
Title:  CASE Home Page
URL:    http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case.htm
<http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case.htm>

The Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of
Economic offers information about its work, projects and research.
Discussion papers on topics relating to social exclusion are available
for download in PDF format.


Multimedia

Author: American Library Association
Title:  How to Select
URL:    http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/select.html
<http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/select.html>

Selection criteria for choosing websites for children. Guidelines are
suggested by the Children and Technology, Committee of the Association
for Library Service to Children with assistance from many other
librarians, and a short or detailed version in available.


Nutrition

Author: Healthy Eating Healthy Living Program
Title:  Healthy Eating Healthy Living Information Centre
URL:    http://www.healthyeating.org/ <http://www.healthyeating.org/>

Healthy Eating Healthy Living is a nutrition health promotion program.
this site contains information about the program, food and nutrition
policy and strategies, food safety, handing and storage and databases of
events, projects and contacts. The site includes an program that
calculates Body Mass Index, an online discussion forum and a food
variety checklist and is promoted in collaboration with the Australian
Nutrition Foundation.


Organisations - Foot Health

Author: The Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists (SCP)
Title:  Feet for Life
URL:    http://www.feetforlife.org/index.htm
<http://www.feetforlife.org/index.htm>

Foot health advice for everyone, including for the general public,
including children, diabetics & sports enthusiasts. Includes advice on
foot care, fitting shoes properly advice from the foot health council
and a guide to common foot problems. Website has a site search
mechanism, and information about chiropody as a career.


Organisations - Health Promotion

Author:         International Union for Health Promotion and Education
Title:  IUHPE Regional Office for the Southwest Pacific
URL:    http://www.ldb.org/iuhpe/index.htm
<http://www.ldb.org/iuhpe/index.htm>

This new site will be fully available in October 1998. The Regional
Office was established in 1995, and it's website provides information on
the activities of the organisation. Presently information is available
about it's mission, addresses and contacts, links and information on how
to join. Information expected includes policy papers, projects,
newsletters, members and health promotion conferences in the region.

Author: Monash University Faculty of Medicine Health Promotion Unit
Title:  Monash Health Promotion on the Internet
URL:    http://www.monash.edu.au/health
<http://www.monash.edu.au/health/lounge/wwwboard.html>

A large amount of information from Australia's Monash University. Some
of the information is specific to the state of Victoria in Australia
e.g. health events list and organisational contact details although the
site links to international content. There is information about the
Monash Health Promotion Unit, online lectures, guidelines on starting a
project, online discussion, health promotion leaflets, the internet
journal of health promotion, list of publications.

Author: People-to-People Health Foundation
Title:  Project HOPE Homepage
URL:    http://www.projhope.org/ <http://www.projhope.org/>

Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) provides
health education, health policy research, and humanitarian assistance in
over 70 countries. This site provides information about the projects of
the organisation, news, and access to the Health Affairs journal.
>

Research

Author: School of Psychology, University of Leeds
Title:  Research and Development Information
URL:    http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rdinfo/ <http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rdinfo/>

RDInfo is a new data source of health related research funding
opportunities. The database is fully searchable by amount, area of work
and subject area, and contains details of over 750 funding sources
ranging from the MRC to small research charities.  Over 1100 individual
grant awards are listed across the healthcare spectrum.