HPIC WEBSITE NEWS

16th November 1998  -  Issue  8

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 .


Cancers

Author: National Coalition for Cancer Research
Title:  National Coalition for Cancer Research
URL:    http://www.cancercoalition.org/
Country of Origin: United States of America

The National Coalition for Cancer Research website aims to educate the
public on policies that support and foster the U.S. position in medical
research into cancer. It includes position papers and links to other
resources.

Author: The Vanderbilt Cancer Center
Title:  The Vanderbilt Cancer Center
URL:    http://www.mc.Vanderbilt.Edu/vumc/centers/cancer/
Country of Origin: United States of America

The Vanderbilt Cancer Center (VCC) website is a resource guide for patients,
health care professionals and scientists. It gives information about
specific types of cancer and treatment options, physicians and their
services; scientists and research.


Disabilities

Author: James Gallagher
Title:  A-Z to Deafblindness
URL:    http://www.s55wilma.demon.co.uk/index.html
Country of Origin: England

This website is a personal home page, however it is an extensive source of
information about Deafblindness. It contains the Deafblind Manual Alphabet.,
and a wide variety of useful links and resources.


Health Information

Author: Public Health Promotion Centre (ZG), German Foundation for
International Development
Title:  The Virtual Health Library
URL:    http://www.dse.de/zg/lernbibl/lernbib.htm
Country of Origin: Germany

The Virtual Health Library (VHL) is a digital health sciences library which
provides distance learning materials and recommended reading lists to
professionals in developing countries on a variety of health issues. This
site is currently under development but contains reading lists and other
information.


Health Promotion

Author: Public Health and Development Division, Department of Human
Services, Victoria, Australia
Title:  Improving Health Promotion
URL:    http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/phd/9809059/index.htm
Country of Origin: Australia

This website contains a document on "Leadership and Infrastructure for
Quality Health Promotion"  from a regional (and Australian) perspective. It
looks at health promotion knowledge, between agency relationships, health
promoting agencies, community and communication.


HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health

Author: John La Bella , Senior Web Librarian, HIV Infoweb
Title:  HIV and AIDS
URL:    http://library.jri.org/library/access/Find_Info/sld001.htm
Country of Origin: United States of America
This is a slide show presentation created in March of 1998 for a Department
of Public Health Conference. The slide show (also available as a PowerPoint
presentation) aims to educate people with HIV and their carers on using the
internet to find information and maintain current awareness, and contains
119 slides. It may also be useful for  health professionals.

Author: Office of Population Research at Princeton University
Title:  Emergency Contraception
URL:    http://opr.princeton.edu/ec/ec.html
Country of Origin: United States of America

The Emergency Contraception website contains information derived from the
medical literature, including information on emergency contraceptive pills
(ECPs), minipills and the copper-T intrauterine device. It also contains
guidance and discussion of issues surrounding emergency contraception. The
pages are also available in Spanish.


Mental Health

Author: Matthew Naythons, M.D. and the staff of NetHealth
Title:  Depression.com
URL:    http://www.depression.com/
Country of Origin: United Sates of America

Depression.com is a gateway to information about depression on the Internet,
based on a large online database. This includes news and research, reviews
of depression-related websites, a quiz, information targeted at specific
population groups and an interactive forum for people who deal with
depression.


Multimedia

Author: Media/Materials Clearinghouse
Title:  Imagebase
URL:    http://www.jhuccp.org/mmc/imagbas.stm
Country of Origin: United States of America

ImageBase is a visual database of international health-related posters in
the languages of a range of ethnic groups. It includes images and details of
over 450 posters, stickers, t-shirts, and buttons from more than 30
countries, arranged under subject.


National Health Services

Author: Roy Lilley (Institute of Health Services Management)
Title:  New NHS Structure
URL:    http://www.ihsm.co.uk/powerp.htm
Country of Origin: England

This is a slide and PowerPoint presentation which looks at the UK's white
paper "The New NHS: Modern, Dependable" asking what the National Health
Service will look like and how services will change in the future. It also
includes a look at Primary Care Groups, and consists of 27 slides.


Organisations - Health and Technology

Author: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health  (PATH)
Title:  Program for Appropriate Technology in Health  (PATH)
URL:    http://www.path.org/
Country of Origin: United States of America

PATH is an international, non-profit organisation whose mission is to
improve health, focusing on reproductive health, immunisation, AIDS, STDs,
contraception, safe birth, and men's, women's and children's health. The
website includes information about the organisation, examples of work and
programs, information about appropriate technologies for health, links to
other sites and a site search facility.

Author: NHS Research & Development Health Technology Assessment Programme
Title:  NHS Research & Development Health Technology Assessment Programme
URL:    http://www.soton.ac.uk/~hta
Country of Origin: England

This website contains information about the NHS Health Technology Assessment
Programme, it's Annual Report for 1998 including progress on it's projects
and executive summaries of HTA monographs. Also available is information on
commissioned research, publications, and information on consumer involvement
in the programme.


Organisations - Pharmaceutical

Author: Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries
Title:  ABPI
URL:    http://www.abpi.org.uk/_private/welcome/default.htm
Country of Origin: England

The new website for the ABPI includes a press releases and information about
the association. It also contains information about education and training
in the field and links to member organisation, as well as a facility to
order priced and free publications online. The site requires the use of a
Java-enabled browser.


Organisations - Public Health

Author: The Community Health Research Unit
Title:  The Community Health Research Unit
URL:    http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/med/epid/chru.html
Country of Origin: Canada

The CHRU, is a partnership of the Ottawa-Carleton Health Department and the
University of
Ottawa.  The Unit aims to enhance the scientific basis for public health and
this site contains it's history & mandate, research, links to public health
resources and the Perspectives newsletter.


Author: Scientific Institute of Public Health - Louis Pasteur
Title:  Scientific Institute of Public Health - Louis Pasteur Epidemiology
Division
URL:    http://www.iph.fgov.be/epidemio/epien/index.htm
Country of Origin: Belgium

The website of Scientific Institute of Public Health - Louis Pasteur
includes information about the organisation, research programs of the
division, reports presently available on the web and access to the Morbidat
database of morbidity statistics in Belgium.


Organisations - Professional

Author: Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
Title:  Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
URL:    http://www.sophe.org/
Country of Origin: United States of America
SOPHE is an independent, international professional association which aims
to provide leadership to the profession of health education and health
promotion. This recently revised website includes information about the
organisation, membership, publications, aims and resolutions.

Author: The New York State Early Childhood Career Development Initiative
Title:  The New York State Early Childhood Career Development Initiative
URL:    http://www.earlychildhood.org
Country of Origin: United States of America

The New York State Early Childhood Career Development Initiative details the
New York state approach to professional development. The website also
contains documents, a discussion area, and links to other early childhood
development websites.