HPiC WEBSITE NEWS

13th September 1999  -  Issue  26

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. 


Black and Minority Ethnic Groups 

Author:         British Columbia Ministry of Health, Department of Canadian
Heritage, & The Vancouver Foundation 
Title:  Translated Health Education Materials 
URL:    http:// www.healthtrans.org
Country of Origin: Canada

Translated Health Education Materials is a product of the Multicultural
Change in Health Services Delivery Project. One of the project's initiatives
was to gather together all the translated material utilised by the 22 health
care agencies involved. These were reviewed and translation standards and
procedures were developed, and a database and web site of translated patient
education materials was developed. 


Conferences

Author: Social & Health Services, Ltd
Title:  Partnerships for Health in the New Millennium
URL:    http://www.health.gov/partnerships
Country of Origin: United States of America 

Partnerships for Health in the New Millennium is a joint conference
sponsored by the Healthy People Consortium and Partnerships for Networked
Consumer Health Information, which celebrates the launch of the USA's
Healthy People objectives for 2010. The conference takes place on January
24-28, 2000 in Washington, DC. 

Author: Forum for miljø og helse
Title:  "Healthy Environments -The Local Challenge" Conference
URL:    http://www.fmh.no/ifeh/index.htm 
Country of Origin: Norway

"Healthy Environments -The Local Challenge" is the 6th World Congress on
Environmental Health and will be hosted by Forum for miljø og helse on
behalf of The International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH). The
deadline for submission of abstracts is September 20 1999. 


Disabilities

Author: Disabilities Information Resources (DINF) 
Title:  Disabilities Information Resources (DINF) 
URL:    http://www.dinf.org 
Country of Origin: United States of America

Disabilities Information Resources (DINF) is a non-profit corporation which
collects and makes available information on disabilities and related
subjects. This website provides information about DINF, Research and
Conferences, Resources, Designing for Accessibility and Universal
Accessibility and Software that may be Downloaded.


Disease and Illness

Author: The Wellcome Trust
Title:  Kidney Patient Guide
URL:    http://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk
Country of Origin: United Kingdom

The Kidney Patient Guide website was funded by the Wellcome Trust. It is the
result of collaboration between health care professionals, experts in
information technology and multimedia, specialist health care writers, and
people with renal failure, their families and carers. As well as physical
and treatment issues, the site provides information on emotional effects,
diet, financial implications and information for carers, partners, family &
friends.


Author: Arthritis Care
Title:  Arthritis Care
URL:    http://www.arthritiscare.org.uk
Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Arthritis Care is a registered charity which aims to empower people to take
control of their arthritis, their lives and their organisation. The website
contains an FAQ and information on Training and Development, Publications,
Contacts, and News and Events. 


Evidence Based Health 

Author: American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
& BMJ Publishing Group
Title:  Evidence-Based Medicine
URL:    http://www.acponline.org/journals/ebm/ebmmenu.htm
Country of Origin: United States of America & United Kingdom

Evidence-Based Medicine: Linking Research to Practice is published is
published bimonthly. The journal contains articles around evidence-based
medicine and health. The website allows access to tables of contents and
selected full text articles. 


Health

Author: WebMD
Title:  My WebMD
URL:    http://my.webmd.com/index.html
Country of Origin: United States of America

My WebMD is an example of a portal offering personalised consumer health
information.

Author: Women.com Networks and Prevention magazine
Title:  Healthy Ideas
URL:    http://healthyideas.com/
Country of Origin: United States of America

Healthy Ideas is a consumer health information website which uses
information compiled by Prevention magazine's staff of health writers and
medical professionals. The site is organised into four main channels: Health
& Healing, Weight Loss & Fitness, Cooking & Nutrition and Community. The
site also has a health News page.

Author: BodyIsland
Title:  Body Island
URL:    http://www.bodyisland.com/
Country of Origin: United Kingdom


Body Island is a consumer health and fitness information website providing
news and articles. The website concentrates on health, fitness, weight loss,
nutrition, relationships and 'female'. 


HIV / AIDS and Sexual Health 

Author: Banque de Données Santé Publique and partners
Title:  European Database on AIDS
URL:    http://www.edoa.org
Country of Origin: France

The European Database On AIDS provides bibliographic information on AIDS
related grey literature. It emphasises on "grey literature", i.e.
unpublished or little circulated articles, reports, conference proceedings,
videos, posters, films on prevention, etc. Information is provided by a
network of AIDS documentation centres in Europe. The database is available
to search, online, for free. Access to the European Multilingual Thesaurus
on HIV/AIDS is also available.


Physical Activity

Author: National Sports Medicine Institute
Title:  SMART (Sports Medicine And Related Topics) 
URL:    http://smart.nsmi.org.uk/
Country of Origin: United Kingdom 

SMART (Sports Medicine And Related Topics) is the National Sports Medicine
Institute's database of journal articles, covering more than 170 journal
titles. The database contains over 32,000 entries, from 1986 onwards. Around
25% of the database entries also include author abstracts, and the database
is updated daily. The sample database is free to search (after registration)
however the full database requires a subscription.


Research

Author: Health Knowledge Management Programme, School of Public Policy,
University College London 
Title:  NHS Research and Development Research Outputs Database
URL:    http://128.40.176.50/usereval/rdindex.htm
Country of Origin: United Kingdom 

The Research Outputs Database aims to make the results of NHS R&D projects
available. The database includes summaries of results available for on-line
searching, and is a prototype sponsored by the NHS R&D to improve access to
the results of NHS R&D funded research.

Author: Current Controlled Trials Ltd
Title:  Current Controlled Trials 
URL:    http://www.controlled-trials.com/
Country of Origin: United Kingdom 

Current Controlled Trials is a searchable meta Register of Controlled
Trials. The  meta register contains records from the Canadian HIV Trials
Network (CTN), Medical Editors' Trials Amnesty (META), Medical Research
Council (MRC), National Research Register (NRR), Schering Health Care
Limited, and UK Co-ordinating Committee for Cancer Research (UKCCCR). The
service is free but requires registration.


Smoking

Author: BMJ Publishing Group
Title:  Tobacco Control
URL:    http://www.tobaccocontrol.com/
Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Tobacco Control Online contains the full text each issue of the journal from
Spring 1998 onwards. It is searchable by keyword, and the references include
hyperlinks to Medline and to the full text of many other online journals.
The site is free and available to all on the Internet through the end of
March 2000, after when subscriptions will be required.


Women's Health 

Author: The Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human
Services
Title:  National Women's Health Information Center
URL:    http://www.4women.gov/
Country of Origin: United States of America 

The National Women's Health Information Center is a gateway for women
seeking health information. NWHIC is a free information and resource
containing information on over 800 women's health related topics. The site
also includes FAQ's, collections for health professionals, ethnic minorities
and men, and news and current events information.


Young People

Author: Childnet International
Title:  Childnet International
URL:    http://www.childnet-int.org
Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Childnet International is a non-profit organisation, based in London.
Childnet works around the world to promote children's interest in
international communications. 



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