Archive for the ‘Public Health’ Category

Are you ready for the season?

Every season and most holidays have unique health concerns. We all need good health information. Are you ready to meet the information needs?

March 15, 2012  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: NICHSR, NLM Databases, Prevention, PubMed, PubMed Health, Public Health  Comments Closed

National Poison Prevention Week March 18-24, 2012

National Poison Prevention Week is the third week of March. Since 1962, National Poison Prevention Week alerts the public to the dangers of accidental poisonings. This is an opportunity for libraries/librarians to provide information on safety measures to prevent poisoning from household products, medicines, pesticides, plants, bites & stings, food poisoning and even poisoning from fumes. Here are some resources you may find helpful.

March 2, 2012  Tags: ,   Posted in: Poisoning, Prevention, Public Health  One Comment

Health Data Tools and Statistics on PHPartners.org

The Health Data Tools and Statistics page on the PHPartners.org website, http://phpartners.org/health_stats.html, has been recently reorganized to make public health data and statistics easier to find and use.

October 18, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Guest Contributors, Public Health  Comments Closed