Medicine subject guide - Links
Health promotion
Library links | Databases | Government sites | University and other educational sites | Reference sources and e-texts
Library links
University of Sydney Library Catalogue
Some recommended subject headings on the University of Sydney Library Catalogue are:
Some recommended journal titles on the University of Sydney Library Catalogue are:
Databases
CHID online - Combined Health Information Database
CHID is a bibliographic database produced by health-related agencies of the United States of America government. The database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information education resources as well as promotional and educational materials and program descriptions not indexed elsewhere.
Government sites
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
A US Department of Health and Human Services site that provides access to a number of online health promotion resources in addition to links to other health promotopn web sites.
State Government of Victoria
This page is the gateway to health promotion activities within the Department of Human Services and other key health promotion resources.
University and other educational sites
Australian Centre for Health Promotion
The Australian Centre for Health Promotion aims to contribute to better population outcomes by working with health practitioner to improve the quality of health policy and the effectivess of health promotion practice through the application of research.
Australian International Health Institute (The University of Melbourne)
The Institute provides consulting and advisory services as well as education and training in health promotion, health policy development, health care delivery, and leadership in health care reform.
Centre for Health Promotion - University of Toronto
The mission of the Centre is to conduct research and educational activities as well as to provide service in the field of health promotion, defined as "the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health".
Centre for Health Promotion & Cancer Prevention Research - University Of Queensland
The Centre conducts a range of applied research projects in the broad field of health promotion, targeting a diverse range of Queensland community groups.
Health Promotion Center - University of California
The Centre has collected a wide variety of health promotion resources on their Information & Resource Kit, Publications, and Managers Guide to Workplace Wellness pages. In addition, they maintain links on a number of health related topics in their Links section.
Institute of Health Promotion Research - University of British Columbia
The IHPR's program of research and education supports the development of international, national, provincial, and local efforts that will enable people and communities to gain greater control over the determinants of their health and quality of life.
Health Promotion Research Internet Network - Karolinska Institutent
HPRIN provides links to Health Promotion Research Centres, Schools of Public Health and other Internet Resources of Interest for Exchange of Health Promotion Experiences or of Public Health interest.
Reference sources and e-texts
Community Toolbox - University of Kansas
The toolbox is a core of "how to" tools which to explain how to do the different tasks necessary for community health and development.
NHS Health - Scotland
A Scottish site which has health resources for the general public as well as the health professional.
Health promotion glossary - World Health Organisation
The Health Promotion Glossary has been published as a guide to readers of WHO documents and publications.
World Medical Association statement on health promotion
Position paper of the World Medical Association on health promotion.