Elena Lumby's List: Public Health Resources

The Promising Practices Network (PPN) is dedicated to providing quality evidence-based information about what works to improve the lives of children, youth, and families. The PPN site features summaries of programs and practices that are proven to improve outcomes for children. All of the information on the site has been carefully screened for scientific rigor, relevance, and clarity. The information offered is organized around four major areas: Programs that Work, Research in Brief, Service Delivery, and Partner Pages.

NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help people, agencies, and organizations implement and disseminate programs and practices in their communities. NREPP is one way that SAMHSA is working to improve access to information on tested interventions and thereby reduce the lag time between the creation of scientific knowledge and its practical application in the field.

Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project from the Lamar Soutter Library at U Mass Medical School references dozens of evidence based resources in public health.

This website offers Federally-developed interactive tools and other resources to help community organizations and partnerships in your efforts to support youth. Included are tools and resources to help you form effective partnerships, assess community assets, understand risk factors and protective factors, generate maps of local and Federal resources, and search for evidence-based youth programs.

Designed to assist practitioners and communities in implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention programs that can make a difference in the lives of children and communities. The MPG database of evidence-based programs covers the entire continuum of youth services from prevention through sanctions to reentry. The MPG can be used to assist juvenile justice practitioners, administrators, and researchers to enhance accountability, ensure public safety, and reduce recidivism. The MPG is an easy-to-use tool that offers a database of scientifically-proven programs that address a range of issues, including substance abuse, mental health, and education programs.

NACCHO is the national organization representing local health departments. NACCHO supports efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity, and supporting effective local public health practice and systems.

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce from NLM hosts a tutorial on evidence based public health that links to dozens of resources.

The #1 Job Site for Public Health Professionals

Listing of links to various public health job listing sites

Job openings with the Indian Health Service

State Public Health Job Openings

Local Health Department Job Openings

The CJ Foundation for SIDS is a national charitable organization dedicated to recognizing the special needs of the SIDS community through funding SIDS research, support services and public awareness programs.The Foundation hopes to increase public awareness of SIDS and to contribute to a future in which no parent is faced with the tragedy of losing a loved one to SIDS. Producer of the successful "Back to Sleep Campaign" that has successfully reduced SIDS in minority communities.

The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community.

More than 200 interventions have been reviewed and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services has issued recommendations for their use. Learn more about the guide, our systematic review methods, and the Community Guide team.

History of Race in Science. Sponsored by the University of Toronto and others, this site captures bibliographies, syllabi, links, and conferences that critically evaluate the role of "race" and racism in health, science, and related fields.

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. NIH's center for the reduction and elimination of health disparities.

Office of Minority Health Resource Center.
Links to federal agencies and non-governmental organizations involved in "minority" health.

Kaiser Family Foundation reports on disparities in health care and health status in their State Health Reports.

Articles that demonstrate social inequalities in health and other areas of life

Effects of race and racism on the health and living standards of people in the United States.