Behavioral Science and Health Education

1. Dissemination & Implementation Conference: Workshop: Participants come prepared with the details of a clinical or public health program/intervention that they are interested in studying, including the setting, context, and the size and characteristics of the target population.
2. Get Screened for HIV.4 — You’ve Got the Time: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 4 people living with HIV in the United States today do not know they are infected.
3. How should local councils deal with a meth lab in their community? Luke Mitton, Environmental Health Officer for Horsham Rural City Council presented at the Jena Dyco Meth Lab Cleanup 2011 Conference. Luke talks about the council’s role in the clean up of meth labs, focusing in particular on the situation in Australia.
4. Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic: Prescription drugs are now involved in more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined.
5. Using Video Games to Get Fit: President’s Council Executive Director Shellie Pfohl discusses the positive impacts of physical activity and how kids can get active with video games.
6. What Matters Most: A Colorado resident describes living with hepatitis C in one of a series of videos created in a joint project of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Nutrition and Food Safety

7. Environmental Pollutants: Dr. Ellis goes over how the food you eat and things you drink have an even bigger impact on your body than just the caloric value given by these foods.
8. Food price crisis can lead to deteriorating nutrition: Lora Iannotti, PhD, discusses her study that looks at the impact of high food costs on calorie intakes in developing countries.
9. Food Safety Workshop: The Environmental Health Division of the Mecklenburg County Health Department held a food safety workshop for local food service and restaurant owners and operator showing best practices.
10. New Nutrition Labels: Matthew Kreuter, PhD, public health expert and professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, discusses front-of-package nutrition systems and results of a new report.
11. Obesity is a Major Issue in the United States: Mount Sinai’s Dr. Landrigan discusses how obesity has become an epidemic within the United States. The rates of obesity have tripled since the 1970s, and this has led to a significant increase in type 1 and type 2 diabetes as obese children are at a much higher risk of developing diabetes.

Emergency Services and Risk Management

12. Irene’s Aftermath: Robert Stirewalt, Public Information Officer for Vermont Emergency Management, discusses the historic flooding in Vermont caused by Hurricane Irene.
13. Joint Information Center: Joint Information Center drill for Alameda County, California, demonstrating how information is coordinated and disseminated during a disaster or emergency. Narrated by Dr. Muntu Davis.
14. Learning from the New Zealand Earthquake: Chris Hawker: SFU Environmental Health & Safety presents “Learning from the New Zealand Earthquake: Canterbury University Experience.”
15. NPHIC Earthquake Preparedness Tips: The National Public Health Information Coalition has tips and resources for earthquake and general emergency preparedness.
16. Post-Anthrax Public Health Advances Threatened: In 2001, a bioattack of weaponized anthrax galvanized America’s public health care force to create a new model of emergency health response that has safeguarded millions during pandemic influenza, SARS, and even natural disasters.
17. Radiological and Nuclear Disaster Preparedness: Government Training Conference: With concern over continued terrorist threats at home and abroad, “dirty bombs” and the nuclear armament of rogue states, this question is just as relevant today as it was on September 11.

Environmental Health

18. Breast Cancer and the Environment: An Oakland, CA forum on breast cancer and the environment, produced for Alameda County Public Health Department, California, by Albert P. Pappalardo.
19. Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11: This documentary questions the Environmental Protection Agency’s declaration that there should be no concern about any health hazards associated with exposure to smoke and debris in lower Manhattan immediately following 9/11.
20. The Importance of Studying Children’s Environmental Health: Dr. Landrigan discusses why the Children’s Environmental Health Center (CEHC) was created at Mount Sinai. Scientific evidence is strong and continuing to build that hazardous exposures in the modern environment are important causes of these diseases.
21. Wikileaks: “Politically Difficult” to Measure China’s Real Pollution: A U.S. diplomatic cable from 2006 — just released by Wikileaks in 2011 — says one type of pollution is so bad that authorities don’t even dare to measure it.

Epidemiology

22. Disaster Epidemiology: Database Design: Epidemiologists play an important role in assessing the health effects of natural and man-made disasters and in identifying the factors that contribute to these effects. Join Wayne Enanoria Ph.D., from UC Berkeley’s Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness, in this three-part series as he discusses key topics in disaster epidemiology.
23. Disease Detectives: Epidemiology: Meet three epidemiologists from the past, present and future. Hippocrates tells you about his methods of disease prevention, Sandra Ford will share her story of the early years of HIV/AIDS, and a doctor from the future talks about eradicating polio.
24. Epidemiology Part I: This 4-part program provides the most current information available in the constantly changing field of immunization. Participants are strongly encouraged to visit CDC’s Vaccines and Immunization Web site for updates.
25. Public Health 250A – Lecture 4: Descriptive Epidemiology III: The University of California, Berkeley, provides this 46-minute lecture on epidemiologic methods.

Maternal and Child Health

26. BlueCross Gathers Groups Targeting State’s Infant Mortality Crisis: September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month. With more than 700 babies dying in Tennessee every year (that’s nearly nine out of every 1,000 births), it’s a problem that needs immediate attention.
27. Global Health Discussion: Maternal Health: Cara from Global Health Bridge discusses Global Health Bridge’s approach to improving maternal health in developing countries.
28. Leaders in Living Well: Baby Basics & Beyond: This is a community-based educational event for expectant parents and parents of young children and is an invaluable learning experience for the young women enrolled in the School-Age Parent Program in the West Allis/West Milwaukee School District.
29. Newborn Screening: Improving Outcomes: Through early identification and treatment, newborn screening provides an opportunity for significant reductions in morbidity and mortality while reducing health care costs associated with treatment of lifelong debilitating conditions.
30. Magic of Motherhood — Maternal/Perinatal Wellness: This video is targeted at pregnant mothers, asking for awareness about several issues that occur during pregnancy at after birth.

Additionally, we also know that around the world others don’t have the same access to public health facilities and information. There is a lot of information out there about the distributing of health resources, as well as information here at home about the threats we face to our health. If you are interested in information about public health, there are some great infographics that can illustrate different statistics. Here are 15 public health infographics:

Diseases and Health Conditions

Around the world, there are disease threats. Here are some public health inforgraphics that take a look at diseases around the world.

1. Progress Against Polio: In the U.S., we’re used to thinking of polio as a disease that no longer exists. However, in other countries, mostly in Third World countries, polio is still a very real threat. In some cases, the disease is still endemic. You can look at this infographic, which includes great color contrast, to easily see where there are still pockets of polio. A great infographic that indicates what we might need to do next.
2. A Look at ‘Preventable’ Deaths & Diseases: This infographic takes a look at different diseases, and how they can be prevented. Looks at some of the deaths that could have been prevented, diseases that can be prevented, and medical errors that can be deadly. And interesting infographic that really puts disease and public health into perspective. It’s clear that, in some cases, there are diseases that do not have to affect us.
3. Cancer: This infographic shares information about cancer, and the types that there are. It looks at the public health numbers behind cancer, including who is likely to contract cancer, and who is likely to die from the disease. It also includes common types of fatal cancer, and other facts about cancer. If you want to learn more about this disease, and how it impacts public health, this is a great infographic.
4. Malaria: This tropical disease affects millions of people each year. Even if you visit a tropical area, there is chance that you could contract malaria. It still constitutes a global public health concern. If you want more information about malaria, this great infographic at World Vision can provide you with solid information and facts abou malaria and its effects.

Life Expectancy and Mortality Rate

Indications of public health in an area can be seen in terms of life expectancy and mortality rate — especially infant mortality rate.

5. USA Life Expectancy: Learn more about the life expectancy in the U.S. by state. An interesting break down of where you can expect to live longest. Hawaii has the highest life expectancy. Its laid back vibe and very agreeable climate are likely reasons for the high life expectancy rate. It’s an interesting infographic that really puts things into perspective. You can live eight years longer if you live in Hawaii instead of the District of Columbia.
6. Life Expectancy and Health Care Costs: This eye opening infographic created a storm when National Geographic released it. It looks at health care costs and life expectancy. The U.S. spends more than anyone else on health care, doesn’t have universal health coverage, and has a life expectancy that is less than many other developed countries. An interesting public health infographic — if only for the controversy it sparked.
7. Life expectancy in America: Takes a look at life expectancy in the U.S. among different groups. Takes a look at different risk factors, regions and ethnic groups. It’s an interesting look at years gained by avoid risk factors, and looks at life expectancy by gender as well as ethnic group. Some interesting surprises, and an interesting look at how income can indicate a higher expectation of risk factors.
8. Child Mortality Rates Infographic: Interested in child mortality around the world? Mortality is considered a public health indicator. This infographic shares interesting information on the rate of child deaths around the world. It’s an interesting infographic, and one that provides reliable information about child death — and what causes it.

Lifestyle Habits

Smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity are all lifestyle habits that can contribute to different aspects of public health. Here are some great infographics on lifestyle habits.

9. The Global Obesity Problem: Obesity isn’t just a growing problem in the United States; it affects other countries as well. Indeed, the lifestyle habits that lead to obesity can also lead to other health problems. Diseases like heart disease, diabetes and cancer are all linked to obesity in some ways. This infographic looks at the obesity rates around the world. It is true that the U.S. has the highest rate of obesity, but other countries are catching up.
10. The Fries that Bind Us and The Magic Bean Shop: Princeton offers a look at two different infographics describing the place of McDonald’s and Starbucks in public health implications that are related to the foods they show. Sometimes we forget how much sugar Starbucks coffee has, and the lack of nutritional value in McDonald’s food. An eye-opening infographic that provides an interesting look at the way we eat — and how it is being exported around the world.
11. Global Tobacco Trade: Follow the path of cigarettes throughout the world. Information on tobacco, where it comes from, and where it goes. It also includes stats about smoking, as well as the dangerous and unhealthy chemicals found in cigarettes. Includes information on this dangerous lifestyle habit, including the impacts of second hand smoke on others. A fascinating ingraphic from the folks at Princeton University.
12. The Truth About Alcoholism: Alcohol abuse can cause significant impact on personal and public health. The deaths caused by alcohol related accidents each year are a problem, and, of course, there are liver problems, cancer and other diseases that can grow from alcoholism. Just because it’s legal, doesn’t mean it isn’t actually a public health problem.

Health Care

Finally, the quality of health care received has great bearing on public health. These infographics look at health care facts and figures.

13. Global Health Indicators: Are We Better or Worse Off Now?: A great infographic put together with information from a report issued by the World Health Organization. Executive Healthcare published the infographic, which includes a great deal of information, including information about health care workers, access to health care, and sanitation. Additionally, includes other health indicators, like mortality rates and life expectancy. It’s meant to monitor health progress around the world.
14. Health Care Capabilities: Where will you get access to health care facilities? This infographic looks at access to health care, and the existence of acceptable health care capabilities, around the world. It’s an interesting look at at where you can find the health care you need. It has great implications in terms of figuring out where more health care services are needed — and helping you decide what sort of evacuation you might need if you get sick in some countries.
15. Health Reform and the Uninsured: A look at health reform in America, and the uninsured. Many consider a rising number of uninsured a public health issue. And with health care reform possibly being repealed, many are wondering what’s next.

It is true that there are plenty of spurious accounts on Twitter, with updates from people who may not be true “experts” in the field of international health. However, if you are interested in following some actual public health experts on Twitter, there are some official accounts worth following. Here are 50 international health experts worth following on Twitter:

Governments

You can learn a lot by following the Twitter feeds of various governments. Many governments have health departments that focus on international outcomes as well as domestic outcomes. If you want some of the most up to date and reliable public health information and news, these government accounts can be a good choice.

1. @USAID: This is the official Twitter account of the U.S. government’s efforts with humanitarian and public health on an international level.
2. @eHealthInfso: Eruopean Policy and Research on ICT for preventative medicine. Experts tweet on patient safety, research and more from the European Union.
3. @CDCgov: A look at public health, pandemics and more. Great info from the experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
4. @HHSGov: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services keeps you informed and up to date about public and international health.
5. @NHSChoices: Get perspective on public health from Britain’s National Health Service.
6. @YourHealthGovAu: More on health, policy and more from Down Under.
7. @PHAC_GC: The Twitter account from the experts at the Public Health Agency of Canada. Get it in French with @ASPC_GC.
8. @DFID_UK: A look at international development, and health, from the Department mof International Development in the UK.
9. @NIHClincialCntr: Center devoted to clinical research. Plenty of interesting information with international health implications.
10. @DHgovuk: Check out the Department of Health Twitter feed from Britain.
11. @americans4unfpa: This is the U.S. Committee to the United Nations Population Fund, focusing on health of women around the world.
12. @OBShealth: European Observatory on Health Systems.
13. @UNAIDS: Information from the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS.

Health Organizations

There are plenty of international health organizations, as well as multi-national health efforts. Many of these organizations include health care professionals and public health experts. Follow these accounts on Twitter to learn more about the international health scene.

14. @whonews: The official channel of the World Health Organization provides you with policy positions, news and valuable information.
15. @UNICEFpolio: Christian Moen handles information from UNICEF on the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Get information, news and more.
16. @icrc_english: The International Committee of the Red Cross shares great information on international health, and includes plenty of expert opinion.
17. @GLOBALHEALTHorg: The Global Health Council looks to improve health around the world. A great resource with interesting tweets and information from international health experts.
18. @ncdalliance: Member associations work together on cancer, heart disease and respiratory disease.
19. @eqpaho: A look at equity in public health. It’s the regional, Pan American Health Organization for WHO.
20. @PIH: Helps provide health care for the poor in several countries. A great look at the state of international health.
21. @PSIHealthLives: A look at health around the world, especially concerned with reproductive health and child survival.
22. @SurgeonsSOS: Surgeons OverSeas offers a great look at surgical care on ta global scale.
23. @MSF_USA: This is the Twitter account run by the experts at the U.S. office of Doctors Without Borders.
24. @odi_development: Think tank in Britain devoted to international development, including public health.
25. @EngenderHealth: Experts at this nonprofit organization tweet about international reproductive health.
26. @FightingMalaria: Experts from the Malaria Consortium look to control this international health threat.
27. @CHPI2010: Centre for Health Policy and Innovation is a NGO international health organization.
28. @GAINalliance: All about fighting malnutrition and encouraging better international health.
29. @GHWAlliance: A partnership with the WHO devoted to finding solutions to the crisis in global health workforce.
30. @GHTCoalition: Focuses on treating global diseases.
31. @GlobalHealth: Twitter account for Global Health Progress.

Distinguished Individuals

Many international health experts are associated with reputable organizations, as well as prestigious international health institutes and college departments. If you are interested in following these individuals, you can find them on Twitter, sharing the latest news about international health, and commenting on policy.

32. @Gaelle Bausson: Gaelle is in charge of communications for UNICEF West and Central Africa. Plenty of interesting insight and news.
33. @CDC_DrFenton: Tweets from the director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Kevin Fenton. Includes information on international health, as well as public health.
34. @agnesbinagwaho: Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health in Rwanda. Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. Plenty of interesting insights on international health.
35. @KarenGrepin: Widely acknowledged international health expert. Assistant professor of Global Health Policy at NYU.
36. @Global_ErinH: The Health Policy Manager at ONECampaign, a grass roots international health campaign.
37. @NandiniOomman: This Senior Program Associate and HIV/AIDS Monitor at the Center for Global Development offers insights and thoughts on international health.
38. @setiogi: WHO communications officer. Get information on global health, and interesting tidbits about international health and news.
39. @ReinouGroen: This International Surgical Fellow with Surgeons OverSeas has a great deal of interesting information about the reality of health care around the world.
40. @globalhlthtwit: Anthony Costello is the the director of the UCL Institute for Global Health. Learn more about global public health.
41. @ftissandier: PR office for GAIN. Tweets about health, nutrition and food on a global scale.
42. @sarnquist: Works on initiatives like the Global Health Hub.
43. @J_Schiff: This global health reporter with the respected Kaiser Family Foundation has great insights on international health.

Health Media

Follow the international health experts from these media outlets to get an idea of what is going on in the world of global health.

44. @bbchealth: Insights, stories and more related to the global state of health.
45. @nytimeshealth: News, policy and more from the experts at the New York Times.
46. @cnnhealth: Learn more about international health, domestic health, and more.
47. @CBCHealth: This Canadian media outlet offers helpful insights into health.
48. @bmj_latest: News and research, including international health news, from the British Medical Journal.
49. @JAMA_current: News and information from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
50. @TheLancet: The world’s leading medical journal offers great insights into international health.

The following list is organized alphabetically by surname.

1. Dr. John Agwunobi, the former assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Health and Human Services Department and an admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, joined Wal-Mart in 2007 as senior vice president and president for the professional services Division to oversee the company’s health and wellness business unit, including pharmacies, vision centers and health care clinics.
2. Robert E. Black, MD, MPH, is chairman, Edgar Berman Professor in International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He recently received the Prince Mahidol Award in the field of Public Health, which recognizes “outstanding contribution in the field of public health for the sake of the well-being of the peoples.” Black was recognized for his outstanding work on zinc supplementation.
3. Kenneth H. Brown, MD, is a professor in the Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis. His research program focuses on the causes, complications, treatment and prevention of childhood malnutrition in low-income countries. Dr. Brown previously directed the UC Davis Program in International Nutrition. He currently chairs the International Zinc Consultative Group.
4. Dr. Rita R. Colwell won the Stockholm Water Prize for her work, which “has established the basis for environmental and infectious disease risk assessment used around the world,” Colwell focused on preventing the spread of cholera. She is a professor at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.
5. Ophelia Dahl is the co-founder and director of Partners in Health, a global public health organization, and also the daughter of author Roald Dahl, famous for children’s classics such as The BFG and James and the Giant Peach. While studying at Wellesley College, Dahl started a community-based health initiative in rural Hait called Partners in Health. This organization was able to respond effectively in the aftermath of the catastrophe, because it was already established in Haitian communities.
6. Darin J. Erickson, PhD, professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, has made it a recent practice to study drunkenness and fatal accidents after large sports events. In one study, he worked with a team that discovered a tight game often led to more riots and car crashes, both at the competition site and in the winning team’s home town.
7. Rolf Halden, PhD, PE, is an adjunct associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and holds many other positions as well. He has served on the Maryland State Water Quality Advisory Committee, the Food and Drug Administration’s Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee, and a National Research Council committee of the National Academies.
8. Dr. Carolyn Harper is the executive medical director and director of public health at Ireland’s Public Health Agency. Dr Harper trained in general practice before moving into public health and also worked as Director of Quality Improvement for the Quality Improvement Organization in California. She is a spokesperson for the organization and supports the premise that climate change affects health.
9. James M. Hughes, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases in Emory University School of Medicine and professor of global health in Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health, has been elected president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Hughes is the first IDSA president who comes primarily from the field of public health. He also serves as executive director of the Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats (SECEBT) and senior advisor, Emory Center for Global Safe Water.
10. Anthony B. Iton, MD, JD, MPH, is Senior Vice President of Healthy Communities for the The California Endowment’s 10-year Building Healthy Communities: California Living 2.0 initiative. Prior to this career move, Iton served since 2003 as both the director and County Health Officer for the Alameda County Public Health Department, where he oversaw the creation of an innovative public health practice designed to expand quality of life and lifespan in many of California’s low-income communities.
11. David A. Kessler, MD, is a Harvard-trained doctor, lawyer, medical school dean and former commissioner of the FDA. His last career move was as Dean and Vice-Chancellor at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School from 2003 to 2007. Kessler alleged he was fired for whistleblowing, after revealing spreadsheets that did not match from a previous administration. His recent book is The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite.
12. Dr. Joia Mukherjee is a professor at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. In rural Haiti, Dr. Mukherjee along with colleagues Drs. Paul Farmer and Fernet Leandre has established a program to treat patients with HIV infection using highly active antiretroviral therapy. This program, the HIV Equity Initiative, was the first of its kind in a developing country and served as a model for the Millennium Development Goals, the WHO’s 3 by 5 initiative, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
13. Thomas E. McKone, PhD , is an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley’ School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences. He is responsible for the development of CalTOX, a model first used by the California Environmental Protection Agency to conduct multimedia risk assessment for hazardous waste and air pollutants. More recently, CalTOX has been used for assessing the behavior of persistent pollutants and for life-cycle impact assessments.
14. Martin Philbert, PhD, became dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health on January 1, 2011, having previously served as senior associate dean for research at the school since 2004. He arrived at UM in 1995 from Rutgers’ Neurotoxicology Laboratories, where he was a research assistant professor. At the national level, he is recognized for his expertise in neurotoxicology and experimental neuropathology. He is the author of numerous research publications in top peer-reviewed journals, and one book.
15. Dr. Ananda S. Prasad is regarded as the foremost researcher on zinc metabolism, and has received several honours, including a mastership from the American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal Medicine. He currently serves as distinguished professor at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics.
16. Professor Sir Mike Richards CBE MD FRCP DSc (Hon) is the National Clinical Director for Cancer and End of Life Care. In 2000 he led the development of the NHS Cancer Plan, the first comprehensive strategy to tackle cancer in England and was then responsible for overseeing its implementation. More recently he has led the development of the Cancer Reform Strategy, the first ever End of Life Care Strategy and ‘Improving Outcomes: A strategy for cancer’.
17. Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS, is one of the world’s leading public health experts. He recently was named founding director of the new USC Institute for Global Health and chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. On the scientific front, he has studied indoor and outdoor air pollution, the links between radon and lung cancer, and an array of health issues surrounding active and passive smoking.
18. Jennifer S. Smith, Ph.D. is an associate professor of epidemiology at UNC and director of Cervical Cancer-Free America (CCFA). CCFA works with leading university and other public health partners in each state to form coalitions that deliver locally on CCFA’s national cervical cancer prevention goals: To increase vaccination, particularly among girls aged 10 to 18, against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer; and to increase cervical cancer screening.
19. Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney is an educator and a scientist whose career has spanned academia and the pharmaceutical industry. He serves as the dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. He has held the Herman and Margaret Sokol professorship in chemistry at Montclair State University and served as department chairperson of chemistry and biochemistry. His current scholarship is focused on drug discovery and bridging science and human rights.
20. Dr. Derek Yach is Senior Vice President of Global Health and Agriculture Policy at PepsiCo where he leads the internal Global Human Sustainability Task Force and engagement with major international policy, research and scientific groups. Previously he has headed global health at the Rockefeller Foundation, been Professor of Public Health and head of the Division of Global Health at Yale University. He is also a former executive director of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Whether you are a public health administrator, or a concerned parent making sure that your child is safe, there are a number of resources that you can turn to for the latest public health news. Here are 50 of the best public health news sites:

Government and International Public Health News Sites

If you want public health information from authoritative sources, you can turn to government public health web sites and international health web sites. Get public health news from the governments of a variety of countries, as well as international organizations, such as the WHO.

1. Public Health Matters: One of the best resources, straight from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2. Global Health Policy: A great look at public health from the Center for Global Development.
3. World Health Organization: Learn more about what the WHO does, and its role in global public health. Includes updates, health news and more.
4. Public Health Europe: Great news and information on public health in Europe — and around the world.
5. Public Health Agency of Canada: Information, news and more regarding public health in Canada and in other parts of the world.
6. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: News about health in Australia, as well as information that applies in other areas of the world.
7. Department of Health: This news and information site is from the government of the United Kingdom. Contains plenty of public health news.
8. National Institutes of Health: You can get news and information from this reliable source for news.
9. Health.gov: Plenty of news resources and information related to public and personal health.
10. Ministry of Health: This great public health news site includes plenty of information from New Zealand.

Health Care Industry and Public Health Policy

For those interested in the role that the health care industry plays in public health, and for news and commentary about the health care industry, the following news sites are great options, especially since they include public health policy news sites.

11. Covering Health: This is a great public health news source aimed at helping journalists cover the health care industry.
12. Health Wonk Review: Focuses on the latest information in the world of public health.
13. Disease Management Care Blog: Looks at the latest public health policy news and issues.
14. Gary Schwitzer’s HealthNewsReview: Keep up with the latest public health news, including the latest health care industry news.
15. GoozNews: Health care industry coverage, as well as commentary on public health policy.
16. Global Health Ideas: A look at some of the ideas behind public health, as well as the latest news in global health.
17. Kaiser Health News: Great information on public health and public health policy from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
18. Healthwatch: This is a news site from The Hill, a blog that follows Congress. Great source for public health policy news.
19. Modern Healthcare: A look at health care industry business, policy and news.
20. Global Health: The policy wonks at Change.org tackle issues of global health policy and news.

University and Professional Organization Public Health News Sites

Many colleges and universities have schools of public health. These schools often have information on the latest breakthroughs and advancements. Additionally, public health professional organizations also offer news and information on health care, the health industry, and what you need to know about your own health.

21. World Health News: Public health news with a global perspective from the Harvard School of Public Health.
22. Health News: Yeshiva University offers a look at public health news, especially on campus.
23. School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University: Offers news about research breakthroughs and other public health news.
24. Stanford Global Health: A look at public health news and information from around the world.
25. Duke Global Health Institute: News, information and public health policy from Duke University.
26. American Public Health Association: The latest on public health from the APHA.
27. What is Public Health?: An informational site about public health, and what can be accomplished.
28. Alliance for Aging Research: This organization looks at research in aging, and the public health effects of aging.
29. Yale School of Public Health: A look at public health advancements and information about the latest developments.
30. Mailman School of Public Health: Columbia University offers public health news and information.

Health Journals

Health journals and other publications also offer the latest news in public health. Peer-reviewed publications provide reliable information about public health, as well as providing news and breakthroughs. These journals offer news tidbits as well as in-depth articles on public health.

31. The Lancet Global Health Network: A look at public health from the respected journal The Lancet.
32. Journal of Public Health: This Oxford publication offers the latest in public health headlines.
33. The Open Public Health Journal: Offers any access to public health news and in-depth coverage.
34. PubMed: Get access to health journal articles from around the world, including those on public health.
35. International Journal of Public Health: Plenty of timely articles about public health on the Internet.
36. Perspectives in Public Health: A look at different aspects of public health news.
37. American Journal of Public Health: Preview public health articles, and read in-depth about what’s making the news.
38. BMC Public Health: Open access journal focusing on public health news and issues.
39. The Nation’s Health: A great look at what is going on with public health in the U.S.
40. Environmental Health Perspectives: The environment and public health.

Consumer Public Health News Sites

Finally, it can help to have access to information aimed at consumers. Consumer public health news sites can offer you the latest on the issues and alerts that affect you and your community.

41. The Pump Handle: A discussion of public health news and issues that affect you.
42. Health Blog: The Wall Street Journal offers a health blog aimed at helping you.
43. Healthy Travel Blog: A great public health blog aimed at helping consumers maintain health while traveling.
44. Healthcare Economist: Awesome blog looking at public health and its interaction with the economy.
45. Health Beat: Consumer health information and public health news.
46. Public Health News from Medical News Today: Find out the latest public health news headlines.
47. The Health Care Blog: New and commentary on public health.
48. Piper Report: Latest news in pharma and public health.
49. Well Blog: Consumer oriented public health news, ideas and more.
50. Dr. Buttery’s Public Health BLOG: Great information on the public health news that affects you.

One of the great things about the Internet is the ability to find information on a variety of topics. This includes topics related to information security and patient privacy. There are blogs out there devoted to the subject of medical privacy, as well as offering insight into law and ethics. If you are a health administrator, or public health student, you can benefit from the knowledge that others share. Here 50 great medical privacy blogs that can help you better understand your role and your options:

Patient Privacy

These are blogs devoted to the idea of patient privacy. These blogs focus specifically on issues related to keeping personal patient information private.

1. Patient Modesty & Privacy Concerns: This is an interesting blog that not only looks at privacy, but also patient desire for modesty.
2. Personal Health Information Privacy: Information on the privacy of health information.
3. Patient Privacy Rights: News and information related to the privacy rights of patients.
4. Health Information Privacy: Helpful articles and posts from the Department of Health and Human Services.
5. Citizen’s Council for Health Freedom: Efforts to create true patient privacy.
6. The Big Opt Out: News on patient privacy from a British perspective.
7. Health Privacy Blog Posts: The Center for Democracy & Technology has some great posts on health privacy.

Health Information Technology

Because so much of medical privacy these days relies on health information technology, it can help to have a basic understanding of health IT. These blogs include those devoted electronic medical records, and will help you learn more about the challenges associated with keeping records safe.

8. Chilmark Research: Trends in health care IT, including personal health records and medical privacy.
9. Healthcare Technology News: Information on ePatients, electronic health records and patient privacy.
10. EMR Daily News: The latest in electronic medical records headlines and privacy issues.
11. e-CareManagement: Interesting information on health care in an electronic age.
12. Electronic Health Information Laboratory: Interesting insights on health information and privacy.
13. Change Doctor: A physician offering insights into EHR, patient privacy and technology in health care.
14. eHealth: Information on health IT, information, and medical records and security.
15. Future of Health IT: Speculations about what’s next. Also includes information on medical privacy.
16. Healthcare & Technology: An interesting blog on innovation, as well as on EMR, and privacy issues.
17. HitSphere: A number of resources on health care technology, IT and patient privacy.

Information Privacy

These blogs are a little more general, focusing on information privacy and security. However, almost all of these blogs address the issue of medical privacy at some point. And if you are interested in securing electronic health information, these blogs can be quite helpful.

18. Roger’s Information Security Blog: A great blog on computers and information security.
19. Privacy.org: Find out more about privacy in general, including medical privacy.
20. EPIC: The Electronic Privacy Information Center offers great insights on privacy, including health information privacy.
21. Schneier on Security: Security and privacy technology.
22. A Day in the Life of an Information Security Investigator: An interesting look at security technology.
23. TaoSecurity: Protecting information in this world of technology.
24. IT Security Blog: A great look at privacy, compliance and IT. Includes health privacy.
25. MBM Security Blog: Information security, including information on health information security and privacy.
26. Redspin Security Blog: Privacy, security and more. Includes electronic health records.

HIPAA

Part of legislation in the last few years includes HIPAA legislation. One of the sections of this law deals with privacy. If you are interested in making sure that you are HIPAA compliant, including in matters of patient privacy, these blogs can help.

27. HIPAA Blog: Learn more about HIPAA and privacy.
28. EMR and HIPAA: Find out more about medical records and privacy.
29. HIPAA Update: Patient privacy, HIPPA and what you need to know.
30. HIPAA.com: Just what it sounds like — HIPAA information.
31. HIPAA.org: Information on HIPAA and handling patient privacy.
32. HIPAA Guide: Rules and information, including medical privacy, required by HIPAA.

Medical Ethics

Understanding medical ethics is key to providing good patient care and protecting patient privacy. It is a good idea to have an understanding of what is considered ethical medical practice, and develop a sense of ethics when it comes to medical privacy.

33. Health Care Fraud Blog: Information on health care fraud and ethics.
34. Health Care Organizational Ethics: Ethics in the health care system, including in matters of privacy.
35. KCL Medical Ethics and Law: Legal information and ethical information related to medicine.
36. Journal of Medical Ethics Blog: Information on medical ethics, including patient privacy issues.
37. Health Rights Advocate: Ethics, patient privacy and advocacy.
38. Wachter’s World: Plenty of interesting insight on hospitals, ethics and privacy.
39. Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics: Learn more about health care, privacy and medical ethics.
40. Dr. Thompson’s Blog: Discussions on ethics in medicine, including patient privacy.
41. Sufficient Scruples: Health care policy and ethics, including privacy issues.

Privacy Law

These blogs include medical privacy law blogs, as well as blogs addressing general issues of privacy. It is a good idea to have a handle on what the law says about privacy — and rights to it.

42. Privacy and Information Security Law Blog: Great information on privacy law, including great posts on medical privacy.
43. Singularity Healthcare Law Blog: Insights on health law, including medical privacy.
44. Privacy Law Blog: Issues of privacy law, including health privacy.
45. FDA Law Blog: Addresses issues of medical privacy and HIPAA in addition to FDA law.
46. Privacy Law & Policy: Learn more about privacy rights.
47. Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Privacy issues from a Canadian perspective. Includes information on health privacy.
48. The Privacy Law Site: Rules and laws regarding privacy.
49. Health Law Attorney Blog: Information on health law, including medical privacy.
50. PVWLaw Health Care Legal Resource: Health care law, information and more on privacy.

The following individuals are listed alphabetically by surname.

1. Jacqueline Agnew, PhD, MPH is professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the Center for Occupational Safety and Health. The goal of her research is to better understand the relationship between workplace exposures, worker characteristics, and musculoskeletal disorders so that these debilitating and expensive conditions can be prevented. A secondary but related area of research is the development of more specific measures of occupational stress. She has a joint departmental affiliation with the School of Nursing.
2. Nathalie Bartle, EdD is professor, Department of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University’s School of Public Health. While serving as a senior research associate at Harvard’s Health Policy, Research and Education Division, Dr. Bartle expanded her research in the areas of child and adolescent health, adolescent sexuality and health policy. Her book, Venus in Blue Jeans: Why Mothers and Daughters Need to Talk About Sex, has received national and international attention and has been published in English, Spanish and Greek. Dr. Bartle has continued her research in adolescent health and sexuality.
3. Laurel A. Beckett, PhD is professor in the Biostatistics Unit, Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of California, Davis. Her current and recent research includes work on Alzheimer’s, AIDS, cancer, hypertension, and pulmonary disease. Dr. Beckett also focuses on statistical methods for longitudinal data, population-based studies, and translational research between basic science and clinical medicine. She developed bootstrap bounds for “safe” doses in risk assessment as well as methods for estimating population prevalence and incidence in non-standard complex survey settings.
4. Jeff Burgess MD, MPH is an associate professor and the director of the Community, Environment and Policy Division at The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health in Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Burgess’ research focuses include firefighter health and safety, reduction of mining-related injuries and exposures, environmental arsenic exposure, respiratory toxicology in smoke inhalation victims and hazardous materials exposures including methamphetamine labs. In 2009 he was awarded $2.3 million for two national research grants to study and prevent injuries among firefighters.
5. Richard Joseph Jackson, MD, MPH is Professor and Chair, Environmental Health Sciences and professor for the Institute of the Environment and Urban Planning as the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Jackson’s work led to the establishment of the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program and state and national laws. These helped reduce risk from dangerous pesticides, especially for farm workers and children. He also served 15 years at the CDC where he established the National Asthma Epidemiology and Control Program [PDF] and advanced the childhood lead poisoning prevention program. Dr. Jackson co-authored Urban Sprawl and Public Health, a 2004 book from Island Press.
6. Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, MS, Professor of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and professor, Graduate Program in Public Health, Stony Brook University, received the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award in June from the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Jonas, a prolific author and researcher in health policy analysis, preventive medicine and public health, and personal health and wellness, began his academic career more than 40 years ago. He currently is working on book project development in recreational drug-use policy, multi-sport racing, recreational skiing, health promotion/disease prevention in clinical practice, and exercising regularly.
7. John Kittelson, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics at the Colorado School of Public Health, has been appointed to a three-year term on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. Kittelson was appointed to the FDA panel based upon his research on group sequential methods for the design and monitoring of clinical trials. Currently, he is director of the Colorado Biostatistics Consortium at the University of Colorado Denver and the director of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design program of the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
8. Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003. From 1986-88, she was senior nutrition policy advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and managing editor of the 1988 Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health. Her research examines scientific, economic, and social influences on food choice. She is the author of three prize-winning books: Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety, and What to Eat.
9. Jonathan Samet , MD, MS is professor and Flora L. Thornton Chair in the Department of Preventative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine and director for the Institute for Global Health at the University of Southern California. He is a leading authority on the health effects of smoking and air pollution, has worked actively to promote tobacco control worldwide, and has addressed some of the most critical issues in environmental epidemiology, particularly in relation to air pollution. One of Dr. Samet’s current research projects include a global study on exposures of women and children to secondhand tobacco smoke.
10. Guiyun Yan, PhD is professor of public health at the University of California, Irvine, with a joint appointment in the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology School of Biological Sciences. His research interest focuses on population biology of mosquitoes and malaria epidemiology in Africa and Southeast Asia. This past summer, UC Irvine announced that Dr. Yan lead will groundbreaking malaria field research in impoverished reaches of China, Myanmar and Thailand, thanks to new federal funding. Dr. Yan will collaborate with Penn State principal investigator Liwang Cui.

It is important to remember that HFCS is a sweetener, and sweeteners and sugars such as sucrose, agave syrup, honey and sugar substitutes all could be dangerous for diabetics, and they all can produce other health problems for some individuals, especially if over-consumed. A diet rich in fresh vegetables and fruits, along with water (rather than a soda or commercial juice, which may be filled with sugars) often is the healthiest way to eat for many people. Just to be clear, for a diet of 2500 calories per day, an individual should consume less than three tablespoons of honey, maple syrup or dehydrated cane sugar juice, or — simply — several pieces of fruit.

1. Myth: HFCS is less healthy than sugar.

Table sugar and HFCS are almost identical in composition. Both contain approximately 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose. Both have about the same number of calories as most carbohydrates — four calories per gram. Five papers found that there was no evidence to suggest high fructose corn syrup is any different from table sugar.

2. Myth: HFCS causes obesity.

Obesity often results from an imbalance of calories consumed and calories burned. Obesity rates are rising around the world, including in Mexico, Australia and Europe, even though the use of HFCS outside of the United States is limited.

3. Myth: HFCS is man-made and not natural.

High fructose corn syrup contains no artificial or synthetic ingredients or color additives and meets the FDA’s requirements for use of the term “natural.” Additionally, the enzymes used to process corn syrup into HFCS are not included in the final product.

4. Myth: HFCS is sweeter than sugar.

High fructose corn syrup was developed to provide the same sweetness as sugar so that consumers would not notice a difference in sweetness or taste. HFCS-55, which is commonly used in soft drinks, is composed of 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose. Food producers also use HFCS-45, which is less sweet than sugar and HFCS-55 in many baked goods, jams and jellies, and cereals. HFCS-45 contains 45 percent fructose and 55 percent glucose.

5. Myth: HFCS is high in fructose.

Contrary to its name, HFCS is not high in fructose (see #4). The composition of high fructose corn syrup is essentially ‘half fructose corn syrup,’ which is similar to sucrose, or table sugar.

6. Myth: Studies conducted with pure fructose can be applied to HFCS.

Pure fructose is as different from HFCS as it is from table sugar or honey. Studies comparing high fructose corn syrup to sugar found no differences between the two sweeteners (see myth #7).

7. Myth: HFCS has higher fructose concentrations than table sugar.

According to the Corn Refiners Association’s Web site on HFCS, HFCS is safe and affordable and does not have a high fructose level when compared to table sugar, honey or fruit juice concentrates.

8. Myth: HFCS is addictive.

Some people can become addicted to sweets in general. Once again, the debate rests on science rather than on emotion, showing that HFCS is no different in composition nor in the ability to metabolize than sucrose.

9. Myth: Consumers don’t know why HFCS is found in many foods and beverages.

HFCS was first introduced to the food and beverage industry in the 1970s as a home-grown alternative to the sugar industry in the U.S., as it was produced from subsidized corn and is cheaper to use than sucrose.

10. Myth: HFCS contains DNA from genetically modified corn.

The corn used to produce high fructose corn syrup may or may not have been produced using genetically modified (GM) corn. This is one debatable myth, as people who want to avoid GMs or GMOs may want to avoid HFCS.

11. Myth: High fructose corn syrup contains traces of mercury that present a unique health risk to Americans.

The mercury-in-corn-syrup myth stems from a flawed 2009 study by the Minnesota-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). The group found minute traces of mercury in 17 out of 55 grocery items that contained HFCS, but they did not run mercury tests on any grocery products that did not contain HFCS for comparison.

12. Myth: Drinking high-fructose corn syrup increases your triglyceride levels and your LDL cholesterol. These effects only occurred in the study participants who drank fructose — not glucose.

Regular corn syrup is all glucose (or dextrose) syrup — glucose being a carbohydrate. It’s a common misconception that — because of its name — high fructose corn syrup is composed largely or entirely of fructose. It is not (see #20).

13. Myth: The per capita consumption HFCS far outweights the consumption of sugar.

The USDA estimates 2008 per capita HFCS consumption equaled 11.2 calories per day, and 10.6 calories per day in 2009. U.S. per capita consumption of sugar continues to exceed that of HFCS, with estimates of 13.8 calories per day in 2008 compared to 13.4 calories per day in 2009.

14. Myth: HFCS has only adverse metabolic affects and empty calories.

The 2009 data in one review suggests that HFCS yields similar metabolic responses to other caloric sweeteners such as sucrose.

15. Drinking calories in the form of sodas containing HFCS can limit control over consumption.

No credible research has demonstrated that HFCS affects calorie control differently than sugar. A recent study by Pablo Monsivais, et al. at the University of Washington found that beverages sweetened with sugar, HFCS, as well as 1-percent milk, all have similar effects on feelings of fullness.

16. Drinking one soda per day on average almost doubles the risk of diabetes compared to only consuming an occasional soda or none at all.

Diabetes cannot be blamed on a sole ingredient or component of the American diet. Diet soda, with or without HFCS, can cause a variety of problems in some individuals because of overall contents, including phosphoric acid.

17. People are developing allergies to the corn in HFCS.

Corn is not a significant allergen, according to the FDA [PDF]. Additionally, nearly all of the corn protein is removed during HFCS production.

18. Myth: Agave nectar syrup is better for you than HFCS.

Agave nectar syrup consists of 90 percent fructose to 10 percent glucose, a ratio that does not occur naturally. Additionally, the agave sap is hydrolyzed so the complex fructosans are broken down to make the agave sweet. Ironically, in some cases, agave nectar may be watered down with HFCS to reduce manufacturing costs.

19. Myth: HFCS in foods is a corporate and/or government ploy to deceive Americans.

The FDA constantly reminds consumers about recalls. If the FDA is involved with recalls, then why would the government try to deceive consumers? Take responsibility for your own health and eat nutritious, healthy foods. If you eat with health in mind, you’ll rarely encounter HFCS in your fresh vegetables and fruits.

20. Myth: Corn Refiners Association wants to change the name of HFCS to Corn Sugar to fool people about the abundance of HFCS in foods.

The name change is supposed to stop consumer confusion over the fact that HFCS is not a high-fructose sweetener.

Legal and Policy Blogs

1. 15 and Counting: This blog is part of an organized effort that calls on governments to meet their commitments on sexual and reproductive health.
2. Reproductive Freedom: The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) offers this blog about reproductive rights.
3. AKIMBO: The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) uses this blog to publish perspectives on world events and policies affecting women’s health and rights.
4. Center for Reproductive Rights: The Center is a legal innovator seeking to fundamentally transform the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide. Their ReproRights Magazine is updated and online.
5. Change Happens: The SAFER Blog: Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER) is the only organization that fights sexual violence and rape culture by empowering student-led campaigns to reform college sexual assault policies.
6. Choice USA: This blog gives emerging leaders the tools they need to organize, network, and exchange ideas to build a youth centered pro-choice agenda and mobilize communities for reproductive justice.
7. Egg Donation & Surrogacy Law Blog: Theresa M. Erickson is one of the few attorneys in the United States who practices exclusively in the area of Family Formation Law.
8. Gender & Sexuality Law Blog: This blog is populated with entries from the Columbia Law School.
9. Health Care Justice Blog: A resource about inequity and barriers in the U.S. health care system.
10. National Women’s Law Center: This group cuts to the core of women’s issues and reproductive rights — with special attention given to the needs of low-income women and their families.
11. Radical Doula: Miriam Zoila Pérez is a doula, writer, blogger and reproductive justice activist.
12. Reproductive Rights Prof Blog: Caitlin E. Borgmann provides resources, news, and information of particular interest to law school professors who teach and write in the area of reproductive rights.
13. Reposses Reproductive Justice: RepoRepro is the blog of Law Students for Reproductive Justice.
14. RH Reality Check: RH Reality Check is an online community and publication serving individuals and organizations committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights.
15. Surrogacy & Egg Donation Issues: Erikson Law Professional Corporation offers a blog that covers issues from adoption to surrogacy.

Political, Religious and Professional Advocates

16. ACLU Reproductive Freedom: This project’s mission is to protect everyone’s right to make informed decisions free from government interference about whether and when to become a parent.
17. Catholics for Choice: CFC was founded in 1973 to serve as a voice for Catholics who believe that the Catholic tradition supports a woman’s moral and legal right to follow her conscience in matters of sexuality and reproductive health.
18. Emily’s List: A community of progressive Americans dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to every level of political office.
19. Living as a Prochoice Christian: Pro-choice Christian who wants to reduce the need for elective abortions through comprehensive sex education, reformed adoption and better support for pregnant women.
20. Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health: PRCH is a doctor-led national advocacy organization using evidence-based medicine to promote sound reproductive health policies. They believe in reproductive choice for everyone.
21. Reproductive Partners Fertility Blog: A group of physicians offer their perspective on reproductive fertility, health and issues.
22. The Republican Majority for Choice Blog: This blog is by an organization of Republicans who support the “traditional Republican tenets of limited government and personal freedom.”

Education and Health

23. AAUW Dialog: Since 1881 the American Association of University Women has been the nation’s leading voice promoting education and equity for women and girls.
24. Academic OB/GYN: Use this blog to learn more about the perspectives of an academic OB/GYN.
25. Advocates for Youth: The blogs on this site speak for efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.
26. Bioethics Reproductive Tech: Learn about reproductive technology from this blog produced by Bioethics.
27. Guttmacher Institute: The organization advances sexual and reproductive health worldwide through an interrelated program of social science research, public education and policy analysis.
28. OpenForum: This blog is supported by the community of Health and Human Rights: An International Journal.
29. The Pro-Choice Public Education Project: PEP is a national reproductive justic organization with an educational platform focused on reproductive justice and more.
30. Women’s Health: Learn more about topics that range from birth control to female reproductive health.
31. Women’s Health News: A medical librarian uses her blog as a format for women’s health news, politics, information and resources.

Planning and Choices

32. Abortion: This blog is about abortion clinics, abortion law, resources, information the pill and more choices for women and couples.
33. Abortionclinicdays: Pro-choice blog written from abortion clinic worker perspectives.
34. Choice 2.0: Central North Carolina Planned Parenthood supports views and opinions that support women’s reproductive rights.
35. NARAL Blog for Choice: For 40 years, NARAL (National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League) Pro-Choice America has been the nation’s leading advocate for privacy and a woman’s right to choose.
36. National Abortion Federation Blog: News about reproductive choice from the President and CEO of this foundation.
37. NYC Unrated & Unfiltered: This is the blog of Planned Parenthood of New York City.
38. Sex. Justice. Change. Rochester/Syracuse Region Planned Parenthood writes about local and national sexual health and reproductive rights issues.

Topical Women’s Groups

39. Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice: ACRJ organizes communities, develops leaders, and builds relationships to change policies for reproductive justice.
40. Feministe: Feministe is one of the oldest feminist blogs online designed by and run by women from the ground up.
41. Feministing: Feministing’s Community blog exists to provide a platform for feminist and pro-feminist writing, to connect feminists online and off, and to encourage activism.
42. Latina Institute for Reproductive Health: This blog voices efforts to ensure the fundamental human right to reproductive health care for Latinas, their families and their communities.
43. MS. Blog: This blog is all about women’s issues, reproductive rights and health and national advocacy.
44. National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: This site focuses on bridging the many issues that confront API women and their communities.
45. Our Bodies Our Blog: This blog voices a mission to advance health and human rights within a framework of values shaped by women’s voices and a commitment to self-determination and equality.
46. Say It Sister! Say It, Sister! is a place where NOW (National Organization of Women) leaders speak their minds on women’s issues.
47. The Native American Women’s health Education Resource Center: NAWHERC works with a national, broad-based and diverse coalition of Native American, women’s health and civil liberties organizations. Sign up for news and listen to Dakota Talk Radio.
48. Women of Color Policy Network: This group is the only research and policy institute in the country focused on women of color housed at a top ranked public policy school.
49. Women’s Issues: This blog covers all women’s issues, including reproductive rights.
50. Women’s Rights: This blog covers all women’s rights, including reproductive health and choice issues.

Localized Public Health Issues

1. 2010 Public Health Farmers’ Market: A partnership of Columbus Public Health and Ohio State’s College of Public Health.
2. City of Houston – Hurricane Ike – Life’s Lessons: First Place Winner, Public Health / Public Safety 2010 TATOA Government Programming Awards.
3. Community Meeting 7.23.10: Barbara Worgess is the Director of the Public Health District for Coconino County, Arizona. Topic focuses on contaminated flood waters.
4. DEP Marcellus Gas Oil Drilling Hearing in Pittsburgh Pt 1: This is the first of 10 videos that portray how water wells are becoming unusable because of Marcellus fracking.
5. GetUp City Challenge: A local look at the support for the national 5-2-1 Challenge, or 5 servings of fruits and vegetables/day, 2 hours of screen time/day, 1 hour of physical activity/day.
6. Idaho North Central District: Public relations for this region’s public health programs, defining public health and describing services.
7. NGN Daily: Air Pollution and Biofuel: Democracy advocates and environmentalists are worried that the city’s current political system may be preventing improvements in Hong Kong’s air quality.
8. NPT Reports: Children’s Health Crisis — Overview: Nashville Public TV’s first documentary in the NPT Reports series serves as an overview of the state of Tennessee’s childrens’ health.
9. Oregon Public Health & Zombies: An interesting public service announcement for this state’s public health services.
10. Public Health: This public service video focuses on the B-cycle program available in Denver, Colorado.
11. The Daily Iowan: Siren Song of Alcohol: Dangerous drinking in downtown Iowa City has become so severe that alcohol-related calls are putting a strain on the Johnson Co. Ambulance Service.
12. The public health effects of Chicago’s coal emissions: A video by Progress Illinois at an environmental press conference at Chicago’s Dvorak Park.
13. This Is Public Health: University of New Hampshire students were assigned a project in their Introduction to Public Health class to capture pictures that represent public health and place.
14. UCSI University’s Public Health Campaign 2010: Students from this Malaysian University offer views from their ninth annual Public Health Campaign.

Government-Based Public Health Issues

15. 08-clintonAIDS: Secretary Clinton’s Video Message to the XVIII International AIDS Conference.
16. CDC Disease Detective Camp: The CDC Disease Detective Camp provides high school students with information to key aspects of the CDC and careers in public health.
17. CFS Patients Address the CDC: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients provide information about this disease and confront the CDC about recognition.
18. Community Resiliency – Public Health Emergency Discussion Series: this video is sponsored by HHS and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and response.
19. Get the Story: CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Museum: This film promotes the history of the CDC and the CDC museum located in Atlanta, Georgia.
20. Low-Carb Community Reaction To The USDA 2010 Dietary Guidelines Testimony On July 8, 2010: A total of 50 people presented testimony, including several members of the low-carb community.
21. Preventive Health Care Coverage Under Health Reform: First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden, and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discuss health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
22. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin Pensacola Florida press conference 7-15-10: Questions about dispersants in the Gulf directed to the government at a press conference in Florida.
23. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy: The White House National HIV/AIDS Strategy, reiterated in July 2010.
24. USDA Food Safety Lessons go on the Road: The USDA Food Safety Discovery Zone plans to teach Americans how to safely prepare and handle food.

Public Health Education

25. 21st Century Tools for Health Leadership: New Media: UC Berkeley Center for Health Leadership shows how new media applications are transforming public health and health delivery in developing countries.
26. An Iconography of Contagion: Public health infectious diseases displayed and discussed include pneumonia, malaria, gonorrhea, syphilis, and AIDS.
27. Education breeds public health improvement: Mia Chabot describes how her Peace Corps work in Africa addressed nutrition, sanitation and public health.
28. FAQ’s to UNC Health Policy and Management Residential Master’s programs: Dr. Bruce Fried answers frequently asked questions to the residential MHA, MSPH and MPH programs at University of North Carolina.
29. Important Figures in 19th Century Public Health: This video covers significant figures in the development of 19th-century pulic health policies.
30. Leaving to Return: A Safe Day in the Life of a Public Health Field Worker: Produced by the New York Department of Health, these safety tips are appropriate nationwide.
31. Suicide Prevention from a Public Health Perspective — Part 1: This series, up to part 6, was uploaded recently by Drexel Public Health.
32. U-SEEE Podcast: About the Fellows Program: Funded by the CDC and sponsored by the University of Minnesota, this video talks about its program for students in public health.
33. Using YouTube in Community Health Education & Practice PART ONE: Presented at the 12th Annual Public Health Nursing Conference.
34. What is Public Health to You? Maryville University provides a presentation for public health awareness.

Specific Public Health Topics

35. Ask the Expert: The Oil Disaster and Public Health: Center for American Progress offers questions and answers about the Gulf Oil disaster.
36. Improving the Lives of Women Through Public Health Initiatives: The connection between human rights and good health among some of the world’s most impoverished and neglected women.
37. No Sanitation, Public Health at Risk: The lack of public toilets in Rajasthan’s Karauli market poses severe public health and economic challenges for residents.
38. Pesticides tied to ADHD in children: Marc Weisskopf, assistant professor of environmental and occupational epidemiology at Harvard, discusses the results of this study.
39. Malaria interventions and Public Health 1: Tony Kiszewski, assistant professor of Public Health Entomology at Bentley University, researches malaria interventions.
40. Violence Prevention Campaign: B1Example (Boston Public Health Commission) provides Naeyjalite’s story about violence prevention.
41. Women Abuse & Social Conformity: Social experiments focused on reactions to battered women in public, sponsored by the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

Public Health Solutions

42. Clean Water Project Started by a Public Health Education Peace Corps Volunteer in Moldova: An educational solution provided by a volunteer.
43. Fit for Life: In the Mix is the Emmy award winning PBS documentary series for teens.
44. MAPE members make sure vacationing Minnesotans drink clean water: Kyle Johnsen monitors and protects Minnesotans as a Public Sanitarian in Fergus Falls.
45. Non-Invasive, Non-Destructive and Remote Identification of Depleted Water Trap Seals — Part 1: This five-part series addresses the role of dry traps in the 2003 Amoy Gardens SARS epidemic, a plumbing failure identified by WHO as implicated in 321 cases resulting in 42 deaths.
46. Reinventing Physical Education: Jake Glover, in this TEDxPennQuarter, discusses his findings as a clinical exercise specialist.
47. Two grads launch start-up company to remove herbicide from water: NewWater will offer a biocatalyst-based drinking water filtration technology that can reduce atrazine concentrations to acceptable levels.
48. Universal Yoga at University at Buffalo: Sponsored by UB’s Division of Student Affairs and UB’s School for Public Health and Health Professions.
49. Vegetative Filter Strips May Deter Pesticide Runoff: The Center for Agriculture at UMass Amherst is studying how to improve methods that deter pesticide runoff and protect water supplies.
50. Water, Health and Sanitation: A TEDxCarletonU video that covers problems and solutions to improve water quality and decrease the incidence of water-borne diseases.