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Aging

General Resources

• Healthy Aging, CDC
• Center for the Study of Aging, Rand Corporation
• University of Memory and Aging Center, Case Western Reserve
• Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State
• Center for Demography of Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin
• Data Sources on Aging, Center for Demography of Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin
• International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources, Eileen M. Crimmins, Samuel H. Preston, and Barney Cohen, Editors; Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries; National Research Council, 2011
• Grand Challenges of Our Aging Society: Workshop Summary, Amy Smith, Rapporteur, Center for Economic, Governance, and International Studies, National Research Council, 2010
• Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life, Norman B. Anderson, Randy A. Bulatao, and Barney Cohen, eds., Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life, National Research Council, 2004
• Technology for Adaptive Aging, Richard W. Pew and Susan B. Van Hemel, eds., Steering Committee for the Workshop on Technology for Adaptive Aging, National Research Council, 2004
• Preparing for an Aging World: The Case for Cross-National Research, Panel on a Research Agenda and New Data for an Aging World, Committee on Population, Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council, 2001
• The Aging Mind: Opportunities in Cognitive Research, Paul C. Stern and Laura L. Carstensen, Editors; Committee on Future Directions for Cognitive Research on Aging, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, National Research Council, 2000

Asia-Pacific

• Preparing for the Challenges of Population Aging in Asia: Strengthening the Scientific Basis of Policy Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Indian National Science Academy; Indonesian Academy of Sciences; National Research Council; Science Council of Japan, 2011
• Aged Care Information, Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
• Health of Older People in New Zealand: Publications, Ministry of Health, New Zealand

Canada

• Aging and Seniors, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Healthy Living: Seniors, Health Canada
• National Seniors Council
• Seniors Canada
• Institute of Aging, CIHR
• New Horizons for Seniors, Human Resources and Social Development Canada
• Senior and Healthy Aging Secretariat, New Brunswick
• National Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Home Care, Centre on Aging, University of Victoria and Hollander Analytical Services Ltd., Health Canada
• Consumption patterns among aging Canadians, Amélie Lafrance and Sébastien LaRochelle-Côté, Perspectives on Labour and Income, Summer 2011, vol. 23 no. 2
• Canada's Aging Population: Seizing the Opportunity, Special Senate Committee on Aging, Final Report, April 2009
• Balancing Paid Work and Caregiving Responsibilities: A Closer Look at Family Caregivers in Canada, Linda Duxbury, Chris Higgins, Bonnie Schroeder, Canadian Policy Research Network, archived copy
• Shifting Sands: The Changing Shape of Atlantic Canada: Economic and Demographic Trends and their Impact on Seniors, Health Promotion and Programs Branch, Atlantic Regional Office, Health Canada, March 1999
• Population Aging: An Overview of the Past Thirty Years: Review of the Literature, Pierre-Joseph Ulysse, under the guidance of Frederic Lesemann, Health Canada, 1997

United States

• Older Americans, National Center for Health Statistics
• Elderly Healthcare, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• National Institute on Aging, NIH
• Publications, National Institute on Aging, NIH
• ElderCare Locator
• Nursing Home Compare, Medicare
• Administration on Aging
• Seniors' Health, MedlinePlus
• State of Aging and Health in America, CDC
• AgingStats, Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
• The Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation's Elderly: Evaluating Coverage of Nutrition Services for the Medicare Population, Committee on Nutrition Services for Medicare Beneficiaries, Food and Nutrition Board, 2000

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Canadian Health Care System

Consumer Health Information

Diabetes

• Diabetes Dictionary, NIH
• Diabetes, Rand
• Health Topic Quick Overview: Diabetes, Australia
• Diabetes, Health Insite Australia
• Diabetes Resources and Publications, New South Wales Health, Australia
• Diabetes, Public Health Agency of Canada
• National Diabetes Surveillance System, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Clinical Practice Guidelines, Canadian Diabetes Association
• Diabetes Public Health Resource, Centers for Disease Control, US
• Nutritional Management of Diabetes Mellitus, National Guidelines Clearinghouse, US
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
• National Diabetes Education Program, NIH
• Diabetes in America, 2nd edition, National Diabetes Data Group
• Medical Guidelines for Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

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Health Literacy

• Health Literacy Portal, Canadian Public Health Association
• Health Literacy Studies, School of Public Health, Harvard
• Clear Health Communication, Area Health Education Center, Ohio State University College of Medicine
• Health Literacy, AMA
• Clear Health Communications, Pfizer
• Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• MEDLINE/PubMed Search and Health Literacy Information Resources
• Health Literacy Implications for Health Care Reform: Workshop Summary, Theresa Wizemann, Rapporteur; Roundtable on Health Literacy; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Institute of Medicine, 2011
• Innovations in Health Literacy: Workshop Summary, Cori Vancheri, Rapporteur; Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine, 2011
• The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary, Cori Vancheri, Rapporteur; Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine, 2010
• Health Literacy and Communication Quality in Health Care Organizations, Matthew K. Wynia, and Chandra Y. Osborn, J Health Commun. J Health Commun. 2010; 15(Suppl 2): 102–115. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2010.499981
• Toward Health Equity and Patient-Centeredness: Integrating Health Literacy, Disparities Reduction, and Quality Improvement: Workshop Summary, Samantha Chao, Karen Anderson, and Lyla Hernandez, Rapporteurs; Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation; Roundtable on Health Disparities; Roundtable on Health Literacy; Institute of Medicine, 2009
• Health Literacy, National Assessment of Adult Literacy, 2003
• Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills, 2nd edition, C.C. Doak, L. G. Doak, and J. H. Root, JB Lippincott, 1996

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Health Promotion

• Databases, Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre, UK
• Healthy Living, Health Canada
• Health Promotion: First Nations and Inuit Health, Health Canada
• Social Marketing [in Health Promotion], Health Canada
• Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services
• National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services
• Prevention & Care Management, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US
• Healthy People 2020, US Department of Health and Human Services
• U.S. Army Public Health Command
• Health Improvement Agency, Health Scotland, UK
• Health and Social Wellbeing Improvement, Northern Ireland
• Health and Social Care, Wales
• Health Promotion, PAHO
• Health Promotion Library, Wales
• Health Promotion, WHO

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Heart and Stroke

• Cardiovascular Diseases, WHO
• Clinical Guidelines: Cardiovascular Diseases, National Guideline Clearinghouse
• Heart Diseases (General), MedlinePlus, NIH
• Coronary Artery Disease, MedlinePlus, NIH
• Heart Disease, CDC
• Heart Disease and Stroke Atlases, CDC
• Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health Agency of Canada
• The Growing Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Cardiovascular Disease, 2003
• Position Statements & Commentaries, Canadian Cardiovascular Society
• A Nationwide Framework for Surveillance of Cardiovascular and Chronic Lung Diseases, Committee on a National Surveillance System for Cardiovascular and Select Chronic Diseases; Institute of Medicine, 2011
• Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health, Valentin Fuster and Bridget B. Kelly, Editors; Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries; Institute of Medicine, 2010

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HIV/AIDS

• Health Information: AIDS, MedlinePlus, NLM
• HIV AIDS Information, NLM
• AIDS Therapeutics Toxicity Studies Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Services, NIH
• CDC National Prevention Information Network
• HIV/AIDS Surveillence Database, Bureau of the Census, US
• HIV Databases, including HIV Sequence Database
• AIDSinfo, NIH
• Clinical Trials , AIDSinfo, NIH
• UNAIDS, joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
• HIV / AIDS, WHO
• Treatment, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, CDC
• Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa: A Shared Responsibility, Committee on Envisioning a Strategy for the Long-Term Burden of HIV/AIDS: African Needs and U.S. Interests; Institute of Medicine, 2011
• HIV Screening and Access to Care: Exploring the Impact of Policies on Access to and Provision of HIV Care, Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care; Institute of Medicine, 2011

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Informatics

• Health Informatics, National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR), NIH
• Health Information Technology, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Division of Informatics Solutions and Operations, CDC
• Public Health Informatics and Technology Program Office, CDC
• American Medical Informatics Association
• American Nursing Informatics Association
• Health Informatics New Zealand
• Health Level Seven
• Health Informatics World Wide, Medical Informatics, Freiburg University
• Biomedical Research & Informatics, NIH
• Unified Medical Language System, US National Library of Medicine
• Bibliographies on Topics in Clinical Informatics, Informatics Review
• Publications [Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research], technical report abstracts, 1973 forward
• Health Care Informatics Online, current and back issues, selected full-text

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Obesity

• Obesity in Canada, a joint report from the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information, June 2011
• Curbing Childhood Obesity: A Federal, Provincial and Territorial Framework for Action to Promote Healthy Weights, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Overweight and Obesity, CDC
• Weight and Obesity, NAL, USDA
• Obesity Education Initiative, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• Reviews [of the Literature], Center for Weight and Health, University of California, Berkeley
• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Obesity, WHO
• Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies, Committee on Obesity Prevention Policies for Young Children; Leann L. Birch, Lynn Parker, and Annina Burns, Editors; Institute of Medicine, 2011
• Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Lynn Parker, and Leslie J. Sim, Editors; Committee on an Evidence Framework for Obesity Prevention Decision Making; Institute of Medicine, 2010
• Perspectives from United Kingdom and United States Policy Makers on Obesity Prevention: Workshop Summary, Paula Tarnapol Whitacre and Annina Catherine Burns, Rapporteurs; Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention; Institute of Medicine, 2010

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Oncology

• National Cancer Institute, NIH
• Cancers, MedlinePlus
• OncoLink, University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
• American Cancer Society
• Cancer Research Institute, Queens University
• Cancer-Mondial, International Agency for Research on Cancer
• Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs, National Cancer Institute
• Cancer Statistics, National Cancer Institute, NIH
• Guidelines: Neoplasms, National Guideline Clearinghouse
• IARC Monographs Programme on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, agents, mixtures and exposures
• The National Cancer Policy Summit: Opportunities and Challenges in Cancer Research and Care: Workshop Summary, Margie Patlak, Sharyl J. Nass, and Erin Balogh, Rapporteurs; National Cancer Policy Forum; Institute of Medicine, 2011
• Implementing a National Cancer Clinical Trials System for the 21st Century: A Workshop Summary, Alison Mack and Sharyl J. Nass, Rapporteurs; National Cancer Policy Forum; Institute of Medicine; An American Society of Clinical Oncology and Institute of Medicine Workshop, 2011
• Patient-Centered Cancer Treatment Planning: Improving the Quality of Oncology Care: Workshop Summary, Margie Patlak, Erin Balogh, and Sharyl Nass, Rapporteurs; Institute of Medicine, 2011
• A Foundation for Evidence-Driven Practice: A Rapid Learning System for Cancer Care: Workshop Summary, Sharon Murphy and Margie Patlak, Rapporteurs; Institute of Medicine, 2010
• Ensuring Quality Cancer Care Through the Oncology Workforce: Sustaining Care in the 21st Century: Workshop Summary, Margie Patlak and Laura Levit, Rapporteurs, National Cancer Policy Forum of the Institute of Medicine, 2010
• Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C, Heather M. Colvin and Abigail E. Mitchell, Editors; Committee on the Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infections; Institute of Medicine, 2010
• Sol Goldman Pancreatic Research Center, Johns Hopkins
• Asbestos: Selected Cancers, Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects, National Academies Press, 2006
• Black Lung Collection, US Department of Labor
• Gulf War and Health: Volume 8: Update of Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War, Committee on Gulf War and Health: Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War, Update 2009; Board on the Health of Select Populations; Institute of Medicine, 2010
• Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure, Committee on Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure; Institute of Medicine, 2011
• Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2008, Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Seventh Biennial Update), National Academies Press, 2009
• Veterans and Agent Orange: Length of Presumptive Period for Association Between Exposure and Respiratory Cancer, Commitee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Institute of Medicine, 2004

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Orthopaedics / Orthopedics

• Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
• Bones, Joints and Muscles, MedlinePlus
• Your Orthopaedic Connection, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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Public Health

Collective Resources

• Office of Global Health, CDC
• Global Health Council
• World Health Organization
• Women's Health Research: Progress, Pitfalls, and Promise, Committee on Women's Health Research; Institute of Medicine, 2010

Country / Regional Resources

• Regional Core Health Data System: Table Generator, Pan American Health Organization
• Basic Country Health Profiles for the Americas, Summaries, Pan American Health Organization
• Health Canada
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Publications: Atlantic Region, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Disease Prevention and Control Guidelines, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Quick Stats, Canadian Institute for Health Information
• Centers for Disease Control, US
• Food and Drug Administration, US
• Healthy People 2020, US Department of Health and Human Services
• BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance: Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats: Abbreviated Version, Committee on Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System, National Research Council, 2011
• For the Public's Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability, Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health; Institute of Medicine, 2011
• Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network
• Public Health, European Commission
• European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
• Institut de Veille Sanitaire, France
• Health Protection Scotland
• Public Health, Department of Health, UK

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Substance Abuse

• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics, Office of Applied Statistics, SAMHSA
• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH
• Database Resources and Statistical Tables, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH
• AOD Thesaurus, Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database, NIAAA
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, CDC
• College Drinking: Changing the Culture, created by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• Supporting Research, NIAAA
• Alcohol Research and Health, 1994 forward, full-text
• Smoking & Tobacco Use, CDC
• Health Concerns: Tobacco, Health Canada
• Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2010, Health Canada
• The Reports of the Surgeon General, National Library of Medicine
• Tobacco Control Monographs, Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute
• Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO
• Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the Evidence, Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute Coronary Events; Institute of Medicine, 2010

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