Community Health

Indiana State Dept. of Health - Health Related Issues in Indiana, with Facts, Data and Reports.
http://www.in.gov/isdh/

The Community Guide - Provides health professionals and community leaders with information needed for informed decision making on the most effective public health strategies, policies and programs for their communities.
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/

Community Tool Box - Guidance in improving community health and development. Offering specific, skill-building information on a variety of community topics.
http://ctb.ku.edu/

Central District Health Department - Boise, Idaho - A Public Health Resource site. One of Idaho's seven independent public health districts, providing community health services to Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties.
http://www.cdhd.org/

Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health - Evaluates performance monitoring as a means of evaluating health care delivery in communities.
http://www.nap.edu/html/concept/#inter

Community Voices - Health Care for the Underserved is a five year national health initiative. Working from the community level up, aims to improve the quality and access of health care for the underserved.
http://www.communityvoices.org/

Hesperian Foundation - Latest news, available books, and ongoing projects of the Foundation. A non-profit organization committed to improving the health of people in poor communities around the world by making health information accessible. (Berkeley, CA)
http://www.hesperian.org

Lepra India - LEPRA India is dedicated to improve public health status of the community through implementing control programmes for leprosy and other allied diseases, improving awareness level on health issues, promoting research in health science and rehabilitating the needy and disabled.
http://www.lepraindia.org

JWCH Institute - Provides a variety of programs for the underserved segments of Los Angeles county, including HIV prevention, health education and primary medical care.
http://www.jwchinstitute.org

Community Health Project - Muskegon - Information on children's programs, health, and educational resources for the community of Muskegon, West Michigan.
http://www.mchp.org/

Improving Health in the Community - Discusses the use of performance monitoring to improve community health.
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/improving/

Dublin Healthy Cities - A partnership approach to enhancing the health of Dublin, its environment and its people. The site provides information on the concept, the structures, the activities and the publications.
http://www.dublinhealthycities.ie

Community-Based Health Care Models - A series of research-based articles provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/cbmodels.html

Health-Related Quality of Life, CDC - Information about CDC's use of health-related quality of life measures to track population health and identify health disparities in population subgroups, and in state and local communities.
http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/index.htm

Center for Community Health, Education and Research - A Boston based health and social services agency serving the Haitian and Haitian-American community.
http://www.ccher.org/

Managing Community Health Services - A resource for those working at the community level to improve health. Tools, discussion boards and related links.
http://erc.msh.org/chs/index.htm

National Association of Community Health Centers - National organization which provides services and technical assistance to health centers in support of their mission to provide health care services to the poor and medically underserved.
http://www.nachc.com/

Central Utah Public Health Department - Aims to improve and protect health, enhance the environment, prevent illness and injury, and promote healthy lifestyles. Find details about community health education, emergency preparedness, environmental health, vital records and preventative health services.
http://centralutahpublichealth.com

Club Health - Public Health Information - Club Health shares research, policy and practice on health and nightlife. It carries out original research, develops public health information and promotes best practice through an international conference every two years.
http://www.clubhealth.org.uk