SEE ALSO: Community Medicine Journals
Consumer Health Databases
Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial’s purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. This information should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals.
Household Products Database
- This database links over 8,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.
MedlinePlus
- MEDLINEPlus provides health professionals and consumers information that is authoritative and up to date. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish.
Consumer Health Information Resources
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information on Data and Statistics, Diseases and Conditions, Emergencies and Disasters, Environmental Health, Healthy Living, Injury, Violence and Safety, Life Stages and Populations, Travelers’ Health, Workplace Safety and Health and more.
Health.gov
- Portal for health related resources and news from the US government.
Health Finder
- This is a government Web site where you will find information and tools to help you and those you care about stay healthy.
Other Online Resources
CES4Health.info
- Use this site to generate ideas for community health projects, and to publish information on your project.
CES4Health.info is a free, online mechanism for peer-reviewing, publishing and disseminating products of health-related community-engaged scholarship that are in forms other than journal articles.
Guide to Community Preventive Services
- a collection of evidence-based findings of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF). It is a resource to help you select interventions to improve health and prevent disease in your state, community, community organization, business, healthcare organization, or school.
