PUH 350 -- Public Health & Society: Current Issues: Organizations & Statistics

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  Its mission is to produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.
• American Public Health Association
  Its mission is to build public health capacity and promote effective policy and practice.
• CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Health Organization
  Coordinate the world’s response to health emergencies, promotes well-being, prevents disease ,and expands access to health care. 

Use critical thinking skills and evaluate the websites you find.

• Who is responsible for the site? What are their credentials?
• What is the purpose of the site?
• Who is the audience for the site?
• Is the information current and timely?
• Are the sources of information reliable?
• Are there links to other relevant resources?
• Are they trying to sell you something?

• CDC National Center for Health Statistics
  Collects, analyzes, and disseminates timely, relevant, and accurate health data and statistics to inform the public and guide program and policy decisions. 
• HealthData.gov
  Provides high value health data for entrepreneurs, researchers, and policy makers in the hopes of better health outcomes for all.
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
  An international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations, with a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences.
• Policy Atlas
  A comprehensive database of policy and public health data for researchers, policymakers, and community advocates.
• Science.gov
  Provides ready access to massive stores of federally funded scientific research results. Research results include scientific and technical reports, peer-reviewed scholarly publications, digital data, software, conference presentations and proceedings, and other scientific and technical information that federal agencies publish resulting from their research investments.