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Preventive Medicine Resources

Branches of medicine dealing with preventing illness or its spread.

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California Consumer Health Scope

http://www.healthscope.org/

Consumer information relating to health care, especially about choosing a healthplan and choosing a hospital. Also includes information about preventive health care.

Author: Pacific Business Group on Health (webmaster@healthscope.org)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Consumer Information

Health & Medical Sciences--Preventive Medicine

Keywords: Health Plans; Hospitals; Preventive Medicine

CDC Vaccine Safety Fact Sheet

http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/fs/fs-list.htm

Various online fact sheets from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "written to help people understand the facts about immunity, vaccines, and the diseases that can be prevented by vaccines."

Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (netinfo@cdc1.cdc.gov)

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Preventive Medicine

Keywords: Vaccination; Shots; Immunization

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services

http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/guidecps/

An online version of a guide published by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. From the introduction: "This report is intended for primary care clinicians: physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, other allied health professionals, and students. It provides recommendations for clinical practice on 169 preventive interventions--screening tests, counseling interventions, immunizations, and chemoprophylactic regimens--for the prevention of 60 target conditions." Though the guide is intended for professionals, it can be used profitably by laypeople willing to read medical terminology. Searchable.

Author: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences--Preventive Medicine

Keywords: prevention; health screening

Immunization Info

http://www.immunizationinfo.org/

"NNii's mission is to provide the best possible science-based information to everyone who needs to know the facts about immunization. NNii believes that immunization is one of the most important ways to protect against serious infectious diseases." Immunization information, daily immunization-related news, resources for parents, and searchable database of diseases and their vaccines.

Author: National Network for Immunization Information

Subjects:

Health & Medical Sciences

Health & Medical Sciences--Preventive Medicine

Keywords: Immunization; Vaccines

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