Public Health Organisations
Last update: 3 November 2009,
by Maureen Bell
On this page are listed both Australian and overseas
organisations.
I have annotated some sites whose purpose and functions cannot easily
be
inferred from the name.
Universities and University
Departments
The Library has a University and Research Institutions page to help you find information on Australian and overseas universities and research institutes.
Australian Organisations
For additional resources use Infosearch: SA South Australian Community Health Services
Aboriginal Health Council of
South Australia
Australasian Cochrane
Centre
Australian Department of
Health
and Aged Care
Australian Health Promotion Association
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association
Australian Institute of
Health and
Welfare (AIHW)
Australian Medical
Association
Cancer Council Australia
Cancer Council South Australia
Central Northern Adelaide Health Service
Centre for Health
Economics
Research and Evaluation
Centre for Online Health
(University
of Queensland)
Commonwealth Department of
Family
and Community Services
CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences
Danila Dilba
Health Service
Department of Human Services, Victoria
Diabetes
Australia
Diabetes Centre -
Australia
Doctors' Reform Society of
Australia
Food Standards
Australia
New Zealand
Heart
Foundation
HISA - The Health
Informatics Society
of Australia
Koori
Health (Victoria)
National Aboriginal
Community Controlled
Health Organisation (NACCHO)
National Health
and Medical
Research Council (NHMRC)
National Rural
Health Alliance
Nutrition
Australia
Parliament of Australia
(Hansard is searchable at this site)
Public
Health and
Development Division, Department of Human Services, State Government of
Victoria
Public Health Association
Of Australia
Public Health - NSW Department of Health
Public Health SA
Public Health. Victoria
Public Health. WA
Queensland Health
Information
Net
Repatriation General
Hospital -
Daw Park
Research
Centre
for Injury Studies
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Royal Australian College
ofGeneral
Practitioners (RACGP)
Rural Doctors
Workforce
Agency
Safe Work Australia
St John Ambulance
Australia
South Australian
Department of
Human Services
Southern Adelaide Health Service
Urban
Ecology Australia
VicHealth
(Victorian Health
Promotion Foundation)
Walter and Eliza Hall
Institute
Women's And Children's
Hospital
(WCH)
Overseas Organisations
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Agency for Health Care
Policy and Research
(U.S.) provides data and research results on a variety of topics of
interest to health planners, policy makers and health services
researchers.
Agency for
Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
American Dietetic
Association
American Heart
Association
American Society for Nutrition
American Society of Bioethics
and Humanities
Association of Asian
Pacific Community
Health Organisations
British Dietetic Association
British Medical Association
(BMA)
British Occupational Hygiene
Society
Canadian Centre for
Occupational Health
and Safety
Canadian Public Health
Association
Canadian Society
for International
Health
Canadian Women's
Health Network
CDC (Centers
for Disease
Control and Prevention) National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Centre for
Evidence-Based Medicine
Centre
for Health
Economics, University of York
Cross Cultural Health
Care Program
Department of
Health (U.K.)
FHI Family Health
International
Food and Drug
Administration
(U.S.)
Food and Nutrition
Information
Center (U.S.)
Gerontological Society of
America
The Hastings
Center For
Bioethics
Health Canada
Online
Health Information
Research Unit
(McMaster University)
Health On the Net Foundation Institute
of Medicine (National Academy of Sciences)
Institute for Food
Research
Institute of Medicine of the
National Academies
Institution of
Occupational
Safety and Health (U.K.)
International Agency for
Research on Cancer
(IARC) IARC's mission is to coordinate and conduct research on the
causes of human cancer, and to develop scientific strategies for cancer
control. The Agency is involved in both epidemiological and laboratory
research.
International Clinical
Epidemiology
Network (INCLEN)
International Federation of
Environmental
Health
International Food Information
Council Foundation
(IFIC)
International Society for
Environmental
Epidemiology
The King's Fund
A charitable organisation whose goal is to improve health, especially
in London.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - NCCAM - National Institutes of Health - NIH
National Heart, Lung,
and Blood
Institute (NHLBI)
Nartional
Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
National Institute of
Environmental
Health Sciences (U.S.)
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is
one of 24 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The
Institute
funds centers for environmental health studies at universities,
including
Harvard, Oregon State, Vanderbilt, the University of California at
Berkeley,
and MIT.
National Institutes of Health
(NIH) (U.S.)
National Public Health Service for Wales
National Safety
Council (U.S.)
National Stroke Association
(U.S.)
New York
State Department
of Health
New Zealand
Ministry of
Health
The Nuffield Trust
Occupational Safety &
Health Administration
(U.S. Department of Labor)
Office of Rural
Health Policy
The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) operates out of the Health
Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and
Human
Services.
Office
of the Surgeon
General (U.S.)
PAHO Home Page (Pan American
Health Organization)
Physicians for
Human Rights
The President's
Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
This site provides links to the Department's agencies including:-
Office
of the Secretary OS),Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
Administration
on Aging (AOA), Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR),
Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
Health
Care Financing Administration (HCFA) (MEDICARE and MEDICAID), Health
Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service (IHS),
National
Institutes of Health (NIH), Program Support Center (PSC), Substance
Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Wellcome Trust
World Bank Group
World Health Organization
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