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Public Health Organisations

Last update: 20 March 2007,
by Maureen Bell

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Australian Organisations

Overseas Organisations

Universities and University Departments

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

Rather than list universities I have provided a link to a site which maintains a list of Australian Universities and Colleges and a site Colleges and Universities (Geographical listing by country) which will allow you to search for overseas universities. Below are direct links to some individual departments.

Australian National University, Graduate Program in Epidemiology & Population Health

Charles Sturt University, Faculty of Health Studies

Curtin University, School of Public Health

Deakin University, School of Health Sciences

Edith Cowan University, School of Nursing and Public Health

Flinders University, Department of Public Health

Griffith University, School of Public Health

Monash University, School of Rural Health

Monash University, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

Spencer Gulf Rural Health School

University of Adelaide, Discipline of Public Health

University of Melbourne, School of Population Health

University of Melbourne, School of Rural Health

University of New South Wales, School of Public Health and Community Medicine

University of Newcastle, School of Medical Practice and Population Health

University of Queensland, School of Population Health

University of Sydney, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine

University of Tasmania, Department of Rural Health

University of Western Australia, Department of Public Health

University of Wollongong, Graduate School of Public Health

Australian Organisations

Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia
Anti-Cancer Foundation of South Australia

Australasian Cochrane Centre

Australian Department of Health and Aged Care

Australian Healthcare Association

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Australian Medical Association

Australian Society for the Study of Obesity

Cancer Council Australia

Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation

Centre for Online Health (University of Queensland)

Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services

Danila Dilba Medical Service

Diabetes Australia

Diabetes Centre - Australia

Doctors' Reform Society of Australia

Emergency Management Australia

enHealth Council

Environmental Health Service - South Australian Government

Flinders Medical Centre (School of Medicine Flinders University)

Food Science Australia

Food Standards Australia New Zealand

HISA - The Health Informatics Society of Australia

Kangaroo Island Health Service

Koori Health (Victoria)

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)

National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH)

National Environment Protection Council

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

National Heart Foundation of Australia

National Occupational Health & Safety Commission

National Public Health Partnership, Australia

National Rural Health Alliance

NSW Health Department Public Health Division

North Western Adelaide Health Service

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 SA

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

St John Ambulance Australia

South Australian Department of Human Services

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

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 Education in Maternal & Child Health (U.S.)

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.)

The Network: Community Partnerships for Health through Innovative Education, Service, and Research

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 Alternative Medicine - OAM - National Institutes of Health - NIH

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

World Health Organisation - Nutrition Programme