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JEFFSelects: Community & Public Health
Local Resources Throughout the U.S.
- County Health Rankings
A joint project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin, the site provides visual and tabular data from state health reports on a county-by-county basis, with comparative rankings, summary reports, and analysis of a variety of health factors.
State and Local Resources for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
The Tri-State Area
- Directory of Local Government Health
Departments
A tri-state area listing of state, county, and municipal departments
of health and human services. These departments are the key resources
for local public health information and issues. Listings include addresses,
phone numbers, email contacts, and links to each agency’s Web page
(if available).
- Directory of Local Planning Commissions
A tri-state area listing of regional, state, county, and municipal
planning commissions/departments. Key data on a particular community
may be found on each Web site. Planning commissions generally deal
with local land and water management issues, in addition to community
development projects. Such issues potentially impact community profiles
and public health. Listings also include addresses, phone numbers,
email contacts (if available), and links to each commission's Web
page (if available).
Pennsylvania State-Wide Resources
- Find
a Local United Way Organization: Pennsylvania
This is a listing of all United Way organizations in the state of
Pennsylvania. Many of the local United Way sites also provide listings
of community organizations affiliated with the United Way. These organizations
may provide non-governmental public health services to the community.
- Healthy
People 2010 (PA Dept. of Health)
The Pennsylvania-specific version of Healthy People 2010 is searchable
down to the county and demographic population level.
- Pennsylvania Community Providers
Association (PCPA)
This is a trade association of community providers of mental health,
mental retardation, and substance abuse services operating in the
state.
- Pennsylvania Cooperative Extension
and Outreach (Penn State Univ.)
This organization provides outreach services relating to agriculture
and how it affects communities throughout the state.
- Pennsylvania
Department of Health, Bureau of Laboratories
These are laboratories maintained by the state to provide testing
for disease outbreaks and other public health threats. It also ensures
compliance of state and federal laws for all laboratories in the state.
- The Pennsylvania Department of Health Public Health Information Clearinghouse (PADOHPHIC)
Limited copies of publications on health topics geared towards the public are freely available for order.
- Pennsylvania Emergency Management
Agency (PEMA)
A state government agency that provides disaster management and support
to county and local governments. Current news, weather, county emergency
management contacts, local weather forecasts and advisories, along
with homeland security threat levels, can be found on this site.
- Pennsylvania Environmental
Council
This organization deals with environmental issues by working with
the Pennsylvania state government. Their main focus is on land and
water management along with legislator and public education projects.
- Pennsylvania Health
Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
The PCH4 is an independent state agency responsible for addressing
the problem of escalating health cost and ensuring the quality of
healthcare and increasing access for all citizens regardless of ability
to pay. It offers county profiles for inpatient hospital discharge
data, a number of helpful hospitals and health related public reports.
Related links to a number of state/federal, healthcare associations,
magazines/journals, Pennsylvania hospitals, universities/colleges
are available as well as web sites having to do with healthcare and
government. The latest healthcare news from Yahoo is available here.
- Pennsylvania Public Health Association
As a state level affiliate of the American Public Health Association,
this organization’s purpose is to promote sound public health practices
within the state. Also included on the site is information about health
conferences held within the state and careers in public health.
- Report Cards (PA Dept. of Education)
The PA Dept. of Education provides "report cards" for schools and districts to ensure compliance with No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The pre-NCLB "school profiles" are available in their archive. The quality of local schools has been shown to have a relationship to a community’s public health status.
Philadelphia
- Center
for Urban Health Policy and Research (Albert Einstein Healthcare
Network)
This research center studies methods to improve the delivery of healthcare
to diverse urban population. There is a strong emphasis on the city
of Philadelphia.
- Neighborhoods
Online: Philly Neighborhoods
A Web site that acts as an information resource center for organizations
and individuals working to rebuild Philadelphia's neighborhood infrastructure.
Resources include information on neighborhood and block level issues
and data. City government and organizational links are included throughout
the site, along with sites of interest to living in a clean, healthy,
and safe city. Funding resources for community projects are also listed.
- Philadelphia Association
of Community Development Corporations (PACDC)
An organization that assists the smaller neighborhood level community
development corporation in the City of Philadelphia to help rebuild
neighborhoods. It also acts as a depository for information on community-based
organizations within Philadelphia. The PACDC Compiles information
for neighborhood groups about their communities, available through
a databank.
- Philadelphia Health
Management Corporation (PHMC)
PHMC is a non-profit, public health organization committed to improving
the health of the community through outreach, education, research,
and planning, consulting and direct services. Information is available
on services for the homeless, HIV, substance abuse, resources for
children's health and violence prevention. Their publications include:
- PhillyHealthInfo.org (College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Find consumer health information, local services and events in the 5-county Delaware Valley region. Produced by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, a not-for-profit cultural and scholarly institution founded in 1787.
- Taking
Philadelphia's Temperature: Health Indicators for Healthy Philadelphia
2010 (2nd ed.) (Philadelphia Dept. of Public Health)
This is the Philadelphia-specific version of Healthy People 2010, as
prepared by the city's Department of Public Health. The 1st edition from 2003 is also available. The department's Health Data page links to other current reports.
New Jersey State-Wide Resources
- Find
a Local United Way Organization: New Jersey
This is a listing of all United Way organizations in the state of
New Jersey. Many of the local United Way sites also provide listings
of community organizations affiliated with the United Way. These organizations
may provide non-governmental public health services to the community.
- HealthyNJ: Health in
New Jersey (UMDNJ)
A gateway for health information resources at the state and county
level. Areas of coverage include specific state health concerns, government
agencies, county resources, health care facilities and providers,
state and county level health statistics, health insurance, and professional
health organizations and education.
- Healthy
New Jersey 2010 (NJ Depart. of Health and Senior Services)
This is the New Jersey-specific version of Health People 2010, as
prepared by the state's Department of Health and Senior Services.
- New Jersey Department
of Health and Senior Services, Division of Public Health and Environmental
Laboratories
These laboratory services maintained by the state to provide testing
for disease outbreaks and other public health threats. It also ensures
compliance of state and federal laws for all clinical laboratories
in the state.
- New Jersey School Report
Card (NJ Dept. of Education)
This resource is a report on 35 criteria for public schools in New
Jersey, along with state and national comparisons. The quality of
local schools has been shown to have a relationship to a community’s
public health status.
- New Jersey Office
of Emergency Management (NJOEM)
This agency deals with and coordinates state and local disaster response
and preparedness. It also is an educational resource for the public
on emergency management issues.
- New Jersey Public Health Association
As a state level affiliate of the American Public Health Association,
this organization’s purpose is to promote sound public health practices
within the state. Also included on the site is information about health
conferences held within the state, the associations newsletter, and
links to free online articles about New jersey public health issues.
- Rutgers (Univ.) Cooperative
Extension
This agency assists the population of New Jersey to agricultural and
environmental management, food safety, nutrition education, and family
and economic stability.
New Jersey Counties
- HealthyNJ:
County Resources
This site links to government and community public health related
resources for all 21 counties in New Jersey.
Delaware State-Wide Resources
- Be Healthy Delaware
Formerly Healthy Delaware 2010.
- Delaware Consumer Health Information Service (Delaware Academy of Medicine and Delaware Division of Public Health)
This service, administered by the Delaware Academy of Medicine, provides consumer health information to the public through their website and through Delaware public libraries. Delaware residents can ask health questions, consult a calendar of events, and find links to authoritative sources.
- Delaware Cooperative Extension
(University of Delaware)
This organization provides services and education relating to agriculture
management and community economic development issues of the state.
- Delaware Emergency Management
Agency (DEMA)
A state government agency that provides disaster management for the
state and support to county and local governments. Information about
emergency hazards, weather advisories, county emergency management
contacts, and emergency plans are available on this site.
- Delaware Public
Health Laboratory, Division of Public Health, Delaware Health and
Human Services
This is the public health testing laboratory for all state agencies.
It provides a full level of laboratory services. It also ensures state
and federal compliance of all clinical laboratories in Delaware.
- Delaware Public School Profiles (Delaware Dept. of Education)
This site lists basic level school profiles, their missions and goals, and the state performance rating for all public schools in Delaware. The quality of local schools has been shown to have a relationship to a community’s public health status.
- Delaware Public Health Association
This affiliated state association of the American Public Health Association
has no Web site of its own. This is the APHA contact listing for this
organization.
- United
Way of Delaware
As the Delaware's only United Way organization, it helps to provide
funding and services through non-government member organizations for
the needs of local communities. Many of the services provided are
public health related.
New Castle County
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