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Useful websites for Public Health Practitioners. Pam Schultz October 2012 Association of Public Health Observatories http ://www.apho.org.uk / Nine PHOs…the ERPHO is local Eastern Region Health Observatory http://www.erpho.org.uk. London Health Observatory.
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Useful websites for Public Health Practitioners • Pam Schultz October 2012 • Association of Public Health Observatories • http://www.apho.org.uk/ • Nine PHOs…the ERPHO is local • Eastern Region Health Observatory http://www.erpho.org.uk
London Health Observatory • London Health Observatory http://www.lho.org.uk • This site is quite useful for newsletters & public health updates. • It also has an inequalities “Toolkit” which is worth a look • http://www.lho.org.uk/LHO_Topics/Analytic_Tools/HealthInequalitiesInterventionToolkit.aspx • It is important that you share the data you are collecting so I would like you build this resource. Please email us with any additional sites or information that you find particularly useful and they will be added to the resource.
CHIMAT • “Chimat” is a useful link through the main observatory and gives Child & Maternal data • http://www.chimat.org.uk/ • You will have a special session soon with a guest speaker who will come and show you how to use this material productively
Data Sources • Sources of national and regional data:- • The World Health Organisation (WHO):- http://www.who.int/en/ • Office for national statistics (ONS) • http://statistics.gov.uk
Public Health Knowledge • The Public Heath Knowledge website has a resource Epidemiology for Practitioners which is excellent • http://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/e-learning/epidemiology/practitioners