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No material referred to in these pages should be construed as specific medical advice, nor is it intended as a replacement for appropriate medical consultation. These resources have been evaluated for general content and value to the curriculum but the compiler is not, and cannot be held, responsible for misinformation contained in or at web-based sites.

Sources and Resources

Collective Resources

• Chronic Disease, WHO
• Chronic Disease Prevention, CDC
• Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
• Self-Help Group Sourcebook Online, American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse

Bibliographies

Databases

• WHO Global InfoBase Online
• WHOLIS, WHO Library of the South-East Asia Regional Office
• Bibliography of Data-Related Literature, searchable, ICPSR

Departments and Agencies

• Health Canada
• Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada
• Diabetes and Chronic Diseases Unit, Manitoba
• Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation
• Department of Health, New Brunswick
• Family and Community Services, New Brunswick
• HealthFinder
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
• National Women's Health Information Center, US Department of Health and Human Services
• National Diabetes Education Program, NIH

Directories

• MedlinePlus Directories
• Directory of Healthfinder Organizations
• Canadian Directory of Genetic Support Groups
• Support Groups and Information Resources, OncoLink

Electronic Discussion Groups

• Health: Support Groups, Google Directory
• Groups and Boards, Yahoo Health

News and Views

• Media Room, Health Canada
• Health, CBC
• CDC Media Relations
• NIH Radio News Service
• Healthfinder News
• Health, CNN

Organizations

• Alliance for the Prevention of Chronic Disease
• Alzheimer Society, Canada
• Arthritis Canada
• Asthma Society of Canada
• Canadian Home Care Association
• Canadian Parents Online
• Canadian Public Health Association
• Canadian Red Cross
• Child and Family Canada
• Chronic Disease Directors
• Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Epilepsy Ontario
• Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
• National Association for Home Care and Hospice
• UK Home Care Association
• Victorian Order of Nurses
• Wellness Councils of America

Papers, Reports and Studies

Collections

• Reports and Research, Chronic Disease Management, BC
• Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
• Self-Help Group Sourcebook Online, American Self-Help Group Clearinghouse
• Publications and Products, CDC
• Publications, Center for the Advancement of Health

Individual Titles

• Preventing chronic diseases: a vital investment, WHO Global Report, 2005
• The Infectious Etiology of Chronic Diseases: Defining the Relationship, Enhancing the Research, and Mitigating the Effects -- Workshop Summary, Stacey L. Knobler, Siobhan O'Connor, Stanley M. Lemon, Marjan Najafi, eds., Forum on Microbial Threats, 2004
• The Tides of Change: Addressing Inequity and Chronic Disease in Atlantic Canada A Discussion Paper, Karen Hayward and Ronald Colman, Population and Public Health Branch, Atlantic Regional Office, Health Canada, July 2003
• Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases, WHO Technical Report Series 916, 2003
• The Power of Prevention: Reducing the Health and Economic Burden of Chronic Disease, CDC, 2003
• Promising Practices in Chronic Disease Prevention and Control: A Public Health Framework for Action, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA: Department of Health and Human Services, 2003
• Florida Chronic Disease Report, Florida Department of Health, 2002
• Eat for Life: The Food and Nutrition Board's Guide to Reducing Your Risk of Chronic Disease, Catherine E. Woteki and Paul R. Thomas, eds., Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1992
• Diet and Health: Implications for Reducing Chronic Disease Risk, Committee on Diet and Health, National Research Council, 1989

Programs

• Chronic Disease Management, Ministry of Health Services, BC
• Living Well with a Chronic Condition, Chronic Disease Management, Calgary Health Region
• Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, Centre on Aging, University of Victoria
• North American Association for the Study of Obesity
• Chronic Disease Prevention, CDC
• National Family Caregiver Support Program, US Administration on Aging
• Chronic Disease Care, California Health Care Foundation
• Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, Stanford School of Medicine
• Wisconsin Chronic Disease Program

Serials

• Chronic Disease: Notes and Reports, 1996 forward, full-text
• Chronic Diseases in Canada, 1995 forward, full-text
• Preventing Chronic Disease, 2004 forward, full-text

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