Selected Topics - Health Disciplines and Education

• UNSW Research Centre on Ageing and Retirement

Events

• School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW - Upcoming Events

Global policies and related documents

Reports, guidelines and projects

• Global health diplomacy: training across disciplines
  “…The interface between trade and health is on the cutting edge of global health diplomacy, write Ilona Kickbusch et al. in a perspective. Foreign policy is now being driven substantially by health to protect national security, free trade and economic advancement, they say. But this exciting new field of study requires conceptual development and practical training programmes….Some governments have taken purposeful strides to incorporate health as a foreign policy tool. Perhaps, however, it is the other way around: foreign policy is now being driven substantially by health to protect national security, free trade and economic advancement. We offer a few examples of this changing field of health and foreign policy as background to our academic response: The United Kingdom is attempting to establish policy coherence with the development of a central governmental global health strategy based on health as a human right and global public good. Rooted in the recognition of globalization and its effects on health, this new effort will bring together the United Kingdom’s foreign relations, international development, trade and investment policies that can affect global health…”. (au)
• HIV and AIDS Treatment Education: A Critical Component of Efforts to Ensure Universal Access to Prevention, Treatment and Care
  This paper explores some of the main issues contained within the definition of treatment education, signalling ways that the education sector can play a role along with others engaged in efforts to achieve universal access to prevention, treatment, and care. The paper considers some key strategies, including how to effectively engage and prepare communities and how to involve key constituencies and in particular people with HIV and those on treatment."

Educational resources

• All Nurses.com
  An extensive database of links to nursing resources on the World Wide Web
• AVERT
  Based in UK, AVERT provides resources on sex education with a special focus on the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS
• Directory of training programs in health research health policy
  The Directory of Training Programs in Health Services Research and Health Policy provides key information about U.S. and international post-baccalaureate certificate, master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral programs in the fields of health services research and health policy.
• Epidemiologic Case Studies
  "These case studies are interactive exercises developed to teach epidemiologic principles and practices. They are based on real-life outbreaks and public health problems and were developed in collaboration with the original investigators and experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The case studies require students to apply their epidemiologic knowledge and skills to problems confronted by public health practitioners at the local, state, and national level every day..."
• Go Ask Alice! Home Page
  Columbia University (New York), health Questions and Answers for students
• Martindales: The 'Virtual' Nursing Center
  This site provides links to a wide range of general, educational, procedural and clinical nursing links
• NMAP - Internet resources for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professions
  NMAP is a catalogue of evaluated Internet resources in Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions aimed at students, researchers, academics and professionals. New resources are added weekly.
• Nurse Practitioner Central
  "NP central provides a convenient source for readily available information by clinically practicing nurse practitioners."
• Nursing Portal
  A comprehensive meta-site, organised as a searchable database offering access to international nursing resources
• Pacific Open Learning Health Net
  The Pacific Open Learning Health Net programme was established to enable access to continuing education and professional development for health care workers in Pacific Island Countries, particularly those working in rural and remote areas. The programme has established computer laboratories as resource centres for health professionals in ten countries and has begun piloting distance education courses to facilitate learning.
• Specialty Nursing
  This site contains numerous links to specialty nursing related sites
• Virtual Campus of Public Health
  The Virtual Campus of Public Health is a consortium of institutions led by PAHO/WHO, in collaboration with academic institutions and development agencies of Europe and America, recognized for their leadership. The Campus' objective is "to contribute to the development and improvement of the efficiency of Public Health management through the resolution of cases closely related with professional practice, as well as to promote the exchange of experiences among professionals ..."
• Women and Health Learning Package
  This package consists of a series of training modules on topics ranging from violence against women and contraceptive practices to adolescent health and unwanted pregnancy/unsafe abortion. These women’s health modules, along with others still in development, make up the Women and Health Learning Package (WHLP), a free e-learning resource for use by educators, health providers and health sciences students (particularly medical and nursing students) in developing countries.
• WWW Virtual Library: Biosciences - Nursing Resources

Organisations and Networks

UN and multinational

• International Council of Nurses
  "A federation of national nurses' associations, representing nurses in more than 120 countries to ensure quality nursing care for all, sound health policies globally, the advancement of nursing knowledge, and the presence worldwide of a respected nursing profession and a competent and satisfied nursing workforce"

Government

Non Government

• Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) - [USA]
  The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) is a US national organization representing the deans, faculty and students of the accredited member schools of public health and other programs seeking accreditation as schools of public health.
• Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER)
  ASPHER is a key independent organisation in Europe dedicated to strengthening the role of public health through the training of public health professionals for both practice and research.
• Alan Guttmacher Institute (USA)
  family planning, sexual education, HIV/AIDS prevention
• Global Health Education Consortium
  "GHEC is a consortium of faculty and health care educators dedicated to global health education in North American health professions schools and residency programs. GHEC is a non-profit organization of health professionals, educators and institutions. Through its focus on education, GHEC provides dedicated global health leadership to educate, train and mentor healthcare students, faculty, professionals and practitioners to address global health challenges."
• Sex Education Coalition (USA)
  "Comprised of educators, health care professionals, trainers, and legislators dedicated to providing information and supporting informed discussion concerning sexuality education. The Coalition plans to use this site in a variety of ways: to offer educational materials to sexuality and family life educators, to provide a forum for discussion (between clinicians, legislators, parents and youth), to provide up-to-date information from the CDC and the NIH (as well as other reputable scientific agencies), and to present a variety of materials and resources to the general community concerning sexuality education"
• Sex Education Forum (UK)
  Based at the National Children's Bureau, the forum is an umbrella body bringing together national organisations representing children, health, education, religion and parents. It works to promote the teaching of effective and appropriate sex education and ensure that all children receive their entitlement to sex education.
• SIECUS: Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
  A national, private, non-profit advocacy organisation which affirms that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of living. SIECUS develops collects and disseminates information, promotes comprehensive education about sexuality and advocates the rights of individuals to make responsible sexual choices.
• UK Faculty of Public Health Medicine
  "The Faculty of Public Health Medicine is a medical professional organisation which gives independent advice on the public's health.
• World Health Communication Associates
  "The World Health Communication Associates (WHCA) works to improve health by helping public health advocates and organisations acquire the knowledge, savvy and resources to enable their messages to stand out and positively shape health choices, behaviours and perceptions in local, national and global information marketplaces. WHCA focuses exclusively on health and environmental issues and does no product promotion. The Associates are an independent network of active, strategically-placed communicators, with practical experience in health and environment reporting, investigative journalism, policy advocacy, intergovernmental and non-governmental public and press relations, international conference organisation and cross-border campaigning."

Academic Institutions with particular focus in this area

• Healthtraining.org
  Inventory of postgraduate training programmes in international health provided by Medicus Mundi, Switzerland
• Michigan Public Health Training Center
  The Michigan Public Health Training Center (MPHTC) is one of 14 training centres throughout the United States, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professions. MPHTC strives to improve the competence of the current and future public health workforce to improve the public's health. Its mission is to increase the knowledge and strengthen the skills of Michigan's present and future public health workforce to ultimately improve the public's health. This includes people working in community-based organizations, divisions of health care organizations and health plans, educators, and state and local health departments.
• School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
• School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW - Research

Key Conferences, conference and workshop reports

Coming conferences

Conference reports

Journals, Newsletters, Forums

Bibliographies, Libraries

• Jan Ritchie's personal page

Public health bookshops

• Public Health bookshop