Preventive Medicine

Branches of medicine dealing with preventing illness or its spread.

Resources in this category:

CDC Vaccine Safety Fact Sheet
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/fs/fs-list.htm

Various online fact sheets from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "written to help people understand the facts about immunity, vaccines, and the diseases that can be prevented by vaccines."

Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/guidecps/

An online version of a guide published by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. From the introduction: "This report is intended for primary care clinicians: physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians' assistants, other allied health professionals, and students. It provides recommendations for clinical practice on 169 preventive interventions--screening tests, counseling interventions, immunizations, and chemoprophylactic regimens--for the prevention of 60 target conditions." Though the guide is intended for professionals, it can be used profitably by laypeople willing to read medical terminology. Searchable.

Immunization Info
http://www.immunizationinfo.org/

"NNii's mission is to provide the best possible science-based information to everyone who needs to know the facts about immunization. NNii believes that immunization is one of the most important ways to protect against serious infectious diseases." Immunization information, daily immunization-related news, resources for parents, and searchable database of diseases and their vaccines.

Public Health & Prevention
http://www.medscape.com/publichealth

This Mescape site features "Resources Centers" on numerous topics including: addiction, depression, geriatrics, hepatitis C, sports medicine, etc. Other resources here include continuing medical education, conference coverage, patient education, library of free journals, and discussion boards.

Vaccine Place
http://vaccineplace.com/?fa=home

This is a resource about immunizations and vaccines for children. This is an excellent resource for parents who need up-to-date information on what kinds of immunizations they should get for their children. Included are links to immunizations schedules.