Australian

Evidence Based Practice

International - Governments
& Organisations

Subject Resources

Collections of Evaluated Health Sites

• Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
• Australian Institute of Health & Welfare
• Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
  Women's Health Australia.
• Australian Medical Association
  Includes GP issues, publications and public health.
• Australasian Cochrane Centre
• Australian Government. Department of Health and Ageing
  Lists publications and announcements, etc.
• Disability Information in South Australia
  DIRC provides information on disabilities and related topics in the SA community. Contains information on legislation, benefits, the disability network and other disability links. This site is helpful to both disabled and able-bodied people.
• The Drs' Reference Site
• Hunter Urban Division of General Practice
• N H & M R C
  National Health & Medical Research Council for information about their publications, research grants and news.
• National Public Health Partnership
  The National Public Health Partnership (NPHP) provides a formal structure for the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments to come together to develop a joint agenda for Australian public health nationally into the next century.
• NSW Health
  Includes Chief Health Officer Report, NSW Public Health Bulletin, Health & Air Research Program Newsletter and publications from other organisations as well as information about the various public health units in NSW.
• Radio National - Health Report
  ABC Radio Health Reports
• VicNet
  A guide to health topics, directories, associations & organisations and support groups in Victoria.

• Department of Health, UK
  This includes publications and press releases.
• Health Information Research Unit (HiRU), McMaster University
• Department of Health and Human Services - USA (includes GrantsNet)
• Effective Health Care Bulletins
  NHS Center for Reviews and Dissemination.
• Health Services/Technology Assessment (HSTAT)
  Includes the full-text of clinical practice guidelines, quick reference guides for clinicians, and consumer brochures developed with the support of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
• National Library of Medicine
  Provides links to MeSH headings, Current Bibliographies in Medicine and other NLM services.
• NIH Home Page
  National Institutes of Health news, current information, announcements and forms for grants & contracts. There are also pointers to further NIH resources about diseases, practice guidelines etc.
• World Health Organization 
  WHO gives information about its major programs, conferences and personnel, as well as access to the WHO Report, press releases, newsletters, statistical information and advice re international travel, health and vaccination requirements.

• Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Resources
  A very complete listing of evaluated sites by speciality.
• McMaster University. Health Care Information Resources – Contents
• Medical Matrix - Guide to Internet Clinical Medicine Resources
  Maintained by Dr Gary Malet , this is probably the best guide to Internet clinical medicine resources. Officially sponsored by the Internet Working Group of the American Medical Informatics Association and frequently updated.
• MeSH Classified Diseases & Disorders
  Diseases, disorders & related topics from the Karolinska Institute.
• Netwatch Archive (Science Magazine online)
  Each week, Science's NetWatch scours the Internet, reader email, and other sources for interesting science Web sites. Here you can look up reviews of the hundreds of sites we've highlighted since April 1998.
• NN/LM WWW Home Page
  National network of libraries in medicine.
• OMNI: Organising Medical Networked Information
  OMNI is a UK gateway to quality Internet resources in medicine, biosciences, healthcare and health management.