Internet Resources

* Professional Organizations
* International and Federal Government Organizations
* State, County, and Local Health Departments
* Career Opportunities
* Resource Websites
* General Websites

Professional Organizations
Name	Website
Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)	http://www.sophe.org
Pacific Northwest SOPHE	http://www.pnwhealth.com/pnwsophe.htm
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)	http://www.aahperd.org
American Association for Health Education (AAHE)	http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/
American School Health Association (ASHA)	http://www.ashaweb.org
American Public Health Association (APHA)	http://www.apha.org
The Coalition for National Health Education Organizations	http://www.cnheo.org
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International and Federal Government Organizations
Name	Website
World Health Organization (WHO)	http://www.who.org
Pan American Health Organizations	http://www.paho.org
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services	http://www.hhs.gov/
National Institutes of Health (NIH)	http://www.nih.gov/icd/
NIH National Center on Minority Health & Health Disparities	http://ncmhd.nih.gov/
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)	http://www.cdc.gov
CDC National Center for Health Statistics	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	http://www.epa.gov
U.S. Census Bureau	http://www.census.gov/
Statistical Abstracts	http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
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State, County, and Local Health Departments
Name	Website
WA State Dept. of Health	http://www.doh.wa/gov/
WA State Local Health Departments/Districts	http://www.doh.wa.gov/LHJMap/LHJMap.htm
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Career Opportunities
Name	Website
Pacific Northwest SOPHE	http://www.pnwhealth.com/jobbank.htm
HP Career.net	http://www.hpcareer.net/
American Public Health Association Career Mart	http://www.apha.org/career/
Idealist: Action Without Borders	http://www.idealist.org/
Nonprofit Career Network	http://www.nonprofitcareer.com/
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Resource Websites
Name	Website
Health Education Resource Exchange (H.E.R.E.)	http://www3.doh.wa.gov/here/
Community Tool Box	http://ctb.ku.edu
'Whatcom Counts' by the Whatcom Coalition for Healthy Communities	http://www.whatcomcounts.org
Social Marketing Institute	http://www.social-marketing.org
Health Canada Social Marketing Network	http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/activit/marketsoc/index_e.html
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly	http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/
Istitute of Medicine	http://www.iom.edu/
Plain Language: Improving Communication from the Federal Gov't to the Public	http://www.plainlanguage.gov/
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General Websites
Name	Website
American Cancer Society	http://www.cancer.org
American Heart Association	http://www.americanheart.org
Partners in Health	http://www.pih.org/home.html
Quick Reference for APA Style Guide	http://www.library.wwu.edu/lmt/page.phtml?page_id=698
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(Revised, February 2008)