For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true.
--- Titus Lucretius Carus [99-55 B.C.], De Rerum Natura, bk. III, l. 87
General
- (MT) = voted "Most Trusted Sites for Health Information" according to Yahoo! magazine survey
- TRICARE - DoD Military Health System
- healthfinder.gov - health news, healthcare info, by-disease info, medical dictionaries, by-age references, ... supported by the National Health Information Center (NHIC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which "is a health information referral service. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers"
- (MT) Medlineplus Health Information
- (MT) National Institutes of Health
- National Library of Medicine
- (MT) Mayoclinic.com
- (MT) WebMD Health combined with Medscape Health for Consumers
- Medscape, medical news and info, free but you gotta register
- (MT) MedcoHealth, formerly Merck-Medco
- (MT) American Medical Association
- U.S. Air Force Public Health Home Page
- Virtual Flight Surgeons online aviation medicine
- Complete Home Medical Guide, from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- InteliHealth, Home to Johns Hopkins Health Information, including such features as Deskercises for use at the office
- drkoop.com
, family, wellness, and community health news and resources -- site founded by Dr Koop, former U.S. surgeon general
- Physical Activity and Health, A Report of the Surgeon General, includes discussion by population segment and state-by-state
- Healthy People 2010 project, DHHS
- Healthy People 2000 project, DHHS
- Cyberdiet, including diet, self-assessment, exercise, etc
- CBS HealthWatch
- Health and Nutrition, resources listed by RefDesk
- Health Canada Online
- HealthAtoZ, search engine for health and medicine
- Doctor's Guide to the Internet, medical news, issue-based material, and medical search engine
First-Aid
Warnings
Influenza, Flu
Medical News
- U.S. Medicine, "the Voice of Federal Medicine" -- both an organization and a newspaper
- Healthfinder News (consumer health media online), by Health and Human Services
- Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
- New England Journal of Medicine, for full text of articles you must subscribe
- The Lancet, Interactive, online medical journal including articles such as "Nurse practitioners in emergency medicine"
- bmj.com, British Medical Journal online
- InteliHealth
, Home to Johns Hopkins Health Information, including such features as Deskercises for use at the office
- drkoop.com
, family, wellness, and community health news and resources -- site founded by Dr Koop, former U.S. surgeon general
- The Medical Reporter (health newsletter)
- ABC News Health & Living
- CNN - Health Main Page, Cable News Network
- MSNBC Health News
- Reuters Health Information Services, Inc.
- Science Daily
- USA Today Healthline
- Yahoo! News Health Headlines
- Hospital News, Canadian health care online newspaper
Reference
Government Resources
Physical Fitness & Exercise
- USAF Fitness Charts
- AFI 10-248 USAF Fitness Program
- FM 21-20, Physical Fitness Training, Army Field Manual
- Physical Fitness: Tips for the Law Enforcement Executive (Local copy), by Shell, in Law Enforcement Bulletin, May 2005
- The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
- National Association for Health & Fitness (NAHF), "the network of state and governors' councils"
- Nutrition and Physical Activity, CDC
- Exercise Handbook (Local copy), from the National Institutes of Health
- Guidelines for healthy aerobic activity from the American College of Sports Medicine
- US Army Physical Fitness Research Institute
- U.S. Army Physical Fitness School
- The Fitness Jumpsite
- Physical Activity and Health, A Report of the Surgeon General, includes discussion by population segment and state-by-state
Accessibility
Nutrition & Diet
- Nutrition.Gov
- FoodSafety.Gov
- Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA, food pyramid, healthy eating index, dietary guidelines
- Nutrition Data, handy tables, especially regarding popular fast foods
- Exercise Handbook (Local copy), from the National Institutes of Health
- Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA
- Food, Nutrition and Metabolism Topics, Medline Plus - National Institutes of Health and National Library of Medicine
- Nutrition and Physical Activity, CDC
- AFI 40-104, Nutrition Education, USAF
- AR 40-25, Nutrition Allowances, Standards, and Education
- Nutrition Center, Mayo Clinic
- Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA
- Health and Nutrition, resources listed at RefDesk
- Dole 5 A Day, health and food tips
- Insects As Food (Iowa State)
Wellness for Executives and Everyone Else
- Wellness Guides, Calculators, and Handbooks, at the Air War College Executive Wellness Center
- Wellness magazine from OPM
- Nutrition and Physical Activity, CDC
- Wellness for Senior Leaders, guide from Army Physical Fitness Research Institute
- Executive Health and Fitness, handbook from the Army Physical Fitness Research Institute
- Army Regulation 600-63, Army Health Promotion (Local copy)
- AR 40-501, Standards of Medical Fitness (Local copy)
- Health Promotion and Wellness (DHPW), from US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM)
- Health Topics, Medline Plus - National Institutes of Health and National Library of Medicine
- Los Alamos National Lab wellness center
- WebMD, including wellness, diet, and medical
- Cyberdiet, including diet, self-assessment, exercise, etc
Tobacco Cessation
Stress and Stress Management
- See also Combat Stress & PTSD on Medical page
- See also Disasters, Mental Health & PTSD on Medical page
- See also Psychology of Terrorism - Victims & Society on Conflict 21 website
- Anonymous Mental Health Self-Assessment Program, developed for the military by Screening for Mental Health, Inc. - has anonymous screening
for
- Depression
- Bipolar Disorder
- Alcohol
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Stress Management bibliography, Air University Library
- AFI 44-153, Critical Incident Stress Management
- ABC's of Stress and Stress Management
- Stress Management HomePage, Navy Environmental Health Center
- Stress at Work, CDC resources
- Stress topic area from Medline Plus
- Stress Management, Medline Plus article
- Stress Management - articles and tools at About.COM
- Dept of Army Pamphlet 600-63-10, Fit to Win - Stress Management (Local copy)
- Targeting Health - Stress Management (Local copy) guidebook from the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
- A Manager's Handbook: Handling Traumatic Events, from US Office of Personnel Management
- The End of Stress As We Know It, by McEwan, pub. by National Academies Press - viewable online
- International Stress Management Association (ISMA)
- American Institute of Stress (AIS)
- Stress Management Strategies, U. of FL, has table of symptoms of stress
- Preventing Stress Through a Healthy Lifestyle, U. of FL
- Stress and Communication, U. of FL
- Quick Stress Assessment; What are your stressors and how effectively are you coping?
- Other Stress Tests
Mental Health, Psychology, & Neurology
Depression
Suicide Prevention
- See also reporting on suicide section addressing the possibility of media coverage leading to additional suicides
- On Maxwell AFB, contact the Life Skills Clinic (phone 3-5430) for help and information.
- National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
- Air Force Suicide Prevention Program
- Look under "Products" for
- Leader's Guide for Managing Personnel in Distress,
- AF Guide for Managing Suicidal Behavior
- MAJCOM Best Practices
- and more
- AFPAM 44-160, Air Force Suicide Prevention Program (Local copy)
- Suicide by Cop (Local copy), by Pinizzotto, Davis, and Miller, in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Feb 2005
- Too Close for Comfort: Negotiating with Fellow Officers (Local Copy), by Terhune-Bickler, in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, April 2004
- Suicide Prevention - A Resource Manual for the US Army
- Spiritual Fitness and Resiliency, Army references
- Navy Suicide Prevention Home Page
- Marine Corps Suicide Prevention Program
- other DoD suicide prevention resources
- Suicide Research Consortium, from NIMH -- fact sheets, symptoms, behaviors, and research reports
- CDC - Violence Prevention, CDC
- Suicide in the United States, CDC Factsheet
- Suicide Prevention Among Active Duty Air Force Personnel -- United States, 1990-1999, in CDC's MMWR Weekly, Nov 26, 1999
- The Surgeon General's Call to Action To Prevent Suicide, 1999
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
- Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN)
- American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) - formerly known as National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association
- Suicide Awareness - Voices of Education (SAVE), to educate about suicide prevention and to speak for suicide survivors
- Suicide Information and Education Centre (SIEC), not a crisis centre but with education materials and links to Canadian, US, and international crisis centres and help
Reporting on Suicide
- See also suicide section
- Suicide Contagion and the Reporting of Suicide: Recommendations from a National Workshop, CDC WONDER copy of MMWR 43(RR-6);9-18, 22 Apr 1994
- "In particular, nonfictional newspaper and television coverage of suicide has been associated with a statistically significant excess of suicides."
- includes section on "aspects of news coverage that can promote suicide contagion" as well as guidelines for reporting to attempt to reduce that triggering effect
- includes appendix with "Examples of Hypothetical News Reports * with High and Low Potential for Promoting Suicide Contagion "
- Suicide Contagion and the Reporting of Suicide: Recommendations from a National Workshop, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) report 43(RR-6);9-18, 22 Apr 1994 - not as well formatted as the CDC copy above
- Reporting on Suicide: Recommendations for the Media
- Combating Copycat Violence, by Jennings, in The Futurist, May-June 2005
- With regard to suicide, a group of experts met in 1989 to address the problem of why "clusters" of suicides often occur soon after a well-publicized suicide story. These experts recommended to the Centers for Disease Control that print and broadcast media should make it their policy to show no photographs of suicide scenes or victims, provide no technical details about suicide methods, and in no way glorify suicide. In 1995 the CDC issued more specific recommendations for the media, some of which were later adopted by the World Health Organization. WHO also suggested including local suicide-prevention hotline numbers in any coverage of a suicide story and having reporters stress messages of sympathy for the grieving survivors.
- Despite these recommendations for voluntary action, suicide reporting is still generally sensationalized, and clusters of copycat suicides continue to occur as a direct consequence, Coleman says. Ironically, this copycat effect is greatly reduced in places where inadvertent censorship (such as with a newspaper strike) or some even more sensational event (such as the O.J. Simpson case) effectively make ordinary crimes and suicide stories seem relatively insignificant. Direct censorship can be still more effective. Coleman cites a 1987 incident in Vienna, Austria, where authorities banned all reporting of suicides in response to an "epidemic" of people killing themselves in the subways. "In the four-year period following the forced removal of suicide stories from the newspapers," Coleman notes, "the overall suicide rate decreased nearly 20%," with a 75% decline in subway suicides.
Workplace Violence
- See also sexual assault
- Creating a Better Place to Work: Reducing Workplace Stress & Aggression to Increase Individual & Organizational Performance (Local copy), VA related study - statistics and charts showing causes and ways stress shows up
- Stress & Aggression in the Workplace - Hard Facts about the "Soft Stuff" - the Business Case for Taking Action on Stress and Aggression (Local copy), VA related study
- Work Related Violence--Index - warning indicators, prevention tools, policies, handbooks, and more
- Installation Workplace Violence Prevention Team (WVPT) Incident Management Reference Manual, draft, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (CHPPM)
- Dealing with Workplace Violence - a Guide for Agency Planners, US Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- A Manager's Handbook - Handling Traumatic Events, Feb 2003, US Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Employee Relations - Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), US Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Violence in the Workplace - Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Domestic Violence
- See also sexual assault
- See also family advocacy
- DoD Domestic Violence home page
- Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence
- DoD Family Advocacy Program - Commanders' Guide
- "The overall goal of this site is to provide commanders and senior non-commissioned officers with general information about FAP and its role in responding to family violence, the coordinated response to family violence in the military, the DoD response to child sexual abuse in DoD-sponsored out of home care, and juvenile delinquency issues."
- Air Force FAPNet - Family Advocacy Program resource center
- Responding to Domestic Violence - Where Federal Employees Can Find Help, US OPM
- Domestic Violence resources, Dept of Justice
- Office on Violence Against Women, Dept of Justice
- Victimes of Crime, studies and articles, National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
- Domestic Violence publications, National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
- Domestic Violence topic area, National Institutes of Health - lots of resources
- Family Violence (local copy), illustrated briefing and quiz, posted at USUHS
- Division of Violence Prevention, CDC - look at menu on left of fact sheets below for info on activities, prevention strategies, links, etc.
- Violence and Reproductive Health, CDC
- Domestic Violence guideline, National Guideline Clearinghouse - includes references, indicators of domestic violence, etc.
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- additional DoD resources
- additional Air Force resources
Sexual Assault
Diseases & Illnesses
Indoor Air Quality
Caring for Elderly
Family Advocacy
Family Medicine
Women's Health
Men's Health
Medical History
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