External Links

Government Resources

Local Government

Miami-Dade County Health Department
Comprehensive medical information including health topics, flu, health resources, and community programs.

http://www.dadehealth.org/

State Government

Florida Board of Nursing 
Contact information, license requirements, application information, fees, and medical information for nurses and nursing assistants for the State of Florida.

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/nursing/

Florida Nurses Association 
To serve and support all registered nurses through professional development, advocacy, and the promotion of excellence at every level of professional nursing practice. The only state organization that advocates for nurses regardless of nursing specialty or practice setting.

http://www.floridanurse.org

Federal Government

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
The CDC strives to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. The CDC publishes many important journals such as Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Emerging Infectious Diseases.

http://www.cdc.gov

National Institutes of Health (NIH) 
The NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. The NIH is comprised of 27 separate Institutes and Centers.

http://www.nih.gov/

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) 
Part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NINR supports and conducts clinical, basic, and research training of health and illness across the lifespan. The research focus encompasses health promotion, disease prevention, quality of life, health disparities, and end-of-life. NINR seeks to extend the nursing sciences by integrating the biological and behavioral sciences, employing new technologies to research questions, improving research methods, and developing the scientists of the future.

http://www.ninr.nih.gov

Nursing History

American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) 
This organization provides a Nursing History Primer and Bibliography of Historical Methodology. Additionally, the resources for the Nursing History section include recent publications and links to other related sites.

http://www.aahn.org/index.html

National League for Nursing History

http://www.nln.org/aboutnln/info-history.htm

Statistical Sources

Administration on Aging: Aging Statistics 
The Administration on Aging’s statistical information section is designed for Older Americans and their families as well as those concerned with providing the opportunities and services to enrich the lives of older persons and support their independence.

http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Aging_Statistics/index.aspx

CDC WONDER 
From the Centers for Disease Control, CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging On-line Data for Epidemiologic Research) provides a single point of access to a variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and even numeric public health data. You may access statistical research data published by CDC, as well as reference materials, reports and guidelines on health-related topics. You can also query numeric data sets on the CDC’s mainframe and other computers, via “fill-in-the blank” web pages. Public-use data sets about mortality (deaths), cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, TB, natality (births), census data and many other topics are available for query, and the requested data are readily summarized and analyzed.

http://wonder.cdc.gov/

FloridaHealth.Com
Check whether a doctor is licensed in the State of Florida and if the person has been sanctioned by the Medical Board.

http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP

Florida Health Finder
Click Search by Facility Type / Location to get a list of Florida health care facilities. Click Search by Proximity to find facilities closest to your home.

http://www.floridahealthfinder.gov/FacilityLocator/facloc.aspx

County and City Data Book 
Data for all U.S. states, counties, and cities with a population of 25,000 or more. It contains additional data for places with a population of 100,000 or more. Also included is a complete set of state maps showing all counties, places of 25,000 or more population, and metropolitan areas. Topical areas include age, agriculture, births, business establishments, climate, construction, crime, deaths, earnings, education, elections, employment, finance, government, health, households, housing, income, labor force, manufactures, population, poverty, race and Hispanic origin, social services, and water use. Data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau and other federal statistical bureaus, governmental administrative, regulatory agencies, and private research bodies.

http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html

Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics 
More than 100 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of the statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use.

http://www.fedstats.gov/

Florida Department of Health
Comprehensive healthcare information website from the State of Florida.

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/

Measure DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys 
DHS provides decision-makers with information necessary to plan, monitor, and evaluate population, health, and nutrition programs. In addition, DHS plays a major role in furthering international understanding of global population and health trends. Publications may be searched, or you may browse publications by country, publication type, and / or topic.

http://www.measuredhs.com/

National Center for Health Statistics 
The mission of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. As the Nation’s principal health statistics agency, NCHS leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/