Public Health 101 Course Resources

• Web Resources
• Course Syllabus
• Case Studies
• Additional Resources
• Web Sites Used in Public Health 101

Web Resources

• Information Technology Resources
• Help with Technical Aspects of PH 101
• WebBoard Users Guide
• Direct Link to PH 101 WebBoard

Course Syllabus

• Public Health 101 - PH Concepts and Practice

Case Studies

• History of Selected Public Health Events in Chicago, 1834-1999
• Snow on Cholera: Part 1
• Snow on Cholera: Part 2
• A Century of Progress in Public Health
• CDC History

Additional Resources

These are materials available at various Internet web sites that supplement and extend the material in the various modules. A few of these resources require special software such as the Adobe Acrobat reader to view files that are in the PDF format or the latest version of RealPlayer for audio-visual materials such as video clips. Recent versions of the UIC network Services Kit come with these players. If you need to, you may obtain the latest Adobe Acrobat reader and/or RealPlayer software at no cost by clicking on the following images:  

All Modules

• Health, United States 2001 with Urban and Rural Health Chartbook. USDHHS-PHS; 2001. This extensive document can be viewed and/or downloaded in PDF and other formats at the Health, United States 2000 Web Site

Part 1: What is Public Health?

• A Vision of Social Justice as the Foundation of Public Health: Commemorating 150 Years of the Spirit of 1848.(in PDF format) AJPH 1998;88(11):1603-1606
• History of clean water in Chicago and tour of the world's largest water purification system. (The 1999 Water Quality Report is available in PDF format). Chicago Department of Water
• Invisible Safety Net Video: Part 1--What is Public Health? University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice; 1994
• It's Time We Became a Profession. Sommer A and Akhter MN. AJPH 2000;90(6):845-846
• John Snow Web Site. UCLA Department of Epidemiology
• Orientation to the Essentials of Public Health. Video developed by the South Central Public Health Training Center; 2001
• Public Opinion About Public Health-- United States, 1999. MMWR 2000;49(12):258-260
• Snow and Cholera. Slide and audio presentation developed by the University of North Carolina School of Public Health

Part 2: Understanding and Measuring Health

• Community Health Status Indicators. Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services; 2000.
• Community Indicators of Health-Related Quality of Life--United States, 1993-1997. MMWR 2000;49(13):281-285.
• Health United States 2001 Web Site. National Center for Health Statistics. Washington DC; DHHS-PHS-CDC-NCHS; 2001. Includes access to Health United States 2001 (with Urban and Rural Health Chart Book).
• Healthy People 2000 web site for information on both Healthy People 2000 and Healthy People 2010. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDHHS; 2001.
• Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health. US Department of Health and Human Services. Washington DC; DHHS-PHS; 2000.
• Reducing Tobacco Use. MMWR 2000;49(RR-16):1-27

Part 3: Health Services and Public Health

• Community Health Status Indicators. Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services; 2000.
• Health United States 2001 Web Site. National Center for Health Statistics. Washington DC; DHHS-PHS-CDC-NCHS; 2001. Includes access to Health United States 2001 (with Urban and Rural Health Chart Book).
• Healthy People 2000 web site for information on both Healthy People 2000 and Healthy People 2010. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDHHS; 2001.
• Managed Care and Public Health. Levi J. AJPH 2000;90(12):1823-1824
• Not-So-Strange Bedfellows; Public Health and Managed Care. Koplan JP and Harris JR. AJPH 2000;90(12):1824-1826
• Medicine & Public Health: the Power of Collaboration (PDF format). Lasker RD. New York Academy of Medicine; 1997
• Time for a National Agenda to Improve the Health of Urban Populations. Freudenberg N. AJPH 2000;90(6):837-840
• Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace, 2002 (PDF format). Kizer Foundation; 2002

Part 4: Law, Government, and Public Health

• Bioterrorism: Implications for Public Health (60-minute video program). CDC and University of North Carolina School of Public Health; 2000
• Cumulative Incidence of AIDS in the U.S (animated progression of epidemic 1983-1997)
• Determinants of US Local Health Department Expenditures, 1992 through 1993. AJPH Abstract
• History of CDC
• Images from the History of the U.S. Public Health Service USPHS; 2000
• Invisible Safety Net Video: Part 2--Local Public Health University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice; 1994
• Invisible Safety Net Video: Part 3--Core Functions University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice; 1994
• Ohio Department of Health Infectious Disease Control Manual (PDF format). ODH; 2000
• Plagues and Politics (video history of the US Public Health Service)
• State Health Agencies on the Web

Web Sites Useful for Public Health 101

Public Health 101 Course Resources last revised December 7, 2001 (bturnock)