Archive for December, 2006

Public Health

December 14th, 2006

(It’s totally under construction……)

Organisations

International

World Health Organization

Eurosurveillance

 

USA

American Association for Health Education

American College Health Association

American Public Health Association

American School Health Association

Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public Health Education

Center for the Advancement of Community based Public Health

Center for the Advancement of Health

Coalition of National Health Education Organizations

CDC Evaluation Working Group

Eta Sigma Gamma

The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Health Education Publications and Resources (HEPR)

Healthy People 2010 Toolkit: A Field Guide to Health Planning

International Union for Health Promotion and Education

National Center for Health Education

National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC)

The Society aims to have a significant and enduring effect on the health, achievement, and life success of children and youth through school health education and physical education within a coordinated school health approach. It also utilises strategic advocacy, creative partnerships, state-of-the-art professional development, and timely identification of resources to enhance the leadership capacity of its members.

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)

Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

UNICEF: The NGO Working Groups on Girls

 

UK

Asoociation of Public Health Observatories (APHO)

Department of Health (DH)

This is not an org for public health specially. But just seach ‘sex work’ on ther website.

Health Protect Agency (HPA)

Health Statistics Quarterly at National Statistics Online

LabourNet UK

National Assembly for Wales
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
National Public Health Service for Wales
National Statistics (UK) – Health
National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC)
NHS Confederation
NHS Direct
NHS Gateway – General NHS Information

UK Public Health Association (UKPHA)

The Faculty of Public Health

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Universities and Institutes

Canada

Centre for Health Evidence

UK’

Institute of development Studies (IDS)

The Gateway to Development Information (Eldis)

BRIDGE

BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts of policymakers and practitioners by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information.

 

Other websites

America’s lifeline online

Consumer Health Sciences

Laws and Regulations

December 13th, 2006

Law (UK)

You can find all following Acts from Office of Public Sector Information 

Sexual Offences Act 2003 

Licensing Act 2003


 

Research Ethics Information

December 13th, 2006


You can get guidelines and application forms for COREC after 2006 if you are goging to do a medical research in the UK.


It’s an ESRC project at the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), University of York and the School of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford Brookes University. A myriad of resources from UK, Europe and the World are listed.


American Psychological Association


Its basic strategy of creating careful discussion of controversial issues, informed by the best resources in applied ethics, has been used to advance ethical business practices at the local, national, and international levels.


 

Drinking Ages in the UK

December 12th, 2006
From alcoholconcern.org.uk
age

key point

law

under 5 may only be given alcohol on medical order Children and Young Person’s Act of 1933
5 and over may consume alcohol, e.g. at home. It is only illegal for those aged 5-18 to drink alcohol on licensed premises (without meeting other licensing requirements)   
under 14 may not be present in the bar of licensed premises unless accompanied by a person over 28, it is before 9pm and a children Licensing Act of 1964, Deregulation and Contracting Out Act of 1994
14 and over may be in the bar of licensed premises during permitted hours at licensee’s discretion Licensing Act 1964
under 16 may be present in a restaraunt etc where alcohol is served with a meal and at the licensee’s discretion may consume (but not purchase) alcohol bought by a parent or guardian   
16 and over may purchase beer, porter, cider, or perry with a meal in an eating area on licensed premises (In Scotland wine also) Licensing Act of 1964
under 18 may not purchase or be supplied with or consume alcohol in a bar   
under 18 police have powers to confiscate alcohol from under 18s drinking in public and to contact their parents Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act of 1997
under 18 Licensees and staff of licensed premises have a positive duty not to sell alcohol unless they are reasonably certain that the purchaser is not under the age of 18. The legal obstruction to test purchasing under the supervision of police or insperctors of weights and measures is removed. Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
16-18 May not be employed in bar of a licensed premises, unless as part of a Modern Apprenticeship Scheme Licensing Act 1997

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