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The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) of the
Office of Public Health and Science, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, stimulates and coordinates efforts in both the public and
private sectors to reduce the risk of disease and early death and to
promote good health. Materials listed here are publications that ODPHP
has sponsored or cosponsored. They include information for the public,
reports and papers for health professionals and policymakers,
proceedings of conferences, and more.
Single copies of most publications listed are available for a minimal
postage and handling fee from ODPHP Communication Support Center. To
request a printed publications list, please write to: ODPHP
Communication Support Center, P.O. Box 37366, Washington, DC 20013-7366.
Some publications, as noted, are for sale by the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), the National Technical Information Service (NTIS),
and other sources; these documents should be ordered directly from the
sources noted. For bulk orders, contact GPO, which sells multiple copies
of publications in stock. Publications are available while supplies
last; prices and handling fees are subject to change. Full texts of some
publications are available via the Internet. Many publications and
information referrals are available through ODPHP's fax-back system.
Please call (301) 468-3028 for a fax-back publications list and (301)
468-1204 for a list of health information topic areas.
Public Health Initiatives
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The Public Health Workforce: An Agenda for the 21st Century
Full Report (1997)
Report by the Public Health Functions Project. Describes the
composition of the public health workforce and discusses
competency-based curriculum and distance learning system
development. Provides proposed action steps and ideas for
implementation. 69 pages. (M0017) $5.50 handling fee.
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The Public Health Workforce: An Agenda for the 21st Century Executive Summary (1997)
Executive Summary of the Full Report by the Public Health
Functions Project. 6-panel brochure. (M0018) No handling fee.
Wired for Health and Well-Being: The Emergence of Interactive
Health Communication (1999)
Interactive health communication (IHC) promises to have a
significant impact on public health and health care in the future.
The final report on the Science Panel on Interactive Communication
and Health provides information and analyses needed to make critical
decisions about IHC's development, purchase, use, and evaluation.
200 pages. (M0019) $10 handling fee.
For a Healthy Nation: Returns on Investment in Public Health
(1994)
Details the accomplishments made in public health and in
collaboration with the medical care system. Discusses current
priorities and the changes taking place in the Nation's health care
system. 49 pages. (M0016) $5 handling fee.
"Actual Causes of Death in the United States" (JAMA
Reprint, 1994)
J. Michael McGinnis and William H. Foege
Reviews articles published between 1977 and 1993. Cites the most
prominent causes of mortality and describes implications for public
health and for health policy priorities. 8 pages. (F0039) $1
handling fee.
Preventive Services in the Clinical Setting: What Works and
What It Costs (1993)
Describes a core set of clinical preventive services to be included
in insurance benefits for a well population of routine risk. 23
pages. (M0014) $5 handling fee.
Comparative Benefits Modeling (1992)
Discusses a model for application of cost-effectiveness evaluations
to resource allocation for varied health care interventions. 136
pages. (M0007) $10 handling fee.
Environmental Health Data Needs: An Action Plan for Federal
Public Health Agencies (1999)
Report of Environmental Health Policy Committee Subcommittee on Data
Needs workshop to identify types and sources of environmental health
information, prioritize information needs, and propose actions. 32
pages. (F0045) $5 handling fee.
Prevention Report (quarterly)
Newsletter presents health- and prevention-related information to
health care providers and policy makers. Available from ODPHP
Communication Support Center (PR0003 lists all back issues since
1996).
Health Promotion in Communities
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
Healthy People in Healthy Communities (2001)
A guide for building community coalitions, creating a vision,
measuring results, and creating partnerships dedicated to improving
the health of a community. Includes "Strategies for
Success," to help in starting community activities.
Available April 2001 from GPO, $2.75. (Stock No.
017-001-00546-1)
2001 National Health Observances.
20 pages. (A06-99) $2.50 handling fee.
2001 Federal Health Information Centers and Clearinghouses.
10 pages. (A01-99) $2.50 handling fee.
2001 Toll-Free Numbers for Health Information. 16 pages.
(A13-99) $2.50 handling fee.
Promoting Healthy Diets and Active Lifestyles to Lower-SES
Adults: Market Research for Public Education (1992)
Presents the findings of a study that was undertaken to understand
better how members of the hard-to-reach American public perceive
health and the role of diet, exercise, and weight control in the
prevention of certain chronic diseases. 99 pages. (C0008) $6
handling fee. Bulk orders for sale by GPO, $6 each
(Stock No. 017-022-01210-3).
Healthy Communities 2000: Model Standards (Third edition,
1991)
As a companion to the Healthy People 2000 report, Model
Standards offers community implementation strategies for putting
the objectives into practice and encourages communities to establish
achievable community health targets. It uses a fill-in-the-blank
approach to adapt national targets for local relevance and suggests
an array of activity-based objectives. 470 pages. For sale by the
American Public Health Association. $35 plus $7 shipping
and handling for nonmembers; $24.50 plus $5 shipping and handling
for members.
Locating Resources for Healthy People 2000 Health Promotion
Projects (1991)
Explains how and where to look for funding and resources, both
public and private and locally and nationally. Includes names and
addresses of Federal agencies and private foundations interested in
health promotion. A brief overview of proposal preparation, a
bibliography, and a glossary are included. 56 pages. (Z0001) $5
handling fee.
SCHOOL/YOUTH HEALTH
School Health—Findings From Evaluated Programs II (1998)
Provides information on school health programs throughout the
Nation. Presents a brief overview of the components of comprehensive
school health programs and discusses the information contained in
the program evaluation summaries. 143 pages (looseleaf). (S0022) $10
handling fee. Also available from GPO (Stock
No. 017-001-00538-0)
Building a Healthy Future: Reaching Youth at Risk
Series of publications emanating from a Federal project to evaluate
effective approaches for communicating health information to
hard-to-reach, high-risk youth.
Evaluating Educational Outcomes of School Health Programs
(1994) Provides an overview of eight general types of school
health intervention, reviews measures of school performance and
primary data sources, and describes three major evaluation design
options. 78 pages. (S0020) $5.50 handling fee.
Public Health Reports: Measuring the Health Behavior of
Adolescents (1993)
Describes the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and presents
recent reports on innovative research projects with high-risk
adolescents. 97 pages. (F0036) $6 handling fee.
Healthy Schools: A Directory of Federal Programs and Activities
Related to Health Promotion Through the Schools (1992)
Presents information on activities of all Federal departments,
including contact information and program descriptions. 302 pages.
(S0018) $11 handling fee.
Healthy Children 2000: National Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Objectives Related to Mothers, Infants, Children,
Adolescents, and Youth (1991)
A compilation of the Healthy People 2000 Objectives related to
maternal and child health. 242 pages. For sale by ERIC
Document Reproduction Service. Order No. 345870, $39.70 plus
$4.50 for shipping and handling.
Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Objectives and Healthy Schools
Reprint of September 1991 issue of The Journal of School Health
containing a compilation of the Healthy People 2000 national health
promotion and disease prevention objectives that relate to schools. For
sale by the American School Health Association. ASHA
members $8.50; nonmembers $10.50 plus $5 shipping and handling.
HEALTHY WORKSITES
Healthy Worksites: Directory of Federal Initiatives in Worksite
Health Promotion (1992)
A compilation of projects and research sponsored by the Federal
Government to stimulate and improve worksite health promotion in
public and private sectors. 28 pages. (W0019) $5 handling fee.
Summary Report of the 1992 National Survey of Worksite Health
Promotion Activities (1992)
Measures the growth of worksite health promotion activities since
the first national survey in 1985. Assesses progress toward worksite
objectives in Healthy People 2000. 26 pages. (W0020) $5 handling
fee.
Health Promotion Goes to Work (1993)
Produced on behalf of the National Coordinating Committee on
Worksite Health Promotion, this compendium presents examples of
worksite health programs with documented results. 88 pages. (W0021) $5.50
handling fee.
For sale by the Washington Business Group on
Health:
Nutrition
U.S. Action Plan on Food Security: Solutions to Hunger
(1999)
Outlines the means by which the United States will address the World
Food Summit's goals to reduce the current number of undernourished
people by one-half by 2015. Available from ODPHP
Communication Support Center (U0029). $6.50. Also available
from GPO, $8.50 (Stock No. 001-000-04670-5).
Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Fifth edition, 2000)
Presents guidelines for improved food habits for healthy
Americans ages 2 years and older. Discusses fats, fruits,
vegetables, grains and complex carbohydrates, fiber, sugar, sodium,
alcohol, physical activity, maintaining healthy weight, and eating a
variety of foods. 39 pages. Single copy available from the Consumer
Information Center. $4.75. Available from GPO, $92
for package of 50 (Stock No. 001-000-04681-1).
The Food Guide Pyramid (1992)
Developed by the Department of Agriculture and supported by the
Department of Health and Human Services, this food guidance system
helps Americans choose what and how much to eat from each food
group. 29 pages. Single copy available from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Information Service. No
handling fee.
Report of the Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels
(1997) Provides guidance and recommendations for the regulation of
label claims and statements for dietary supplements. (U0028) $10.50
handling fee.
Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (1995)
Report of the committee that advocated revision of the Dietary
Guidelines. Includes history and public comments. 53 pages.
(U0024) $5.50 handling fee.
The Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health (1988)
Presents first U.S. Public Health Service consensus about the
scientific evidence that links dietary practices with specific
disease conditions and implications for public health policies in
dietary guidance, nutrition programs and services, and nutrition
research and surveillance. 729 pages. For sale by GPO,
$22 (Stock No. 017-001-00465-1). Single copy available from
ODPHP Communication Support Center (U0013). $15.50
handling fee. Also for sale by GPO is the
report's Summary and Recommendations. 78 pages. $2.75. (Stock
No. 017-001-00466-9) Single copy available from ODPHP
Communication Support Center (U0012). $5.50 handling fee.
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The Surgeon General's Report on Dietary Fats and Health
(forthcoming)
This report will examine the importance of dietary fat throughout
life for optimum health and the relationship of fat intake to
disease prevention. It will focus on fats in the American diet and
the relationship to chronic disease, current scientific information
on the impact and adequacy of dietary recommendations, and the
science base influencing additional recommendations.
Clinical Preventive Services
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Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, Second Edition
(1995)
Details the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's age- and
gender-specific guidelines for preventive services, establishing
priorities for medical care. 1100 pages. (F0043) $16.50 handling
fee. Also for sale by GPO, $35 (Stock No.
017-001-00525-8).
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Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine Project Summary
(1996)
Reviews the roles and limitations of cost-effectiveness analyses as
policy tools and outlines recommendations for enhancing the quality
and comparability of CEA's of alternative public health and medical
care strategies. 24 pages. (F0042) $4.50 handling fee.
Put Prevention Into Practice
For sale through GPO. Also see http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ppipix.htm
Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services, 2nd Edition. (1998)
Provides clinicians with helpful information and tools for adopting
a non-categorical, systematic approach to the delivery of clinical
preventive services. $28. (Stock No. 017-001-00532-1)
Personal Health Guide (1997)
(pack of 25). Provides information on and a record of needed
preventive care. $21. (Stock No. 017-001-00533-9)
Child Health Guide (1997)
(pack of 25). Provides information on needed preventive care and can
be used as a permanent record of a child's health and care. $23.
(Stock No. 017-001-00534-7)
Posters (set of three). (1997)
Waiting Room Poster, Examination Room Charts (child and adult). $8.
(Stock No. 017-001-00535-5)
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