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Government Educational Resources

Health Equity - CDC
This page contains information on health equity, as well as the Office of Health Equity's work in advancing health equity.
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CDC.gov is CDC's primary online communication channel. Annually, there are close to 500 million page views to the site, averaging 41 million page views per month. CDC.gov provides users with credible, reliable health information.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
This website has information on A-Z health and human development topics, such as, ADHD, fragile X syndrome, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs).
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The NICHD was initially established to investigate the broad aspects of human development as a means of understanding developmental disabilities, including intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the events that occur during pregnancy. Today, the Institute conducts and supports research on all stages of human development, from preconception to adulthood, to better understand the health of children, adults, families, and communities.

Multimedia Resources

TED Talks on Health and Medicine
A playlist of 89 Ted Talks regarding health and medicine from premier specialists.
Outbreak at Water's Edge - Public Health Discovery Game
An interactive game. There's a variety of people involved in halting an outbreak and only the intern can save them! The players receive case files, maps, visit locations, take samples and draw conclusions. Players not only try to solve the case, but learn about public health careers. A teachers guide is also available.

Virtual Course Materials

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) BioInteractive Lectures
BioInteractive offers lectures on two important health topics, obesity and cancer, that range from 30-60 minutes. They also have a collection of holiday lectures and talks that cover a range of topics, for example, "AIDS: Evolution of an Epidemic", "Potent Biology: Stem Cells, Cloning, and Regeneration", and "The Immune System: Friend or Foe."
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BioInteractive is a web-based collection of biology-focused teaching materials created and administered by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
JHSPH Open Courseware
Johns Hopkins University offers open access to the course content in its Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Khan Academy
Here you will find lecture videos and educational videos that are 1 min-30 min in length. Topics in healthcare and medicine that are covered include: healthy lifestyle, heart disease and stroke, blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes, colon disease, ans so much more.
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The Khan Academy is a non-profit organization, whose mission is to provide a free-world class education for anyone anywhere.
MIT Open Courseware
MIT's Health Sciences and Technology department offers an extensive collection of online courses. Course format generally includes, lecture videos, interactive concept quizzes (solution key), problem sets, terms and definitions, suggested topics and links, and exams (with solution key).
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MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.

Ebooks in the Library

The library has an extensive collection of ebooks on a variety of topics. To find what is available, enter your subject in the library catalog and select as a phrase in the drop down menu. If a book is in ebook format, it will say view ebook in the record.

Almost all of the library's ebooks are multiuser. This means that your whole class could access the book simultaneously and for free!

OneSearch - Walter W. Stiern Library Catalog