Grand Rounds - Topic Resource Archives

Alcohol Use: Preventing Excessive Alcohol Use: What Public Health Can Do

• CDC Alcohol and Public Health website
• CDC Vital Signs (Binge Drinking)
• The Community Guide, Preventing Excessive Alcohol Consumption

Brain Injury: Reducing Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the U.S.

• TBI Statistics
• Leading Causes of TBI and Groups at Risk
• TBI Reports and Fact Sheets
• CDC’s Heads Up Campaign

Child Maltreatment: Creating a Healthier Future through Prevention of Child Maltreatment

Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Threats and Opportunities

• Let's Go!: http://www.letsgo.org
  Let's Go! is a community-based initiative to promote healthy lifestyle choices for children, youth and families in 12 Greater Portland, Maine communities. The initiative is generating fast growing interest across Maine and across the country. Using the consistent message of 5-2-1-0, Let's Go! works in multiple sectors to increase physical activity and healthy eating.

Chlamydia Prevention: Challenges and Strategies for Reducing Disease Burden

• Virtual Journal of NanoEHS Publications: http://icon.rice.edu/virtualjournal.cfm
• Database Analysis Tool: http://icon.rice.edu/report.cfm
• GoodNanoGuide: http://goodnanoguide.org
• Survey of Nano Handling Practices in Industry: http://tinyurl.com/iconsurvey

Electronic Health Records: What’s in it for Everyone?

Folic Acid: Folic Acid in the Prevention of Birth Defects

Foodborne Diseases: Better Prevention with Better Public Health Information

Global Child Survival: Strategies for Improving Global Child Survival

Heart Attacks and Strokes: Preventing 1 Million Heart Attacks and Strokes by 2017: the Million Hearts Initiative

• Million Hearts Website
• The “Million Hearts” Initiative - Preventing Heart Attacks and Strokes (New England Journal of Medicine, Sept. 29, 2011)
• Top 10 Things to Know About Strokes
• Million Hearts Toolkit
• Vital Signs – Where’s the Sodium?

H1N1: Why H1N1 Still Matters

• H1N1 Risk and Crisis Communication: Successes and Challenges (981 kb)

HAIs (Healthcare Associated Infections): Eliminating HAIs: A Primer

HIV Prevention: Targeted Paths to HIV Prevention

Injury and Violence: The Science Base for Prevention of Injury and Violence

Lyme Disease: Challenges and Innovations

• Ask CDC: Lyme Disease (2:26)
• Get Ticks Off: A Minute of Health with CDC (0:59)

Malaria Eradication: Back to the Future

• Malaria Elimination: A Global Partnership Perspective (3,786 kb)
• MALARIA: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE (1,435 kb)

Motor Vehicle Safety: Getting to Zero Traffic-related Deaths

Nanotechnology: Preventing Adverse Health Effects from Nanotechnology

• Virtual Journal of NanoEHS Publications: http://icon.rice.edu/virtualjournal.cfm
• Database Analysis Tool: http://icon.rice.edu/report.cfm
• GoodNanoGuide: http://goodnanoguide.org
• Survey of Nano Handling Practices in Industry: http://tinyurl.com/iconsurvey

Newborn Screening: Improving Outcomes

Nuclear Disaster Preparedness: Radiological and Nuclear Disaster Preparedness

• STATE AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVE: Useful Resources for Radiological/Nuclear Planning, Training, and Response (308kb, 2 pages)

Polio Eradication: in India

Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic

• See this week’s Key Scientific Articles for Information on Drug Safety – Prescription Drug Overdose: http://www.cdc.gov/phlic/sciclips/issues/#KeyArticles

Rabies Elimination: Rabies Elimination in the 21st Century?

Sodium Reduction: Time for Choice

• Dietary guidelines on sodium intake
• Vital Signs – high blood pressure and cholesterol
• Salt Matters: Preserving Choice, Protecting Health

TB & HIV: A Deadly Duo

• TB & HIV Fact Sheets: TB and HIV Coinfection
• Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA)
• Key Scientific Articles on TB/HIV: http://www.cdc.gov/phlic/sciclips/issues/#KeyArticles

Tobacco Regulation: The Public Health Impact of Tobacco Product and Advertising Regulation

Vitamin D: The Importance of Monitoring Vitamin D Status in the U.S.

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