Public Health Resources
Information on this page provides links to a variety of useful resources for staff working in public health. It has been organized into three categories. Please choose one.
Department of Health Services (DHS) resources and links
- Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources
- Consumer Guide to Health Care
- COVID-19 Information Page
- Department of Health Services Administrative Code Table of Contents
- Department of Health Services - Directory of Services
- Diseases and Conditions - To find a specific disease, use A-Z Diseases listing in middle of page.
- Division of Quality Assurance
- Environmental Health Resources - Environmental Health Resource Directory, Wisconsin Environmental Public Health Tracking, Indoor Air Fact Sheets, Human Health Hazards Fact Sheets, Toxic Chemical Fact Sheets, and Healthy Home Safety Tips.
- Minority Health Program
- Public Health Nursing Consultants - Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health
- Radiation Protection
- Resilient Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Local Health Departments
- Wisconsin Statutes
DHS data and statistics
- Birth statistics by county
- Cancer statistics
- Deaths by county and cause of death
- Environmental public health tracking
- Local public health statistics, including public health profiles, regional reports and reports by county
- Population estimates, by county
- Wisconsin data and statistics
- WISH data query system
- Department of Administration
- Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Public Instruction
- Department of Safety and Professional Services, Division of Industry Services (formerly Safety and Buildings)
- State of Wisconsin Information Server (Wisconsin.gov) Web site with information regarding Wisconsin agencies and services.
- State of Wisconsin Local Health Department Directory
- State of Wisconsin Phone Book
- State Laboratory of Hygiene
- Wisconsin Association of Local Boards of Health (WALHDAB)
- Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA)
- Wisconsin Public Health Association (WPHA)
Public health agencies in other states
Federal government
- ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Federal Drug Administration
- Federal Poverty Guidelines
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Related public health agencies
- American Public Health Association
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
de Beaumont Foundation - Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB)
- Health Canada
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico (National Institute of Public Health, Mexico)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
- United Healthcare Directory
- World Health Organization
Other resources
- The National Guideline Clearinghouse has more than 800 guidelines.
- Subscribe to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mailing List
- National Health Information Center: Health observances are days, weeks, or months devoted to promoting particular health concerns. Health professionals, teachers, community groups, and others can use these special times to sponsor health promotion events, stimulate awareness of health risks, or focus on disease prevention. Materials available from sponsoring organizations range from a single flyer to packets of promotional materials.
- Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health is a useful and helpful website from the University of Pittsburgh that presents over 1,000 PowerPoint lectures on a variety of topics. It also has links to other public health resources from faculty in the United States and 130 other countries around the world.