The PHI Competencies and Background Information

Informatics Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Version 1.0 - August 2002)

Public Health Informatics Competencies (New version developed 2006-2007)

PHI Research Education and Training

Center for Public Health Informatics at the University of Washington

Public Health Informatics Group - development team at the UW-CPHI

Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program at CDC

Online Resources

Accessing Useful Information: Challenges in Health Policy and Public Health at the NYAM on March 23, 1998.

Partners in Information Access for Public Health Officials

PubMed search: Public Health Informatics [National Library of Medicine]

Publications

Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response: Use of Information Technologies and Decision Support Systems. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment: Number 59, July 2002. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

Current Bibliographies in Medicine: Public Health Informatics 441 citations for articles published during January 1996 through December 2000
Koo D, O'Carroll PW, and LaVenture M.

Public Health 101 for Informaticians. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2001 Nov/Dec 8(6):585-597.

O'Carroll PW, Yasnoff WA, Ward ME, Ripp LH, and Martin EL (eds). Public Health Informatics and Information Systems. Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, ©2002. (The NWCPHP region is well represented among the book editors and chapter authors.)
Yasnoff WA, O'Carroll PW, Koo D, Linkins RW & Kilbourne EM.

Public Health Informatics: Improving and Transforming Public Health in the Information Age. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2000 Nov; 67-75.