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Question 1: Describe what specific resources or federal agencies that you will utilize to remain informed and current in public health trends and practices

One good resource to use to keep up with the current public health trends can be found on the National Library of Medicine. On this website a person can research vital statistics or records, peer reviewed literature, and health statistics to name a few. Vital records are useful because they offer very detailed information and include information about rare disorders that end in death, (NLM, n.d.). The peer reviewed literature is another item found on this website and the literature is reliable because these journals have been critiqued and edited by peers. A few of the databases mentioned are the Medline, EBSCO and Embase. A person doing research can find literature through these databases. For the health statistics, one can find numerical statistic or fact, such as prevalence rates, mortality rates, or other health indicators, (NLM, n.d.).

While there are many other resources or websites this is another good start. [At present, the main federal unit with responsibility for public health is the United States Public Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services. The second major unit is the Health Care Financing Administration, also in the Department of Health and Human Services], (IOM, 1988) . This is a great site to find information about the policies and laws that have been passed, or even about the different states and local health systems.