Resources

• Evidence Based Nursing Introduction

  This useful guide comes from UNC: Health Sciences Library. It is all about Evidence Based Nursing.

• Nutirion.gov: Life Stages

  Learn all about the nutritional information for different life stages such as infants, children, teens, men & women, and seniors.

Government Resources

• Agency for Heatlhcare Research & Quality

  The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ( or the National Guideline Clearing House) provides physicians and other health professionals with information on accessible mechanisms for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation, and use.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  CDC is responsible for controlling the introduction and spread of infectious diseases, and provides consultation and assistance to other nations and international agencies to assist in improving their disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion activities.
• Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center

  The Genetic and Rare Disease (GARD) Information Center is a program of the National Center for Advancing Transnational Sciences (NCATS) and funded by two parts of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NCATS and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). GARD provides the public with access to current, reliable, and easy to understand information about rare or genetic diseases in English or Spanish.
• Health Resources & Services Administration

  The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving health and achieving health equity through access to quality services, a skilled health workforce and innovative programs. HRSA’s programs provide health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable.
• HealthyPeople.gov

  Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

  The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), part of the National Institutes of Health, supports basic and clinical research that develops the knowledge to build the scientific foundation for clinical practice, prevent disease and disability, manage and eliminate symptoms caused by illness, and enhance the end-of-life and palliative care.
• Nutrition.gov

  Nutrition.gov provides easy access to vetted food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, health eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers. Providing science-based dietary guidance is critical to enhance the public’s ability to make healthy choices in the effort to reduce obesity and other food related diseases. Since dietary needs change throughout the lifespan, specialized nutrition information is provided about infants, children, teens, adult women and men, and seniors.
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Minority Health

  The Office of Minority Health addresses disease prevention, health promotion, risk reduction, healthier lifestyle choices, use of health care services and barriers to health care for racial and ethnic minorities.
• United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library

  The Food and Nutrition Information Center – a leader in food and human nutrition information dissemination since 1971 – provides credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers.