New Haven health information at the click of a mouse

Two years after its introduction, a Web site designed to provide users with everything from health statistics to listings of regional public health services had its official launch in January. The New Haven Health site provides access to University, local, state and national resources describing New Haven’s public health and serves as a repository for health data, documents and directories of community organizations. Over the past two years staff at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and the Epidemiology and Public Health Library, who created and maintain the site, improved on its basic structure by adding information such as historical images related to New Haven’s health history and annual reports from the city. In addition, links to other health sites were added. By the fall, library staff hope to add a geographic information system with maps that pinpoint pockets of disease in the New Haven area.

The site was funded by the National Library of Medicine.