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Finding Information on Public Health Issues

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What specific sources of data would you use to help access the latest information regarding a public health issue? Why?

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Sometimes it is difficult to find reliable non-partisan public health information. The solution discusses two possible websites that can help you access the latest information on public health issues.

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Public health information can be easily tinted according to the point of view that the interested party wants to communicate. Many times it is difficult to find a non-partisan view of a topic especially if it carries an economic burden like information on a local industry that dumps pollutants into the environment, or has religious/moral objections like a proposal related to late term abortion. Using a government related site as the ...

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