Public Health videos, animations and videocasts

The number of sites and services providing medical videos designed for patients is growing rapidly.

Here we list a few medical video sites and videos featuring public health.

American Public Health Association

Creator: American Public Health Association
Description: "The American Public Health Association is the oldest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world and has been working to improve public health since 1872. The Association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States. APHA represents a broad array of health professionals and others who care about their own health and the health of their communities."

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CDC Streaming Health

Creator: CDC
Description: "For over 60 years, CDC has been dedicated to protecting health and promoting quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability. We are committed to programs that reduce the health and economic consequences of the leading causes of death and disability, thereby ensuring a long, productive, healthy life for all people."

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Health and Human Services

Creator: Department of Health and Human Services
Description: "The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves."

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PAHO Videos

Creator: Pan American Health Organization
Description: "Public Service Announcements (PSAs) and other videos from the Pan American Health Organization, the oldest continuously functioning Public Health organization in the world, and regional office for the Americas of the World Health Organization."

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Public Health Emergency

Creator: Public Health Emergency
Description: "Leading a Nation Prepared - Public Health Emergency.gov is a cross-governmental web portal created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its partners to serve as a single point of entry for access to public health risk, and situational awareness information when the President or the Secretary of Health and Human Services exercise their public health emergency legal authority. This site acts as a portal for residents of the U.S. and worldwide to obtain information from all U.S. federal agencies involved in a public health emergency, a medical disaster or the public health aspects of a natural or man-made disaster. "

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University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Creator: University of Wisconsin
Description: "Watch lectures and special presentations online, brought to you by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Innovations in Medical Education Video Library."

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US Food and Drug Administration

Creator: FDA
Description: "The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health."

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Harvard School of Public Health

Creator: Harvard School of Public Health
Description: "The overarching mission of the Harvard School of Public Health is to advance the public's health through learning, discovery, and communication. Programs and projects range from the molecular biology of AIDS vaccines to the epidemiology of cancer; from risk analysis to violence prevention; from maternal and children's health to quality of care measurement; from health care management to international health and human rights."

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Creator: JohnsHopkinsSPH
Description: "This is the official Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health YouTube channel managed by the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. We welcome your interest, ideas and participation."

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Click here to find other public health-related Youtube channels.

ScienceDaily - Public Health Videos

Description: "ScienceDaily is one of the Internet’s most popular science news web sites. Since starting in 1995, the award-winning site has earned the loyalty of students, researchers, healthcare professionals, government agencies, educators and the general public around the world. Now with more than 3 million monthly visitors, ScienceDaily generates nearly 15 million page views a month and is steadily growing in its global audience."
Quality: Click here to see the editorial board and the awards

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OR-Live

Description: "ORLive is the world's leading surgical broadcasting company. Working collaboratively with hospitals and device manufacturers, ORLive produces customized, interactive, video programs that demonstrate the latest surgical techniques and product innovations. The ORLive broadcasting network provides an intimate look at over 650 live and on-demand surgeries to a global audience, streaming over 50,000 hours of programming each month."
Quality: Accredited by HONcode