Our Links

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Partnership for Prevention http://www.prevent.org

American Preventive Medical Association http://www.apma.net

American Board of Preventive Medicine http://www.abprevmed.org

American College of Preventive Medicine http://www.acpm.org

American Journal of Health promotion http://www.healthpromotionjournal.com

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force http://www.ahcpr.gov

ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS

Allergy and Asthma Network http://www.aanma.org/

American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation http://www.aacvpr.org/

American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/

American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/ 

American Dietetic Association http://www.eatright.org/

American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/ 

American Institute for Preventive Medicine http://www.aipm.healthy.net/

American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/ 

American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/

American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/

National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/ 

National Men's Health Foundation http://www.menshealth.com/

National Osteoporosis Foundation http://www.nof.org/ 

National Wellness Institute http://www.nationalwellness.org/

Planned Parenthood Federation of America http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ 

RESOURCES FOR ETHNIC & MINORITY HEALTH

General Information

Diversity Rx http://www.diversityrx.org/ 

Ethnomed  http://healthlinks.washington.edu/clinical/ethnomed 

Healthy People 2010 http://www.health.gov/healthypeople 

Institute for Minority Health Research http://www.sph.emory.edu/bshe/imhr/links.html

Minority Health Network http://www.pitt.edu/~ejb4/min/

The Minority Health Professional Foundation http://www.minorityhealth.org/ 

Office of Minority Health http://www.omhrc.gov/

Native American/American Indian Resources

Association of American Indian Physicians http://www.aaip.com/

Center for American Indian Research and Education http://www.caire.org/ 

Code Talk (Office of Native American Programs, HUD) http://www.codetalk.fed.us/ 

Indian Health Service (IHS) http://www.ihs.gov/

Hispanic/Latino American Resources

Chicano/Latino Net Health http://clnet.ucr.edu/research/health.html 

Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/latino 

The National Alliance for Hispanic Health http://www.hispanichealth.org/ 

National Hispanic Medical Association http://home.earthlink.net/~nhma

African American Resources

American Diabetes Association African American Program http://www.diabetes.org/africanamerican

Black Health Net http://blackhealthnetwork.com/

Asian and Pacific Islander Resources

Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations http://www.aapcho.org/

Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum http://www.apiahf.org/

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Resources

GayHealth.com http://www.gayhealth.com/

RESOURCES FOR SPECIFIC AGE OR GENDER

Maternal and Child Health

Maternal and Child Health Bureau http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/ 

Mothers and Infants (Centers for Disease Control) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/mothers.htm 

National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition http://www.hmhb.org/ 

Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs  http://www.hhs.gov/opa/

Children

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/

Children and Adolescents (under CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/children.htm 

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/ 

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care http://nrc.uchsc.edu/

Adolescents and Young Adults

Adolescent Health "On-Line" (American Medical Association) http://www.ama-assn.org/adolhlth 

Children and Adolescents (under CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/children.htm 

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (under CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs

Older Adults 

Administration on Aging (under USDHHS) http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/ 

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) http://www.aarp.org/

National Institute on Aging (under NIH) http://www.nih.gov/nia 

Older Adults (under CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/older.htm

Women's Health 

Mothers and Infants (under CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/mothers.htm 

Office of Women's Health (under CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/health/womensmenu.htm

Office on Women's Health (under OPHS) http://www.4woman.gov/owh/aboutowh.htm 

Women's Health (under CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/women.htm

Men's Health 

Men's Health (under CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/men.htm

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, OFFICES, AND CENTERS 

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/ 

Administration on Aging (AOA) http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) http://www.ahcpr.gov/ 

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/ 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) http://www.fda.gov/ 

Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) http://www.hcfa.gov/ 

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/

HIV/AIDS Bureau http://hab.hrsa.gov/welindex.html

National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/

National Institute of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/ 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) http://www.samhsa.gov/ 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (under USDHHS) 
http://www.cdc.gov/ 

CDC's Office of Minority Health http://www.cdc.gov/omh 

Epidemiology Program Office http://www.cdc.gov/epo 

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp 

National Center for Environmental Health http://www.cdc.gov/nceh

National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs 

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od 

National Center for Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod 

National Immunization Program http://www.cdc.gov/nip 

National Vaccine Program Office http://www.cdc.gov/od/nvpo 

Office of Genetics and Disease Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/genetics 

Office of Global Health http://www.cdc.gov/ogh 

Office of Health and Safety (OhASIS) http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs 

Office of Women's Health http://www.cdc.gov/od/owh 

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/ 

 Bureau of Health Professions http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/bhpr 

Bureau of Primary Health Care http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/ 

Center for Public Health Practice http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/CPHP 

Maternal and Child Health Bureau http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/ 

Office for the Advancement of Telehealth http://telehealth.hrsa.gov/ 

Office of Minority Health http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/OMH 

Office of Rural Health Policy http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/ 

National Institutes of Health (under USDHHS)
http://www.nih.gov/ 

National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/ 

National Eye Institute http://www.nei.nih.gov/ 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ 

National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/ 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/ 

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/ 

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ 

National Institute of Nursing Research http://www.nih.gov/ninr 

National Institute on Aging http://www.nih.gov/nia 

GENERAL INFORMATION AND DATA SOURCES 

CDC Wonder (Centers for Disease Control) http://wonder.cdc.gov/ 

Fastats (Centers for Disease Control) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats 

Health Finder (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) http://www.healthfinder.gov/ 

Health Statistics (Centers for Disease Control) http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/healthstats.htm 

Health Topics A to Z (Centers for Disease Control) 
http://www.cdc.gov/health/diseases.htm

National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs 

National Center for Policy Analysis http://www.ncpa.org/ 

National Center for Public Policy http://www.public-policy.org/ 

National Health Information Center http://nhic-nt.health.org/ 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Association for Health Education http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/aahe_main.html 

American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/ 

American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/ 

American School Health Association http://www.ashaweb.org/ 

Association for Worksite Health Promotion http://www.awhp.org/ 

National Commission for Health Education Credentialing http://www.nchec.org/

National Wellness Institute http://www.nationalwellness.org/Home/Index.asp

Society for Public Health Education http://www.sophe.org/