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Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Information for patients and the public:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/index.htm
Steps to a healthier US: Prevention Report, Focus on Asthma, HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health promotion
http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/PUBS/prevrpt/04Volume18/Issue2pr.htm
EPA Publications on Asthma and Indoor Environments:
http://www.epa.gov/asthma/publications.html
CDC: Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response:
www.bt.cdc.gov
University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy:
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu
CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries:
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/
National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)
http://seer.cancer.gov
US Cancer Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/uscs/
Bright Futures: Prevention and Health Promotion for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Their Families (develpoed by HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau)
http://brightfutures.aap.org/web/
EPA: Childrens Health Protection
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/homepage.htm
Nemours Foundation: Kids Health
www.kidshealth.org
American Diabetes Association:
http://www.diabetes.org/
National Diabetes Education Program:
http://www.ndep.nih.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency:
http://www.fema.gov
Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local and Tribal Health Directors:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/responseguide.asp
CDC Food Safety Office:
http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety
The Food Safety Network:
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsggov.html
HIV/AIDS Observance Days:
http://www.omhrc.gov/hivaidsobservances/index.html
Kaiser Family Foundation HIV/AIDS Policy Research, Analysis, Media and Public Health Partnerships:
http://www.kff.org/hivaids/index.cfm
CDC’s National Prevention Information Network:
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/index.asp
National Immunization Program, CDC :
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/
Mayo Clinic: How Vaccines Work :
http://mayoclinic.com/health/vaccines/ID00023
INJURY PREVENTION
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC:
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/
Statistics Related to Overweight and Obesity:
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/statistics/index.htm
Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Decrease Overweight and Obesity:
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/
Pandemic Flu:
www.pandemicflu.gov
Pandemic Influenza: National Vaccine Program Office:
http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/pandemics/
WHO Handbook for Journalists: Infulenza Pandemic: December 2005
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/rcommunication/
CDC’c Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS):
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
American Legacy Foundation (established by the Master Settlement Agreement):
www.americanlegacy.org
Master Settlement Agreement: National Association of Attorneys General Tobacco Project:
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/
Special Reports: State Tobacco Settlement, November 2005
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlements
National Women’s Health Information Center, HHS:
www.4woman.gov
Minority Women’s Health :
http://www.4woman.gov/minority/
Women’s Health FastSatats :
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/womens_health.htm
GENERAL HEALTH
(Consumer Reports rated these Web sites as excellent for health information)
National Association of County and City Health Officials
www.naccho.org
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
www3.niad.nih.gov
National Women’s Health Information Center
www.4women.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Service Administration
www.samhsa.gov
URAC, Promoting Quality Health Care
www.urac.org