RESOURCES

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National Sites

United States Department of Health and Human Services: www.dhhs.gov

California Department of Health Services: www.dhs.ca.gov

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

Health Guide USA www.healthguideusa.org

Maine Department of Health Services: www.state.me.us/dhs/boh/

Missouri State Department of Health: www.health.state.mo.us

New York State Department of Health Services: www.health.state.ny.us

Tennessee Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.state.tn.us/humanserv/

California Sites

California Department of Health Services: www.dhs.ca.gov

California Health Information for Policy Project: http://www.oshpd.cahwnet.gov/hid/

California Healthcare Foundation: www.chcf.org

California Office of the Governor:www.governor.ca.gov/state/govsite/gov_homepage.jsp

California Legislative Information: www.leginfo.ca.gov

California State Assembly: www.assembly.ca.gov

California State Senate: www.senate.ca.gov

Health and Welfare Agency Data Center: www.cahwnet.gov

Medicaid Program: www.medi-cal.ca.gov

Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development: www.oshpd.ca.gov

Medical Board of California: www.mbc.ca.gov

Local and Surrounding Cities
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services: http://www.dhs.co.la.ca.us/

Long Beach Unified School District: www.lbusd.k12.ca.us

Pasadena Public Health Department:www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/publichealth/

Teen Pregnancy Information

California Department of Education Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/cg/pp/teenpregnancy.asp

Minnesota Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention: www.moapp.org

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: www.teenpregnancy.org

The Urban Institute (info on children, health, and teen pregnancy): www.urban.org

HIV/AIDS Information

Health Resources and Services Administration: http://hab.hrsa.gov

California Office of AIDS: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/aids/

HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Services: http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/

AIDS HIV Aegis: www.aegis.com

Health Statistics

CDC Wonder (health information database): wonder.cdc.gov

Professional Organizations

American Social Health Association: http://www.ashastd.org/

American College of Healthcare Executives: www.ache.org

American Public Health Association: www.apha.org

Healthcare Financial Management Association: www.hfma.org

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society: www.himss.org

Southern California Public Health Association: www.scpha.org

Other Sites

Children Now: Directory of Children’s Issues on the Web: http://www.childrennow.org/index.html

Citizens for the Right to Know: www.rtk.org

Department of Justice: www.usdoj.gov

Families USA: www.familiesusa.org

Health Access: www.health-access.org

Health Care Financing Administration: http://www.thebody.com/hcfa/hcfaix.html

Latino Issues Forum: www.lif.org

Medicaid Program: www.medi-cal.ca.gov

Medi-Cal Policy Institute: www.medi-cal.org

National Institutes of Health: www.nih.gov

National Institutes of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov

National Library of Medicine: www.nlm.nih.gov

National Prevention Information Network: www.cdcnpin.org

National Women's Health Information Center: www.4woman.gov

Pacific Business Group on Health: www.healthscope.org

Resources for Health Professionals and Executives: http://www.pohly.com/

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: www.rwjf.org

The Arthritis Foundation: http://www.arthritis.org

The Guide to Community Preventive Services: www.thecommunityguide.org/

World Health Organization: http://www.who.org/

Environmental Health Resources

CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/lead.htm

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch: www.dhs.ca.gov/childlead/

Consumer Product Safety Commission: www.CPSC.gov

HUD Office of Lead Hazard Control: www.hud.gov/lea/leahome.html

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health: www.cdc.gov/niosh/ables.html

National Lead Information Center (English): www.nsc.org/ehc/lead.htm

(Spanish): www.nsc.org/ehc/leadspan.htm

Nutrition and Childhood Lead Poisoning: www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/hyg-fact/5000/5536.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov/opptintr/lead/index.html

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