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	Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Part of the DHHS, the Administration for Children and Families web site contains information on the Access's programs, including: Tribal Work, Family and Youth Bureau, Community Service, and Children's Bureau. Alliance for Healthy Homes The Alliance for Healthy Homes works to protect children from lead and other home environmental health hazards. A national, non-profit public interest organization, the Alliance advocates for policy solutions and builds the capacity of communities to prevent in-home hazards from harming the health of children, their families, and all residents. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) AAP is committed to "the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults." The site contains educational campaign links under the Advocacy menu, research, publications, policy statements, grant opportunities, and other programs. American Heart Association The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. The American Heart Association is divided physically into the National Center (located in Dallas, Texas) and 12 affiliate offices that cover the United States and Puerto Rico. American School Health Association (ASHA) The ASHA is an organization of school professionals who are "committed to safeguarding the health of school-aged children." From their web page, one can gather information on their publications, conferences, membership information, and resolutions on specific school health issues. Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) AOEC is a "a nonprofit organization, is committed to improving the practice of occupational and environmental health through information sharing and collaborative research." Their site contains education resources, epidemiology tools, pediatric environmental health units, and links to their partners. BADvertising Institute The BADvertising Institute's mission is "to immunize kids against tobacco, inspire smokers to quit, and equip advocates and educators with the tools for doing the same." They do this by powerful counter-advertising messages in the form of exhibits, posters and billboards, slide presentations, workshops and their web site. Bright Futures Bright Futures is dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice. Special topic areas include: nutrition, oral health, mental health, physical activity and families. They also have resources in Spanish. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids The campaign fights to "free America's youth from tobacco and to create a healthier environment." The site contains information on research, advertising campaigns, recent Supreme Court Decisions, programs for action and special reports. Child Abuse Prevention Network Network of professionals working to prevent child abuse. The web site offers links to prevention, statistics, family resources, and the latest news in abuse prevention. Child Trends "Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to studying children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analyses." Their current projects include: Effects of Welfare Reform on Children;Adolescent sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Childbearing; Indicators of Children's Well-being, Data and Measurement, Positive Development; and Early Childhood Studies. Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) The CWLA's web site offers information on their programs that supports their mission "to develop and promote policies and programs to protect America's children and strengthen America's families." The site has links to advocacy, publications, conferences & training, and consultation services. In addition, there is information on each of their programs, including: adolescent pregnancy prevention and parenting, health care, HIV/AIDS, the Managed Care Institute, housing and homelessness, chemical dependency, positive youth development, and family-centered practice. Children NOW Children NOW works "to improve the well being of children by utilizing research and mass communication to make the well being of children a top priority across the nation." Their site provides information about their programs on: media advocacy, the Internet, talking with kids about tough issues campaign, children and the media, health initiative, and working families program. Children's Defense Fund (CDF) CDF's mission is "to leave no child behind and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities." Their site contains information on their programs (including The Black Community Crusade for Children, Head Start, Healthy Start, etc.), publications and reports, news, issues, and links to other web pages. Children's Dental Health Project The Children's Dental Health Project advances policies that improve children's access to oral health. They forge research-driven policies and innovative solutions by engaging a broad base of partners committed to children and oral health. Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN) CEHN's web site provides information on the Network, the issues of children's environmental health, and links to sources of information and resources in the field. They also include a list of Organizations Active in the Field of Children's Environmental Health. This is a very useful site for finding additional information on children's environmental health. Children's Safety Network (CSN) The Children's Safety Network National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center "provides resources and technical assistance to maternal and child health agencies and other organization seeking to reduce unintentional injuries and violence to children and adolescents." The site contains publications and resources on their mission. The Children's Partnership The Children's Partnership is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose mission is to inform leaders and the public about the needs of America's 70 million children, and to engage them in ways that benefit children. The Partnership undertakes research and policy analysis, publishes reports and multimedia materials, and forges new alliances among parents, policy makers and the private sector to achieve tangible gains for children. The Partnership focuses particular attention on identifying new trends and emerging issues that will affect large numbers of America's children and on providing early analysis and strategies for action." Current programs include: Children and Technology, Children and Health Care Reform, and Building a Constituency for Children. Consumer Product Safety Commission The CPSC is an independent Federal regulatory agency that "help keep American families safe by reducing the risk of injury or death from consumer products." There is information for kids, an opportunity to report unsafe products, information on recalls, businesses, a library and information for consumers in English and in Spanish. Covering Kids & Families To address the need to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults who are eligible for public health care coverage programs but not enrolled, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched Covering Kids & Families (CKF), a four-year, $55 million dollar initiative to increase the number of children and families who benefit from existing health care coverage programs. Covering Kids & Families operates through statewide projects in 45 states and the District of Columbia and more than 140 local community projects. In addition, 4 states have CKF liaison grants that provide opportunities to participate in the national CKF initiative. The CKF coalitions focus on the following three strategies to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults who are eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid and SCHIP: conduct and coordinate outreach programs; simplify enrollment and renewal processes; and coordinate existing health care coverage programs. Families USA Families USA is a nonprofit organization dedicated "to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans." Web site contains information on Medicare, Medicaid, children's health, uninsured populations, legislative action, web health links and state-by-state resources. It is an outstanding source of resources on health issues. Health Consumer Alliance "HCA is a partnership of consumer assistance programs operated by community-based legal services organizations. Our common mission is to help low-income people obtain essential health care." This site has consumer resources, advocate resources, publication, information on children & youths, managed care, disability, and pages in numerous foreign languages (e.g. Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Spanish). Although this program focuses on California, it may provide a useful tool for other states. Health Poll Search Health Poll Search is a searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues that allows users to know what Americans think about health issues, as well as what Americans have thought about health issues over time. Health Poll Search is the result of a partnership between the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut. The Roper Center houses an archive of more than 350,000 public opinion questions dating back to 1935. The Health Poll Search archive covers 29 topics and more than 300 subtopics, and holds more than 60,000 questions on health issues from health care surveys that have included questions on health. These questions provide information on public perceptions of HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, health policy and health reform, Medicare and Medicaid, women's health, the uninsured, minority health, and children's health. Response percentages and source information are provided for all questions. Health Policy Coach Health Policy Coach is part of the California Center for Health Improvement (CCHI). The Coach "is a resource for people seeking to improve community health through prevention-focused policy change. The site provides peer-reviewed, searchable health policies and "how-to" information and coaching resources of individuals and groups interested in effecting policy change in their communities." Policies include such topics as child care, tobacco, firearms, environmental toxins, illegal drugs, alcohol, and infectious disease. Health, United States 2000 This CDC report contains an adolescent health chartbook documenting health risks faced by children and adolescent between 10 and 19. The report has sections on population characteristics, health status, reproductive health, risk behaviors, and health care access. You will need Adobe® Acrobat Reader to view the chapters. Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools The Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools Site explores innovative strategies that schools, nonprofit organizations and local health agencies are using to enroll children in subsidized health insurance programs and provides information on policy issues related to children's health insurance. Healthy Start Initiative This Initiative was established to plan community-driven strategies attacking the causes of infant mortality and low birth weight, especially among high-risk populations. This site, from the National Health Start Association, site contains information about the program, goals and objectives of the organization, facts on infant and maternal mortality, and consumer information. The Honeysuckle Foundation for Children with Cancer The Honeysuckle Foundation for Children with Cancer is an organization dedicated to improving the quality-of-life for children diagnosed with cancer. It is the goal of the Foundation to: assist these children and their families by providing direct financial support for expenses related to cancer treatment; provide resources as incentives for children undergoing chemotherapy and various medical procedures; and fund educational programs for school personnel and students to increase understanding of the disease and encourage social support for the patient both during treatment and post-treatment. Immunization Action Coalition The Immunization Action Coalition site contains information about child, adolescent and adult immunizations. "The Coalition promotes physician, community and family awareness of, and responsibility for, appropriate immunization of all children and adults against all vaccine-preventable diseases." The site also offers the publication Vaccines: What Every Parent Should Know (note: requires Adobe® Acrobat Reader). Injury Free Coalition for Kids Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Coalition's site is a resource for concerns regarding injury prevention, including programs on bicycle safety, passenger safety, safety belts and safety street sites. Kids in Danger Kids in Danger is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raise awareness and put the issue of children's product safety on the national agenda. The site contains information about product information, links to other organizations and an e-mail notification list. Lead Screening for Children in the Medicaid Program: A Toolkit This resource is "intended for families, health care providers, managed care plans, program administrators, and health educators." The toolkit includes the following materials: fact sheets about lead and lead poisoning; federal Medicaid lead screening requirement; CDC recommendations on improving screening and follow-up rates for lead poisoned children and strategies for enhancement of routine and targeted screening of high-risk children. The materials are available online or can be ordered by contacting the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning (AECLP) at 202-543-1147. March of Dimes (MoD) The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. Contains information on Mod programs of research, community services, education and advocacy, including materials about the effects of smoking on pregnancy. There are also resources in Spanish. National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) NASBHC "is dedicated to promoting accessible, quality school-based primary health and mental health care for children and youth through interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts. The National Assembly supports the institutionalization of school-based health care nationwide as an essential strategy for improving the lives of children and optimizing their opportunities for success in school and society. NASBHC supports its individual and organizational members by providing community, state, and national advocacy, information and knowledge exchange, networking opportunities, and technical assistance." National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) The NCCP's mission is to "identify and promote strategies that reduce the number of young children living in poverty in the United States, and to improve the life chances of the million of children under age six who are growing up poor." The site contains media resources, child poverty facts, state & local information, research on childcare and early education, family support, welfare reform and links to publications. National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH) A research center of Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute, NCEMCH "provides national leadership to the maternal and child health community in three key areas--program development, policy analysis and education, and state-of-the-art knowledge--to improve the health and well-being of the nation's children and families." The NCEMCH site offers information on programs & policies, data & research tools and publications. They also have links to the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) CASA's mission is to: inform Americans of the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives; to assess what works in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement; to encourage every individual and institution to take responsibility to combat substance abuse and addiction; to provide those on the front lines with the tools they need to succeed; and to remove the stigma of abuse and replace shame and despair with hope." The site contains information and links to publications, news, research and programs, family & youth information, and additional resources and links. National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) The NICHD conducts and supports laboratory, clinical and epidemiological research on the reproductive, neurobiologic, developmental and behavioral processes that determine and maintain the health of children, adults, families and population. National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center "The purpose of the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center is to respond to the needs of states and communities in addressing current and emerging public oral health issues. The resource center supports and stimulates health professionals, program administrators, educators, policy makers, and others with the goal of improving oral health services for infants, children, adolescents, and their families. The resource center collaborates with federal, state, and local agencies; national and state organizations and associations; and foundations, to gather, develop, and share quality and valued information and materials." Their site contains links to oral health program, state and regional conferences a KidsOralHealth Listserv, web sites, and publications. National Safe Kids Campaign The Campaign's purpose is to prevent unintentional injury, which is the #1 killer of children. The site contains information on the SAFEKIDS programs, statistics on the incidence of injury, and a significant number of web links to specific safety issues, such as fire safety, motor vehicles, playground, and diversity. NIDA Goes Back to School IDA has created the NIDA Goes Back to School (NGBTS) campaign for children, teens, and the adults who influence them, including science/health teachers, curriculum developers, science chairpersons, school nurses/counselors, and youth-health advocates. The campaign is a source for FREE science-based publications and teaching materials for grades K-12. The materials emphasize the consequences of drug abuse on the brain and the body, and aim to increase scientific literacy. Office of Children's Health Protection from the EPA EPA web site on environmental health designed for children. It contains kid-friendly pages describing the EPA, its project and how to become involved. PeriStats PeriStats is an interactive perinatal data resource providing maternal, infant and child health-related data at the state-level and for many indicators at the county-level. The PeriStats database uses data compiled from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Governors Association (NGA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the March of Dimes. PREVLINE: Prevention Online, National Clearing House for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) PREVLINE features information on alcohol and drug with online databases, facts, research, publications, featured items, related resources and a section for kids only. The site is searchable or able to be navigated by topics or pull-down menus. Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) PATH is committed to improving the health of women and children and to preventing communicable diseases. The site contains information on their programs, technologies and resources available to those interested in PATH's goals. Rainbow Child International "A nonprofit organization dedicated to building global and environmental awareness and respect for cultural diversity, Rainbow Child International works on programs that that explore world culture and nature through interactive discovery." The site contains links to these programs, the organization, materials used in the program, and links to other related information. Tobacco Free Sports A collaborative efforts between the DHHS (including the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and the US Women's National Soccer Team, Smoke-Free Kids and Soccer uses the women's team members to encourage adolescent girls to "participate in soccer to maintain physical fitness and resist the pressures to smoke." The site contains information about the program, including banners, posters and additional links. Tar Wars This program, from the American Academy of Family Practitioners, targets 4th and 5th grade students for the tobacco-free education program. The site provides information about the program and how to become a participant in the program. The Trust for America's Health (TFAH) TFAH is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect the health and safety of all communities, especially those most at risk of environmental and other public health threats. Their goal is to strengthen the nation's public health system through science-based research, community partnerships, education, and advocacy. The site contains links to state tracking factsheets, issues & campaigns, research & resources, and a community health forum. See also: Adolescent Health, Family Health.
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