Health Information Links
American Academy of Pediatrics
Information for pediatricians and other health care providers offering a wide variety of topics in care of children and research.
www.aap.org
American Academy of Pediatrics-School Health Resources for Pediatricians
Includes topics of interest for professionals caring for children in the school setting.
www.schoolhealth.org
US Department of Health & Human Services
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.
http://www.hhs.gov/
American Society on Aging
Updated information in the aging field
www.asaging.org
Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies
Promotes the identification, prevention, and effective treatment of alcohol and other drug use problems in our society through research, education, training and policy advocacy.
www.caas.brown.edu
Census Bureau
State and national census data
www.census.gov
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Disease and Public Health Information
www.cdc.gov
College of American Pathologists
Accrediting agency with multiple links to Laboratory related issues, opportunities for Continuing Education and organizational information.
http://www.cap.org/
ConAgra Foods. Inc
Provides health, nutrition, and fitness tips; recipes.
http://www.healthychoice.com/home/home.jsp
EDS-
Medicaid Bulletins
www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dma
Encarta
A premier resource for interactive online learning, containing a broad range of educational content and tools to help you learn almost anything
www.encarta.com
General Assembly
Information on specific bills
www.ncga.state.nc.us/
HIV InSite University of California, San Francisco.
Provides comprehensive and reliable information on HIV/AIDS treatment, policy, research, epidemiology, and prevention from the University of California, San Francisco. Provides easy links to other reliable sources.
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu
Join Together
Join Together supports community based efforts to reduce, prevent and treat substance abuse across the nation.
www.jointogether.org
Metrolina AIDS Project
www.metrolinaaidsproject
National Association of School Nurses
This organization provides information to school nurses and links to sites of interest for people involved in the care of children in school.
www.nasn.org
National Association of Social Workers - NASW-NC
Information on what the NASW-NC is doing.
http://members.aol.com/naswnc
National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
NCCLS is responsible for development of guidelines for laboratory practices used by all laboratories for procedure, process and protocol development, which ensure best practices.
www.nccls.org
National Institutes of Health
Health information, grant and funding opportunities, news and events, scientific resources.
www.nih.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDA is the federal agency responsible for bringing science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.
www.drugabuse.gov
Office of National Drug Control Policy
ONDCP establishes policies, priorities and objectives for the nation's drug control program.
www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
SAMHSA
SAMHSA is the federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services in order to reduce illness, death, disability and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illness.
www.samhsa.gov
State Website for HIV Statistics
Quarterly reports for the state - HIV statistics by age, race, sex, etc.
www.schs.state.nc.us/epi/hiv
Stouffer's Foods
Provides nutrition information, recipes, health/exercise tips: nutrition analyzer, link to other Nestle websites.
www.leancuisine.com
The American Dietetic Association
Provides health/nutrition tips, a nutrition reading list, calendar of events, legislative issues in nutrition.
www.eatright.org
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
Studies every form of substance abuse as it affects our society.
www.casacolumbia.org
2001 Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County
Resources for health care information including general health info, providers, insurance, medical research, mental health, alternative medicine, etc.
http://www.healthlinkplus.org
US National Library of Medicine
Home page for the National Library of Medicine located at the National Institutes of Health. Provides access to the resources of the world's largest medical library, including Health Information MEDLINE/PubMed, MEDLINEplus, NLM Gateway. Library Services Catalog, Databases, Historical Materials, MeSH, Publications, Training, Grants
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
World Health Organization
Home page for the World Health Organization, the United Nations' directing and coordinating authority on international health work that strives to bring the highest level of health to all peoples. Offers online access to statistics and information on international health issues, including what is necessary for travelers.
http://www.who.int/
Additional Web Sites
Alternative Health news on Line
www.Altmedicine.com
Cardiovascular Fitness
http://funnel.trailbreaker.com/sportinggoods/fitness/
equipment/sa_fitness_eq_f65/?p=about
CDC wonder - STD Reports
http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/STD/contents.shtml
CHID - the Combined Health Information Database
Allows users to search for various government-supported materials developed for patient and health information.
www.chid.nih.gov
Grants Net
http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet
Health Education Professional Resources
Major resource for health promotion professionals to locate conferences, learning materials, list services, job postings and governmental agencies.
www.nyu.edu/education/hepr
HealthFinder
Provides consumer health information documents produced by Federal agencies. From this page, can link to Healthy People and other federal health institutions.
www.healthfinder.gov
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Contains latest state-level data on demographics, health and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing and state legislation.
http://statehealthfacts.kff.org
Mental Health Index for Elderly
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/dental/Dental_
Educational_Software/Gerontology_and_Geriatric_
Dentistry/Mental_Health/mental_index.html
National Center for Cultural Competence
http://gucdc.georgetown.edu/nccc/index.html
