Commission for Children, Youth and Their Families Public Health Links

The National Women's Health Information-(NWHIC) is a service of the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. The NWHIC provides a gateway to the vast array of Federal and other women's health information resources. The NWHIC site on the World Wide Web can help you link to, read, and download a wide variety of women's health-related material developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, other Federal agencies, and private sector resources.
www.4woman.gov

Health Finder - The Health Finder is a free guide to reliable consumer health and human services information, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Health Finder can lead you to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public.
www.healthfinder.gov

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - The Department of Health and Human Services is 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.
www.hhs.gov

National Cancer Institute - Provides up-to-date, accurate medical information on cancer. Also contains a directory of genetic counselors, physicians, geneticists and nurses who have expertise in counseling about familial risk and genetic testing for cancer. More cancer information is also available from the National Cancer Institute.
www.cancer.gov

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Center for Devices and Radiological Health- Listing of facilities providing mammography which are certified by the Food and Drug Administration as meeting baseline quality standards. The list is searchable by area or zip code.
www.fda.gov/cdrh/faclist.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Health Promotion - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
www.cdc.gov

Cancer Facts - Cancer Facts is owned and operated by NexCura, Inc. It is the first company to use scientific data from significant clinical studies to generate reports tailored to a patient's unique medical condition through the Cancer Profiler™, a powerful database tool.
www.cancerfacts.com

Advocates for Youth - Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates provide information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world.
www.advocatesforyouth.org

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials - The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is the national non-profit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia. ASTHO's members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy, and to assuring excellence in state-based public health practice. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is engaged in a wide range of legislative, scientific, educational, and programmatic issues and activities on behalf of public health. Policy Committee Areas include: Access to Care, Environmental Health, Infectious Disease, Prevention, Public Health Information and Infrastructure.
www.astho.org

Better Health Foundation - The Better Health Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing people with the knowledge and support services needed to make informed health decisions.
www.betterhealthfoundation.org

California Healthcare Foundation - The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF), based in Oakland, is an independent philanthropy committed to improving California's health care delivery and financing systems. Formed in 1996, CHCF's goal is to ensure that all Californians have access to affordable, quality health care. CHCF's work focuses on informing health policy decisions, advancing efficient business practices, improving the quality and efficiency of care delivery, and promoting informed health care and coverage decisions. CHCF commissions research and analysis, publishes and disseminates information, convenes stakeholders, and funds development of programs and models aimed at improving the health care delivery and financing systems.
www.chcf.org

Center for Community Change - The Center for Community Change focuses on building strong community-based organizations in poor areas, commitment, and resources. Low-income people need access to training, financial and institutional support, resources and tools. The Center for Community Change in everything from organizing and outreach to fundraising and financial management. They transform people's desire to "do something" for their communities into positive action. The Center helps community groups to find financing for housing and employment projects. They support groups that are working to launch businesses and create new jobs, help low income people secure the training and transportation they need to get and keep good jobs, and the Center assists community groups that are building affordable housing. The Center connects organizations with similar missions, or within the same states or regions, to encourage them to work together and learn from each other. The Center builds coalitions at the local, state and regional levels to increase the impact of community-based groups trying to change public policies.
They involve community-based groups, local leaders and advocates in state and national policymaking forums and debates. Through local and regional briefings, studies and reports, monthly newsletters and weekly policy "alerts," the Center works to insure that low income people are informed and engaged in the policy debates that affect them
www.communitychange.org/front.htm

Center for Health Care Strategies - The Center for Health Care Strategies promotes high quality health care services for low-income populations and people with chronic illnesses and disabilities. The Center for Health Care Strategies achieve this objective through awarding grants and providing "real world" training and technical assistance to state purchasers of publicly financed health care, health plans, and consumer groups. Our projects aim to improve access to care, increase the use of effective preventive care services, prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and institutionalizations, promote clinical quality, and build organizational capacity to improve managed care services.
www.chcs.org

Children's Defense Fund (CDF) - The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child Behind® and to ensure every child has 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. CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investment before they get sick or into trouble, drop out of school, or suffer family breakdown. CDF began in 1973 and is a private, nonprofit organization supported by foundations, corporation grants and individual donations. CDF never has taken government funds.
www.childrensdefense.org

Cross Cultural Health Care Resources - Recognizing the diversity and the different ways to health, the mission of the Cross Cultural Health Care Program is to serve as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.
www.xculture.org

Families USA - is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans. Working at the national, state and community levels, we have earned a national reputation as an effective voice for health care consumers for over 15 years.
www.familiesusa.org

Health Advocates guide to the Internet - The National Health Law Program is a national public interest law firm that seeks to improve health care for America's working and unemployed poor, minorities, the elderly and people with disabilities. NHeLP serves legal services programs, community-based organizations, the private bar, providers and individuals who work to preserve a health care safety net for the millions of uninsured or underinsured low-income people. The care-giving safety net that has propped up health care for the poor and uninsured is breaking apart, as government responsibility cascades from federal to state to local authorities, as health care marketplace consolidation continues largely unregulated and as states are pressured to cut costs and find quick savings. In the midst of these changes, it is critical to focus on preserving health care coverage for those most in need and with fewest resources. NHeLP seeks to provide a seat at the table for representatives of low-income people, to protect consumers in the emerging managed care systems, and to find creative financing solutions that also preserve government's responsibility as provider of last resort.
www.healthlaw.org/pubs/199910HAInterenet4k.html

Kaiser Family Foundation - The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is an independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public. The Foundation is primarily an operating organization that develops and runs its own research and communications programs, often in partnership with outside organizations. The Foundation contracts with a wide range of outside individuals and organizations through its programs and also continues to make a small number of grants for unsolicited proposals each year. Through the Foundation's in-house policy research and communications programs, and through contracts and grants, they work to provide reliable information in a health system in which the issues are increasingly complex and debate is often dominated by organized interests.
www.kff.org

Kaiser Medical Library -The Community Wellness Library offers medical education for clinicians and health education for community health centers as part of our ongoing partnership with the California Primary Care Association. The information is also available to all not-for-profit organizations and the general public. The library is a community service of Kaiser Permanente. The library is a collection of educational videotapes, produced by Kaiser Permanente. The tapes are available for loan at no cost and most of the material can be purchased at a nominal fee. Some of this material is also available in Spanish, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
www.crewnoble.com/kpwellness

Migrant Clinicians Network - The Migrant Clinicians Network is a network of clinicians across the country who serve migrant and seasonal farm workers. Our shared mission and vision bind the nearly 2,000 MCN members to each other. Explore this section further to learn more about MCN, farm workers, and the important role that clinicians play in providing care and clinical leadership in advocating for this population.
www.migrantclinician.org

National Center for Farm worker Health - The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH), established in 1974, is dedicated to improving the health status of farm worker families by providing information services and products to a network of more than 500 migrant health center service sites in the United States as well as other organizations and individuals serving the farm worker population. The National Center for Farm worker Health, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit corporation located in Buda, Texas whose mission is "to improve the health status of farm worker families through appropriate application of human, technical, and information resources."
www.ncfh.com

National Rural Health Association - The National Rural Health Association is a nonprofit association composed of individual and organizational members who share a common interest in rural health. The association is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, with a Government Affairs Office in Washington, D.C.
www.3rnet.org/index.html

Public Health Policy Advisory Board - The Public Health Policy Advisory Board is a nonprofit public policy organization dedicated to achieving effective public health policy through a process of sound, science-based policymaking. The Board covers emerging and current public health policies, science and data; improved processes for science-based public health policy making, and public health priorities and resource allocations. The Board's Distinguished Fellows, staff and consultants bring together a broadly-based, multidisciplinary public health expertise. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., former Secretary of Health and Human Services and current President of Morehouse School of Medicine, established the Board in 1997 and serves as its Chairman. Funding comes from private industry, foundations and government.
www.phpab.org

The California Wellness Foundation - The mission of The California Wellness Foundation is to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention. Guided by the foundation's mission, we pursue the following goals through our grant making: to address the particular health needs of traditionally underserved populations, including low-income individuals, people of color, youth and residents of rural areas; to support and strengthen nonprofit organizations that seek to improve the health of underserved populations; to recognize and encourage leaders who are working to increase health and wellness within their communities; and to inform the development of public policies that promote wellness and enhance access to preventive health care.
www.twcf.org