U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
- Administration for Children
and Families (ACF) - provides family assistance,
child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and
other programs relating to children and families.
Visit http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
- Administration on Aging
- information on resources for the aging, their families
and practitioners, and electronic booklets. Visit http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/
- Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) - offers health care information,
research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers,
health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed
decisions about health care issues. Visit http://www.ahrq.gov/
- Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - charged under the
Superfund Act to assess the presence and nature of health
hazards at specific Superfund sites, to help prevent or
reduce further exposure and the illnesses that result from
such exposures.
Visit http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/atsdrhome.html
- AIDS info - federally
approved information on AIDS research, clinical trials,
and treatment from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. Created by merging the AIDS Clinical Trials Information
Service (ACTIS) and the HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service
(ATIS).
Visit http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/
- Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation - Office of Program Systems - organizes
and coordinates the Legislative Team review process of all
legislative proposals submitted to the Assistant Secretary
from within the Department. Visit http://aspe.hhs.gov/progsys/legi/legi.htm
- Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) - Visit http://www.cdc.gov/
- Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) - administers Medicare, Medicaid,
and the Child Health insurance programs. Formerly called
the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA).
Visit http://cms.hhs.gov/
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans
— Published jointly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture
every 5 years since 1980, this publication is the statutorily
mandated basis for Federal nutrition education activities.
Visit http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/.
- Disaster Mortuary Operational
Response Teams (DMORT) - program affiliate of the
US Department of Health and Human Services which provides
mobile morgue operations, forensic examination, search and
recovery services, and more in times of mass casualty.
Visit http://www.dmort.org/
- Division of Federal Occupational
Health - assists federal agencies in improving the
health, safety and productivity of the federal workforce.
We are a resource to federal agencies’ managers, employees
and their families. Visit http://www.foh.dhhs.gov/
- Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) - responsible for approving food and drugs
for widespread use. Visit http://www.fda.gov/
- Global Health.gov -
home of the Office of International and Refugee Health.
Includes news, travel advisories, statistics, and links.
Visit http://www.globalhealth.gov/
- Healthfinder - offers
consumer health and human services information. Visit http://www.healthfinder.gov/
- Healthy People 2010
— Healthy People 2010 presents a comprehensive set
of disease prevention and health promotion objectives developed
to improve the health of all people in the United States
during the first decade of the 21st century. Visit http://www.healthypeople.gov/
- Healthy People 2010 Health
Communication Focus Area — The six objectives
in the focus area represent a range of key issues in health
communication. They address the diffusion of the Internet
to households, the quality of health Web sites, health literacy,
provider-patient communication, research and evaluation
of communication programs, and Centers of Excellence in
health communication. Visit http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/#publications.
- Homelessness - offers
information about homelessness in America as well as about
HHS assistance programs, publications, research results,
and other resources. Visit http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/topic/topic.cfm?topic=Homelessness
- Metropolitan Medical Response
System - developing and enhancing existing emergency
preparedness systems to effectively manage weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) incident. Visit http://www.fema.gov/mmrs/
- National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - conducts and supports
basic and applied research and training and disseminates
information on complementary and alternative medicine to
practitioners and the public. Visit http://nccam.nih.gov/
- National Center for Research
Resources (NCRR) - provides information about NCRR
programs and how to access NCRR research resources. Visit
http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/
- National Clearinghouse for
Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) - information
about alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs. Visit http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
- National Health Information
Center (NHIC) — This Internet-accessible clearinghouse
with a toll-free number provides a central health information
referral service for consumers and professionals using a
database of more than 1,700 national associations, Government
agencies, and other organizations. Visit http://www.health.gov/nhic
or call 1-800-336-4797.
- National Health Information
Infrastructure (NHII) — The NHII encompasses
information and communication technologies to advance personal
health, population health, prevention, and health care.
The goal is to ensure that all health decision makers, including
consumers and patients, have the information they need,
when and where they need it. The NHII provides the framework
for public and private policies and programs. Visit http://ncvhs.hhs.gov/nhiilayo.pdf.
- National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) - Visit http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
- National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - offers news, publications,
general information, databases, and other resources. Visit
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health
(NIH) - one of the world's foremost biomedical research
centers, and the Federal focal point for biomedical research
in the U.S. Visit http://www.nih.gov/
- National Library of Medicine's
MEDLINEplus - includes health news, topical features,
drug information, medical encyclopedia, dictionary, databases,
directories, and other resources. Visit http://medlineplus.gov
- National Maternal and Child
Health Clearinghouse - distributes public health
information covering the range of maternal and child health
issues. Visit http://ask.hrsa.gov/MCH.cfm
- Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) - official site for the government
agency that establishes protective standards, enforces those
standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through
technical assistance and consultation programs. Visit http://www.osha.gov/
- Office of Child Support Enforcement
- includes informational fact sheets, forms, State resources,
and policy documents. Visit http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/
- Office of Emergency Preparedness
(OEP) - managing and coordinating Federal health,
medical, and health related social services and recovery
to major emergencies and federally declared disasters.
Visit http://ndms.dhhs.gov/
- Office of Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion – Visit http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov
- Office of Inspector General
- Visit http://www.oig.hhs.gov/
- Office of Minority Health
Resource Center - national resource and referral
service on minority health issues, including substance abuse,
cancer, heart disease, violence, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and
infant mortality. Visit http://www.omhrc.gov/
- Office of Population Affairs
– offers a wide range of reproductive health topics,
including adolescent pregnancy, family planning, and sterilization,
as well as other population issues.
Visit http://opa.osophs.dhhs.gov/
- Office on Women's Health
(OWH) - offers women's health resources and materials
for consumers and professionals. Visit http://www.4women.gov/
- Smallpox Information
- features information for the public and health professionals.
Visit http://www.hhs.gov/smallpox/
- Steps to a HealthierUS (Steps)
- Steps is Secretary Thompson’s bold new initiative
to advance the President’s HealthierUS goal of helping
Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives. It will
identify and promote programs that foster healthy behaviors
and prevention. Priority areas for the Steps initiative
are diabetes, obesity, asthma, heart disease, stroke, and
cancer; also included are poor nutrition, physical inactivity,
tobacco use, and youth risk taking. Visit http://www.healthierus.gov/STEPS/
- Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - information
about services, statistics and data, resources, and more.
Visit http://www.samhsa.gov/
- U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services - Visit http://www.hhs.gov/
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