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  • 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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