Searchable Websites - The Office of Minority Health

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	We Can!™: "Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition" We Can!™ or "Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition" is a national program designed for families and communities to help children maintain a healthy weight. The program focuses on three important behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity and reduced screen time.
	Salud America! The National Latino Childhood Obesity Prevention Research Network Salud America! is recruiting members for its research network and will survey members and draft a Latino childhood obesity national research agenda.
	Child Welfare Information Gateway Resources on child abuse prevention, protecting children from risk of abuse, and promoting healthy families. Includes information on supporting families, protective factors, public awareness, community activities, positive parenting, prevention programs, and more.
	Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health The Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health provides online access to survey data that allows users to compare state, regional, and nationwide results - plus resources and personalized assistance for interpreting and reporting findings.
	Pregnancy Care for the Disadvantaged Are you pregnant but financially disadvantaged? If you are pregnant, programs in your State can help you have a healthy baby. These programs offer medical care, support and advice for pregnant women, information about health insurance and other services you and your baby may need.
	National Birth Defects Prevention Network's Population-based Birth Defects Surveillance Programs This web page contains birth defects resources grouped by state as well as national and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) links.
	CDC's Folic Acid Page This page provides useful information on folic acid including FAQs, a list of cereals that contain folic acid, a folic acid quiz, information on the National Folic Acid Campaign and a section for health professionals.
	National Birth Defects Prevention Network This web site offers a network formed to establish local, state and national birth defect resources. The focus is on surveillance and research, identifying prevention strategies, and assisting families and their providers.
	March of Dimes Ever on the vanguard in research into birth defects, this organization provides a one-stop shopping platform that has something for everyone from the novice as well as the advanced user.
	Birth Defects (from A-Z) The information on this web page is categorized into useful chunks such as Diagnosis/Symptoms, Prevention/Screening, Coping and Specific Conditions. It is a great starting page for learning about birth defects.
	Halloween Safety Resources Be safe this Halloween.
	American Bar Association Youth at Risk Initiative This initiative is intended to help youth at risk and addresses all aspects of the number of legal issues that affect them. This initiative will touch on topic areas such as: Better Hearing the Voices of Youth in Court, Reforming the Juvenile "Status Offender" Process and Enhancing Teen Access to Safe and Appropriate Prevention and Treatment Services.
	National Institutes of Health Web Site for Child Health and Human Development This National Institute of Child Health and Human Development site provides fast and easy access to a wide array of information, from child health, to developmental disorders, to women's health, to basic and clinical research. This site is useful not only to people who need health information; it's also a tool for scientists who need research information. It is intended for the general public, scientists, and the news media.
	Breastfeeding - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web Site Both babies and mothers gain many benefits from breastfeeding. Breast milk is easy to digest and contains antibodies that can protect infants from bacterial and viral infections. Read more about the benefits of breastfeeding by visiting CDC's breastfeeding home page.
	Preconception Care - Start Preparing for a Healthy Pregnancy before it Takes Place Preparing for a healthy pregnancy starts before the pregnancy itself. Use the resources on this web site as a guide for having a healthy and happy preganancy. The main goal of preconception care is to provide health promotion, screening and interventions for women of reproductive age to reduce risk factors that might affect future pregnancies.
	Child Abuse Training & Technical Assistance Centers (CATTA) Newsletters Current and past editions of the CATTA newsletters are available for viewing and downloading on this site providing information and resources for professionals and laypersons involved in the prevention, intervention, treatment and/or investigation of child abuse. It is published quarterly.
	Child Welfare Information Gateway Library The Child Welfare Information Gateway's online library has an extensive collection of 48,000 documents that you can access on topics related to protecting children and strengthening families.
	Child Welfare Information Gateway Publications The Child Welfare Information Gateway publications search feature will allow you to search on documents that the Child Welfare Information Gateway distributes, which include factsheets, bulletins, and research summaries either produced by Information Gateway or other organizations. Topics include child abuse and neglect, child welfare and adoption related issues.
	Child Welfare Information Gateway Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.
	¡Soy única! ¡Soy latina! En este sitio, preparado para las muchachas hispanas de nueve a 14 años, se enterarán de cómo mantener su mente y cuerpo sano, de dónde viene su familia y cómo elegir lo mejor para su futuro. Se pueden imprimir los libros de actividades y otros materiales. Fuente: Administración de Abuso de Sustancias y Salud Mental (SAMHSA)
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- Infants and Children This web site provides a list of links regarding health topics pertaining to children. It includes such topics as the ABCs of Raising Healthy Kids, Steps to Staying Safe and Healthy; Bicycle-Related Injuries; Birth Defects, Blindness, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and much more. While consumer friendly, it also provides information for health professionals.
	Food and Drug Administration Kid's Page This web site focuses on links to health issues for kids. Written in a child-friendly language, it focuses on such topics as food safety, memory testing, all about vaccines, braces for your teeth, health information for teens, a parents corner and much more.
	National Center on Birth Defects and Development Disabilities This web site focuses on the early years of a child's life which are crucial for cognitive, social and emotional development. Therefore, it is important that every step necessary is taken to ensure that children grow up in environments where their social, emotional and educational needs are met.
	National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is part of the National Institutes of Health, the biomedical research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It supports and conducts research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and populations.
	Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Asthma and Allergy Asthma is a disease that affects the lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children. It causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. This site provides links to asthma sufferers resources including NIOSH Safety and Health Topics, information from the National Center for Environmental Health, speakers kits, basic asthma facts and much more.
	5 A Day 5 A Day for Better Health is a national program and partnership that seeks to increase the number of daily servings of fruits and vegetables Americans eat to five or more.
	Insure Kids Now! This national campaign links the nation's 10 million uninsured children--from birth to age 18--to free and low-cost health insurance. The campaign puts families in direct contact with state children's health insurance programs through this Web site, the toll-free hotline 1-877-KIDS-NOW, and other outreach.