Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion/CDC CDC's Division of Reproductive Health sets the standards for providing a solid scientific and epidemiologic basis for public health decision making in reproductive health.... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Health Resources and Services Administration Information Center The HRSA Information Center is a nationwide point of entry for publications, resources and referrals on health care services for low-income, uninsured individuals and those with special health care ne... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA directs programs that improve the Nation’s health by expanding access to ... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Indian Health Service (IHS) provides comprehensive health services through IHS and tribally contracted hospitals, health centers, school health centers, and health stations. Health services provid... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) provides leadership to both the public and private sectors for the delivery of health care services to all mothers and children. MCHB administers a program... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center, Health Resources and Services Administration The Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center (MCHIRC) is dedicated to the goal of helping MCH practitioners on the Federal, State, and local levels to improve their capacity to gather, an... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) consists of the Division of Adolescent and School Health, the Division of Adult and Community Health, the Division of ... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration The NCTR conducts FDA mission-critical, peer-reviewed research that is targeted to develop a more scientifically sound basis for regulatory decisions and reduce risks associated with FDA-regulated pro... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) conducts and supports basic and clinical research in maternal and child health and the population sciences. It will respond to ind... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a component of the National Institutes of Health, seeks to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain,... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) was established in 1974, and became part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services in October 1992. The Institute'... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center, Health Resources and Services Administration The National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center was established in 1980 to provide information and educational materials on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), apnea, and related issues. I... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion The Office on Smoking and Health, established in 1978, is a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The office ... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Rural Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture The Rural Information Center (RIC) provides information and referral services to local, state, and federal government officials; community organizations; rural electric and telephone cooperatives; lib... Details > List reviewed web resources |
American Association of Birth Centers The National Association of Childbearing Centers (NACC) is the Nation's largest repository of information on freestanding birth centers. It offers a telephone information consultation service, worksh... Details > List reviewed web resources |
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) is the national professional society for obstetricians-gynecologists. The College publishes a variety of patient educational materials,... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs This organization was founded in 1944 and is a national health organization representing state public health leaders and others working to improve the health and well being of women, children and yout... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Childreach - PlanUSA Founded in 1937, PlanUSA is an international humanitarian, child-focused development organization without religious, political or governmental affiliation. Child sponsorship is the basic foundation of... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Children of Alcoholics Foundation The Children of Alcoholics Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1982, was created to serve and educate the millions of young and adult children from alcoholic families. The Foundation's pu... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Children's Defense Fund The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to child advocacy, which strives to protect all children--and particularly children of low-income and minority families--through... Details > List reviewed web resources |
DES Action, USA DES Action is a national nonprofit organization formed to provide the public with information on the consequences of the use of diethylstilbestrol (DES) for women who have taken it and for children bo... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation The Pediatric AIDS Foundation is a national non-profit organization dedicated to identifying, funding and conducting basic pediatric HIV/AIDS research. The Foundation's goals include reducing HIV tran... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network The mission of The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) is to raise public awareness, to provide advocacy and education, and to advance research on behalf of all those affected by food allergies ... Details > List reviewed web resources |
International Cesarean Awareness Network The International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN), founded in 1982, is a network of people concerned about the incidence of cesarean birth. It aims to reduce the rate of cesarean deliveries, to pro... Details > List reviewed web resources |
International Childbirth Education Association The International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA), established in 1960, unites people who support family-centered maternity care and believe in freedom of choice based on knowledge of alternat... Details > List reviewed web resources |
International Lactation Consultant Association The International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) promotes the professional development, advancement, and recognition of lactation consultants worldwide for the benefit of breastfeeding women,... Details > List reviewed web resources |
La Leche League International La Leche League International (LLLI) was created to give help and encouragement to those mothers who want to breastfeed their babies. LLLI provides education to women through monthly guided discussio... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Lamaze International Lamaze International, formerly ASPO/Lamaze, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote, support and protect normal birth through education and advocacy. Since 1960, Lamaze International ... Details > List reviewed web resources |
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation was established in 1938. Its mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. The mission is carried out throu... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Association of Mothers' Centers Since 1975 Mothers' Centers have been providing community-based discussion groups that provide peer support and information to parents. The National Association of Mothers' Centers (NAMC), a national ... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health The National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH), located at Georgetown University, provides information services and technical assistance to organizations, agencies, and indivi... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Coalition for the Homeless The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national advocacy network of people who are or have been homeless, activists, service and housing providers, and others committed to ending homelessness.... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Coalition for the Homeless The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national advocacy network of people who are or have been homeless, activists, service and housing providers, and others committed to ending homelessness.... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition This organization provides an innovative forum for collaborative partnerships of public and private organizations, employers, policymakers and consumers to promote and improve culturally and linguisti... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) is a national, non-profit organization whose purpose is to raise public awareness about fetal alcohol syndrome, the leading known cause of m... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Perinatal Association The National Perinatal Association (NPA) is a multidisciplinary group concerned with perinatal health issues from preconception through infancy. Our members foster optimal perinatal health and qualit... Details > List reviewed web resources |
National Perinatal Information Center The National Perinatal Information Center (NPIC) is a non-profit hospital membership organization and health services research center. NPIC's primary purpose is to assist in the process of assuring h... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Nevus Network The Nevus Network, founded in 1983, is a support group to provide help and understanding to families whose lives have been touched by large birthmarks, called giant congenital nevi and a related condi... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Pan American Health Organization The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), was formerly known as the International Sanitary Bureau. It is composed of 35 mem... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health PATH is an international, non-profit organization whose mission is to improve health, especially the health of women and children. PATH works in partnership with host-country governments and local ag... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Spina Bifida Association of America The mission of the Spina Bifida Association of America is to promote the prevention of spina bifida and to enhance the lives of all affected. The Association was founded in 1973 to address the specifi... Details > List reviewed web resources |
Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders (SOFT) is a network of families and professionals dedicated to providing support and understanding to families involved in the issues and ... Details > List reviewed web resources |