ATSDR's Partners in Children's Health
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ATSDR welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with other
agencies, associations, and organizations in the effort to promote the
health of infants and children. Collaboration is essential to share
important information, minimize duplication of programs and services,
and improve knowledge and understanding among all stakeholders.
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Non-government Organizations
ATSDR is collaborating with many non government organizations to seek new
partnerships and form a closer association between the child health specialties
and the environmental professions. ATSDR hopes that these partnerships will
stimulate an exchange of ideas and interests across professional disciplines.
For example, child health advocates can learn more about environmental science
and environmental scientists can learn more about child health. ATSDR invites
its partner organizations and other interested groups to submit technical
reports, case studies, and other experiences, and suggest additional areas of
emphasis. This is a partial listing of the non government organizations:
Professional Organizations
American Academy of Pediatrics
State Children's
Health Insurance Program
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American Association of
Occupational Health Nurses
American Association
of Poison Control Centers
American College of Occupational
and Environmental Medicine
American College of Preventive
Medicine
American Medical Association
Asian American & Pacific Islander Health Promotion
Association of
Occupational and Environmental Clinics
Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons
National Medical Association
National Association of Children's
Hospitals and Related Institutions
Public Health Associations
American Public Health
Association
Association of State and
Territorial Health Officials
National Association of County
and City Health Officials
National
Environmental Health Association
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Voluntary Organizations and Child Advocates
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State
and Federal Government Agencies
Secretary Tommy G.
Thompson
co-chairs the Task
Force on Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children,
comprised of
representatives from all federal agencies and departments involved with
children's environmental health and safety. The Task Force appointed workgroups
to address four priority areas: (1) asthma, (2) unintentional injuries, (3)
cancer, and (4) developmental disorders (including birth defects,
neurobehavioral disorders, and endocrine disruption).
- ATSDR is represented in task force activities by Robert W. Amler, MD,
Chief Medical Officer, who co-chairs the Task Force's Program Implementation
Subcommittee, Lester Smith, Ph.D., (cancer work group), (developmental
disorders work group), and Mary White, Ph.D. (asthma work group)
The following HHS offices and operating divisions are involved in issues
concerning children's environmental health and safety:
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- Health Resources and
Services Administration
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- Administrator's
Welcome
- CHIP:
Children's Health Insurance Program
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Click here for a state-by-state update
- Focus on
Child Health
- Model
Child Health Programs
- National Institutes of Health
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- National Cancer Institute
- National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development
- National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences <---- Click here for
kids' page
- National Library of
Medicine
Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
www.health.gov <----
Gateway to public health information
Administrator
Carol M. Browner
co-chairs the Task
Force on Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children, described
previously. EPA's child health activities are coordinated by the Office of the
Administrator, Office of Children's Health Protection, directed by E. Ramona
Trovato. In addition, ATSDR conducts many of its child health activities near
Superfund sites in cooperation with EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, under a memorandum of understanding signed April 21, 1997.
U.S. Department of
Defense
United States Army: Center
for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
United States Navy:
Environmental Health Center
United
States Air Force: Office of the Surgeon General, Air Force Medical
Operations Agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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State, Local, and Tribal Agencies
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International
Organizations
Child watch
International
European Environmental
Agency
INCHES - International Network on Children's Health, Environment, and
Safety
International Joint Commission
(Canada and United States)
International Society of
Doctors for the Environment
UNICEF
United
Nations
World Health
Organization - WHO
Canadian Institute of Child
Health
Dutch Association of Environmental Medicine
Disclaimer:
Reference from this web page or from any of the information services sponsored
by ATSDR to any non-government entity, product, service, or information
does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the
agency or any of its employees. ATSDR is not responsible for the contents
of any "off-site" web pages referenced from this server.
For more information,
contact ATSDR at:
1-800-CDC-INFO or e-mail (public inquiries)
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