Health Services Links

This web page connects to numerous health related resources. Read through the following brief descriptions and click on those that are useful.

• Indiana Prevention Resource Center
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Medical Association
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Cancer Institute
• Food and Drug Administration
• New USDA Food Guide Pyramid
• CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)
• Health, Mental Health and Safety Guidelines for Schools

Children with Disabilities Web Site
www.childrenwithdisabilities.ncjrs.org
National Web site provides helpful information for parents and youth workers who serve and assist children with disabilities.The Children with Disabilities Web site includes info on education, employment, health, housing, recreation, transportation and other services in the context of disabled kids. You'll find a page on "Grant & Funding," as well as federal, state and local resources and statistics.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov

The Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion and Education
www.rmc.org
The Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion and Education provides health education training, technical assistance and resources for the benefit of children youth and their communities.

The Spina Bifida Association of America
www.sbaa.org
The Spina Bifida Association of America promotes the prevention of spina bifida enhances the lives of all affected.

RXList
www.rxlist.com
The Internet Drug Index

The National Association of State School Nurse Consultants, Inc.
lserver.aea14.k12.ia.us/swp/tadkins/nassnc/nassnc.html
The mission of the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants is to promote the health and learning of the nation's children and youth by providing national leadership and advocacy, impacting public policy, collaborating, and proactively influencing school health programs and school nursing practice.

American School Health Association
www.ashaweb.org

National Association of School Nurses
www.nasn.org
The National Association of School Nurses improves the health and educational success of children and youth by developing and providing leadership to advance school nursing practice.

Pedlinks
www.angelfire.com/in/pedscapes
A collection of links to journals in Pediatrics.

American Nurses Association
www.ana.org
Links to American Nurses Credentialing Center, ANA 2000 Convention, State Nurses Association, American Nurses Foundation, American Academy of Nursing, Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Scoliosis Research Society
www.srs.org

National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov

American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
www.aaaai.org

American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org

Indiana Prevention Resource Center
www.drugs.indiana.edu
Prevention, Drug Info, Statistics, Publications, Resources, Current Issues, Prevention Coalitions, What's New

National Hemophilia Foundation
www.hemophilia.org
Gene Therapy Information, Research, News

SchoolNurse.com
www.schoolnurse.com
SchoolNurse.com is a service of the School Health Alert, a monthly newsletter for the school nurse. Medical Information, Share Ideas, Links, SHA Publications

Matha Dewey Bergren
www.usinternet.com/users/bergren
Web Links: School Nursing, School Health Software, Child Health Nursing, Health Web Sites for Children and Families, Pediatric Medicine, Education, Nursing, Community Health, Informatics, Legal Aspects of Electronic Health Information, Relocation, Nurses' Home Pages, Databases, Grants, Government, Legislative, Search Engines

The National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
www.rarediseases.org
Rare Disease Database, Symptoms, Causes, Affected Population, Related Disorders, Standard Therapies, Investigational Therapies, Resources, References

Karolinska Institutet
www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/alphalist.html
Alphabetical List of Specific Diseases/Disorders

Sigma Theta Tau International
www.nursingsociety.org
The mission of the society is dedicated to developing excellence in practice, education, research and leadership to enhance world health. The society promotes nursing excellence through its initiatives in research, leadership, an electronic library, programming and publications, and develops and distributes nursing knowledge for use in practice.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation
www.aecf.org
One of the Foundation's main objectives is to provide the best available data and analysis on critical issues affecting disadvantaged children and families, as well as the knowledge and tools practitioners, policymakers, and citizens need to advance their efforts on behalf of children.