HEALTH RELATED LINKS

HEALTH SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration
http://www.hrsa.gov

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/

Mississippi State Department of Health
http://www.msdh.state.ms.us

National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov



CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD)

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart

American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org

Centers for Disease Control/National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp



CHILD ADVOCACY AND POLICY

The Urban Child Institute
http://www.theurbanchildinstitute.org


CHILD and INFANT HEALTH

March of Dimes
www.marchofdimes.com

Maternal and Child Health
www.mchb.hrsa.gov

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
www.firstcandle.org

Shaken Baby Syndrome
www.dontshake.com


DIABETES

Joslin Diabetes Center
http://www.joslin.org

American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org

National Diabetes Information Clearing House
www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Pyramid
www.mypyramid.gov

HealthierUS.GOV
www.healthierus.gov


HIV/AIDS

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/HIV/


HYPERTENSION

National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/highbloodpressure.html


INFANT MORTALITY

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/AMH/factsheets/infant.htm

Office of Minority Health
www.omhrc.gov

Health & Human Services/Preventing Infant Mortality
www.hhs.gov/news/factsheet/infant.html


 MENTAL HEALTH

Mississippi Department of Mental Health
www.dmh.state.ms.us

National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov


OBESITY

Aim for a Healthy Weight/Obesity Education
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/aim_hwt.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/


PREGNANCY

Healthy Pregnancy
www.womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec802286e6


WOMEN'S HEALTH

Kaiser Family Foundation
www.kff.org

Maternal and Child Health Bureau
www.mchb.hrsa.gov

National Women's Health Information Center
www.4women.gov


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