Links
DHA Public Service Announcements
Reading to Your Child
Useful Links
Health Resources and Services Administration
http://www.hrsa.gov
Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/
Mississippi 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
Child Trends
http://childtrendsdatabank.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec802270e4
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