
General & Kids Health Links
American
Medical Association - Adolescent Health
- Materials
and resources on adolescent healthy lifestyles related issues for
physicians to use in their practice and professional activities.
American Social Health Association
- Facts,
support, and resources to answer your questions, find referrals,
join support groups, and get access to in-depth information about
sexually transmitted infections.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
- A
private charitable organization, dedicated to helping build better
futures for disadvantaged children in the U.S.
California Center for Health Improvement
- Translates
knowledge gained through research into policies and practice,
supporting community-based programs that target change at multiple
levels, and crafting broad awareness-raising strategies.
California Department of
Public Health Services - Is
dedicated to optimizing the health and well-being of the people in
California.
California Healthy Kids Resource
Center -
A collection of reviewed health education materials for use by
teachers, administrators, university faculty, LEA staff, and other
professionals who work with preschool through 12th grade students in
school settings and after-school programs.
Child Trends
-
A nonpartisan research center that
provides research, data, and analysis to the people and institutions
whose decisions and actions affect children, including program
providers, the policy community, researchers and educators, and the
media.
Children's Defense Fund
- A
non-profit child advocacy organization that ensures a level playing
field for all children. We champion policies and programs that lift
children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and
ensure their access to health care, quality education and a moral
and spiritual foundation.
Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
- Promotes
health and quality of life through education.
KidSource On Line
-
The
parent's source for children's healthcare, education, safety,
learning disability, software, and parenting information and
discussion.
March of Dimes English
(here for Spanish)
- Provides research,
community services, education and advocacy to improve
the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth,
and infant mortality.
Maternal Child Health Bureau
- A
public health program that reaches across economic lines to improve
the health of all mothers and children.
National School Boards Association
-
A nonprofit organization representing state associations of school
boards and their member districts across the U.S.
Parents As Teachers National Center
- Provides
information, support, and encouragement parents need to help their
children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life.
The California Wellness Foundation
- Improves
the health of the people of California by making grants for health
promotion, wellness education and disease prevention.
The Kaiser Family Foundation
- A
nonprofit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health
care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global
health policy. Also acts as a non-partisan source of facts,
information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health
care community, and the public.
WestEd's
Program for Infant Toddler Care -
Provides a
comprehensive training system that promotes responsive, caring
relationships for infants and toddlers.