Small Community Public Health
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External sites are not endorsed by NESC and are offered for information
purposes only. Please click on the links below to see their designated pages.
Links are listed in alphabetical order.
• Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ATSDR erves the public
by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and
providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease
related to toxic substances.
• American
Public Health Association (APHA)
APHA
is the oldest and largest association of public health professionals in
the world, representing more than 50,000 people in more than 50 public health
occupations.
• American
Society for Microbiology
American Society for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single life
science membership organization in the world.
• Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The CDC
is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety
of people at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance
health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships.
•
Indian
Health Service (IHS)
The IHS ensures a comprehensive health care delivery system for American
Indians and Alaskan natives, including water related activies.
IHS constructs safe water supplies and sanitary waste disposal systems for eligible American Indian and Alaskan native communities, helps tribes develop and adopt sanitary ordinances/codes, and works to alleviate unsafe water supplies and inadequate waste disposal facilities.
• Aberdeen IHS
• Anchorage IHS
• Albuquerque IHS
• Bemidji IHS
• Billings IHS
• California IHS
• Nashville IHS
• Navajo IHS
• Oklahoma IHS
• Phoenix IHS
• Portland IHS
• Tucson IHS
• Kansas
Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
KDHE's mission is to optimize the promotion and protection of the health
of Kansans through efficient and effective public health programs and services
and through preservation, protection, and remediation of natural resources
of the environment.
• National
Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
NEHA's mission is to advance environmental health and protection professionals
for the purpose of providing a healthful environment for all.
• Native
Health Databases
The Native Health Databases contain bibliographic information and abstracts
of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents
pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives,
and Canadian First Nations.
• National
Institutes of Health (NIH)
The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral
research for the nation. It is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
agency.
• National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Human health and human disease result from three interactive elements:
environmental factors, individual susceptibility and age. The mission of
the NIEHS, one of 27 NIH institutes, is to reduce the burden of human illness
and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding each of these
elements and how they interrelate.
• North
Dakota Department of Health (NDHAN)
The NDHAN serves as a communication network among state and local public
health agencies, health care providers, hospitals and emergency management
officials.
• US
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
The HHS site includes information about diseases and conditions, safety
and wellness, aging, families and children, grants and funding, as well
as disasters and emergencies. (See link below.)
• US
Department of HHS Disasters and Emergencies
This
site includes a huge list of Web sites dealing with Homeland Security, national
disasters, bioterrorism, etc.
• US
Department of HHS Office of Public Health
U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Public Health and Sciences
is the program that improves the nation's health by assuring equal access
to comprehensive, quality health care for all.
• US
Department of Labor Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
OSHA's mission is to ensure safe and healthful workplaces in America.
• World
Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization's objective is to help all people in the world
attain the highest possible level of health.