Women’s
Health links
Many
of the links below are provided by the National Women’s Health
Resource Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women
make informed decisions about their health by providing them with
health information.
Abuse/Violence
Intervention
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-7233
800-787-3224 (TDD/TTY)
Family Violence Prevention Fund
http://endabuse.org/
FVPF on-line store offers:
Domestic Violence Fact Sheet (AFSCME)
http://www.afscme.org/publications/1665.cfm
Domestic Violence: What Unions Can Do (AFSCME)
http://www.afscme.org/publications/1663.cfm
NOW and Violence Against Women
http://www.now.org/issues/violence/index.html
Uemployment Insurance for Domestic Violence Survivors
http://www.cfpa.org/issues/uidomesticviolence/index.cfm
Violence Against Women (American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists)
http://www.acog.org/departments
¿Es Usted Víctima de Maltratos? (American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists)
http://www.acog.org/departments
Violence Against Women Office (U.S. Department
of Justice)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/
Aging
See Getting Older/Staying Healthy
Alcohol/Drug
Abuse
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
Women for Sobreity, Inc.
http://womenforsobriety.org
Arthritis
Arthritis Foundation
http://www.arthritis.org
Asthma
American Lung Association
http://lungusa.org
Cancer
American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org
National Cancer Institute
http://www.nci.nih.gov
Cancer,
Breast
The Sister Study
(A Study of the Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors For Breast Cancer)
The Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
http://breastcancerinfo.com
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, Inc.
http://www.y-me.org
Cancer,
Cervical
National Cervical Cancer Coalition
http://www.nccc-online.org
Cervical Cancer Prevention Works
http://www.cluw.org/cervcancer.html
Cancer,
Colon
Colon Cancer Alliance
http://www.ccalliance.org/
Cancer,
Lung
American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org
Cancer,
Ovarian
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Inc.
http://www.ovarian.org
Cancer,
Uterine
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation
http://www.sgo.org
Cardiovascular
Disease
American Heart Association
http://americanheart.org
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov
Children's Health
Covering Kids and Families
(nationwide effort encouraging parents to enroll their eligible,
uninsured children in Medicaid or SCHIP)
http://coveringkidsandfamilies.org/
Communcating
with your health care provider
Hadassah's
Doctor-Patient Communication Fact Sheet (pdf)
Depression
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
http://www.nami.org
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association
http://diabetes.org
NIH's Diabetes Information, including prevention
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/diabetes.htm
Digestive
Disorders
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/
Eating
Disorders
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated
Disorders (ANAD)
http://www.anad.org
Eye
Health
The Glaucoma Foundation
http://www.glaucomafoundation.org/index.php
National Eye Institute
http://www.nei.nih.gov/
Fraud-related
Information
National Council for Reliable Health Information
http://ncrhi.org
Heart
Disease and Stroke
American
Heart Association's Guidelines At-A-Glance for Preventing Heart
Disease and Stroke in Women: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018997 and
Women's
Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (pdf, 97KB)
Headache
National Headache Foundation
http://headaches.org
Health
Insurance-related Information
Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center (created in 1998 by The Actors' Fund of America as a health insurance resource for artists and people in the entertainment industry. Since then it has expanded to include resources for the self-employed, low-income workers, the under-insured, the uninsured who require medical care and many other groups, including union members.)
http://www.ahirc.org/
National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA)
http://www.ncqa.org
Medication
Safety
National Council on Patient Information and Education
http://www.talkaboutrx.org
Menopause
The North American Menopause Society
http://www.menopause.org
Power Surge
http://www.dearest.com/intro.htm
Osteoporosis
National Osteoporosis Foundation
www.nof.org
National Partnership for Women and Families
2004 Surgeon General's Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis: What it Means to You
www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/bonehealth/docs/OsteoBochure1mar05.pdf
The NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases -- National Resource Center
www.osteo.org
Pain
Management
American Pain Foundation
http://painfoundation.com
Reproductive
Health
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
http://www.acog.com
Sexually
Transmitted Disease
American Social Health Association
http://www.ashastd.org/
Skin
Health
American Academy of Dermatology
http://www.aad.org/
Teen
Health
Adolescent Wellness and Reproductive Education
Foundation (AWARE)
http://awarefoundation.org
Women's
Health, General
American Medical Women’s Association
http://www.amwa-doc.org/
Family Giver Alliance
http://caregiver.org
National Black Women’s Health Project
http://www.blackwomenshealth.org
National Family Caregivers Association
http://www.nfcacares.org/
The National Women’s Health Information Center
http://4women.gov
National Women’s Health Network (NWHN)
http://www.nwhn.org/
National Women’s Health Resource Center (NWHRC)
http://healthywomen.org
Navigating Your Health Benefits for Dummies
(complimentary hard copy available)
Office on Women’s Health (National Women's Health Information Center,
HHS)
http://womenshealth.gov
Women's Safety and Health, NYCOSH http://www.nycosh.org/womens_safety_health/womens_safety_health.html
Women's
Health, Research
Society for Women’s Health Research
http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/
Some Things Only A Woman Can Do
http://www.womancando.org
Other
Interesting Sites Related to Women's Health
American Nurses Association
http://www.nursingworld.org/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://cms.hhs.gov/
Families USA
http://www.familiesusa.org/
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov/
Health Insight, Taking Charge of Health Information
(Advances in science and technology continue to increase the amount of health information available to the media and public. This guide seeks to help consumers evaluate health and scientific information and consider how the information can be used to improve their lives in the Age of Risk Management.)
http://www.health-insight.harvard.edu/
Medicaid Consumer Information
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicaid.asp
My Health Test Reminder
http://www.myhealthtestreminder.com
National Asian Women’s Health Organization
http://www.nawho.org/
National Black Women’s Health Project, Health
Links and Hotlines
http://www.blackwomenshealth.org
National Partnership for Women and Families
National Report Card on
Women’s Health
http://www.ohsuhealth.com/cwh/news/report_cart.html
Our Bodies, Ourselves
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org
Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/ncnv.htm
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