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SITES BY ISSUE

This section is designed to assist you in finding information pertinent to specific issues. This is a sampling of sites and many of these sites have links to other resources regarding these issues. Please be sure to check the Academy’s web site for information http://www.aap.org, as well as http://www.pediatrics.org, as a starting point for information on these topics!

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BUDGET

Keep track of Republican proposals
http://www.senate.gov/~budget/republican/index.html

House Appropriations Committee
http://www.house/appropriations

The President’s FY 99 budget proposal can be found here. Check out financing issues for children related issues.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/budget99/guide/guide.html

Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov
Relevant sections of the President’s budget proposals are summarized.

Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
Organization made up of educators, policy makers, parents, students, researchers, and other citizens with a stake in education.

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CHILD ABUSE

Child Abuse Prevention Network
http://child.cornell.edu
Research and references for those who work professionally to alleviate and prevent the problems of child abuse and family violence.

National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
http://www.childabuse.org
An early leader -- and the first national collaborator with Cornell -- in using computer networking to support child abuse prevention.

National Children’s Advocacy Center
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~ncacadm
Since opening in 1985 as the nation’s first Children’s Advocacy Center, it has become a leader in the field of prevention and intervention of child maltreatment.

Children’s Protection and Advocacy Coalition
http://www.thecpac.com
This site includes a wealth of information and connections to all sorts of resources directed at protecting children.

Parents Anonymous
http://www.parentsanonymous-natl.org/home.html
This remains the nation’s oldest and largest child abuse prevention organization dedicated to strengthening families through innovative strategies that promote support and parent leadership.

California Consortium to Prevent Child Abuse
http://www.ccpca.org
Prevents child abuse in all of its forms. This is done through training, technical assistance, information and referrals. The site includes information, lists of conferences, and links on child abuse prevention.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
http://www.missingkids.org
This national resource center spearheads national efforts to locate and recover missing children and raises public awareness about ways to prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.

Childhelp USA
http://www.childhelpusa.org
List Childhelp facilities and fundraising benefits, as well as child abuse facts and news releases.

Partnerships Against Violence Network
http://www.pavnet.org
A virtual library of information about violence and youth-at-risk, representing data from several different Federal agencies.

American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
http://www.abanet.org/child
Key collaborators with Cornell’s Child Abuse Prevention Network in building special Internet resources for legal problems in the field of child maltreatment.

The National Clearing house on Child Abuse and Neglect
http://www.calib.com/nccanch
Check out their bulletin called “prevention in Action” as well as many other resource materials.

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CHIP-- State Children Health Insurance Program Advocacy Sites

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org -- click on advocacy and schip
Tracks state by state developments

HCFA/Children’s Health Insurance Program
http://www.hcfa.gov/init/children.htm
This site, run by the Health Care Financing Administration, includes informational materials for various audiences relating to Title XXI. (SCHIP) It includes letters sent from the Administration to state officials, Federal Register notices, a draft template and instructions for the submission of Title XXI plans, and a series of Frequently Asked Questions and Answers.

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
http://www.aapd.org/WHATCHIP.HTML
Extensive fact sheet on children’s dental care in CHIP. Provides links to additional child advocates interested in CHIP and to organizations maintaining advocacy and/or tracking information on CHIP.

National Association of State Health Policy
http://www.nashp.org
Great site including “Chip Chat” bulletin board.

The Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/1998.html
Recently HHS approved the Illinois and New York state plans for expanding child health insurance in the Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Press releases are available at this site.

Families USA
http://www.epn.org/families/index.html#man
This is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable, health and long-term care for all Americans.

Health Care Financing Administration
http://www.hcfa/init/children.gov
Site has summaries about what various states are doing.

New England Journal of Medicine
http://www.nejm.org/public/1998/0338/0008/0513/1.htm
Published here is a report showing strong correlation between access to primary care and health insurance coverage for kids.

SCHIP - State Children’s Health Insurance Program
http://www.npnd.org/SCHIP.htm
This is a brief informational overview of the program. It summarizes how it works, eligibility requirements, benefit information, as well as the cost to families.

White House Press Releases on SCHIP
http://www.hcfa.gov/init/chwhpres.htm
This site contains several press releases from the White House detailing ideas on SCHIP.

Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org
Provides information for educating the nation about the needs of children; include key facts about America’s children and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
http://www.amchp1.org
This association is a national non-profit organization principally made up of directors and staff of state public health agency programs for maternal and child health, and children with special health care needs. Also includes fact sheets and Issue Briefs on topics such as “Collaboration between Title V and children’s health insurance programs.

National Center for Education in Maternal & Child Health
http://www.ncemch.org
This is a resource center dedicated to improving the health of children and families. This site provides a searchable database on MCH organizations and offer publications available for downloading on SCHIP resources and programs.

National Health Law Program
http://www.healthlaw.org
This is a national public interest law firm that serves legal services programs, Community-based organizations, the private bar, providers and individuals. This website also includes a detailed summary of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Health Resources and Services Administration
http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov
Overview of HRSA’s programs and information about grants and contracts also contains a section focusing on children’s health that includes information about HRSA’s child health programs, model child health programs and children’s health insurance.

Alpha Center
http://www.ac.org
This is a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy center that provides objective information, analysis, and strategic planning to both the public and private sectors. This Web site includes access to Alpha Center publications, selected State health care policy developments and data, links to other policy resources, and information on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

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CHILD CARE

“The ABC’s of Safe and Health Child Care”
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/abc/abc.htm
A comprehensive source for reducing disease and injury in the day care setting. The site also provides fact sheets on childhood diseases and conditions from A-Z.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
http://www.nih.gov/nichd/
NICHD came out with a comprehensive study o the impact of child are on children. NICHD will be posting a summary by June 1. The first part of the study was released last year and is at http://www.kidscampaigns.org/Hot/earlyyears.childcare.html.

Child Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org/cwla/publicpolicy/children98stats.html
Check out a comprehensive overview for child activities of federal budget and policy proposals, background information and recommendations in the areas of child care, health care, ensuring economic protection for kids, etc.

Healthy Child Care America
http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/nccic/hcca/abthcca.html
The Federal Child Care Bureau and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau have joined efforts to launch the Health Child Care America Campaign.

The American Academy of Pediatrics, with support from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services Child Care Bureau and Maternal and Child Health Bureau, assumed coordination of the campaign in October 1996. To date, more than 60 states and territories have received funding from the MCHB to implement Community Integrated Service Systems in Child Care Projects.

National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org

The Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/tax/tax21.html Can check out tax issues associated with child care. A nonprofit policy research organization investigating the social and economic problems confronting the nation and government policies and public and private programs designed to alleviate them.

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
http://www.amchp1.org
Provide leadership to assure the health and well being of all women of reproductive age, children, youth, including those with special health care needs, and their families.

KidsCampaigns News Room
http://www.kidscampaings.org/newsroom.html
Links to background information and detail on President Clinton’s legislative proposals on child care.

National Association of Child Advocates
http://www.childadvocacy.org
The collective voice of state and community-based child advocacy organizations working to ensure the safety, security, health, and education of children.

Action Alliance for Children
http://www.4children.org
Provides information about the current trends and policy issues affecting children and their families. Also publishes the Children’s Advocate newsmagazine. In addition, the agency coordinates conferences and training courses; publishes a Master Calendar of events and resources; and produces videos about violence and young children.

Child Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org
This is the nation’s oldest and largest organization devoted entirely to the well-being of America’s vulnerable children and their families.

Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org
This is a private nonprofit organization supported by foundations, corporation grants, and individual donations. Its mission is to provide a strong and effective voice for all children of America, who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves.

Children Now
http://www.dnai.com:80/~children
Recognized nationally for its policy expertise and up-to-date information, Children Now uses communications strategies to reach parents, lawmakers, citizens, business, media and community leaders, creating attention and generating positive change on behalf of children.

Administration for Children & Families
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov
Within the Department of Health and Human Services, ACF provides information, news, and statistics regarding welfare, child care, child support and youth programs.

Coalition For America’s Children
http://www.usakids.org
From the Benton Foundation, an alliance of national, state, and local nonprofit organizations that calls attention to the obstacles impeding children’s well-being, and boosts children’s concerns to the top of the public agenda. Includes Campaign ‘96 and ‘98 information.

Information Clearinghouse on Children
http://www.acusd.edu/childrensissues
Based on the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law, its goal is to stimulate more extensive and accurate public discussion on emerging issues affecting children’s well-being, health and safety.

National Child Care Information Center
http://ericps.crc.uiuc.edu/nccic/nccichome.html
Sponsored by the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, Dept. of Health and Human Services, this site provides a central access point for child care related information. It also includes links to other organizations and provides full-text documents.

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
http://nrc.uchsc.edu
Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Dept. of Health and Human Services, this site has the child care licensure regulations for each state. Also available are health and safety tips and full-text resources.

UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org
Founded in 1946, UNICEF advocates and works for the protection of children’s rights, to help the young meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.

KidsCampaigns
http://www.kidscampaigns.org
Information/action center for those who want to act on the behalf of kids. Features “101 Things You Can Do” in your community, up-to-date news, and an extensive search-by- topic list.

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DIVERSE CULTURES

Center for Cross-Cultural Health:
http://www.umn.edu/ccch
This useful Web Site is a clearinghouse for health-care providers to obtain information and assistance in working with patients of diverse cultures.

Ethnic Medicine Guide:
http://www.hslib.washington.edu/clinical/ethnomed/peri.html
Descriptions of traditional beliefs and practices related to maternal and child health issues are found here. This Web Site includes descriptions of health beliefs from a wide variety of cultures. Maintained by the Harborview Medical Center at the Univ. of Washington.

Families With Children From Vietnam
http://www.tcbs.com/fcv/medical.htm
Provides information on culture, travel and adoption services from Vietnam.

Growth Charts for Chinese Children
http://www.fwcc.org
Provides a network of support for families who’ve adopted children from China and provide information to prospective parents.

International Child Health
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/IPA/pubs/inch.htm
A digest of current information on international child health.

Native Web
http://www.nativeweb.org
A site that provides information about the lives and cultures of Native Americans, Alsaskan Natives, and other indigenous peoples. The topics include languages, education, organizations, newsletters, and other sites which focus on Native issues.

MCH Cultural Competence Resource Center:
http://www.dml.georgetown.edu/depts/pediatrics/gucdc/cultural.html
The Cultural Competence Resource Center assists Title V programs in the design, implementation, and evaluation of culturally competent service delivery systems for children with special health needs and their families from culturally diverse populations.

Office on Minority Health Resource Center:
http://www.omhrc.gov/Welcome.htm
Provides information on current issues in minority health, including events an conferences, resource persons, funding resources, and hotlines, this Web Site may prove very useful.

Psychosocial Health of the Child: A Global View
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/IPA/pubs/inches/inch7_3/eis.htm

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PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
http://www.aapd.org
Organization whose dentists members are specifically trained to provide both the primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral healthcare for infants, children, and adolescents. They have a new advocacy section on their site.

American Association of Dental Schools
http://www.aads.jhu.edu/dga.html
Has a fairly extensive legislative activities section and resources.

American Association of Public Health Dentistry
http://141.211.226.92/aaphd/aaphd.html
For all public health dentists -- academia, government and private. Very thorough link section.

American Dental Association
http://www.ada.org
Primary membership organization in dentistry. Site is informative but most everything is accessible by “members only”.

American Dental Hygienists’ Association
http://www.adha.org
Very attractive site with good kids links. Good “additional information” links and consumer information.

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors
http://jonah.creighton.edu/ASTDD.htm
State dental public health authorities -- not a great deal of substance here.

International Association of Dental Research
http://www.iadr.com
Primarily academic based research. Schedule of meetings, lists of officers and a collection of related links.

National Institute of Dental Research
http://www.nidr.nih.gov
Part of the National Institute of Health -- the “granddaddy of web sites”.

Wisconsin Dental Association
http://caries.dental.mu.edu/WDA/govtsvcs.html
Has a wealth of information on issues affecting dentistry in the 97-98 legislative session.

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DISABILITIES

Americans With Disabilities Act Document Center
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder/linkframe.htm
Site links to documents on the Americans with Disabilities Act law, regulations, technical assistance documents, etc.

Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Home Page (CCD)
http://www.radix.net/~ccd/welcome.html
Great site for current legislative activities relating to disabilities. A coalition of national disability organizations working together to advocacy for national public policy that ensure independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities.

DisABILITY Information and Resources
http://www.eskimo.com/%7Ejlubin/disabled.html
Comprehensive site that links to disability related sites.

Beach Center on Families and Disabilities
http://www.lsi.ukans.edu/beach/html
Research and training center that focuses on improving the functioning of families who have members with disabilities. Excellent site for fact sheets pertaining to families and disability issues.

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders
http://www.chadd.org
National organization that provides support and information relating to attention deficit disorders.

Empowerment Zone
http://www.empowermentzone.com
Provides information on political action, social security , telecommunications, accessible education, etc.

Family Village
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/tindex.htm
Fabulous site for all kinds of disability information , great links to other disability related discussion groups and related websites, and links to websites that provide disability related print material.

Learning Disabilities Association
http://www.Idanatl.org
Not for profit organization that provides research, training, education, advocacy information, disseminates information and creates atmosphere of public awareness and acceptance.

National Easter Seal Society
http://www.seals.com
Nationwide network affiliate chapters that provide rehabilitation programs, assistance technology information and monitor governmental policies affecting the lives of people with disabilities.

National Parent Network on Disabilities
http://www.npnd.org
A not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities and special heath care needs. Excellent site for following up-to-date information relating to special education programs and Children’s Health Insurance Programs.

The Arc of the United States
http://TheArc.org
National organization that provides education, research and advocacy. Excellent site for up-to-date legislative activities relating to disabilities.

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SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION/TECHNOLOGY

AAP Committee on School Health (COSH) nad the AAP Section on School Health
http://www.schoolhealth.org
A new Web site specifically for pediatricians involved or interested in school health. The site is partially funded through the ASAP Comprehensive School Health-Capacity and Policy Initiative, which is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through a subcontract with the AMA. Feature of site include newsletter articles and other resources, description of upcoming educational programs, and links to sites of other national organizations which address school health issues.

American Medical Student Association
http://www.asma.org/
This organization is nearly a half-century old and consists of medical student activism and is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States.

Benton Foundation
http://www.benton.org/Library/Schools/three.html#feds
Probes relationships between the public, corporate, and nonprofit sectors to address the critical questions for democracy in the information age.

Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education.html
Statistics and general information from the US Census Bureau.

Council of Great City Schools
http://www.cgcs.org
An organization of the nation’s largest urban public school systems, advocating K-12 education in inner-city schools, and governed by superintendents and board of education members form 50 cities across the country.

Education Week
http://www.edweek.org
An on-line source of information from education marketers.

Future of Children
http://www.futureofchildren.org/sch/index.htm
School reports, school financing issues.

Girls Inc. - Dept of Ed.
http://www.girsinc.org
Federal initiative focusing on early adolescent girls.

National Mentoring Partnership
http://www.mentoring.org
An advocate for the expansion of mentoring as well as a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.

National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org
Promote excellence in early childhood education.

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
http://www.naesp.org
Provides a peer network of more than 27,000 principals worldwide and is dedicated to ensuring that all children get the best education possible.

National Center for Education Statistics
http://www.ed.gov/NCES/pubs97/97983
Private vs. public education issues.

National Education Association
http://www.nea.org
Focus is on news and information about what members are doing at the national, state, and local level to make things better for children, public schools, and America’s future.

National Education Goals Panel
http://www.negp.gov
Check out the 7th Annual “The National Education Goals Report: Building a Nation of Learners 1997 and other information.

National PTA
http://www.pts.org
Information regarding more quality after school programs.

State of American Education Address
http://www.ed.gov
President Bill Clinton’s speech on “A Call to Action for American Education in the 21st Century.

The National Center on Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/violence/98030002.html

White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/wh/New/Ratings/

Children Partnership
http://www.childrensparternship.org/parentguide/parguide.html
Information book on kids and the information superhighway

American Library Association
http://www.ssdesign.com/parentspage/greatsites/
Guide for kids and the internet

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ENVIRONMENTAL SITES

Children’s Environmental Health Network
http://www.cehn.org
Great information and many links to related sites as well.

Children’s Health Environmental Coalition
http://www.checnet.org
Non-profit organization that researches the causes of childhood cancers and their relation to hazards in the environment.

Coalition for America’s Children
http://www.kidscampaigns.org
An alliance of national, state, and local nonprofit organizations that calls attention to the obstacles impeding children’s well-being, and boosts children’s concerns to the top of the agenda.

Environmental Working Group
http://www.ewg.org
Leading content provider for public interest groups and concerned citizens who are campaigning to protect the environment.

Environmental Health Coalition
http://www.environmentalhealth.org
A leading content provider for public interest groups and concerned citizens who are campaigning to protect the environment.

Envirolink Library
http://envirolink.org/orgs/index.html
Provides listing of many environmental organizations.

Environmental Resources
http://pti.nw.dc.us/envlinks.htm
Provides links to many environmental resources.

Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet
http://www.mothers.org/mothers
A national, nonprofit, educational organization working to promote consumer choices which are safe and ecologically sustainable for this generation and the next.

National Association of Physicians for the Environment
http://www.intr.net/napenet
Involved in educating physicians and the public about the importance of energy efficiency in the healthcare sector and other environmental issues that impact on human health.

Energy Resources
http://pti.nw.dc.us/enlinks.htm
Provides listings for many energy resources.

Natural Resources Defense Council
The Centers for Disease Control -- check out guide lines that support expanding lead poison screening of at-risk-children. Also information about second hand smoke and other related statistics.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
See their book on the A to Zs of environmental hazards.

Alliance to end Childhood Lead Poisoning
http://www.aeclp.org
A national, educational, policy and advocacy organization dedicated exclusively to ending the epidemic of childhood lead poisoning.

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HEALTH CARE

Federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
http://www.ahcpr.gov
Visit site to read report regarding child health care coverage problems.

Families USA
http://www.familiesusa.org/hmoagre.htm
Visit this URL to read about standards in health care delivery.

Children’s Action Alliance
http://www.pcslink.com/~caa/
This is a non-profit, nonpartisan research, policy and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of all of Arizona’s children and families.

Children’s Partnership’s Next Generation
http://www.childrenspartnership.org
Information on health care coverage.

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
http://www.unicef.org/crc/status.htm
The first nearly universally ratified Human Rights Treaty in History.

The Children’s Rights Project of Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/about/projects/children.html
Established to monitor human rights abuses against children around the world and to campaign to end them.

International Labor Organization
http://www.ilo.org
Lot’s of background information on this issue.

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
Access to health statistics and other information from the CDC.

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HEALTH CARE REFORM

Families USA
http://www.familiesusa.org
This is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.

American Public Welfare Association
http://www.apwa.org
This is a nonprofit, bipartisan organization of individuals and agencies educating members of Congress, the media, and the broader public on what is happening in the states concerning welfare, child welfare, health care reform, and other issues involving families and the elderly.

Association for the Care of Children’s Health
http://www.ACCH.org
This is a multidisciplinary membership organization of healthcare providers, family members, facility designers, teachers, child life specialists, chaplains, hospitals, and other organizations committed to improving the quality of health care for children and their families through education, dissemination of resources, research, and advocacy.

Physicians for a National Health Program
http://www.pnhp.org
This program is a nationally recognized center of expertise on health care reform.

Health Care Liability Alliance
http://www.up.com/HCLA
This is a national advocacy coalition that supports effective federal health care liability reform.

Health Care Financing Agency
http://www.hcfa.gov
This is a federal agency that administers the Medicaid, Medicare and the Child Health Insurance Program.

Rock the Vote
http://www.iuma.com/RTV/introduction.html
Rock The Vote is a national nonpartisan organization for young people educating them health care reform.

Public Welfare Foundation
http://www.publicwelfare.org
The Foundation’s concept of human welfare is broad. From the first grant in 1948 to the present, the Foundation remains committed to supporting organizations that help people overcome barriers to full participation in society.

Health Access Foundation
http://www.publicwelfare.org/pwf/funding/1996/health/healthadvocacy.html
General support for this statewide consumer coalition of 200 organizations dedicated to achieving affordable, quality health care for all Californians.

Health Care For All
http://www.publicwelfare.org/pwf/funding/1996/health/healthadvocacy.html
Support for Health Access and Outreach Project to replicate a model of consumer involvement in other states and for work on preserving non-profit assets in communities across the country.

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IMMUNIZATION SITES

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/bhpr/vicp/new.htm
Congress enacted this program as a no-fault alternative to the tort system of resolving claims resulting from adverse reactions to mandated childhood vaccines. Now in its 8th year of operation, the Program has achieved its policy goals of providing compensation to those injured by rare adverse events, liability protection for vaccine manufacturers and administrators, and vaccine market stabilization.

National Immunization Program
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/home.htm
This program is part of the Centers for Disease Control and provides consultation, training, statistical, promotional, educational, epidemiological, and technical services to assist health department in planning, developing, and implementing immunization programs.

Immunization Action Coalition & Hepatitus B Coalition
http://www.immunize.org
This site is composed of two components and serves as one of the premier sources of childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization information and Hepatitus B educational materials anywhere on the Web. Their twice-yearly publication, Needle Tips & the Hepatitus B Coalition News, is now sent to more than 250,000 health care professionals.

CDC National Immunization Program Registry Clearinghouse
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/registry
This is a source of accurate immunization histories for health care providers and consumers maintained by a team of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention professionals dedicated to collecting and disseminating up-to-date information between registry partners.

All Kids Count
http://allkidscount.org
This program was initiated in 1991 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to develop immunization monitoring and follow-up systems for preschool children.

Every Child By Two
http://www.ecbt.org
Roalynn Carter (former First Lady of the United States) and Betty Bumpers (former First Lady of Arkansas/wife of Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers), have focused their efforts over the past three decades toward the goal of reducing infant mortality through timely immunization.

Immunization Action Plan
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/nyclink/html/doh/html/imm/immiap.html
The IAP program combines increased service delivery, media and education, immunization clinic assessments, immunization tracking software and community & professional development.

Special Program for Vaccines and Immunization
http://www.paho.org/english/svihome.htm
This program was established to strengthen the activities of vaccine research development, and immunization, and control/eradication of vaccine preventable diseases in the Region of the Americas.

ImmunoFacts
http://www.immunofacts.com
This Immunization Gateway is an electronic service of ImmunoFacts: Vaccines & Immunologic Drugs. It is the most detailed, up-to-date reference source available on immunizations.

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MEDIA AND CHILDREN

Coalition for Quality Children’s Media
http://www.cqcm.org/kidsfirst/home.shtml
This is a national not-for-profit organization that is a voluntary collaboration between the media industry, educators and child advocacy organizations. It’s mission is to enhance children’s viewing experiences by making quality children’s media more visible and more readily available. KIDS FIRST! is the Coalition’s program that evaluates and rates children’s media: videos, CD-ROMS and television.

Parents Television Council
http://www.parentstv.org.
This is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing responsibility to television programming. It is the voice for American families who want quality entertainment on early prime-time television which reinforces the traditional values parents and guardians are trying to instill in their children.

KIDSNET
http://www.kidsnet.org
This is the only national non-profit computerized clearinghouse and information center devoted to children’s television, radio, audio, video and multimedia. KIDSNET helps children, families and educators intelligently access the educational opportunities available from television, radio and multimedia sources. It does this by encouraging media literacy in children and a commitment to educational excellence in broadcasters.

Center for Media Education
http://tap.epn.org/cme/intro.html#about
This is a national non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of the electronic media. Their primary focus is on children and in 1992, CME spearheaded a national Campaign for Kids’ TV which resulted in a decision by the Federal Communications Commission to require TV stations to air a minimum of three hours of educational childrens programs per week.

Media Literacy Online Project
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/HomePage
This is a result of a collaborative effort of many people worldwide. Their goal is to make available to teachers, students, parents and producers, a comprehensive collection of resources related to the influence of media in the lives of children, youth, and adults.

Council for Public Media
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/output/www/cpm.html
This is a national educational organization that serves as a resource, clearinghouse, and training center for grassroots groups seeking effective ways to make the media responsive to the public.

Association of America’s Public Television Stations
http://www.apts.org
Provides information and statistics about children and the media, education and public television. Also provides action alerts with information about how to help in the fight to preserve public television programming.

American Medical Association
http://www.amsa.org
This organization focus is on the problems of the medically undeserved, inequities in the health-care system and related issues in medical education. Also conducts research and surveys on media violence and its effects on children.

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org
This organization deals with the “mind.” It conducts research on the positive as well as the negative impact of the media on children.

National Cable Television Association
http://www.ncta.com.
Provides “Tools to Use to Help You Choose” brochure on the new TV ratings system and valuable information on the “Taking Charge of Your TV” critical viewing project. Also provides guidelines to help parents monitor young children’s viewing.

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NUTRITION

Second Harvest
http://www.secondharvest.org/websecha/d_ff.htm
Web site has information on hunger among America’s children.

Food Action and Research Center
http://www.frac.org
Information on federal food programs and kids.

US Dept. of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/fcs/measure.htm
Check out their first official comprehensive assessment of hunger in America. While your there, also look at http://www.usda.gov/fcs/library/0314.htm -- study points out that the nation wastes more than 96 billion pounds of food each year -- enough to feed 50,000 people a day.

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PEDIATRIC AIDS

Pediatric AIDS Foundation
http://www.pedaids.org
This is the leading U.S. national non-profit organization dedicated to identifying, funding and conducting basic pediatric HIV/AIDS research.

National Foundation for Children With Aids
http://www.childrenwithaids.org
This is a national organization dedicated to providing comfort and assistance to children stricken with AIDS. Their efforts for the children comes in the way of doctors, nursing assistance, medications, field trips, entertainment, reading materials, T.V., games, and anything else to dignify these children strained existence.

CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse
http://www.cdcnac.org
Their services are designed to facilitate the sharing of HIV/AIDS resources and related information about education and prevention, published materials, and research findings, as well as news about related trends.

UNAIDS
http://www.unaids.org
As the main advocate for global action on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS leads, strengthens, and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing the transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and alleviating the impact of the epidemic.

Children with AIDS Project of America
http://www.aidskids.org
This is a non-profit organization that recruits families around the U.S. to provide loving and caring permanent and foster homes for HIV infected and affected children.

Kids Care AIDS Network
http://www.kids-can.org
Kids and teens provide services and support for children with HIV/AIDS and exchange fundraising information and ideas nationwide.

Mothers’ Voices
http://www.mvoices.org
This is a national grassroots network of mothers promoting public policy for AIDS education, prevention, research and treatment.

Sunshine for HIV Kids, Inc.
http://www.songshine.com
This is a nonprofit organization that identifies and raises funds for charities for Pediatric HIV/AIDS organizations.

Ryan White Foundation
http://www.ryanwhite.org
This is a national non-profit organization established to increase awareness of personal, family, and community issues related to HIV/IDS.

Magic Johnson Foundation, Inc.
http://www.magicjohnson.org
This foundation was established to raise money as a public charity to fund HIV and AIDS organizations specializing in education, prevention, and care geared toward young people.

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE/TOBACCO

http://www.ash.org/areport.html
A report on the “Summary of Major Recommendations of the Task Force on the Regulation of Nicotine and Tobacco Products.

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/tob-hs97.htm
Check out a study released in April, 1998 by the CDC called “Tobacco Use Among High School Students -- United States 1997”

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
http://www.health.org/csat/tcfiles/index.htm
Obtain public awareness kit which provides materials regarding successful treatment for chemical dependence saves lives, families and money.

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

Center on Alcohol Advertising

ENACT

Institute for Social Research at the Univ. of Michigan
http://www.isr.umich.edu/src/mtf/index.html
Monitoring the Future Study about adolescent drug usage.

The Commerce Committee of the House of Representatives
http://www.houes.gov/commerce/TobaccoDocs/documents.html
See information regarding tobacco hearings.

The Senate Commerce Committee
http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/legis/329tobsu.pdf
Available at this site is the tobacco bill passed last week which will serve as the outline for enacting tobacco legislation initiated by the 1997 tobacco settlement between tobacco companies and public health advocates.

Join Together
http://www.jointogether.org/jto/Policy/Panels/treat/default.stm
Focus on substance abuse issues.

National Institutes for Health
http://www.niaaa.nigh.ogv/events/aging.htm
Information about adolescent drinking.

National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDAA)
http://www.nida.nih.gov
Supports over 85 percent of the world’s research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction.

PRIDE
http://www.americaspride.com/pages/release102897
Report on teen drug use.

Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco
http://www.stat.org
STATs’ mission is “to stop childhood and teenage addiction to tobacco by using a combination of activism, advocacy, education, and networking to eliminate the availability of tobacco to minors, regulate tobacco advertising and promotion, and make the public aware of the unethical and deceitful marketing practices of the tobacco industry.”

Americans for Nonsmokers Rights
http://www.no-smoke.org
A national membership group working for clean indoor air and other tobacco control issues. This site is listed as one of the more effective of all tobacco control groups.

Action on Smoking and Health
http://ash.org
A national nonprofit legal action and educational organization fighting for the rights of nonsmokers against the many problems of smoking. Executive Director & law professor John Banzhaf got tobacco ads off TV and radio. Make news by faxing to your local media, and posting on various on-line discussion groups, updated information from their website.

National Center for Tobacco Free Kids
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org
The country’s largest nongovernment initiative ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction. The Campaign serves as a resource and partner for over 100 health, civic and other groups dedicated to reducing tobacco use among America’s children.

Save Lives, Not Tobacco
http://www.savelives.org
This is the coalition of public health, consumer, medical, civic, labor, and business organizations that advocates fair and effective tobacco control policies at local, state, and national levels.

Advocacy Institute
http:///www.advocacy.org
A training institute that helps other groups advance their own goals through sharpened political skills. The Advocacy Institute administers SCARCNet, a private computer network for tobacco control advocates.

INFACT
http://www.boutell.com/infact
This is a national grassroots corporate watchdog organization campaigning for corporate accountability. Coordinates the boycott of Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, and subsidiaries. Through their ‘face the faces’ project, photographs of hundreds of tobacco victims are displayed at industry shareholder meetings and in the national media. Excellent pins and bumper stickers are available.

Washington State Doctors Ought to Care
http://www.kickbutt.org
News and issues relating to tobacco and health advocacy.

Tobacco Products Liability Project
http://www.tobacco.neu.edu
An organization that encourages and supports litigation against the tobacco industry.

Tobacco Bulletin Board System
http://www.tobacco.org
This site is a free resource center focusing on tobacco and smoking issues. It features news, information, assistance for smokers trying to quit, alerts for tobacco control advocates, and open debate on the wide spectrum of tobacco issues.

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VIOLENCE

"Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools" from AIR Web site
http://www.air.org/cecp/guide
The US Departments of Justice and Education, with the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice and the National Association of School Psychologists, developed this guide for schools and child health professionals on identifying and preventing violence in the school setting, intervention strategies and resources for troubled children, and responses to violent situations. The site also features discussion groups and links to other resources.

Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan (HELP)
http://www.childmmc.edu/help/helphome.htm
This is the public health voice in the national debate about handgun violence. Since 1993, HELP has served as a clearinghouse for information regarding the modern plague caused by firearms, emphasizing prevention and policy solutions that focus on handguns.

National Institute for Conflict Resolution
http://www.nidr.org
An institute that provide clients with the design of prevention principles that can head-off unnecessary disputes and avoid the costs of escalation.

Urban Institute
http://www.urvan.org/periodcl/update28.htm
Check out “Getting Tough on Crime”

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
http://www.fightcrime.org/CrimeReportF15.html

Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
http://www.gunfree.org/csgv/csgvsumm.htm
This is a unique coalition, of which the Academy is a member, of more than forty religious, professional, labor, medical, educational, and civic organizations. The Coalition was formed to combat the growing gun violence problem in the United States. This Coalition counts more than 100,000 individual supporters nationwide.

Educational Fund to End Handgun Violence
http://www.mjcnet.com/anti-gun/efehv.htm
Incorporated in 1978 as an “educational” spin-off to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, the EFEHV is supported by private donations and foundation grants. The fund distributes anti-gun “research” on handgun violence, firearms marketing and production and firearms design.

Ceasefire Action Network
http://www.gunfree.org/edfund/ceasefir.htm
This is a collection of organizations and individuals dedicated to stopping gun violence. State gun control organizations, public health advocates, grassroots activists, religious organizations and concerned citizens are all represented in the network.

Hands Without Guns
http://www.gunfree.org/edfund/hands/hwgsumm.htm
This is an innovative public health and education campaign to change young people’s attitudes about gun possession. The goals of the campaign are to reduce the public acceptability of firearms by promoting and stimulating the positive grassroots initiatives at work in communities and neighborhoods and to encourage youth activism in the fight against gun violence.

The Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
http://www.guninfo.org/cphav.html
This is a national, non-profit education, research, and legal action organization dedicated to educating Americans about the scope of gun violence and preventing further bloodshed. The Center works with doctors, lawyers, researchers, law enforcement officers, teachers, entertainers, civic groups and the media to attack the gun violence epidemic on many fronts. CPHV is the educational sister organization of Handgun Control, Inc., led by Sarah and Jim Brady.

Handgun Control, Incorporated
http://www.handguncontrol.org/helping/brief.htm
This is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization that lobbies in favor of common-sense gun regulations at both state and national level. Leaders are Sarah and Jim Brady. The Center to Prevent Handgun Violence located at http://www.handguncontrol.org/helping/cphv.htm is the educational and research affiliate of Handgun Control, Inc. It also works closely to educate the general public about the issues surrounding gun violence in the United States.

Join Together
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/frontpage.jtml
This is a national resource center linking people through information and strategies to encourage community action to prevent and reduce the use of illicit drugs, excessive alcohol, tobacco and gun violence. They have a list of resource on domestic violence and substance abuse.

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
http://www.cdc.org/ncipc
Part of the Center for Disease Control

Violence Policy Center
http://www.mjcnet.com/anti-gun/vpc.htm
This is a non-profit national educational foundation that proposes firearms restrictions as measures to reduce violence in America.

National Rifle Association
http://www.nra.com
Check out what the competition has to say!

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WELFARE

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/news/welfare
Provides a variety of information.

Illinois Dept. of Children and Family Services
http://www.state.il.us/dcfs/
This is one of the of largest state agency child welfare sites.

Child Welfare League
http://www.cwla.org
The nation’s oldest and largest organization devoted to the well-being of America’s vulnerable children and their families.

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PARENTING SITES

Parenting Q&A
http://www.parenting-qa.com/parentqa/qanda/
Allows parents to browse a menu of 35 topics ranging from adoption to work & family. Under pediatric health has information on numerous child health issues.

The Informed Parent
http://www.informedparent.com
Offers searchable archives containing feature articles on pediatric health issues.

Family.com
http://www.family.com
Developed by strategic alliance of the Mayo Clinic and Disney. Offers an Ask the Pediatrician facility, staffed by pediatricians from the Mayo Foundation.

KidsDoctor
http://www.kidsdoctor.com/
Offers a search engine for researching medical conditions. Online pediatrician Lewis Coffin who is on staff at Ealeston Children’s Hospital at Emory University Medical Center.

Parentsroom
http://gwabbs.com/~delila/parents.htm
Created out of a need for a “wholesome” place where parents and others can chat.

Parents Place
http://www.parentsplace.com/
Run by a husband and wife team -- has a range of health and medical resources. Also has “Children’s Health Center.” http://www.parentsplace.com/genobject.cgi/readroom/dr_answers.html where public can ask all types of questions of professional from doctors, dentist, midwives, lactation consultants, etc. Features the Dr. Judy Column, an source for general pediatric health questions.

PEDBASE
http://www.gretmar.com/Webdoctor/pedbase.html
Built by Alan Gandy, MD -- the objective of the database is to provide info on various pediatric disorders. Site has a powerful search engine and a tremendous amount of information.

Dr. Greene’s House Calls
http://www.drgreene.com/
Well organized site and new articles are published daily and are archived for easy retrieval.

Babyonline
http://www.babyonline.com/
A comprehensive information service for parents and childcare alike, addressing issues such as pregnancy and parenting.

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