MCH Links

Maternal and Child Health Bureau, US Department of Human Services. http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/training/index.asp
The MCH Training Program of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) funds public and private non-profit institutions of higher learning to provide leadership training in maternal and child health (MCH).  The website includes links to funded programs across the country.

Maternal and Child Health Library. http://www.mchlibrary.info/
The MCH Library at Georgetown University provides accurate and timely information including the weekly newsletter MCH Alert, resource guides, full text publications, databases, and links to quality MCH sites.

Maternal and Child Health Section, American Public Health Association. http://mchneighborhood.ichp.edu/MCHAPHA/
The Maternal & Child Health Section of the American Public Health Association was organized in 1921 with the mission of developing innovative and creative approaches to addressing the health needs of mothers, children and families. The membership is composed of professionals from diverse disciplines including nurses, physicians, midwives, social workers, psychologists, researchers, nutritionists, day care workers who are involved at every level of health care delivery and policy development.

The Powell Center for Women's Health, University of Minnesota. http://www.womenshealth.umn.edu/
The Powell Center advances the health and wellness of all women in Minnesota by providing access to primary and specialty care, advancing knowledge in women's health through research, sharing innovative research with women of all communities - metro, rural, immigrant and underserved, educating health care professionals and communities, mentoring students and professionals to become leaders in women's health, and partnering with community organizations.

The Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center. http://www.jhsph.edu/wchpc/
The Women's and Children's Health Policy Center (WCHPC) was established in 1991 to address current policy issues related to evolving health systems reforms impacting on the health of women, children, and adolescents.  The Center's mission is to draw upon the science base of the university setting to inform policies, programs, and the practice of maternal and child health nationally.  A significant emphasis is given to conducting and translating research for application in the field.

The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. http://www.amchp.org/
AMCHP is the national organization representing state public health leaders and other working to improve the health and well being of women, children and youth including those with special health care needs and families.  Annual conference, legislative and issue information.

Adolescent Health

•  Pediatrics (the journal). http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/search.dtl
•  Alan Guttmacher Institute. http://www.guttmacher.org
•  American Academy of Pediatrics. http://www.aap.org
•  American Medical Association. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1947.htm l
•  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adolescent website. http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec801e457a
•  Childtrends. http://www.childtrends.org
•  Forum on Child and Family Statistics. http://www.childstats.gov
•  KidsCount, Annie E. Casey Foundation. http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/
•  Konopka Institute. http://www.konopka.umn.edu/peds/ahm/konopka/links.html
•  Minnesota Department of Health. http://www.health.state.mn.us/youth/
•  Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting. http://www.moappp.org
•  Minnesota Student Survey. http://children.state.mn.us/mde/Learning_Support/Safe_and_Healthy_Learners/Minnesota_Student_Survey/index.html
•  National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. http://www.teenpregnancy.org
•  The Future of Children. http://www.futureofchildren.org
•  Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/

Advocacy

•  Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). http://www.acorn.org
•  Alan Guttmacher Institute. http://www.guttmacher.org
•  Children's Defense Fund. http://www.childrensdefense.org
•  Child Trends. http://www.childtrends.org
•  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. http://www.iatp.org
•  Kids Count. http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
•  Stand for Children. http://www.stand.org

Child Health  

•  American Academy of Pediatrics. http://www.aap.org
•  Annie E. Casey Foundation. http://aecf.org
•  Children's Defense Fund. http://www.childrensdefense.org
•  Childtrends. http://www.childtrends.org
•  Child Welfare. http://www.childwelfare.com
•  Child Welfare Institute. http://gocwi.org
•  Child Welfare League of America. http://www.cwla.org
•  Children's Defense Fund. http://www.childrensdefense.org
•  Connect for Kids. http://www.connectforkids.org
•  Data Resource Center (DRC) for Child and Adolescent Health. http://www.childhealthdata.org
•  Global Child Health Society. http://www.gcsltdc.com/
•  Forum on Child and Family Statistics. http://www.childstats.gov
•  KidsCount, Annie E. Casey Foundation. http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/
•  March of Dimes. http://www.modimes.org
•  National Children's Study. http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov
•  National Children's Study at the University of Minnesota. http://www.ncs.umn.edu
•  Pediatrics (the journal). http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/search.dtl
•  The Future of Children. http://www.futureofchildren.org
•  The Institute for Child Health Policy. http://www.ichp.ufl.edu

Family Health and Welfare  

•  Forum on Child and Family Statistics. http://www.childstats.gov  

Global Health  

•  Academy for Educational Development (AED): Center for Global Health Communication and Marketing. http://www.globalhealthcommunication.org/healthareas/family_planning-reproductive_health
•  Advocates for Youth. http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fsglobal.htm
•  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provides funds/grants for global repro). http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Pri_Diseases/ReproductiveMaternalHealth/default.htm
•  Center for Disease Control (CDC) Global Reproductive Health. http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/Global/index.htm
•  Center of Health and Gender Equity. http://www.genderhealth.org/
Links : http://www.genderhealth.org/L11.php?TOPIC=LNK
•  Center for Reproductive Rights. http://www.reproductiverights.org
Search by region. http://www.reproductiverights.org/ww_searchbyreg.html
World –wide repro health issues. http://www.reproductiverights.org/ww_issues.html
•  The Centre for Development and Population Activities: http://www.cedpa.org/section/whatwedo/rh_aids
•  EngenderHealth (ensuring women's health). http://www.engenderhealth.org/ia/swh/index.html
•  Family Care International (global sexual and repro health). http://www.rhrc.org/resources/iawg/
•  Family Health International (reproductive health). http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/index.htm
•  Feminist Majority Foundation (contains links to multiple sites). http://feminist.org/rrights/internatl.html
•  Global Health Council. http://www.globalhealthcouncil.org
•  Reproductive. http://www.globalhealth.org/view_top.php3?id=488
•  Global Network for Perinatal and Reproductive Health (clinical research). http://www.ohsu.edu/gnprh/
•  Guttmacher Institute. http://www.guttmacher.org/
•  Harvard's Global Reproductive Health Forum. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/frame1/researchlib.html
•  International Planned Parenthood Federation. http://www.ippf.org/en/
•  JHPIEGO. http://www.jhpiego.org/
•  Planned Parenthood (international issues). http://www.plannedparenthood.org/news-articles-press/politics-policy-issues/international-issues.htm
•  Population Action International. http://www.populationaction.org/Issues/Reproductive_Health/Index.shtml
•  Population Council. http://www.popcouncil.org/ Reproductive health program. http://www.popcouncil.org/rh/program.html
•  Reproductive Health in Response to Conflict Consortium. http://www.rhrc.org/
•  United Nations Development Fund for Women. http://www.unifem.org/
•  United Nations Population Fund. http://www.unfpa.org/
•  USAID Health (family planning). http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/pop/index.html
•  Women's Commission: (refugee health). http://www.womenscommission.org/
•  Women's Global Health Imperative. http://www.wghi.org/
•  World Health Organization (WHO). http://www.who.org

• Reproductive Health homepage. http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/index.htm
• Health Topics: Reproductive health. http://www.who.int/topics/reproductive_health/en/
• Reproductive Health Library. http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/rhl/index.html

Health Disparities and Social Epidemiology  

•  Agency for Health Care Quality. http://www.ahrq.gov/
•  Association of Schools of Public Health. http://www.asph.org
•  Casey Family Program. http://www.casey.org
•  Center for Aging and Health (Johns Hopkins). http://www.jhsph.edu/agingandhealth/indexhtml
•  Center for American Indian Health (Johns Hopkins). http://www.jhsph.edu/caih/index.html
•  Center for Health Disparities Solutions (Johns Hopkins). http://www.jhsph.edu/healthdisparities/index.html
•  Center for Research on Health and Sexual Orientation. http://www.stophiv.com/crhso/
•  Center for Rural Health Practice. http://www.upb.pitt.edu/crhp/
•  Center for Women's Health (U of MN). http://www.ahc.umn.edu/wmhlth/
•  Child Trends. http://www.childtrends.org
•  Children's Defense Fund. http://www.childrensdefense.org
•  Closing the Health Gap. http://www.healthgap.omhrc.gov/
•  Community Engagement (MN Dept of Health). http://www.health.state.mn.us/communityeng/
•  Harvard – Center for Health and Human Rights. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fxbcenter/
•  Indian Health Services (US Dept. of Health and Human Services). http://www.ihs.gov/index.asp
•  Institute on Race and Poverty (U of MN). http://www.irpumn.org/website/
•  Minnesota Census Data. http://www.demography.state.mn.us/
•  Minnesota Population Center (U of MN). http://www.pop.umn.edu/index.shtml
•  Minority and Multicultural Health (MN Dept of Health). http://www.health.state.mn.us/ommh/
•  Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 (Nat'l Conference of State Legislatures). http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/health/MinHlt.htm
•  Multicultural Action Plan for Eliminating Health Disparities. http://www.outofman1.org/home.htm
•  Multilingual Health Resource Exchange. http://www.health-exchange.net/
•  National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities. http://ncmhd.nih.gov/
•  National Women's Health Information Center. http://www.4woman.gov/
•  Prevention Institute. http://www.preventioninstitute.org/healthdis.html
•  Public Health & Social Justice. http://phsj.org/
•  Race and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH 2010). http://www.cdc.gov/reach2010/
•  Rural Assistance Center. http://www.raconline.org/about
•  University of South Carolina – Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities. http://www.shp.sc.edu/nutrition/default.htm
•  University of Oklahoma – Center for Native American Research. http://export.ouhsc.edu/
•  University of Pittsburgh: Center for Minority Health. http://www.smh.pitt.edu/home1.html
•  Urban Health Institute (Johns Hopkins). http://www.urbanhealthinstitute.jhu.edu
•  Urban Institute. http://www.urban.org

Professional Organizations

•  American Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.org
•  American Heart Association. http://www.americanheart.org
•  American Medical Women's Association. http://www.amwa-doc.org/
•  Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. http://www.amchp.org/
•  Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health. http://www.atmch.org
•  North American Menopause Society. http://www.menopause.org  

Public Health and Social Policy

•  Agency for Health Care Quality. http://www.ahrq.gov/
•  Closing the Health Gap. http://www.healthgap.omhrc.gov/
•  Indian Health Services (US Dept. of Health and Human Services). http://www.ihs.gov/index.asp
•  National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities. http://ncmhd.nih.gov/
•  National Women's Health Information Center. http://www.4woman.gov/
•  Race and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH 2010). http://www.cdc.gov/reach2010/

Minnesota
•  Community Engagement (MDH). http://www.health.state.mn.us/communityeng/
•  Minnesota Census Data. http://www.demography.state.mn.us/
•  Minority and Multicultural Health (Minnesota Department of Health). http://www.health.state.mn.us/ommh/
•  Multilingual Health Resource Exchange. http://www.health-exchange.net/

University of Minnesota
•  Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health (Social Epidemiology Work Group). http://www.socialepi.org
•  Center for Women's Health. http://www.ahc.umn.edu/wmhlth/
•  Institute on Race and Poverty. http://www.irpumn.org/website/
•  Minnesota Population Center. http://www.pop.umn.edu/index.shtml

Health Disparities Research Centers
•  Center for Research on Health and Sexual Orientation. http://www.stophiv.com/crhso/
•  Center for Rural Health Practice. http://www.upb.pitt.edu/crhp/
•  Harvard - Center for Health and Human Rights. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/fxbcenter/
•  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Center for American Indian Health. http://www.jhsph.edu/caih/index.html
• Center for Aging and Health. http://www.jhsph.edu/agingandhealth/index.html
• Center for Health Disparities Solutions. http://www.jhsph.edu/healthdisparities/index.html

•  Urban Health Institute. http://www.urbanhealthinstitute.jhu.edu
•  University of Oklahoma - Center for Native American Research. http://export.ouhsc.edu/
•  University of Pittsburgh: Center for Minority Health. http://www.cmh.pitt.edu/home1.html
•  University of South Carolina - Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities. http://www.sph.sc.edu/nutrition/default.htm

Others
•  Association of Schools of Public Health. www.asph.org
•  Casey Family Program. http://www.casey.org
•  Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000. http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/health/MinHlt.htm
•  (Nat'l Conference of State Legislatures). http://www.ncsl.org/statefed/health/MinHlt.htm
•  Multicultural Action Plan for eliminating Health Disparities. http://www.outofmany1.org/home.htm
•  Prevention Institute. http://www.preventioninstitute.org/healthdis.html
•  Rural Assistance Center. http://www.raconline.org/about/

Reproductive Health

•  Alan Guttmacher Institute. http://www.guttmacher.org
•  American Society for Reproductive Medicine. http://www.asrm.org
•  National Fetal Infant Mortality Review Program. http://www.acog.org/togo/nfimr
•  National Women's Health Information Center. http://www.4woman.gov
•  National Women's Health Network. http://www.nwhn.org
•  Planned Parenthood. http://www.plannedparenthood.org  

US Government Resources  

•  Department of Health and Human Services links to government agencies and nonprofit organizations. http://www.healthfinder.gov •  Healthy People 2010. http://www.healthypeople.gov
•  Maternal and Child Health National Clearinghouse. http://www.mchlibrary.info
•  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
•  National Cancer Institute. http://www.nci.nih.gov
•  National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH). http://nccam.nih.gov/
•  National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. http://www.ncemch.org
•  National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/
•  National Human Genome Research Institute. http://www.genome.gov
•  National Library of Medicine's Medline Plus. http://medlineplus.gov/

Women's Health

•  American Medical Women's Association. http://www.amwa-doc.org/
•  American Society for Reproductive Medicine. http://www.asrm.org
•  Boston Women's Health Book Collective. http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/about/history.asp
•  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/health/womensmenu.htm
•  Global Health Council. http://www.globalhealthcouncil.org
•  Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. http://jamwa.amwa-doc.org/
•  National Woman's Health Information Center. http://www.4woman.gov
•  National Women's Health Network. http://www.nwhn.org
•  North American Menopause Society. http://www.menopause.org
•  Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research. http://www.womenshealthresearch.org/
•  Women's Cancer Network. http://www.wcn.org
•  Women's Health Initiative, 15-year research program about post-menopausal health. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi