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Associations
Adult & Distance Education
Breastfeeding
Consumer Health & Medical Info
General Nutrition & Food
Health Data Reports
Health/Nutrition Education Resources
Jobs & Careers
Maternal & Child Health
Online Journals
Other State Agencies
Training
Associations
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Adult & Distance Education
- California Distance Learning Health
Network http://www.cdlhn.com
calendar of courses, training, and listing of certificate
programs. Register online. Links to other distance
education Web sites.
- Click 2 Learn http://www.asymetrix.com/
Information on e-Learning solutions for businesses,
government agencies, and educational institutions
throughout the world.
- Education To Go! http://www.educationtogo.com
- Public Health Training Network http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/default.asp
(Online courses) Lists distance learning opportunities
on a variety of public health topics and catalog of
self-study courses. Links to other distance education
Web sites.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
http://www.chronicle.com/
Reports on developments in higher education, information
technology, grant opportunities, and archive of The
Chronicle.
- Theory into Practice (TIP) Database
http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/index.html
Brief summaries of 50 major learning instruction theories
written by an educational psychologist at Walden Institute.
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Breastfeeding
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Consumer Health & Medical Information
- American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org
Public education brochures, publications, pediatric
information resources and research.
- Mayo Health Oasis http://www.mayohealth.org
Weekly updated health information from the Mayo Clinic.
WIC-related topics include "Diet & Nutrition",
"Pregnancy & Children" and "Women's
Health."
- Medscape http://www.medscape.com
Online resource for medical information, articles
and fact sheets.
- California Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.familydocs.org/
Browse their online database of over 4,300 active,
practicing, family physician members.
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General Nutrition & Food
- American Dietetics Association (ADA)
http://www.eatright.org
Nutrition tips, nutrition resources, legislation,
employment and member services of the largest group
of food and nutrition experts in the U.S.
- Arbor Nutrition Guide http://arborcom.com/
Register for free nutrition updates via e-mail; links
to food composition tables, food science and food
safety sites; search for general and nutrition search
engines; links to universities, government and private
nutrition organizations; resources include clinical
nutrition, public health, patient information, nutrition
education, food science, journals and multimedia.
- Family Food Zone http://www.familyfoodzone.com
Recipes, shopping tips and fun activities for busy
moms.
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Health Data Reports
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Health/Nutrition Education Resources
- 5 A Day Program (sponsored by the National Cancer Institute) http://www.5aday.gov/
Products, resources, recipes, quick easy tips, and other information to increase
the average consumption of fruits and vegetables to 5 servings per day.
- California 5 A Day Program (sponsored by the California Department
of Health Services and administered by the Public Health Institute in cooperation
with the National 5 A Day Program) http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/ca5aday/
Information to encourage Californians to consume 5 or more servings of fruits
and vegetables everyday and to be physically active at least 30 minutes a day
for adults and 60 minutes a day for children. Targeted programs that operate
within the campaign include the Children's 5 a Day-Power Play! Campaign, Latino
5 a Day Campaign, Pre-K 5 a Day Plus Active Play! Campaign, 5 a Day Retail
Program and 5 a Day Worksite Program.
- Health Education Resource Exchange in Washington http://www3.doh.wa.gov/here
A clearinghouse of public health education and health
promotion projects, materials and resources in the
State of Washington.
- Loma Linda University – Sweet
Success Program http://www.llu.edu/llumc/sweetsuccess
General overview of the Sweet Success California Diabetes
and Pregnancy program. You can order educational materials
on pregnancy and diabetes. Also on the Web site are
the program’s related events and information
on pre pregnancy counseling.
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Jobs & Careers
- California Department of Personnel
Administration http://www.dpa.ca.gov
Job information, training and continuous improvement.
- California State Personnel Board
http://www.spb.ca.gov/
jobs open to the public, general employment info,
where to get a state application, job descriptions
and employment statistics, etc.
- Career Builderhttp://www.careerbuilder.com
A network of career services and tips on how to succeed
once you’re hired. Has a resume builder, career
resources center, and International Gateway.
- JobTrak http://www.jobtrak.com
A national job listing service where employers can
post job openings, job seekers can search for jobs
and post their resumes. Also has job search tips and
special features for students and alumni.
- The Monster Board http://www.monster.com
Another job listing service for both national and
international jobs. Job seekers can search for jobs,
build and post resumes, and find out about career
fairs. Employers can post jobs and view resumes and
find out about seminars teaching recruitment strategies.
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Maternal & Child Health
- National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (NMCOHRC) http://www.mchoralhealth.org.
A national resource center that identifies and collects information about oral health programs and initiatives including programmatic materials such as standards, guidelines, curricula, and professional and consumer education materials.
- National Center for Education in Maternal & Child Health http://www.ncemch.org
A national resource center on maternal and child health, offering searchable databases, lists of projects and organizations, publications, bibliographies, and links.
- California Childcare Health Program
http://www.childcarehealth.org/
A community organization affiliated with the University
of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Department
of Family Health Care Nursing.
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Online Journals
- British Medical Journal http://www.bmj.com
Complete journal articles and
abstracts.
- Pediatrics http://www.pediatrics.org
Get a free subscription to e-mail
updates of major research findings. Also access
tables of contents, abstracts, search capabilities
and full-text articles in Pediatric electronic
pages.
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Other State Agencies
- Alaska http://www.ak.org
(General health and social service referral site for
Alaska services ) Hot line number:
1-800-478-2221
State TDD number: (907) 586-4265 (Commissioner's Office,
Dept. of Health and Social Services).
- Hawaii, Hot line number: 1-888-820-6425
State Agency TDD number: (808) 586-8175.
- Idaho, Hot line number: 1-800-926-2588
(Idaho CARELINE) State TDD number: (208) 332-7205.
- Inter Tribal Council of Nevada,
http://www.itcn.org
- Oregon http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us
State Hot line number: 1-800-SAFENET(1-800-723-3638),
or 306-5858 for those living in the Portland Metro
Area.
State TDD number: 1-800-SAFENET is also a TDD number.
The Oregon Health Division also has a non-voice number:
(503)731-4031.
- Washington http://www.doh.wa.gov
WIC State agency Hot line number: 1-800-841-1410
WA State Health Dept. Hotline number: 1-800-833-6388
State TDD number: 1-800-833-6388.
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Training
- HHSDC Training Center http://www.training.cahwnet.gov
The HWDC Training Center offers training to state,
federal and local government agencies. Search for
courses in project management, personal computers
(e.g., Microsoft and Lotus applications), data processing,
information systems and telecommunications. Online
course registration is available.
- The Learning Center, Massachusetts
Department of Public Health http://www.wictlc.com/
A new initiative at TLC is the development of web-based
learning tools for WIC staff. These new modules will
offer short, case-based instruction on important nutrition
and program topics, as selected by WIC staff themselves).
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