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1. Global Initiative in Asthma: World Asthma Day 2000

http://www.ginasthma.com/xworld.html
08-01-2000
The theme of World Asthma Day 2000 is "Let every person breathe", expressing the belief that asthmatic people have the right to timely diagnosis, appropriate treatment, and education to help self control of their asthma.
2. Health On the Net Foundation (HON)


http://www.hon.ch/
10-02-2001
The Health On the Net Foundation (HON), created in 1995, is a not-for-profit International Swiss Organization. HON's mission is to guide lay persons or non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health informa
3. Pew Environmental Health Commission: ATTACK Asthma -- Appendix Two: The Federal Asthma Research Agenda

http://pewenvirohealth.jhsph.edu/html/reports/PEHCAsthmaRptApp2.pdf
08-16-2000
Federal strategic plan on attacking the problem of asthma over 2000-2004 in conjunction with Healthy People 2010. Outlines research, planning and budgeting of efforts.
4. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Kick-Butts Day

http://kickbuttsday.org/
08-01-2000
Kick Butts Day is an annual initiative that encourages activism and leadership among elementary, middle and high school students.
5. Centers for Disease Control: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/
08-01-2000
CDC Web site from the National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, including information on World TB Day, TB news alerts and links to the TB-Educate Listserv(R).
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccination of healthy US infants has the potential to be cost-effective. To achieve cost savings, its cost would need to be lower than the manufacturer's list price. In addition to tangible costs, the vaccine should be appraised ba
7. Health on the Net: HONselect


http://www.hon.ch/HONselect/
10-02-2001
Health on the Net (HON)'s search integrator for strictly medical and health queries. HONselect combines five information types - MeSH® terms, authoritative scientific articles, healthcare news, Web sites and multimedia - into one service to focus and acce
Using the two-dose schedule, the adult dose of Recombivax HB® (1.0 mL dose containing 10 µg of hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg]) is administered to adolescents aged 11--15 years, with the second dose given 4--6 months after the first dose.
In this analysis, the decline in smoking over time among pregnant women was primarily due to the overall decline in smoking initiation rates among women of childbearing age, not to an increased rate of smoking cessation related to pregnancy. To foster eff
10. Pew Environmental Health Commission -- ATTACK Asthma: Appendix One, Asthma and Its Environmental Triggers

http://pewenvirohealth.jhsph.edu/html/reports/PEHCAsthmaRptApp1.pdf
08-01-2000
Statistics, factors and models on which the ATTACK Asthma Report is based. Part 2 of 3.
Official conference Web site with links to post-conference information sources.
12. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Study on Pool Alarm Reliability

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml00/00113.html
08-01-2000
The CPSC study looked at three types of alarms: floating alarms that detect waves on the surface; underwater alarms that detect waves under the surface; and a wristband alarm, which is worn by a child, and alarms when exposed to water. CPSC's tests showed
This homepage contains electronic versions of the latest edition of Health, United States and previous editions back to 1993. Users may download a complete copy of Health, United States or selected sections, such as the chartbook, or individual tables. In
14. Annie E. Casey Foundation: Child Trends/Child Indicator

http://www.childtrends.org/w_welcome.cfm
08-01-2000
The Child Indicator seeks to advance understanding within the child and youth indicators community and to make all its members more effective in their work.
15. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Safe Sleep Practices for Babies

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/sleepingmenu.html
08-01-2000
Research, information and public service announcements for preventions of sudden infant death syndrome.
In an incidence study of data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and General Estimates System (1992-1997), as well as the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (1995), it is concluded the risk of fatal injury for a 16 or 17 year-old driver in
17. New England Journal of Medicine: Cigarette Smoking and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

http://www.nejm.org/content/2000/0342/0010/0681.asp
08-01-2000
Cigarette smoking is the strongest independent risk factor for invasive pneumococcal disease among immunocompetent, nonelderly adults. Because of the high prevalence of smoking and the large population attributable risk, programs to reduce both smoking an
18. MEDLINEplus - Household Poisons


http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/householdpoisons.html
05-23-2002
Excellent link-list and overview of poison control and prevention. Links offer practical and global information for every audience.
19. MEDLINEplus - Lead Poisoning


http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leadpoisoning.html
05-23-2002
Excellent platform for further links to sites related to lead poisoning. Offers updated reveiws, recent clinical studies, pictorials, reference for parents and providers. Variety of depth and spanish links make this an excellent starting point for this to
20. Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction


http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov
07-30-2001
CERHR provides scientific assessments of the potential for adverse effects on reproduction and development caused by agents to which humans may be exposed. This website provides information on environmental exposures and invites chemical nominations.
21. MedLine-Plus

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
06-30-2000
Service of the National Library of Medicine; Searchable collection of links and information about diseases and conditions, consumer health information, dictionaries, and lists of hospitals and physicians.
22. Virtual Children's Hospital - Lead Poisoning

http://www.vh.org/Patients/IHB/Peds/CQQA/leadpoison.htm
05-23-2002
Basic description of lead poisoning. Elementary review (bullet points) of causes, symptoms, detection, and prevention.
Researchers collected samples of the dust in American bedding and found cause for concern in terms of dust mite and cockroach allergens at levels associated with asthma and allergies.
24. Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network

http://www.cochraneconsumer.com/
05-23-2002
summaries of cochrane reviews on a variety of topics, wiith search capacity
25. CHOP - Common Childhood Injuries and Poisoning

http://www.chop.edu/consumer/your_child/condition_section_index.jsp?id=-8350
05-23-2002
Good resourse for parents regarding emergency care, preventing injuries, household safety, bites and stings, minor cuts, eye trauma, poisoning, and thermal injury

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