Links To Other Organizations : Child Health and Safety

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  Resource in English and Spanish on a variety of pediatric health topics for families and health care professionals.
  
  
• California Center for Childhood Injury Prevention
  Resource center on child and adolescent injury prevention strategies; data; technical assistance with injury prevention programs and links with agencies, researchers, advocates and injury professionals, a variety of education materials. One of the four national sites of the Children's Safety Network.
  
  
• California Children and Families Commission
  Provides, on a community-by-community basis, all California children prenatal to five years of age with a comprehensive, integrated system of early childhood development services. Through the integration of health care, quality child care, parent education and effective intervention programs for families at risk, children and their parents and caregivers will be provided with the tools necessary to foster secure, healthy and loving attachments. These attachments will lay the emotional, physical and intellectual foundation for every child to enter school ready to learn and develop the potential to become productive, well-adjusted members of society.
  
  
• California Department of Health Services
  All the latest health information on medical insurance, infectious disease, family planning, and children's medical services, as well as local and county health department contacts and many valuable health links.
  
  
• California Food Policy Advocates
  California Food Policy Advocates is a statewide public policy and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the health and well being of low-income Californians by increasing their access to nutritious and affordable food.
  
  
• Center for Nutrition Policy
  Dietary guidance materials; resources include recipes and tips for healthy, thrifty meals and the Food Guide Pyramid.
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Information regarding allergies, cigarette and tobacco issues, drug addiction, disease and disease prevention, immunization, and general, dental and mental health. Information available in Spanish at www.cdc.gov/spanish.
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Also from CDC, The ABCs of Safe and Healthy Child Care, assists child care providers with information on reducing sickness, injury and other problems in child care homes or centers.
  
  
• Child Care Environment Safety Checklist
  This NebGuide reviews statistics about child care services and offers suggestions on maintaining a safe environment for children in your care.
  
  
• Child Care Food Program
  Part of the Nutrition Services Division of the CA Department of Education, this state and federally funded program gives aid to licensed child care centers and homes.
  
  
• Connect for Kids
  Connect for Kids helps adults make their communities better places for families and children. An alternative news source on the Web, Connect for Kids provides solutions-oriented coverage of critical issues for children and families. Our goal is to go far beyond the personal stories that dominate family coverage in most news outlets by bringing together meaningful information, success stories and ideas for action.
  
  
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
  Consumer and business information, including a library, recall information, public calendar, and keyword search engine.
  
  
• Dole 5 A DAY
  This site is packed with fun activities, all designed to motivate people to eat more fruits and vegetables and be physically active.
  
  
• Family Doctor
  User-friendly site with health information for the whole family from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Information in Spanish available at Doctor para la familia: www.familydoctor/org/espanol.html
  
  
• Healthy Child Care
  This bimonthly magazine offers information on safety, health, nutrition and infectious disease prevention - for classrooms and child care setting.
  
  
• Injury Prevention Web
  Hosts the websites of several agencies and organizations working to prevent injuries. This site contains a weekly literature update of recent journal articles and agency reports, injury data for every U.S. state, more than 1400 links to government and non-profit injury prevention sites worldwide.
  
  
• KidsHealth
  Doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence; provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information, with separate areas for kids, teens, and parents.
  
  
• MyPyramid.com - NEW Food Pyramid released by the USDA
  One size doesn't fit all. MyPyramid Plan can help you choose the foods and amounts that are right for you. For a quick estimate of what and how much you need to eat, enter your age, sex, and activity level in the MyPyramid Plan box
  
  
• National Health Information Center
  A health information referral service including publications, an extensive health information resource database, national health observances, and toll-free numbers and weblinks.
  
  
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  Establishes protective standards, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance and consultation programs.
  
  
• The Future of Children
  Provides policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research. The Future of Children Web site now includes special resources and interactive tools. The Future of Children Journal, published twice per year, offers comprehensive, cross-disciplinary articles focusing on issues related to children.
  
  
• The Preventive Ounce
  This interactive web site lets you see more clearly your child's temperament, find parenting tactics that work for your child.
  
  
• Tiny Tummies
  Tiny Tummies is a food and nutrition newsletter for parents. TT combines delicious recipes, useful children nutrition information and other fun ideas.
  
  

Health Insurance

• Childrens' Partnership/Express Lane
  Learn how to enroll children in health insurance programs with this online resource.
  
  
• Healthy Families
  Welcome to HealthyFamilies.com, your partner in ensuring that your children have a healthy start in life. The Healthy Families are dedicated to giving you and your family the information and tools you'll need to keep your children safe, healthy and happy.
  
  
• MEDI-CAL
  Services include the State CalWORKs Program as well as the federal Medi-Cal and Food Stamp programs and the County General Relief Program.
  
  
• The 100% Campaign
  The Children's Partnership's collaborative with Children Now and Children's Defense Fund works to obtain health coverage for California's uninsured children.
  
  
• California Health Care Options Matrix
  This Matrix offers information about free and low-cost health care coverage for individuals, families, and small businesses.