The American Breast Cancer Foundation can provide financial assistance to women for the diagnosis of and treatment of breast cancer.
A non-for-profit organization leading the improvement of health care throughout the world.
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Migrant Health Promotion bases all of its work on close collaboration with community members (Promotores and Promotoras) who improve the health of their communities with community-based health education and activities. Within this framework, Migrant Health Promotion has developed several "program models."
Answers to frequently asked questions about the diseases caused by tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis infections. The sheet also present information about the recently licensed tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap)vaccines.
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- FAQTdaP122006.pdf (148.13 KB)
Potentially life-threatening illnesses such as cancer can cause patients to encounter various forms of discrimination. There is help available should you experience discrimination at your place of work. Cancer is covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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St. Jude specializes in caring for children with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses.
All about the virus from CDC website
Foreign Animal Diseases "The Gray Book", Part IV History, host range, geographic distribution, transmission, clinical signs, etc.
Screening and diagnostic services are available for low-income women over 40 with insufficient coverage for breast and cervical cancer.For more information, call 800-350-5180 or visit their website.
You can use this site to find a wealth of information about clinical research, including listings of more than 41,000 active industry and government-sponsored clinical trials, as well as new drug therapies in research and those recently approved by the FDA. 617-856-5900
You and your baby pregnancy pamplet.
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copy deeplink Drinking Water and Disease: What Health Care Providers Should Know
Drinking Water and Disease: What Health Care Providers Should KnowPhysicians for Social Responsibility developed this primer specifically for the health care provider to serve as an introduction to this timely issue and to answer common questions about the impact of drinking water on health.
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- dwprimer.pdf (3.78 MB)
This powerpoint presentation is a good training tool for collections staff on collections policies and the staff's role in helping to maintain the financial viability of the health center. Suitable for migrant and community health centers. Feel free to adapt the presentation to your individual clinic needs.
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- TheArtofCollections.ppt (90 KB)
To standardize purchasing procedures.
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- ContractingWithVendors(OLD).doc (41.5 KB)
To safeguard handling of checks.
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- ReceivingChecks.doc (38.5 KB)
copy deeplink Priorities for research for oral health in the 21st Century – the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme
Priorities for research for oral health in the 21st Century – the approach of the WHO Global Oral Health ProgrammeThe World Health Organization (WHO) “World Oral Health Report 2003” emphasized that despite great improvements in the oral health status of populations across the world, problems persist. As knowledge is a major vehicle for improving the health of the poor in particular, the WHO Oral Health Programme focuses on stimulating oral health esearch in the developed and developing world to reduce risk factors and the burden of oral disease, and to improve oral health ystems and the effectiveness of community oral health programmes.
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2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine--Administration with Seasonal Influenza and Other VaccinesThis table for healthcare providers and planners provides information related to administration of 2009 H1N1 vaccine with seasonal influenza and other vaccines.
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Children's Environmental Health Network ListservChildren's Environmental Health Network Listserv - provides a forum for discussion on children's environmental health. Subscribe by sending a blank message to cehnlist-on@cehn.org
That’s what some women farmworkers call the fields and orchards in which they face persistent sexual assaults. As if backbreaking work, low wages and pesticide poisoning weren’t enough… (article appeared first in Ms Mazazine's summer online issue)
Language Line is a company which provides a number of interpretation services. One of their services is over-the-phone interpretation in Mixteco for $3.95 per minute. General information or questions: 1-877-886-3885 info@languageline.com
1. HEPATITIS B FOUNDATION UPDATES NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHAPTERS 2. Comparison of Costs for Hepatitis B Drug Therapy 3. MMWR Weekly May 12, 2006 / 55(18):509-511 Hepatitis B Vaccination Coverage Among Adults --- United States, 2004
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Emergency Planning Tips If You Are Pregnant or Have Young ChildrenTo help ease the burden of displacement in the face of disaster/emergency, new information for pregnant women and mothers of young children has been uploaded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) web site. Because you are recognized as an important champion in the community and can provide a channel for vital emergency information.
copy deeplink American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)
American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) is a professional organization for board-certified medical toxicologists, who play a major role in poison control centers, inpatient and outpatients medical care facilities, medical schools, private industry and government agencies.
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California Department of Public Health offers numerous bilingual educational materials regarding childhood lead poisoning prevention.
A model project for binational tuberculosis control in the El Paso-Cuidad Juarez border region.