This page contains additional links to sites outside of the Bureau of Women's and Children's Health to provide helpful information on other women’s and children’s health related issues.

Women's Health Resources | Children's Health Resources | Oral Health Resources | Injury Prevention and Child Fatality Review Resources

General Maternal & Child Health Resources:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): www.ahrq.gov. The federal agency charged with examining what works and does not work in health care. AHRQ's mission includes both translating research findings into better patient care and providing policymakers and other health care leaders with information needed to make critical health care decisions.
  
  
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Arizona Chapter: www.azaap.org. An organization committed to attaining optimal physical, mental, and social health for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults by improving health systems through education, research, and advocacy.
  
  
• Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS): www.azhcccs.gov. Arizona’s Medicaid agency, offering health programs to serve Arizona residents.
  
  
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): www.cdc.gov. The leading federal agency for protecting the health and safety of the people of the United States. The CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, health promotion, and educational activities. Calls to the HIV/AIDS Hotline: 800-342-2437 are automatically forwarded to CDC-INFO. Information is available 24 hrs a day, seven days a week with services available in English, Spanish and TTY. The public's first source for public health information is available at: 
  1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)
  1-888-232-6348 TTY
  24 Hours/Day
  E-mail Address: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
  
  
• The Food and Drug Administration: www.fda.gov. The federal agency responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
  
  
• Health Resources and Services Administration: www.ask.hrsa.gov. An Agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provides publications, resources, and referrals on health care services for low-income, uninsured individuals and those with special health care needs.
  
  
• healthfinder®: www.healthfinder.gov. An award-winning Federal Web site for consumers to find the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.
  
  
• The Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration: www.mchb.hrsa.gov. The Bureau provides leadership and works in partnership with States, communities, and public-private entities to eliminate health disparities, assure high quality care, and facilitate access to care for the maternal and child health population.
  
  
• MCH Library: www.mchlibrary.info. The Maternal & Child Health Library at Georgetown University seeks to provide accurate, timely, and reliable information and resources to MCH professionals and the public.
  
  
• National Cancer Institute: www.cancer.gov. U.S. Department Of Health Services, National Cancer Institute, cancer information web site.
  
  
• The National Institutes of Health: www.nih.gov. An Agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services the serves as the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation.
  
  
• Pilot Parents of Southern Arizona: www.pilotparents.org. Information and resources for families with children who have special needs. Services are free of charge to families in the following nine counties: Pima, Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pinal, Santa Cruz, La Paz, and Yuma.
  
  
• Tobacco Prevention & Cessation: http://www.tobaccofreearizona.com/health/. The Arizona Department of Health Services Tobacco Education and Prevention Program.
  
  
• The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: www.cpsc.gov. The federal agency charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products. Use this website to find information on product standards, search for product recalls, and report unsafe products.

Women's Health Resources:

• The National Women’s Health Information Center: www.womenshealth.gov. Information regarding women’s health issues.
  
  
• March of Dimes: www.modimes.org. Helping you have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.
  
  
• Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services (TOPS): www.teenoutreachaz.org. Based in Pima County and expanding into Maricopa County, TOPS provides health education and supportive services to pregnant and parenting teens.
  
  
• Text4Baby: www.text4baby.org Free text messages to help women have a safe and healthy pregnancy.

Children's Health Resources:

• Arizona School-Based Health Care Council: www.azsbhc.org. An alliance of organizations and individuals providing primary health services in nearly 100 school sites throughout Arizona through School-Based Health Centers. Their website provides information about their mission and goals.
  
  
• Arizona School Nurse Consortium: www.azschoolnurse.org. An organization for school nurses providing information to school nurses about school nursing and related issues.
  
  
• First Things First: www.azftf.gov. First Things First is a voter-approved initiative to ensure the quality and accessibility of early childhood development and health programs at the community level. First Things First is also the name of the state agency created to carry out the work of the Arizona Early Childhood Development and Health Board.
  
  
• Insure Kids Now!: www.insurekidsnow.gov: A national initiative helping to link families to low-cost insurance programs.
  
  
• National Assembly of School-Based Health Care: www.nasbhc.org. A national organization whose mission is to improve the health status of children and youth by advancing and advocating for school-based health care.
  
  
• School Nurse Organization of Arizona: www.snoa.org. An organization for school nurses providing information to school nurses about school nursing and related issues.

Oral Health Resources:

   For Oral Health Professionals:

• American Dental Association: www.ada.org. (312) 440-2500
  
  
• American Dental Hygienists’ Association: www.adhs.org. (312) 440-8900
  
  
• Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners: www.azdentalboard.org. (602) 242-1492
  
  
• Arizona State Dental Association: www.azda.org. (480) 344-5777 or (800) 866-2732
  
  
• Arizona State Dental Hygienists’ Association: www.asdha.org. (602) 254-7210
  
  
• Association of State & Territorial Dental Directors: www.astdd.org
  
  
• HIV Dent: www.hivdent.org. A site with HIV/AIDS-related oral healthcare resources. The internet home for a not-for-profit coalition of health care professionals committed to assuring access to high quality oral health services for people living with HIV disease. While the site provides a wealth of information for health care providers, information for the public is also presented.
  
  
• National Head Start Oral Health Resource Center: www.mchoralhealth.org/headstart/index.html. Oral health resources for professionals working with Head Start Programs.
  
  
• National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research: www.nidcr.nih.gov
  
  
• National Maternal & Child Health Oral Health Resource Center: www.mchoralhealth.org A national resource center designed to respond to the needs of states and communities in addressing current and emerging public oral health issues.

• American Dental Hygienists’ Association Kid’s Stuff: www.adha.org/kidstuff/index.html An oral health information website for children.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Oral Health: www.cdc.gov/OralHealth
  
  
• Children’s Dental Health Project: www.cdhp.org A non-profit organization dedicated to achieving equity in children’s oral health.
  
  
• Fluoridated Water: Questions and Answers from the National Cancer Institute: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/fluoridated-water
  
  
• Healthy Teeth: www.heathyteeth.org A website produced by dentists for elementary aged children curious about oral health.
  
  
• Heart Disease and Periodontal Disease: www.perio.org/consumer/mbc.heart.htm.An explanation of the link between periodontal disease (gum disease) and heart disease and stroke from the American Academy of Periodontology.
  
  
• Oral Cancer Information: www.azcancercontrol.gov
  
  
• Oral Health America: www.oralhealthamerica.org A non-profit organization working to educate and empower communities to provide access to oral health care and advocate for policies that create oral health parity.
• Pregnancy and Periodontal Disease: www.perio.org/consumer/mbc.baby.htm Information about periodontal disease (gum disease) and potential problems during pregnancy, provided by the American Academy of Periodontology.
  
  
• Sports Dentistry: www.sportsdentistry.com Oral health and injury prevention resources and information for dentists, patients, and coaches.
  
  
• Tooth Fairy Island: www.toothfairyisland.com An interactive website for children.
  
  
• Women and Periodontal Disease: www.perio.org/consumer/women.htm Information about periodontal disease (gum disease) and women’s overall health from the American Academy of Periodontology.

Injury Prevention and Child Fatality Review Resources:

• Association of State & Territorial Injury Prevention Directors: www.stipda.org A national non-profit organization of professionals committed to strengthening the ability of state, territorial, and local health departments to reduce death and disability associated with injury and violence.
  
  
• The Children’s Safety Network: www.childrenssafetynetwork.org The Children’s Safety Network works with maternal and child health, public health, and other injury prevention practitioners to provide technical assistance and information, to facilitate the implementation and evaluation of injury prevention programs, and to conduct analytical and policy activities.
  
  
• Injury Free Coalition for Kids: www.injuryfree.org A national network of hospital-based, community-oriented programs working to create safer communities for children and their families.
  
  
• National MCH Center for Child Death Review: www.childdeathreview.org A national resource center for state and local child death review programs.
  
  
• Safe Kids Worldwide and Safe Kids USA: www.safekids.org and www.usa.safekids.org The SAFE KIDS Campaign is the first non-profit organization dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury, the number one killer of children ages 14 and under.
  
  
• Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research: www.savirweb.org A professional organization providing leadership and fostering excellence in the science of preventing and treating injury and violence.