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Web Resources
| American Academy of Family Physicians | Resources for patients and family physicians, including Family Medicine Online. |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | Resources for parents and health care professionals. |
| ASTHO | Association Of State and Territorial Health Officials. |
| Bright Futures | Guidelines for health supervision of infants, children, and adolescents. |
| CDC Infants' and Children's Health Page | Information on diseases, health risks, and prevention guidelines & strategies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
| Center for Maternal and Child Health Social Work Education | Corresponding MCH Leadership Training Program at the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Social Work. |
| Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) | Membership association of almost 1,000 public and private nonprofit agencies; links to member agencies and information on protecting America's children. |
| Children's Defense Fund (CDF) | Information on preventative action from a private nonprofit organization devoted to giving every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start. Includes Parent Resource Network. |
| CYFERNet | The Cooperative Extension System's children, youth and family information service. |
| Early Childhood Care and Development | International resources addressing the needs of children 0-8 years old and their families. |
| Early Childhood Research Institute on Inclusion | Five-year project to study comprehensively the inclusion of preschool children with disabilities in settings with typically developing children. |
| Evaluation Resources for Community-based Initiatives | Harvard Family Research Projects—information about evaluation strategies, new evaluation approaches, and promising methodologies (requires Adobe reader). |
| Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute | Research and education focus on child development and health, especially risk factors that may attribute to developmental problems in children. |
| March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation | Information on infant health and birth defects. |
| National Center for Children in Poverty | Early childhood care and education; child and family health; family and community support; cross-cutting, multi-state policy analyses; demographic and evaluation research; and communications. Sponsored by Columbia University School of Public Health. |
| National Center for Early Development & Learning | Multidisciplinary center for the study of early childhood development and of children and families, especially children at risk for developmental problems. |
| National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health Resources | One-stop shopping site for maternal and child health resources. |
| National Information Center for Youth with Disabilities | Information and referrals concerning specific disabilities, early intervention, education, family issues, and much more. Includes publications in Spanish. |
| National Network for Family Resiliency | Information, programs, and curricula on adolescent sexuality, violence prevention, parenting education, and other family issues. |
| Partnerships for Change (PFC) | University of Vermont Department of Social Work - Resources and training on family/inter-professional practice. |
| Public Health Social Work Disaster Preparedness Training | CD ROM |
| The Future of Children | Journal emphasizing objective analysis and evaluation, translation of existing knowledge into effective programs and policies, and promotion of constructive institutional change. |
| Websites of MCH Interest | Extensive amount of Maternal & Child Health links, maintained by the JHU Women's and Children's Health Policy Center. |
| World Wide Web Resources for Social Workers (W3RSW) | Approximately 30,500 links divided into 8 categories (Government, Higher Education, Journals and Newsletter, Professional Associations, Reference, Social Work etc.); maintained by Prof. Gary Holden at New York University. |
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| This web site was partially supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau through grant number T19 MC 00007. | |
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