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National Links


Agricultural
Agri-ville.com - http://www.agriville.com/
Agriculture in the Classroom, USDA - http://www.agclassroom.org/
AgriWellness, Inc - http://www.agriwellness.org/
Amber Waves - http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/
Choices, an online magazine of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association - http://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/issue.php
National Family Farm Coalition - http://www.nffc.net/
National Farm to School Program - http://www.farmtoschool.org/
United States Department of Agriculture - http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety - http://agcenter.ucdavis.edu/
Western Rural Development Center - http://wrdc.usu.edu/

Community
American Community Survey, US Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/acs/www/
American FactFinder - http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Association for Community Health Improvement - http://www.communityhlth.org/communityhlth_app/index.jsp
Association of Small Foundations - http://www.smallfoundations.org/site/pp.asp?c=fvKRI7MPJqF&b=3042491
Back to School - http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Back_to_School.shtml
Center for New Community - http://www.newcomm.org/
Community Catalyst - http://www.communitycatalyst.org/
Community Guide - A Guide to Community Preventive Services - http://www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html
Community Health Charities - http://www.healthcharities.org/
Community Health Network - http://www.ecommunity.com/
Community Health Resources, HRSA, DHHS - http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/Community.cfm
Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) - http://www.communityhealth.hhs.gov/homepage.aspx?j=1
Community Health, NACCHO - http://www.naccho.org/topics/HPDP/index.cfm
Community Health, The Annie E. Casey Foundation - http://www.aecf.org/KnowledgeCenter/Health/CommunityHealth.aspx
Community Matters - http://www.communitymatters.org/
Community Nutrition Map (CNMap) USDA - http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=15656
Community Tool Box - http://ctb.ku.edu/en/
Community Voice Mail - http://www.cvm.org/
Community Voices, W.K. Kellogg Foundation - http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=75&CID=7&NID=61&LanguageID=0
Community-Minded Enterprises - http://www.community-minded.org/
Connecting Those at Risk to Care - http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/guide/QuickstartGuide/CommHub_QuickStart.pdf
Designing Healthy Communities - http://designinghealthycommunities.org/
Drug Free Communities Support Program - http://www.ondcp.gov/dfc/index.html
eXtension Resource for American Consumers - http://www.extension.org/
Farmer's Market Coalition - http://farmersmarketcoalition.org/
Grass-Roots.Org - http://www.grass-roots.org/
Healthy Communities Institute - http://www.healthycommunitiesinstitute.com/
Heart & Soul Community Planning Handbook - http://www.orton.org/resources/hs_handbook
Heart & Soul Implementation Guides - http://www.orton.org/page/heart_soul_implementation_guides
Heartland Center for Leadership Development - http://www.heartlandcenter.info/whoweare.htm
Human Animal Bond Research Initiatve Foundation - http://habri.org/
Independent Sector - http://www.independentsector.org/
Institute for Community Inclusion - http://www.communityinclusion.org/
Most Valuable Parents - http://www.mvparents.com/
National Association of Community Health Centers - http://www.nachc.com/
National Association of Counties - http://www.naco.org/
National Center for Safe Routes to School - http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy - http://www.ncsall.net/?id=25
National Community Reinvestment Coalition - http://www.communityinvestmentnetwork.org/
National Low Income Housing Coalition - http://www.nlihc.org/template/index.cfm
Northwest Area Foundation - http://www.nwaf.org/
Planned Approach to Community Health (PATCH), CDC - http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/PATCH/
Public/Private Ventures - http://www.ppv.org/index.asp
Rails-to-Trails - Biking, Walking, Running, Hiking, etc - http://www.traillink.com/
Recovery.gov - http://www.recovery.gov/
Share Our Strength - No Kid Hungry - http://www.strength.org/
SingleStop USA - http://www.singlestopusa.org/
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity - http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org/
Stop Underage Drinking - Portal of Federal Resources - http://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/
Strength Of Us - http://www.strengthofus.org/
The Center for Relationship Education - http://www.myrelationshipcenter.org/
The Institute for Community Research - Research Partnerships for Healthy Communities - http://www.incommunityresearch.org/
US Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.html
USA FreedomCorps - http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/
What Communities Value About Health and Health Care - http://www.communityvoices.org/Uploads/t4xny3balvcwj2b5jtafnhqp_20020826125210.pdf

Health
Active Living By Design (ALBD) - http://www.activelivingbydesign.org/
Administration for Children & Families, DHHS - http://transition.acf.hhs.gov/
America On the Move - Steps to a Healthier Way of Life - http://aom.americaonthemove.org/site/c.krLXJ3PJKuG/b.1524889/k.BFFA/Home.htm
America Walks - http://www.americawalks.org/
American Holistic Health Association - http://www.ahha.org/
American Public Health Association (APHA) - http://www.apha.org/
American School Health Association - http://www.ashaweb.org/index.html
American Specialty Health - http://www.ashcompanies.com/
Association of Recovery Schools - http://www.recoveryschools.org/
Assuring Better Child Health & Development (ABCD) Resource Center - http://www.abcdresources.org
Be Tobacco Free - http://betobaccofree.hhs.gov/
Better Kid Care - http://betterkidcare.psu.edu/
Brigh Futures for Families - http://www.brightfuturesforfamilies.org/home.shtml
Cancercare - http://www.cancercare.org/
Canyon Ranch - http://www.canyonranchinstitute.org/
Canyon Ranch Institute - http://www.canyonranchinstitute.org/
CaringBridge - http://www.caringbridge.org/
CDC Features - http://www.cdc.gov/Features/
Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc - http://www.chcs.org/
Coalition for Health Funding - http://www.aamc.org/advocacy/healthfunding/start.htm
Connecting Caregivers - http://www.aarp.org/family/caregiving/
Connecting for Care - https://www.connectingforcare.com/index.php/cfc/about/
Coordinated Approach To Child Health (CATCH) - http://www.catchinfo.org/
Coordinated Health Institute - http://chiinfo.org/index.html
County Health Rankings - Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health - http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/
Designing Healthy Communities - http://designinghealthycommunities.org/
Dietary Guidelines for All Americans - http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/default.htm
Entra Health Systems - http://www.entrahealthsystems.com/
Equity of Care - http://www.equityofcare.org/
Every Child Matters - http://www.everychildmatters.org/
Families USA - http://www.familiesusa.org/
Family Voices - http://www.familyvoices.org/
Federal Health Agencies, DHHS - http://www.hhs.gov/about/index.html#agencies
Federal Health Care Website 2010 - http://www.healthcare.gov/
FindYouthInfo - http://www.findyouthinfo.gov/
Google Health Resources - http://www.google.com/Top/Health/
Hard Times in the Heartland, Health Care in Rural America - http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/hardtimes/
Health Initiatives, DHHS - http://www.health.gov/
Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review - http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/lituptp.htm
Health Literacy: Accurate, Accessible and Actionable Health Information for All - http://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/
Health Resources Publishing - http://www.healthrespubs.com/index.htm
Health Rocks! Healthy Life Program - http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/hwsHealthRocks.aspx
HealthCare.gov - http://www.healthcare.gov/
Healthfinder - http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Healthier US School Challenge - http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/HealthierUS/2012criteria_chart.html
HealthierUS - http://www.healthierus.gov/
Healthy Communities Institute - http://www.healthycommunitiesinstitute.com/
Healthy Families, Healthy Planet - http://umchealthyfamilies.org/
Healthy Homes Partnership - http://www.healthyhomespartnership.net/Pages/default.aspx
Healthy People 2010 - http://www.healthypeople.gov/
Healthy People 2010 Final Review - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hpdata2010/hp2010_final_review.pdf
Healthy People 2020 - http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx
Healthy Schools, Healthy People - http://www.itsasnap.org/snap/teachers_nurses.asp
Healthy U - http://www.horizonblue.com/Community/community_foundation_healthy_u_faqs.asp?urlSection=community#faq6
HealthyPlace - http://www.healthyplace.com/
Help Guide - Understand, Prevent & Resolve Life's Challenges - http://www.helpguide.org/
Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare - http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/Hospital/Search/Welcome.asp?version=default&browser=Netscape%7C7%2E1%7CWinXP&language=English&defaultstatus=0&pagelist=Home
HRSA Information Center - http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/
Institute for Alternative Futures - http://www.altfutures.com/
Institute for Family-Centered Care - http://www.familycenteredcare.org/index.html
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) - http://www.ihi.org/ihi/about
Kaiser Fast Facts - http://facts.kff.org/
KaiserEDU.org - http://www.kaiseredu.org/index.asp
Kids Health - http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/
Leadership for Healthy Communities - http://www.leadershipforhealthycommunities.org/
LEANWorks! - http://www.cdc.gov/leanworks/
Medical Fitness Association - http://www.medicalfitness.org/index.cfm
NACo Healthy Counties Database - http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=New_Technical_Assistance&Template=/cffiles/healthycounties/search.cfm
National Association of Community - http://www.naccho.org/
National Center for Health Statistics - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/Default.htm
National Indian Country Methamphetamine Initiative - http://www.ncai.org/meth/
National Institutes of Health - http://www.nih.gov/
National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA) - http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education - http://nrc.uchsc.edu/CFOC/index.html
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP) - http://actionallianceforsuicideprevention.org/
National Wellness Institute - http://www.nationalwellness.org/
Native Wellness Institute - http://www.nativewellness.com/
NIH News in Health - http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/
NIH News in Health - http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/about.htm
NIH Senior Health - http://nihseniorhealth.gov/listoftopics.html
One Health - A New Professional Imperative - http://www.avma.org/onehealth/default.asp
OneRecovery - http://onerecovery.com/
OptumHealth Education - http://www.optumhealtheducation.com/?utm_source=SubscriberMail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=OptumHealth%20Education%20Activity%20Guide%3A%20September%202008&utm_term=&utm_content=88b286e4551049358286f53c33025f7a
Parents - TheAntiDrug - http://www.theantidrug.com/drug_info/prescription_drugs.asp
Patient Education Insitute - http://www.patient-education.com/
Physical Activity Guidelines - http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/
Pioneering Healthier Communities - http://www.ymca.net/activateamerica/activate_america_leadership.html
Preventing Chronic Disease - Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy - http://www.cdc.gov/PCD/
Prevention Education Resource Center - http://www.teachprevention.org/
Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) - http://www.cms.hhs.gov/pace/
Quick Guide to Healthy Living - http://www.healthfinder.gov/prevention/
Recovery Health Network - http://www.recoveryhealthnetwork.com/
Recovery Month - http://www.recoverymonth.gov/
Rural Mental and Behavioral Health - https://learn.aero.und.edu/pages.asp?PageID=101055
Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative - http://sshs.samhsa.gov/
State Health Facts, Kaiser Family Fdn - http://www.statehealthfacts.org/index.jsp
Stop and Think - Abstinence Education - http://www.stopthink.net/history.html
Substance Abuse Information for Individuals - http://www.samhsa.gov/treatment/treatment_public_i.aspx
The Elder Care Resource Center - http://eldercareresource.blogspot.com/
The Integrator Blog for Integrative Medicine and Integrated Health Care - http://theintegratorblog.com/site/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
The Santana-Grace Leadership/Partnership Institute - http://home.earthlink.net/~skills4u/santana-grace-institute/index.html
Treatment4Addiction.com - http://www.treatment4addiction.com/
Trust for America's Health - http://healthyamericans.org/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - http://www.hhs.gov/index.html
United Health Foundation - http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/
UnitedHealth Group - http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/main/default.aspx
Vaccines.gov - your best shot at good health - http://www.vaccines.gov/
WebMD - http://www.webmd.com/
Wellness Information Zone - http://www.wellzone.org/
Women's Health Issues - http://www.ahrq.gov/research/womenix.htm
World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/en/
You Can! Steps to Healthier Aging - http://www.aoa.gov/youcan/

Rural
Bill Lane Center for the American West - http://west.stanford.edu/
Boomtown Institute - http://www.boomtowninstitute.com/
Center for Rural Affairs - http://www.cfra.org/default.htm
Center for Rural Health Research & Education - http://www.uwyo.edu/health/
Center for Rural Strategies - http://www.ruralstrategies.org/default.html
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy - http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/
Institute for Rural America - http://www.instituteruralamerica.org/
Institute for Rural Journalism & Community Issues - http://www.ruraljournalism.org/
National Association for Rural Mental Health - http://www.narmh.org/
National Rural Health Association (NRHA) - http://www.nrharural.org/
National Rural Mental Health Association (NRMHA) - http://www.narmh.org/
Rural America At A Glance, USDA - http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/RuralAtAGlance/
Rural Assistance Center - http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/faith/index.html
Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention - http://www.indiana.edu/~aids/index.html
Rural Coalition - http://www.ruralco.org/
Rural Health Grants Eligibility Advisor - http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/RuralAdvisor/
Rural Health Research Gateway Listserv - http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org//
Rural Healthy People 2010 - http://www.srph.tamhsc.edu/centers/rhp2010/litrev.htm
Rural Information Center, National Agricultural Library, USDA - http://ric.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=5&tax_level=1
Rural People, Rural Policy - http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=75&CID=274&NID=61&LanguageID=0
Rural Policy Research Institute - http://www.rupri.org/
The Journal of Rural Health - http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/go/left/publications-and-news/the-journal-of-rural-health
The Rural Compact - Making a difference in rural America - http://ruralcompact.org/
USDA Rural Development - http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/
Western Rural Development Center - http://wrdc.usu.edu/