Clinical Services

http://gnocommunity.org

 

 

 Disclaimer: Links to organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by the Mary Amelia Center, and none should be inferred. The Mary Amelia Center is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.

 

Women’s Health Information

 
National Women’s Health Information Center
http://www.4woman.gov
This web site and toll-free call center were created to provide FREE, reliable health information for women everywhere.


HRSA Office of Women’s Health
http://www.hrsa.gov/WomensHealth/
HRSA provides national leadership, program resources and services needed to improve access to culturally competent, quality health care.

 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/
The CDC is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnership
    

Our Bodies, Ourselves
www.ourbodiesourselves.org
The Women's Health Information & Resource Center of this site includes excerpts from our books, web-exclusive content, links, resources, and health news.

 

Policy and Advocacy

  
Institute for Women’s Policy and Research
http://www.iwpr.org/
The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) is a public policy research organization that focuses on issues of poverty, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation.

Women’s Policy Inc.
http://www.womenspolicy.org/
WPI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose sole focus is to help ensure that the most informed decisions on key women's issues are made by policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels.
      

Research and Data Resources

  
Society for Women’s Health Research
http://www.womens-health.org/
The Society for Women’s Health Research is the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy. The Society encourages the study of sex differences between women and men that affect the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/index.cfm
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.
 
National Library of Medicine- Women’s Health Research
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/womenshealthoverview.html
This page presents topics pertaining to women’s health collected by National Library of Medicine scientific publication databases to support the mission of the Office of Research on Women’s Health to promote research in the field.
 

Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
www.gnocdc.org
Information to support nonprofit grant writing, advocacy, planning & decision-making in post-Katrina New Orleans

 

Leadership Development

  
Leadership Learning Community
http://www.leadershiplearning.org/
The Leadership Learning Community exists to strengthen the work of those dedicated to developing leadership that can address a range of significant social issues. Their site includes links to resources related to leadership.
   

National Youth Leadership Council
http://www.nylc.org/
NYLC has led a movement of service-learning, empowering youths to transform themselves from recipients of information and resources into valuable, contributing members of a democracy. The site’s resources include toolboxes for a variety of topics.
    

Kellogg Leadership for Community Change
http://www.ethicalleadership.org/programs/kellogg-leadership-for-community-change
Kellogg Leadership for Community Change (KLCC) is designed to strengthen community leaders by emphasizing the practice of collective leadership, in which decision-making power is distributed and shared among a diverse representation of the local population. 

 

 

Community Capacity

 
Community Toolbox
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/default.aspx
The Community Tool Box offers more than 7,000 pages of for free information on essential skills for building healthy communities.

 
Center for Collaborative Planning
http://www.connectccp.org/
The Center for Collaborative Planning (CCP) promotes health and social justice by providing training and technical assistance and by connecting people and resources.  Site includes an extensive resource library

 
Community Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/
CCPH fosters partnerships between communities and educational institutions that build on each other's strengths and develop their roles as change agents for improving health professions education, civic responsibility and the overall health of communities.

 
Neighborhoods Partnership Network
http://www.npnnola.com/
The Neighborhoods Partnership Network (NPN) is a nonprofit, 501c3 organization consisting of a citywide network of neighborhoods that was established after the Hurricane Katrina disaster to facilitate neighborhood collaboration, increase access to government and information, and strengthen the voices of individuals and communities across New Orleans.