Resources

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National Association of School Nurses (NASN)

 
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State

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(MNA) Mississippi Nurses Association

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Mississippi Board of Nursing

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Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi

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Mississippi Department of Education

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Mississippi Alliance for School Health

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Office of Healthy Schools

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2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data

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Mississippi School Nurse Procedures & Standards of Care

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Diabetes Foundation of MS

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Eat Smart - Play Hard

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Food Pyramid

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Division of Medicaid Provider Manual

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Mississippi Department of Health

 

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Government Resources and Agencies
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
    
CDC Growth Charts
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
The Cool Spot - The Young Teen's Place for Info on Alcohol and Resisting Peer Pressure
Division of Adolescent and School Health
(within the CDC)
Emergency Medical Services for Children - A national initiative designed to reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe illness and injury. Medical personnel, parents and volunteers, community groups and businesses, and national organizations and foundations all contribute to the effort.
Girl Power! (through DHHS)
HealthierUS (Prevention Strategies)
Healthfinder (through DHHS) - Healthfinder (Spanish-language) 
Health Resources and Services Administration (through DHHS)
Healthy People (through DHHS)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) (through DHHS) 
    
Child Health USA (child health stats and charts from the MCHB)
Material and Child Health Library 
MEDLINEplus Health Information (through National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health 
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
National Center for Education Statistics 
National Center for Health Statistics 
National Council on Folic Acid (through the CDC)
National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention
National Health Information Center (through DHHS) 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 
National Institute of Health 
National Institute on Nursing Research
 
National Library of Medicine  
National Network of Libraries of Medicine 

National School Board Association
National Women's Health Information Center  
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) (through DHHS) 
    
National Health Information Center (Health Observance Calendar from ODPHP)
Office of the Surgeon General 
 
Office of the Surgeon General: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention Initiative
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (through CDC) 
StopBullyingNow!
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (through DHHS) 
"Thomas" - Federal Legislative Information  
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 
U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
 
U.S. House of Representatives 
 
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force 
U.S. Senate 

 

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Health Related Sites
Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc. 
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Dermatology
American Academy of Family Physicians and (Tar Wars)
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons 
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association of Orthodontists
American Association of Poison Control Centers 
American Association on Mental Retardation  
American Chiropractic Association 
American College of Emergency Physicians 
American Council for Drug Education 
American Diabetes Association 
American Heart Association
(Council on Cardiovascular Nursing)
American Hospital Association 
American Lung Association 
American Medical Association 
American Nurses Association
American Occupational Therapy Association 
American Physical Therapy Association 
American Psychological Association
American Public Health Association 
American Red Cross 
American School Health Association
American Social Health Association  
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics 
American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition  
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials 
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
 
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Cardiac Arrhythmias Research and Education (C.A.R.E.) 
The Center for Health Care Strategies 

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS)
Center for Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Children of Alcoholics Foundation 
The Children’s Defense Fund  
Children’s Environmental Health Network  
Consumer Healthcare Products Association
 
Council for Exceptional Children  
Cross Cultural Health Care Program 
Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center  
Epilepsy Foundation of America
Every Child by Two  
Exceptional Parent
 
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
 
Food Research and Action Center 
Gay Lesbian International Search Engine 
Hepatitis Foundation International
Immunization Action Coalition  
KidsHealth (The Nemours Foundation Center for Children's Health Media)
Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free 
March of Dimes
Mayo Clinic  
Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc. 
The National Academies  
National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc. (Adolescent & School Health Initiative)
National Association of State Head Injury Administrators
National Center for Victims of Crime 
National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics
National Crime Prevention Council 
National Food Processors Association
National Health Council
National Health Law Program 
National Health, Lung and Blood Institute 
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities 
National Kidney Foundation 
National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center 
National Meningitis Association 
National Mental Health Association
National Runaway Switchboard
National Scoliosis Foundation 
Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (PKIDs Online) & Pertussis resources from PKIDs Online
Periodic Paralysis Resource Center 
Prevent Blindness America 
Screening for Mental Health 
See It and Stop It (The Family Violence Prevention Fund materials for teens on violence prevention)
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine  
Spina Bifida Association of America 
Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation
Vaccine Education Center (The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
WHO CARES: Chronic Illness in America

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Nursing Related Sites
American Association of Colleges of Nursing 
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants 
American Nurses Association
Exceptional Nurse (Nurses with Disabilities)
National Board for Certification of School Nurses
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
National League for Nursing 
National Nursing Staff Development Organization
 
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
 
Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs 
 

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Organizations for Professionals and/or Agencies related to Education
American Association of School Administrators
American Camp Association 
American College Health Association 
American School Counselor Association 
American School Health Association
American Federation of Teachers
 
Council of Chief State School Officers  
National Association of Elementary School Principals 
National Association of School Psychologists 
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of State Boards of Education (home of Healthy Schools: State-Level School Health Policies)
National Association of State School Nurse Consultants
National Athletic Trainers' Association
National Education Association

 

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Practice Resources
American Healthcare Institute
American Medical ID 
American Nurses Association
Bandaides & Blackboards – When Chronic Illness or Some Other Medical Problem Goes to School
The Center for Health & Health Care in Schools 
Education Development Center
International Association for Continuing Education and Training   
National Association of State School Nurse Consultants
National Board for Certification of School Nurses
National Education Association
National Program for Playground Safety (by the University of Northern Iowa)
SchoolAsthmaAllergy.com
Office of School Health (from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center) 
School Health Resources for Pediatricians (by AAP Section on School Health & COSH)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

 

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State School Nurse Organizations

School Nurses Organization of Arizona

California School Nurses Organization

Colorado Association of School Nurses C-A-S-N

Delaware  School Nurse Association

Illinois Association of School Nurses

Kansas School Nurse Organization

Massachusetts School Nurses Organization

Maryland Association of School Health Nurses

Michigan Association of School Nurses

School Nurse Organization of Minnesota

New Jersey State School Nurses Association

New York State Association of School Nurses

Ohio Association of School Nurses

Oregon School Nurse Association

Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses & Practitioners

Utah School Nurse Association

Vermont State School Nurse's Association, Inc.

This site was last updated 08/10/08