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Health Education through Extension Leadership (HEEL)

Useful Links
WARNING: Some Web sites to which these materials provide links for the convenience of users are not managed by the University of Kentucky. The university does not review, control or take responsibility for the contents of those sites.  

Cancer

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

Guide to Internet Resources for Cancer
http://www.cancerindex.org/

Kentucky Cancer Registry
http://www.kcr.uky.edu/

Markey Cancer Center
http://www.ukhealthcare.uky.edu/markey/

National Cancer Institute
http://www.nci.nih.gov/

NCI Cancer Publications
https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/ncipubs/searchres.aspx

 

Diabetes

American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/

Kentucky Diabetes Network
http://www.kentuckydiabetes.net/

 

Disease

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/

Kentucky Department for Public Health-Diseases and Conditions
http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/diseases/

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Diseases and Conditions Index
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/index.html

 

Drugs/Tobacco

KY Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Program
http://www.chfs.ky.gov/dph/info/dpqi/hp/tobacco.htm

National Clandestine Laboratory Register, DEA
http://www.dea.gov/seizures/index.html

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Mental Health Information Center
http://www.mentalhealth.org/

 

General Health

American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
http://www.healthy-ky.org/

Health Kentucky
http://www.healthkentucky.org/

Health and Safety
http://www.kentucky.gov/health/pages/default.aspx

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
http://www.hrsa.gov/

Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/

2010 Healthfinder National Health Observances  
http://www.healthfinder.gov/nho/nho.asp

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services - Department for Public Health
http://www.chs.ky.gov/paublichealth/

Kentucky Department for Public Health-Find It Fast Health Topics
http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/topics/

Kentucky Department for Public Health- Public Health Preparedness
http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/epi/preparedness/

Kentucky Department for Public Health Programs and Services
http://chfs.ky.gov/dail/programs.htm

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services-Programs and Services
http://chfs.ky.gov/Services/

Kentucky Department for Public Health
http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/epi/preparedness/

Medline Health Information in Multiple Languages
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html

Trust for America's Health
http://healthyamericans.org/

United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/

National Institues of Health Spanish-Language Website
www.nia.nih.gov/Espanol

Heart and Lungs

American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org/

American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/index.html

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Diseases and Conditions Index
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/index.html

 

Mental Health

Mental Health Association of Kentucky
http://www.mhaky.org/

National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Mental Health Information Center
http://www.mentalhealth.org/

 

Physical Fitness/Activity

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, & Dance
http://www.aahperd.org/

National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
http://www.ncppa.org/

 

Statistics/Research/Data

Appalachian Regional Commission Regional Data and Research
http://www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=46

Kentucky Department for Public Health-Surveillance and Health Data
http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/surv.htm

Kentucky Health Statistics
http://www.statemaster.com/state/KY-Kentucky/hea-health

2008 Kentucky Health Issues Poll
http://admin.cms2005.com/docServer.aspx?f=NjU5OTQwNjY=

State Health Facts Online
http://statehealthfacts.kff.org/

2008 Kentucky Health Issues Poll - What Kentuckians Think About the Importance of Medicaid
http://admin.cms2005.com/docServer.aspx?f=NjM2MjAxOA==

Kentucky Health Issues Poll - What Kentuckians Think About Their Own Health Status
http://admin.cms2005.com/docServer.aspx?f=NTM0Mjk1MzE=

Kentucky: County Health Rankings
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/kentucky

Women's Health

Kentucky Women's Health Registry
http://www.mc.uky.edu/kyhealthregistry/

The development of the HEEL program was made possible by Senator Mitch McConnell with funds earmarked for the University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture, Lexington, KY and budgeted through the CSREES/USDA Federal Administration

 
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