Health Communication Links
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These groups are listed alphabetically for your convenience.
- Free Publications
Mediacampaign publications from the Office of National Drug Control Policy's national media campaign.
Prevline provides great resource for free government publications on health issues.
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Research Groups
Join Together "supports community-based efforts to reduce, prevent, and treat substance abuse across the nation and is primarily funded by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the Boston University School of Public Health."
Research Triangle Institute "is an independent, nonprofit organization. RTI's mission is to improve the human condition through objective, innovative, multidisciplinary research, development, and technical services, setting the standard for scientific and professional excellence."
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was "established as a national philanthropy in 1972 and today is the largest US foundation devoted to improving the health and health care of all Americans."
Society for Prevention Research "is an international organization focused on the advancement of science-based prevention programs and policies through empirical research."
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University-Based Research Centers
PSU Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development
Social Development Research Group (SDRG) -University of Washington
The Methodology Center at Pennsylvania State University
UW Center for Studies in Demography
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National & Government Sites
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HHS, Planning & Evaluation
Healthy People 2010
USDA
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Office of Research on Women's Health
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Agriculture Home Page
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Alcohol & Drug Abuse
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Home Page
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
United Nations International Drug Control Program
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR)