Patient Education

CDC (Center for Disease Control)

• Chronic Disease Prevention Information
  • http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/
• Environmental Health
  • http://www.cdc.gov/Environmental/
• Healthy Living
  • CDC general topics on Health Living
    • http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyLiving/
• CDC healthy living information with focus on life stages and specific populations (pregnancy, children, young adults, women, family, parents, infants, adolescents, seniors, men, on the job, etc.)
  • http://www.cdc.gov/LifeStages/
• Infectious diseases Information
  • MMRW (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
    • http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
  • Public Health Emergency Events/Topics of Recent Interest
    • http://www.bt.cdc.gov/recentincidents.asp
• Injury, Violence, and Safety Issues
  • http://www.cdc.gov/InjuryViolenceSafety/
• Major Disaster information
  • Grand Prairie Emergency Management Home Page
    • http://www.gptx.org/index.aspx?page=1221
  • CDC Toxic Substances Information
    • http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/MMG/index.asp
  • CDC Bioterrorism Home Page
    • http://www.bt.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/
  • CDC Chemical Emergency Information Home Page
    • http://www.bt.cdc.gov/chemical/
  • CDC Mass Casualty Event Preparedness and Response Information
    • http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/
  • CDC Natural Disasters and Severe Weather Information
    • http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/
  • CDC Radiation Emergency information
    • http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/
• Physical Activity Information
  • http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/professionals/index.html
• Sexual Health
  • Current information on sexually-transmitted disease
    • http://www.cdc.gov/sexualhealth/
• Travel Medicine
  • CDC Yellow Book Homepage. A reference for international travelers regarding health risks.
    • http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/yellowbook-2012-home.htm
  • Vaccination information for world travelers
    • http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/vaccinations.htm
• Travelers’ Health information with destination-specific health information
  • http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/
• U.S. State Department current information regarding travel warnings, travel alerts, and all other aspects related to world travel
  • http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_1168.html
• Vaccine Information
  • Chart of Contraindications and Precautions to Commonly Used Vaccines
    • http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/vac-admin/contraindications-vacc.htm
  • List of and Information relating to vaccines available in the USA http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/vaccines-list.htm
  • National Vaccine Information Center
    • http://www.nvic.org/
• Woman’s Health
  • WISEWOMAN (Well-integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation)
    • http://www.cdc.gov/wisewoman/
  • Preconception Care Information
    • http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/preconception/QandA_providers.htm
• Workplace medicine
  • NOISH Workplace Safety & Health Topics
    • http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/
  • Healthcare-associated Infections
    • http://www.cdc.gov/hai/
  • Workplace Safety & Health
    • http://www.cdc.gov/Workplace/
• CDC Vital Signs (recent data on important public health issues)
  • http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/
• National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Zoonotic diseases are diseases spread from animals to humans.
  • http://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/
• National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
  • http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/index.html

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