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National Wellness and Health
Resources
There
are many helpful national resources that provide informative
resources. Once you have clicked on the site, you can find great
resources and links to your local chapter. Finding your local
chapter will allow you to explore events happening throughout
the community. These sites are also a great way to gain more
knowledge about health topics that interest you.
American Academy of Family Physicians, familydoctor.org
This site provides information on food and nutrition, physical
activity, mental health/stress, preventing health problems,
first aid, safety and injury prevention, crisis control, health
insurance, and travel and vaccines. Discover more by clicking
this site:
Family Doctor
American Lung Association
The American
Lung Association® is the oldest voluntary health organization in
the United States, with a National Office and constituent and
affiliate associations around the country. Founded in 1904 to
fight tuberculosis, the American Lung Association® today fights
lung disease in all its forms, with special emphasis on asthma,
tobacco control and environmental health. The American Lung
Association® is funded by contributions from the public, along
with gifts and grants from corporations, foundations and
government agencies. The American Lung Association® achieves its
many successes through the work of thousands of committed
volunteers and staff.
American Lung Association
National Institutes of Health
Provides information on alternative medicine, dental health,
dietary supplements, disease prevention, exercise/physical
fitness, mental health, nutrition and occupational health.
National
Institutes of Health
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health
agency whose mission is to reduce disability
and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
American Heart Association
breastcancer.org
breastcancer.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
providing the most reliable, complete, and up-to-date
information about breast cancer.
Their mission is to help women and their loved ones make
sense of the complex medical and personal information about
breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions for their
lives.
breastcancer.org
Compiled by Stephanie Fridie, August 22, 2006 smfridie@salisbury.edu
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