Authority Websites
 + Health
  + Children's Health

American Public Health Association: SCHIP and Public Health - SCHIP page of APHA, the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals.
ATSDR - Office of Children's Health - Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry with specialized information on the toxicology of children. Provides ongoing examination of relevant child health issues like cancer and hazardous waste sites.
Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center - Serves children who have lost a sibling; lost a parent through death, divorce, or abandonment; or imminent death of a family member; affiliated with the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago, Illinois, US.
Children's Environmental Health - Project of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Provides a summary of the medical and scientific information about environmental effects on health.
The Children's Environmental Health Institute - Committed to decreasing the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of environmentally related childhood diseases. CEHI identify, develop, and promote solutions to improve children's environmental health through scientific research, environmental education, and public policy.
Children's Environmental Health Network - The CEHN is a national multidisciplinary project whose purpose is to protect the health of children as it relates to environmental hazards.
Children's Health and the Environment - Pan American Health Organization Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS) resources and information.
Children's Health Environmental Coalition - CHEC dedicated to prevention of non-genetic childhood cancer and other environmentally caused childhood illnesses.
Center for Children's Health and the Environment - CCHE is the nation's first academic research and policy center to examine the links between exposure to toxic pollutants and childhood illness. Provides fact sheets, reports, conference and contact information.
Children's Grief and Loss Issues - Offering information, seminars, books, CDs and videos to help a child deal with grief issues.
Children's Health Matters - Outreach program that facilitates enrollment of children in Medicaid and other insurance programs
Cincinnati Children's Cancer Center - Located Cincinnati Children's Hospital, this center provides comprehensive diagnosis and treatment, as well as research trials. [Ohio]
Health Care Financing Administration: CHIP - Official federal site devoted to the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Connie's Corner - Donating Gifts for Bereavement and Loss - The quilters at Connie's Corner are donating one photo memory quilt per month to a child who has suffered the loss of a parent.
Covering Kids - National health access initiative for low-income, uninsured children, offering information on child health outreach, enrollment, and simplification strategies.
U.S. EPA - Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP) - Environmental Protection Agency site on children's environment and health. Publications, references and resources.
Helping Children Deal With Grief - Detailed information discussing complicated grief stemming from traumatic death, AIDS, abuse, or violence. Workshops designed to melt the wall between a child and his or her grief for parents, educators, and therapists by Linda Goldman, teacher, counselor, author, certified grief therapist and educator.
Families USA - Provides advocacy for consumers of family health care by acting as a watchdog over children's payer programs
FAMIS, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan - FAMIS is Virginia's new low-cost health insurance for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but do not have private health insurance.
Foundation for Grieving Children - Raises funds and provides grants to organizations which assist children and families after a loved one's death.
The Gentle Revolution - Books, CD-rom, video and kits for reading, math and enjoyment.
The Center for Grieving Children, Teens, and Families - Provides grief support groups for children, teens and families from the Philadelphia region. Also provides grief support resources and training for professionals supporting bereaved families.
Dawnas Handy Guide - A teachers' manual with lessons that incorporate Christian philosophy and current scientifically proven lifestyle information.
Children's Environmental Health - Minnesota Department of Health information to protect the health of children as it relates to environmental hazards.
Institute for Children's Environmental Health - The primary mission of ICEH is to mitigate environmental exposures that can undermine the health and well-being of children and to detoxify environments wherever children spend time.
Iris the Dragon Inc. - A small publishing company specializing in children's illustrated books that deal with mental illness and brain disorders, their first book is called "Catch A Falling Star".
What Children Need When They Grieve - A 9/11 widow and mother provides guidance and support for those caring for grieving children. Links to other professional support organizations.
Maternal & Child's Health Policy - Specializes in issues affecting children, including those with special health care needs and those from low-income families.
Mommy's Light - Non-profit organization in the Delaware Valley dedicated to children who have lost their mothers. Serving southeastern PA, southern NJ or northern DE.
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health - Provides an overview of research center mission and purpose, publications, programs, and research tools offered.