Resources

Regional & Local Resources

Children & Family Resource Center
The Children & Family Resource Center promotes the well being of children as it advocates for them and their families, facilitates coordination and collaboration among children’s programs, and provides services and resources for children and their families.

Community Resources for Health and Wellness
This brochure lists local resources for dental health, developmental disabilities, mental health, pediatric care, and much more. Spanish

Department of Public Health Programs & Services brochure. Also in Spanish Programas Y Servicios.

Healthy Carolinians

NC 2010 Health Objectives

Henderson County Partnership for Health
A collaboration of Henderson County agencies working together for a healthier Henderson County.

NC Health Info is a resource for local health services, providers, and programs serving residents of North Carolina.

Online CARE-LINE is a searchable database for health and human services in all levels of government and other agencies. CARE-LINE 1-800-662-7030 is a toll-free line for questions about health and human service issues.

Pardee Hospital is located at 800 North Justice Street in Hendersonville. Call (828) 696-1000 for information about the quality care Pardee provides to Henderson County.

Park Ridge Hospital is located at 100 Hospital Drive in Hendersonville. Call (828) 684-8501 to learn more about Park Ridge Hospital.

Quitline NC provides confidential, one-on-one support that will help you stay tobacco-free for good.

United Way's 2-1-1 of Western North Carolina is a local community service information line.

adolescents
alcohol and drugs
alternative medicine
asthma and allergies
cancer
child health
dental
diabetes
elder care
general health
health education
health insurance
heart disease
and stroke
immunizations
men's health
mental health
nutrition
physical activity
pregnancy and
maternal health
stress management
tobacco
women's health

National Websites

The national web sites below are excellent, comprehensive starting points for both the public and the health care professional. For specific health issues, see the index above on the right.

Please note that the Department of Public Health does not necessarily endorse the information or advertising associated with these web sites and are meant to be used as resources. Please contact your health care provider before using any health information obtained from the Internet.

MEDLINEplus
Find information on hundreds of diseases, conditions, drugs and wellness issues. Other tools include medical dictionaries and current health news. Very reliable for drug information. (Spanish)

healthfinder®
Reliable health information developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Spanish)

familydoctor.org
Health information from the American Academy of Family Physicians. No advertising.

Kidshealth®
Provides doctor-approved, jargon-free health information about children from before birth through adolescence.

National Health Information Center
Links to 1,100 government agencies and groups. Directory of toll free numbers for organizations.

NOAH
New York Online Access to Health provides high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant, and unbiased.

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Adolescents

• Adolescent Pregnancy Coalition of North Carolina
• National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (Spanish)

Alcohol and Drugs

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Asthma and Allergies

• American Dental Association
• American Dental Hygienists' Association
• CDC Oral Health Resources
• NIH National Institute of Dental Research

Diabetes

• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Association of Health Plans
• American Association of Retired Persons
• American College of Preventative Medicine
• American Medical Association
• Bureau of Primary Health Care
• Center for Disease Control (CDC) (Spanish)
• Consumer Information Center (Spanish)
• Food and Drug Administration (Spanish)
• Health Resources and Administration
• Healthy Cities Online
• Healthy People 2010
• Human Anatomy Online
• Mayo Clinic-Health Oasis
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Health Information Center
• National Institutes of Health (Spanish)
• Office of Minority Health Resource Center
• Prevent Blindness America
• US Department of Health and Human Services

• Society for Public Health Education

Health Insurance

• North Carolina Department of Insurance

Heart Disease and Stroke

• CDC National Immunization Information Hotline
• Immunization Action Coalition
• North Carolina Immunization Branch

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Psychological Association
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) (Spanish)
• National Institute of Mental Health
• National Mental Health Association
• SAMHSA Knowledge Exchange Network
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• The Arc

• American Dietetic Association
• Delicious Decisions
• Food and Nutrition Information Center
• International Food Information Council
• National Cancer Institute 5 A Day Program
• US Dietary Guidelines
• Vegetarian Resource Group

Physical Activity

• Be Active
• Eat Smart Move More
• President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sport
• Shape Up America

Pregnancy and Maternal Health

Stress Management

• American Institute on Stress

Tobacco

• American Cancer Society
• American Lung Association
• CDC on Tobacco
• National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• SAMHSA National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

Women's Health