Search Results: MCH Organizations

Annotation: ASTM International is a nonprofit organization founded in 1898 that provides a forum for industry, consumers, government representatives, and academia to develop standards for materials, products, systems, and services. ASTM's consumer products committee develops standards for playground equipment, infant furniture, bunk beds, toys, high chairs, helmets, toy chests, toxicity testing, and safety characteristics for a variety of consumer products. The society publishes a catalog, newsletter and monthly magazine, Standardization News. Some materials are available in Spanish and Asian languages. The society sponsors workshops and training programs.

Keywords: Consumers, Injury prevention, Product safety

Annotation: The Collaborative Family Healthcare Association is a membership organization of physical and mental health providers and consumers. It promotes collaborative family healthcare as an optimal way to deliver care. Services to consumers include inquiry responses and reference information. A list serve is also available on the association's Web site. The association also sponsors conferences.

Keywords: Health care, Collaboration, Consumers, Family centered care, Health personnel, Information services

Keywords: Consumer health, Consumers, Low literacy materials, Patient education materials

Annotation: The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is a public awareness, education, and advocacy organizations that works to create a world free of shame, secrecy, and unwanted surgery for intersex people (individuals born with anatomy or physiology that differs from cultural ideals of male and female). ISNA publishes a newsletter and offers referrals, publications, and reference information to consumers. Spanish-language materials are available.

Keywords: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Consumers, Endocrine sexual disorders, Gonadal dysgenesis, Hermaphroditism, Informatoin sources, Klinefelters syndrome, Reference materials, Sex differentiation disorders, Testicular feminization

Annotation: The Merck Manual of Medical Information is a publication based on The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, commonly referred to as The Merck Manual. The textbook of medicine is used by health care professionals. The Manual contains information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

Keywords: Child development, Child health, Consumers, Diagnosis, Information sources, Internet, Women', s health

Annotation: The Statewide Family and Consumer Networks Technical Assistance Center provides technical assistance to Center for Mental Health Services' (CMHS') Statewide Family Network and CMHS Statewide Consumer Network grantees. Operated by Policy Research Inc. in Delmar, New York, the Center uses a wide range of technical assistance approaches to strengthen the networks by meeting the specific needs of grantees in numerous critical areas including data reporting, network enhancement, organizational leadership building, and development.

Keywords: Consumers, Families, Health policy, Networks, State initiatives, Technical assistance

Annotation: The primary goal of the Urban Health Partners program at Wayne State University is to promote and enhance health information services to Detroit’s public health professionals. The target audience for the program is public health providers lacking traditional access to a medical library serving hard-to-reach and underserved populations in southeastern Michigan. A secondary goal is to facilitate improved access to an online collection of organized, quality Arabic-language health education materials for providers and health information seekers; over 80 publications in Arabic are available at no charge on the Web site.

Keywords: Information services, Materials for consumers, Medical libraries, Non English language materials, Underserved communities, Urban health