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Consumer Health Resources
CONSUMER GROUPS/ASSOCIATIONS American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) American Health Information Management Association - general information on medical records and state statutes regarding patient access Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) - nutrition, food, additives Center for Medical Consumers - information clearinghouse on common surgical procedures Childbirth Connection - promotes safe, effective, and satisfying evidence-based maternity care Everybody In, Nobody Out - grass roots organization working for universal health care. Their mission is education and mobilization of the public, the stimulation of debate, and the encouragement of moving the states and country towards a more humane and equitable system which guarantees universal access to health care for all Americans. Medicare Rights Center (formerly Medicare Beneficiaries Defense Fund) - Medicare counseling hotline and informational pamphlets National Health Law Program - focus on analysis of legislative changes affecting low-income health consumers. Call if you have questions about Medicaid, managed care, federal funding for children's preventive care, government responsibility to provide care, or how to understand your state or local health care system National Women's Health Network - a consumer advocacy group giving women a greater voice in the health care system NO FREE LUNCH - An organization of health care providers -- physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dentists, among others -- who believe that pharmaceutical promotion should not guide clinical practice, and that over-zealous promotional practices can lead to bad patient care. The organization's goal is to encourage health care practitioners to provide high quality care based on unbiased evidence rather than on biased pharmaceutical promotion. They inform health care providers as well as the general public about pharmaceutical industry efforts to promote their products and influence prescribing; provide evidence that promotion does in fact influence health care provider behavior, often in ways that run counter to good patient care; and provide products that can replace pharmaceutical company paraphernalia and spread the message. Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) - membership group of physicians and health care workers promoting single-payer national health insurance and access to health care GOVERNMENT AGENCIES/INTERNET SITES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - practical health care information, research etc. to help consumers make informed decisions about health care issues. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - medicare and medicaid information Consumer.gov - "one-stop" web site to access multiple federal consumer information resources. Information contributed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administraion, National Highway Traffic Safety Administraion and the Securities and Exchange Commission Food and Drug Administration
HealthFinder - a gateway site to help consumers find health and human services information quickly. It includes links to more than 1,250 sites including government, university and other consumer health resources. Health and Human Servies (HHS) Institute of Medicine - part of the National Academy of Sciences; they publish objective and authoritative information on a variety of health topics. NIH - access point to the consumer health resources of the National Institutes of Health
NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Women's Health Information Center, a 'gateway' site that has attempted to organize information on health issues for women to a single point of entry. This site includes links to government clearinghouses and many private sector organizations. EDUCATION For information on activism education, check our Health Activist Section Master's Program in Health Advocacy at Sarah Lawrence College. Find out more about the nation's only masters degree program in health advocacy.
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