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2-1-1
Non-Emergency – Click this link
to search the database, or call 211 on your phone
to get information and referrals on a variety of
services, including: food banks, clothing closets,
rental and utility assistance, adult or child day
care, transportations services for the disabled,
tutoring, adoptions, Meals on Wheels, insurance,
interventions for drug and alcohol abuse, rehabilitation,
job training, and much more. This site
and phone number will also provide emergency information
about local problems such as floods and highway
closures.
New
Jersey State Government
New
Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Topics A to Z will
take you to information throughout the department, including
state and local programs, vital records, health statistics,
specific diseases, and much, much more. It is
an easy way to browse through the department's information
and services to find what you are looking for, and maybe
something you didn't even know about. There is
also an option to search the Web site.
New
Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance
The department's web site
includes the New
Jersey HMO Performance Report (1999 ed.).
New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
You can search the DEP
InfoFinder or check the current
air quality. There is also information from
the Mosquito Control Commission on the West
Nile Virus.
New
Jersey Department of Human Services
Here you will find information
from the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired,
the Division of Mental Health Services, the Division
of Medical Assistance & Health Services, the Division
of Developmental Disabilities, the Division of the Deaf
and Hard of Hearing, and the Division of Youth and Family
Services.
New
Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Includes information on
Medical
and Mental Health Related Professional Boards,
consumer briefs, complaint forms, and more.
County
and Local Government
Local
Health Departments in New Jersey
This directory provides
contact information by county and municipality. The
site is in PDF format and requires an Adobe
Acrobat Reader for viewing.
New
Jersey County Health Resources
Check here for more county
government resources.
Federal
Government
U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
From the HHS home page
you can select from a number of topics, or you can search
the site.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services)
Health
Topics A to Z is an excellent guide to resources
at the CDC web site. The site includes special
sections on Data
& Statistics, Hoaxes
and Rumors, Travelers'
Health, and Publications,
Software, and Other Products. There is also
a Spanish
language version available.
healthfinder®
(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
You can pick from a menu
of topics or search this consumer health site.
Includes links to Spanish language resources.
U.S.
National Library of Medicine
The National Library of
Medicine produces the MEDLINE database of medical literature
and makes it available via PubMed
and the NLM
Gateway. Students may find the information
in NLM's Online
Exhibitions useful for reports.
MEDLINEplus
(U.S. National Library of Medicine)
This comprehensive consumer
health site provides information on specific health
topics, drug information, dictionaries, directories,
and additional resources. Includes links to relevant
web sites and literature searches from PubMed and suggests
related MEDLINEplus topics. There are alphabetical
directories of the site as well as basic and advanced
searching. Some material is available in Spanish.
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