Child Safety - National Institutes
of Health (NIH)
National Institutes of Health
(NIH) http://www.nih.gov/
Mailing address: Building 1, 1 Center
Drive,
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Phone: (301) 496-4000 Toll-free Information
Hotlines may be found at www.nih.gov/health/infoline.htm.
NIH has information on many health topics
as well as fact sheets, brochures and
handbooks which can be accessed through
its website. Information available through
NIH includes:
Health Topics from A-Z www.nih.gov/health/InformationIndex/HealthIndex/Pubincov.htm
Consumer Health Publications www.nih.gov/health/consumer/index.htm
Healthfinder (which has information for
kids as well as adults) http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Medline www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
The NIH Work on Health www.nih.gov/health
NIH is part of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) http://www.hhs.gov/.
Rural Information Center Health
Service (RICHS) www.nal.usda.gov/ric/richs
Mailing address: National Agricultural
Library;10301 Baltimore Avenue, Room 304;
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Phone: (800) 633-7701; (301) 504-5547;
TDD (301) 504-6856
Fax: (301) 504-5181
E-mail: mailto:%20ric@nal.usda.gov
This center disseminates information
on a variety of rural health issues including
health professions, health care financing,
special populations and the delivery of
health care services. It provides information,
referrals, publications, and brief complimentary
literature searches to professionals and
the public and posts rural health information
on the Internet. RICHS is funded by the
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy,
the Department of Health and Human Services
and is part of the United States Department
of Agriculture Rural Information Center,
which provides information on rural issues
such as economic development, and community
well-being.
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