Personal and environmental health resources

- Birth control resources
- Children with special needs
- Dental health services and care
- Families with children
- Food worker information
- Low and no-cost insurance
- Solid waste (garbage) disposal
- Water and wells
- WIC (Women, infants, and children)

Public Health resources and information

- Local
- State
- National
- Environmental Health Regulation

Community resources

• City of Camas
• City of La Center
• City of Ridgefield
• City of Vancouver
• City of Washougal
• Clark College
• Board of Clark County Commissioners
  

Additional resources can be found on individual web pages throughout this Web site.

Personal and environmental health resources

Birth control resources

• Emergency birth control
• Planned parenthood
• Planned Parenthood International (has information in many languages). 
• Teens sexuality, planned parenthood - teenwire.com 
• TeenHealth Nemour Foundation site
• National Institiute of Health Medline Plus

Children with special needs

• Children with special health care needs information
• Emergency preparedness for children with special health care needs  
• Washington State Department of Health - Children with special health care needs

Dental health services and care

• Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD) 
• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry  
• American Academy of Periodontology
• American Association of Public Health Dentistry
• American Dental Association
• American Dental Hygienists' Association
• Bright Futures  
• Clark College Dental Hygiene Program
•  Clark County Dental Society
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Oral Health Program
• Eastern Washington University- Dental Hygiene Expanded Baccalaureate Degree (Degree Completion)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
• National Maternal and Oral Health Resource Center
• National Oral Health Surveillance System  
• Oregon Health Sciences University School of Dentistry
• University of Washington School of Dentistry
• Washington State Department of Health-Oral Health
• Washington health professional quality assurance provider credential search

Families with children resources

• Car seat safety
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health 
• Domestic Violence - 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) 
• InfantSEE - "Helping infants to establish a lifetime of healthy vision."
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), "Back to Sleep" Campaign
• Parent Help 123
• Postpartum Depression
• Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network 

Food Worker Information

• Food Safety Education Program in English and Spanish
• Working Healthy (King County Food Worker Manual)
• Washington Administrative Code for Food Work Cards and Food Service

Low and no-cost insurance

• Basic Health - a state-sponsored program providing low-cost health care coverage through private health plans
• Children's Health Insurance Program
• Parent Help 123: food and health resources for families
• Columbia Health Plan of Washington
• Columbia United Providers
• Medicaid
• Washington State Department of Social & Health Services (DSHS)
• Washington State Health Insurance Pool

Solid waste (garbage) disposal

• Clean Washington Center
• Stericycle
• Waste Connections
• Waste Management

Water and wells

• Addy Lab, Vancouver, WA
• Columbia Analytical Services, Kelso, WA
• Columbia Inspection, Inc., Portland, OR

WIC (Women, infants, and children) 

• State WIC site
• Washington State Department of Health - For all state health news and highlights, publications and health data
• Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC), collaborative nutrition website with over 1,000 links to current reliable nutrition information.
• Food and Nutrition Information Center. Provides educational materials, government reports and research
• National Health Information Center. Puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with the organizations that are best able to provide answers
• Food Stamp Program information
• Dole 5-A-Day This site educates kids and parents about why fruits and vegetables are so good 
• Nutrition Café A site where nutrition information is FUN! This site is full of games, food and nutrition facts and activities for kids. 
• Nutrition explorations. The National Diary Council provides fun, information and recipes to families.
• Nutrition for kids. This site contains educational materials and nutrition facts of the week written by a Registered Dietitian
• American Dietetic Association. Information from the Nutrition Profession.
• Vancouver Farmer's Market Check out the calendar for dates and activities.
• Shape Up America A non-profit organization dedicated to achieving healthy weight for life
• WA Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
• Nutrition data  Find out how many calories, grams of fat, etc are in virtually everything you eat

Public Health resources and information

Local public health resources

• Community Choices 2010
• Kaiser Permanente
• Southwest Washington Medical Center

State public health resources

• University of Washington School of Public Health and Medicine
• Washington Center for Health Statistics (birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates)
• Washington Department of Health
• Washington Family Planning and Reproductive Health
• Washington State Association of Local Public Health Officials (WSALPHO)
• Washington State Legislature
• Washington State Public Health Association
• Washington Tobacco Quit Line
  

National public health resources

• American Dental Association
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Internet Resources
• Healthcare 411
• National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)
• National Center for Environmental Health
• National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
• US Government Nutrition Site
• Project Inform (AIDS Information)
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Education and Consumer Information 
• VitalChek  (ordering birth and death certificates, marriage and divorce records)

Environmental health regulations

• City codes
• County codes
• Washington State Department of Health, Public Water Systems
• Washington State Department of Ecology