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Associations/Organizations Other Link Categories
Breastfeeding Other Link Categories
Community Other Link Categories
Resources Other Link Categories
- Check Your Health
Personal weight loss, nutrition, and/or physical activity resources.
- Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
Resources about the types of diabetes, its prevalence, treatment and care,
and lowering the risk of complications. Stay abreast of new developments in pediatric diabetes research.
- Family Dental Plan
Dental services for Medicaid, PCN and CHIP clients. Some services are free of charge,
while others require a minimal co-pay.
- Flu vaccine locator
To find the closest source for you to get flu vaccine for yourself and your family.
- Go Local Utah
A service for finding local resources for health-related issues. A service of MedlinePlus,
sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
- Health Department Brochure of Services
- Health Department Fees
- Map & Directions to the Utah County Health Department
- MyPyramid
Learn about the new food pyramid and get tips for eating healthier. The website also
includes a data base which allows you to track and assess your nutrient intake and exercise.
- Network of Care
This site is a resource for individuals, families and agencies concerned with mental
health and substance abuse.
- Obesity in Utah
For public health professionals, policy and decision makers, clinical experts, educators,
media professionals, and others working in the field of overweight and obesity prevention.
- UPP
UPP (pronounced "up") is a program of the Utah Department of Health that helps make
health insurance more affordable for working individuals and families.
Mosquito Abatement Other Link Categories
- American Mosquito Control Association
Coordinates mosquito research & control activities at the national level
- Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management, Inc.
Mosquito University, also provides information about mosquitoes & their control as well as activities of the company
- Colorado State University: Entomology Programs
Offers information & pictures as well as info about degree programs in entomology
- Colorado State University: Mosquito Genomics WWW Server
Information about mosquito genomics (the genetic material of mosquitoes) & links to other genomics databases.
Server curated by Dennis L. Knudson, Colorado State University
- Fight the Bite poster - Spanish
- Fight the Bite while camping poster
- Guidelines for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of West Nile Viruscreated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Informational poster for Physicians
- Iowa State University: Department of Entomology
Information about the department, degree programs, Insect Chat & Integrated Pest Management
- Iowa State University: Entomology Image Gallery
- Iowa State University: Mosquito-L
a free electronic mailing list discussing mosquito-related topics.
Site maintained by John VanDyk, Iowa State University
- Mosquito problems start at home poster
- National Pesticide Information Center
Cooperative effort of Oregon State University and the United States Environmental Protection Agency
- National Pesticide Information Center: Pesticide Fact Sheets
Designed to answer questions that are commonly asked by the general public about pesticides and pesticide related topics.
- National Pesticide Information Center: West Nile Virus Resource Guide
- Northwest Mosquito & Vector Control Association
Covers five Northwest states & three Canadian provinces, focuses on vector control & university research
- Outdoor activity poster
- PestWeb - Pest Control Industry Website
Information on products, manufacturers, associations & government agencies across the U.S., educational & other resources.
Site maintained by Vopak USA, Inc.
- State of Utah West Nile Virus Information
- U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine,
- Entomological Sciences Programs
Technical guides, pest management fact sheets, pesticide fact sheets & links
- Utah Mosquito Abatement Association
Coordinates mosquito research & control activities in Utah
- Utah Pesticide and Toxic News (USU Extension)
- Utah State University Extension Services
- Vector Control Job Description
- Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit
Conducts research on medically important arthropods & maintains the U.S. mosquito collection, one of three departments in the U.S. government entomological research system.
- Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit: Computerized Disease Vector
- Identification Keys
the key is for mosquito genera of North America north of Mexico
- West Nile Encephalitis Fact Sheet
provided by the Utah Department of Health
- West Nile Encephalitis Fact Sheet for Physicians
provided by the Utah Department of Health
- West Nile Facts
- West Nile Virus Public Service Announcement
Parenting Other Link Categories
- www.unitedwayuc.org/welcomebaby
Utah County Welcome Baby information and activities
- www.babyyourbaby.org
Prenatal Medicaid for legal residents of the United States to provide prenatal care
- www.pbs.org/parents
Information about your child’s development, educational activities, and local PBS kids programs.
- www.touchpoints.org
Practical approach to enhance the competence of parents and build strong family-child relationships from before birth through the earliest years.
- www.aap.org/parents.html
American Academy of Pediatrics information for parents about child development, educational activities, immunization information, car seat safety and other child related topics.
- www.pathwaysawareness.org
Raising awareness of the benefits of early detection and therapy for children with early motor delays
- www.familydoctor.org
American Academy of Family Physicians
- www.asha.org/public
American Speech, Language, Hearing Association
- www.infantsee.org
Public health program to ensure eye and vision care become an integral part of infant wellness care
- www.readysetschool.org
A tool kit of activities that parents can do with their children to prepare for school
- www.zerotothree.org
Nation’s leading resource on the first 3 years of life informing, educating, and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers.
- www.parentingpress.com
Practical information from books, weekly parenting tips, monthly e-zine and downloadable brochures.
- www.brightfutures.org
National health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optional health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family and the community as partners in health practice.
Substance Abuse Other Link Categories
General Information
- Use Only As Directed
Utah Department of Health campaign to reduce deaths from prescription drugs
- Clean Out the Cabinet
Utah County Division of Substance Abuse website with instructions on how to safely dispose of excess or out of date prescription medications
- Hope Today
Increase public awareness of the individual, family and societal problems associated with substance abuse
- Methamphetamine
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