
Government
- CDC: Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting
the health and safety of people - at home and abroad,
providing credible information to enhance health decisions,
and promoting health through strong partnerships.
CDC serves as the national focus for developing and
applying disease prevention and control, environmental
health, and health promotion and education activities
designed to improve the health of the people of the
United States.
- OMH: Office
of Minority Health
The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH)
is to improve and protect the health of racial and
ethnic minority populations through the development
of health policies and programs that will eliminate
health disparities. OMH was established in 1985 by
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
It advises the Secretary and the Office of Public
Health and Science on public health program activities
affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian
Americans, Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos,
Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders.
- HRSA: Health Resources
and Services Administration
HRSA directs programs that improve the Nation's health
by expanding access to comprehensive, quality health
care for all Americans. HRSA works to improve and
extend life for people living with HIV/AIDS, provide
primary health care to medically underserved people,
serve women and children through state programs, and
train a health workforce that is both diverse and
motivated to work in underserved communities.
- DHS, OAPP,
LA: Department of Health Services, County of Los Angeles,
Office of AIDS Programs and Policy
The Los Angeles County Office of AIDS Programs and
Policy (OAPP) was established in 1985 as the AIDS
Programs in Public Health Programs and Services of
the Department of Health Services. The office directs
the overall response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Los
Angeles County.
- SAMHSA: Substance
Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
SAMHSA's vision is a life in the community for everyone.
SAMHSA's mission is to build resilience and facilitate
recovery for people with or at risk for substance
abuse and mental illness.
- NIH: National Institutes
of Health
Begun as a one-room Laboratory of Hygiene in 1887,
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today is one
of the world's foremost medical research centers.
An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services,
the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research.
NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral research
for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit
of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior
of living systems and the application of that knowledge
to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness
and disability. The goals of the agency are as follows:
1) foster fundamental creative discoveries, innovative
research strategies, and their applications as a basis
to advance significantly the Nation's capacity to
protect and improve health; 2) develop, maintain,
and renew scientific human and physical resources
that will assure the Nation's capability to prevent
disease; 3) expand the knowledge base in medical and
associated sciences in order to enhance the Nation's
economic well-being and ensure a continued high return
on the public investment in research; and 4) exemplify
and promote the highest level of scientific integrity,
public accountability, and social responsibility in
the conduct of science.
- OHCA: County
of Orange Health Care Agency
The OHCA is dedicated to protecting and promoting
the optimal health of individuals, families, and its
diverse communities through, Partnerships, Community
Leadership, Assessment of Community Needs, Planning
and Policy Development Prevention and Education and
Quality Services.