Public Health Services

Help people with asthma, and the parents of children with asthma, people reduce their asthma symptoms.

Connections to Asthma programs link

• Draw a Breath
• Home Asthma Response  

• Communicable Disease Control
• Vaccine Information

A call center which provides information to health care professionals and the public related to possible poisoning emergencies.

The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is the U.S. reference, referral and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and tuberculosis (TB). NPIN produces, collects, catalogs, processes, stocks and disseminates materials and information on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STDs and TB to organizations and people working in those disease fields in international, national, state and local settings. All NPIN services are designed to facilitate sharing of information and resources on education and prevention services, published materials, research findings and trends among users.

The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nations food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health.

The National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH) is a private, not-for-profit corporation located in Buda, Texas dedicated to improving the health status of farmworker families.  We provide information services, training and technical assistance, and a variety of products to community and migrant health centers nationwide, as well as organizations, universities, researchers and individuals involved in farmworker health.

Provides training, technical assistance and information resources to the national network of 500+ federally funded community and migrant health centers. With the mission of improving the health status of the national farmworker population. Services and products include on site technical assistance, hands on training, newsletters, directories, conferences, a migrant health library, a multi media resource center, a clearing house of migrant health materials, a toll free information and referral line for patients, providers and patient advocates, electronic access to the catalog of library and resource center holdings and documents, several e-groups for dissemination and communication amongst migrant health advocates.

The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is the nation's leading public policy center dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America's low-income families and children. NCCP has a list online of publications on the following topics:

• Child Poverty
• Children’s Mental Health
• Early Care and Learning
• Healthy Development
• Immigrant Families
• Infants and Toddlers
• Integrated Systems
• Low-Wage Work
• Social Security
• Welfare
• Work Supports

By answering a few questions about your health and activities, the app can help you check your risk for contracting COVID-19 and offers suggestions and steps to lower your risk. Could give parents of CYSHCN more peace of mind.