Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC
)

• Serves as the national focus for developing and
  applying disease prevention and control,
  environmental health, health promotion and health
  education activities designed to improve the
  health of the people of the United States.
• Maintains records, analyzes disease trends, and
  publishes epidemiological reports on all types of
  diseases, including those that result from
  lifestyle, occupational, and environmental causes.

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Promotes and protects public health by helping
  safe and effective products reach the market in a
  timely way and by monitoring products for
  continues safety after they are in use.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)

• Administers the Medicare ( Health care for the
  elderly and the disabled) and Medicaid Programs (
  Health care for low-income individuals), which
  provide health care coverage to about 75 million
  Americans.

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Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)

• Helps provide health resources for medically
  underserved populations.
• Works to build the health care workforce.
• Helps prepare the Nations health care system and
  providers to respond to bioterrorism and other
  public health emergencies.

Indian Health Service (IHS)

• Provides comprehensive health service delivery
  system to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
• Facilitates and assists Indian tribes coordinate
  health planning, in obtaining and using health
  resources available through federal, state, and
  local programs.

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• The worlds premier medical research
  organization, supporting research projects
  nationwide.

Program Support Center (PSC)

• Provides qualitative and responsive
  administrative support services on a
  cost-effective, competitive, fee-for-service
  basis to HHS components and other federal
  agencies.

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA)

• Ensures up-to-date information and
  state-of-the-art practice is effectively used for
  the prevention and treatment of addictive and
  mental disorders.
• Three centers
• - CSAT
• - CSAP
• - CMHS

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State Health Agencies

• PURPOSE To promote, protect and maintain the
  health and welfare of their citizens.
• CORE FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
• Assessment
• Policy Development
• Assurance

• Organized into divisions or bureaus.
• They can establish and promulgate health
  regulations that have the force and effect of law
  throughout the state.

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Local Public Health Agencies

• It is through LPHAs that health services are
  provided to the people of the community.
• A great many of these services are mandated by
  state laws, which also set standards for health
  and safety.
• Major Portion of the funding comes from local
  property taxes.

Coordinated School Health Program
An organized set of policies, procedures, and
activities designed to protect, promote, and
improve the health and well-being of students and
staff, thus improving the students ability to
learn. There are 3 essential components Health
Education, Healthful school environment, and
Health services.
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Quasi-Governmental Health Organizations

• Organizations that have some official health
  responsibilities but operate, in part, like
  voluntary health organizations.
• Funded by tax dollars and private sources.
• Examples
• American Red Cross
• National Science Foundation
• National Academy of Sciences