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Alaska Skills for a Healthy Life Framework

The following information is used with permission from Meeks Heit Publishing Company from Comprehensive School Health Education, 2nd Edition: Totally Awesome Strategies for Teaching Health; © Copyright Meeks Heit Publishing, 1996.

The Health Resource Guide contains a listing of the names and telephone numbers (and in many cases the addresses) of organizations and agencies that provide resources for comprehensive school health education. This listing is divided into the following headings:

1001 Mental and Emotional Health

1001 Family Living

1001 Growth and Development

1001 Nutrition

1001 Personal Health

1001 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

1001 Communicable and Chronic Diseases

1001 Injury Prevention and Safety

1001 Consumer and Community Health

1001 Environmental Health

1001 Joint Committee on Health Education

There is a separate section that provides a listing of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the professional organizations that were represented on The Joint Committee for Health Education Standards: The American Cancer Society; The American School Health Association; The Association for the Advancement of Health Education; The School Health Education and Services Section, American Public Health Association; and The Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation.

Several agencies and professional organizations that are listed in The Health Resource Guide provide free and/or inexpensive materials. They may provide pamphlets, curricula, kits, videos, and films. They also may provide services such as speakers’ bureaus, support groups, and screening programs. They may have hotline numbers. Hotline numbers can be dialed to obtain immediate assistance. Teachers may want to share these hotline numbers with their students. They may want to have students write to these agencies and organizations to obtain further information when they are writing reports or preparing to give oral presentations. Teachers also may want to have students explore health careers available at these agencies and organizations.

American Psychiatric Association
1400 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 682-6000
(800) 368-5777
www.psych.org

American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 336-5500
(800) 374-2721
www.apa.org/

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
www.nami.org/

National Institute of Mental Health
Public Inquiries Section
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 7C02
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-4513
www.nimh.gov

Crisis Prevention Institute
3315-K North 124rh Street
Brookfield, WI 53005
(414) 783-5787
(800) 558-8976
www.execpc.com/~cpi

National Mental Health Association
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 684-7722
(800) 969-6642
www.nmha.org

National Self-Help Clearinghouse
25 West 43^rd Street, Room 620
New York, NY 10036
(212) 642-2944
www.selfhelpweb.org

NIH National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.hih.gov/

Family Living

American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
1717 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Anti-Defamation League
823 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
(212) 490-2525

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
230 N. 13^th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 567-7000
www.bbbsa.org

Women Work
1625 K Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 467-6346
(800) 235-2732
www.womenwork.org

Family Service America
11700 West Lake Park Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53224
(414) 359-1040
(800) 221-2681
www.fsanet.org

Focus of the Family Educational Resources
P.O. Box 15379
Colorado Springs, CO 80935-5379
(800) 932-9123

National Institute Against Prejudice and Violence
31 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Parents of Murdered Children
100 East 8^th Street
Suite B41
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 721-5683
(888) 818-POMC
www.pomc.com

Parents Without Partners
401 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 644-6610
(800) 637-7974
www.parentswithoutpartners.org

Toughlove
P.O. Box 1069
Doylestown, PA 18901
(215) 348-7090/(800) 333-1069

Alzheimer’s Association
919 N Michigan Avenue
Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 335-8700
(800) 272-3900
www.alz.org

Johnson Institute
7205 Ohms Lane
Minneapolis, MN 55439
(612) 831-1630
(612) 831-1631 Fax
(800) 231-5165
www.johnsoninstitute.com

March of Dimes Defects Foundation
Public Health Education Materials
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
(914) 428-7100
(888) MODIMES
www.modimes.org

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
3520 Prospect, NW
Suite 1
Washington, DC 20057
(202) 625-8400
www.ncemch.org

National Council on the Aging, Inc.
409 Third Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20024

Respect Incorporated
P.O. Box 349
Bradley, IL 60915
(815) 932-8389
www.respectinc.com

SIECUS (Sexuality Information & Education Council of the U.S.)
130 W 42^nd Street
(212) 819-9770
www.siecus.org

American Dietetic Association
216 W Jackson Blvd.
Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 899-0040
www.eatright.org

American Society for Nutritional Sciences
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 530-7050
www.nutrician.org

Center for the Treatment of Eating Disorders and National Anorexic Aid, Inc.
1925 E Dublin-Granville Road
Columbus, OH 43229
(614) 436-1112

Food and Nutrition Board
Institute of Medicine
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
(202) 334-2238

Food and Nutrition Information Center
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Avenue
Room 304
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
(301) 504-5719
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic

Food and Nutrition Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
301 Park Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22204
(803) 305-2554

National Dairy Concil
Nutrition Education Division
O’Hare International Building
10255 West Higgins
Suite 900
Rosemont, IL 60019
(708) 803-2000

National Nutrition Education Clearinghouse
Society for Nutrition Education
1700 Broadway
Suite 300
Oakland, CA 94612

North American Vegetarian Society
P.O. Box 72
Utica, NY 13329
(518) 568-7970

Nutrition Education Association
P.O. Box 20301
3467 Glen Haven
Houston, TX 77025
(713) 665-2946

United States Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 720-2791
www.usda.gov

Washington State Dairy Council
4201 198^th Street, SW
Suite 102
Lynnwood, WA 98036
www.eatsmart.org

Personal Health

Alaska Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
c/o American Heart Association
1057 Fireweed Lane, Suite 206
Anchorage, AK 99503-1760

American Academy of Ophthalmology
P.O. Box 7424
San Francisco, CA 94120-7424
(415) 561-8500
www.eyenet.org

American Dental Association
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 440-2500
www.ada.org

American Foundation for Vision Awareness
243 N Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 991-4100
(800) 365-2219
www.aoanet.org

American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org/insight.htm

Aerobics International Research Society
1200 Preston Road
Dallas, TX 75430
(214) 661-3374

American Physical Fitness
12075 Nebel Street
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 340-0001
(800) USALATS

National Center for Health Services Research
Publications Branch 5600 Fishers Lane
Room 18-12
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-2403
www.dhhs.gov

National Center for Health Statistics and Technical Information Branch
Department of HHS
6525 Belcrest Rd.
Room 1064
Hyattsville, MD 20782
(301) 565-4167

National Health Information Center
http://nhic-nt.health.org

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Information Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
(301) 251-1222
(301) 251-1223 Fax
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/nhlbi.htm

National Institute of Dental Research Office of Communications
9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31
Room 2C35
Bethesda, MD 20892

National Institute of Health
9000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201

Office of Health Information, Health Promotion, Physical Fitness, and Sports Medicine
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201

President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 250
Washington, DC 20004

Women’s Sports Foundation
342 Madison Avenue
Suite 728
New York, NY 10018

Metropolitan Life Insurance
Health Safety Division (160V)
One Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010-3690
(212) 578-3372 ?

World Health Organization
www.who.ch

Al-Anon Family Groups
1372 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
(212) 302-7240
www.al-anon-alateen.org

Alcohol and Drug Referral Line
107 Lincoln Street
Worcester, MA 01605
(508) 799-9000
(800) ALCOHOL
www.adcare.com

Alcohol Anonymous
307 Seventh Avenue
Room 201
New York, NY 10001
(212) 647-1680
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-2403
www.fda.gov

DARE Program
Robert Brown
Chief Crime Prevention Branch
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Department of Justice
810 7^th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531
(800) 688-4252
DARE America Headquarters in California
(800) 223-DARE
www.DARE-america.com

Drug Enforcement Agency
400 6^th Street, SW
Room 2558
Washington, DC 20024

Food and Drug Administration
Office of Consumer Affairs
Public Inquiries
5600 Fishers Lane (HFE-88)
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-3170
www.fda.gov

Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD)
18935
Spring, TX 77388
(713) 589-6233

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol Information
11426 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 468-2600
www.health.org/newsupp/meth.htm

Narcotics Anonymous
P.O. Box 9999
Van Nuys, CA 91409

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
11426 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 443-6500
(800) 729-6686
www.health.org

National Cocaine Hotline
(800) COCAINE

National Coordinating Council on Drug Education, Inc.
1830 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009

Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE)
3610 Dekalb Technology Parkway
Suite 105
Atlanta, GA 30340
(800) 853-7867
www.prideusa.org

National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-3885
www.niaaa.nih.gov

Office on Smoking and Health - CDC
4770 Buford Hwy., NE
MS K-50
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
(404) 488-5705

Office of Substance Abuse Prevention
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-0365

Safe & Drug Free Schools Program
www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/news.html

Communicable and Chronic Diseases

Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association
919 N Michigan Avenue
Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60611-1676
(312) 335-8700
(800) 621-0379
www.alz.org/

American Allergy Association
P.O. Box 7273
Menlo Park, CA 94026
(650) 322-1663

American Cancer Society
National Office
1599 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30329
(800) 478-9355
www.cancer.org
Division Service, nearest regional office in Seattle (information for cancer patients):
(800) ACS-2345
Local office:
1057 W Fireweed Lane
Suite 205
Anchorage, AK 99503
(907) 277-8676

American Diabetes Association
1660 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 549-1500
(800) 232-3472
www.diabetes.org

American Foundation for the Blind
11 Pennsylvania Plaza
Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600
(800) 232-5463
www.afb.org

American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
(214) 373-6300
(800) 242-8721
www.americanheart.org

American Kidney Fund
6110 Executive Blvd.
Suite 1010
Rockville, MD 20852
(800) 638-8299

American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(212) 315-8700
(800) 586-4872
www.lungusa.org

Arthritis Foundation
1314 Spring Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30236
(404) 872-7100
(800) 283-7800

Cancer Connection
R.A. Block Foundation
4410 Main
Kansas City, MO 64111

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404) 639-3534
(800) 311-3435

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division for Adolescent and School Health
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K-31
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
(404) 488-3824

Center for Prevention Services
Centers for Disease Control
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404) 639-3534
www.cdc.gov

Center for Sickle-Cell Disease
2121 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20049
(202) 806-7930

Epilepsy Foundation of America
4351 Garden City Drive
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 459-3700
(800) 332-1000
www.efa.org

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
120 Wall Street
19^th Floor
New York, NY 10005-4001
(800) 223-1138, ext 508 (public information)
www.jdfcure.com

Leukemia Society of America, Inc.
600 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Lupus Foundation of America
1300 Piccard Drive
Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 670-9292
(800) 558-0121
www.lupus.org/lupus

National AIDS Information Clearinghouse
CDC National Prevention Information Network
P.O. Box 6003
Rockville, MD 20849-6003
(800) 458-5231
www.cdcnac.org
info@cdcnac.org (e-mail)

National Diabetes Clearinghouse
Box NDIC
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301) 468-2162

National Down Syndrome Congress
666 Broadway Avenue
New York, NY 10012
(212) 460-9330
(800) 221-4602
www.ndss.org

National Federation for the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314
www.nfd.org

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31
Room 4A21
Betheseda, MD 20892
(301) 496-4236

National HIV/AIDS Hotline
(800) 342-AIDS
(800) 322-SIDA (Spanish)

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease
Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 9782
Arlington, VA 22209

National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301) 496-4000

National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33^rd Street
New York, NY 10016

National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
2100 Lake Shore Avenue
Oakland, CA 94606
(800) 283-2437 ?
(510) 444-1593 Fax

National Psoriasis Foundation
6600 SW 92^nd Avenue
Suite 300
Portland, OR 97223
(503) 244-7404
(800) 723-9166
www.psoriasis.org

National Rehabilitation Information Center
8455 Colesville Road
Suite 935
Silver Springs, MS 20910
(800) 34-NARIC
www.cais.com/naric

National Reye’s Syndrome Foundation
P.O. Box 829
426 North Lewis
Bryan, OH 43506
(419) 636-2679
(800) 233-7393
www.bright.net/~reyessyn

Prevent Blindness America
500 E Remington Road
Suite 200
Schaumburg, IL 60173
(847) 843-2020
(800) 331-2020
www.preventblindnes.org

National STD Hotline
(800) 227-8922

Special Olympics
1350 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005

National Scoliosis Foundation, Inc.
72 Mt. Ashburn Street
Watertown, MA 02172

Consumer Information
1800 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20405
(202) 501-1794
(888) 8-PUEBLO
www.pueblo.gsa.gov

Council of Better Business Bureaus
4200 Wilson Blvd
Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 276-0100
www.bbb.org

Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 260-2080
www.epa.gov

Food and Drug Administration
Office of Consumer Affairs
Public Inquiries
5600 Fishers Land (HFE-88)
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-3170

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Hotline
(202) 638-CPSC

Child Welfare League of America
440 First Street, NW
Third Floor
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 638-2952
(800) 407-6273
www.cwla.org

Committee for Children Violence Prevention
2203 Airport Way South
Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98134-2027
(206) 343-1223
(206) 343-1445 Fax
(800) 634-4449

Run Away Switchboard
3080 N Lincoln
Chicago, IL 60657
(800) 621-4000

National Burn Victim Foundation
3234 Scotland Road
Orange, NJ 07050
(973) 676-7700

National Center for the Prevention and Control of Rape
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 6C-12
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-1410

National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse
332 S Michigan Avenue
Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 663-3520
(907) 276-4994 Local
www.childabuse.org

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
400 7^th Street, SW
Room 5118L
Washington, DC 20590
(202) 366-6616

National Safety Council
1121 Spring Lake Drive
Itasca, IL 60143-3201
(630) 285-1121
(800) 621-7615
www.nsc.org

National School Safety Center (NSSC)
4165 Thousand Oaks Blvd
Suite 290
Westlake Village, CA 91362
(805) 373-9977
www.nssc1.org

Poison Prevention Week Council
P.O. Box 1543
Washington, DC 20207
(301) 504-0580
http://.cpsc.gov

Women Against Rape
P.O. Box 02084
Columbus, OH 43202
www.aware.org

Council for a Livable World
110 Maryland Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 543-4100
www.clw.org

Department of Defense
4015 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 222203-5190
(703) 696-4555
www.odedodea.edu

Environmental Protection Agency
Public Information Agency
PM 211-B
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
www.epa.gov

Hazardous Waste Hotline
(800) 424-9346
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hotline.htm

National Pesticide Telecommunications Network
Oregon State University (OSU)
333 Weniger Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-6502
(541) 737-6123
(800) 858-7378
www.ace.orst.edu/info/nptn/

Advocates for Youth
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 347-5700
www.advocatesforyouth.org
info@advocatesforyouth.org (e-mail)

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
1900 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 476-3400
(800) 213-7193
www.aahperd.org

American Association of Family & Consumer Science (AAFCS)
Project Take Charge
1555 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 706-4600
(703) 706-4663 Fax
(800) 424-8080
www.aafcs.org

American Association for Work Health (AAWH)
1129 20^th Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 2003

American Association of School Administrators
1801 N Moore Street
Arlington, VA 22209-9988
(703) 528-0700
(800) 899-4420
www.aasa.org

American Public Health Association (APHA)
1015 15^th Street, NW
3^rd Floor
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 789-5600
www.apha.org

American School Health Association
7263 State Route 43
P.O. Box 708
Kent, OH 44240
(330) 678-1601
www.ashaweb.org

National Association of School Nurses, Inc.
P.O. Box 1300
Scarborough, ME 04070
(207) 883-2117
www.VRmedia.com/nurses/

Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE)
2001 Addision Street
Suite 220
Berkeley, CA 94704

Society of State Directors of Health,
Physical Education and Recreation
Attn: Simon McNeely
9805 Hillridge Drive
Kensington, MD 20895
(301) 949-0709

American Association for Health Education
1900 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 476-3437
(800) 213-7193
www.aahperd.org/aahe/nahe.html

The Bureau for At-Risk Youth
135 Depont Street
Plainview, NY 11803-0760
(516) 349-5521
(516) 349-5520 Fax
(800) 999-6884
www.at-risk.com

The Center for Applied Research in Education
Order Processing Center
Prentice Hall
P.O. Box 11071
Des Moines, IA 50336
(800) 288-4745
www.prenhall.com

Council of Chief State School Officers
One Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001-1431
www.ccsso.org

Harvard School Health Education Project
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 432-3936
(617) 432-3204

Health Science Department
141 Burdick Hall
Towson, MD 21204

Indian Health Services
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 6A-20
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-1870

Macro International Inc.
11785 Beltsville Drive
Calverton, MD 20705
(301) 572-0200
www.macroint.com

National Association of Elementary School Principals
1516 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 684-3345
(800) 386-2377
www.naesp.org

National Center for Health Education
72 Spring Street
New York, NY 10016
(212) 689-1886

National Commission on Correctional Health Care
2105 N Southport
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60614
www.corrections.com

National Education Association
1201 16^th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 822-7570
www.nea.org

National Health & Education Consortium
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 310
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 462-4469

National PTA
1700 N Rush Street
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 787-0977
www.pta.org

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL)
101 SW Main Street
Suite 500
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 275-9520
(800) 547-6339
www.nwrel.org

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201

Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion and Education
7525 West 10^th Avenue
Lakewood, CO 80215-5141
(303) 239-6494
(303) 239-8428 Fax
www.rmc.org

U.S. Department of Education
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20208
(202) 219-1556
www.ed.gov

National School Health
Education Coalition (NaSHEC)
1001 G Street, NW
Suite 400 East
Washington, DC 20001