Founded in 1950, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) is a nonprofit organization with a national network of more than 14,000 organizations and leaders. Our members include senior centers, area agencies on aging, adult day service centers, faith-based service organizations, senior housing facilities, employment services, consumer groups, and leaders from academia, business, and labor.
Our programs help older people remain healthy and independent, find jobs, increase access to benefits programs, and discover meaningful ways to continue contributing to society.
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National Women’s Health Resource Center
The not-for-profit National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) is the leading independent health information source for women. NWHRC develops and distributes up-to-date and objective women's health information based on the latest advances in medical research and practice.
We have collaborated with the NWHRC to provide our parish nurses with trusted empowering health information.
The NWHRC believes in all women having access to reliable health information. They stand for quality, independence, leadership, respect, diversity, and action. For more health information, please
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PARISH NURSES AND PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
The Health Ministries Network of Minnesota has been proactive about pandemic preparedness. They hosted an event offered by the Central Minnesota Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program and offered Minnesota’s first Faith Community Pandemic Preparedness Planning Seminar on August 29 in Sartell, MN. In a collaborative effort with public health and emergency management, the event was well attended by parish nurses, church leaders, chaplains, staff of faith-based organizations, and other community leaders.
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The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation. We have come together to fight one of our nation’s leading health threats – childhood obesity. The mission is to eliminate childhood obesity and to inspire all young people in the United States to develop lifelong, healthy habits. Our goal is to stop the nationwide increase in childhood obesity by 2010 and to empower kids nationwide to make healthy lifestyle choices. The Alliance will positively affect the places that can make a difference to a child’s health: homes, schools, restaurants, doctor’s offices, and the community. To learn more visit Alliance for a Healthier Generation.