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FAMILY PLANNING

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related links:

Family Planning Program
Extensive information on birth control options, Family Planning clinics, Teen Clinics, common questions, and more.

Alan Guttmacher Institute
Focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education, also offers media kits, fact sheets, state by state policy analysis, and presentation tools on sexual and reproductive health related topics.
Department of Health and Human Services: Office of Population Affairs Clearinghouse
Materials on topics such as abstinence, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS), and other reproductive health and family planning topics, in English and Spanish.
The Info Project
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health based Information and Knowledge for Optimal Health Project (the INFO Project) seeks to “reflect a new way of understanding how knowledge and information can improve the quality of reproductive health programs, practice, and policies.”
MedlinePlus: Birth Control
National Library of Medicine’s authoritative list of consumer health oriented information on birth control and related subjects.
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
Source of advocacy, education and training for the family planning and reproductive health care field.
Planned Parenthood
Offers links to fact sheets, reports, and white papers on birth control and sexuality education.
WHO Family Planning
Family planning and evidenced-based guidance on contraceptive use.

FEDERAL REGULATORY SOURCES

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Code of Federal Regulations
Online access to CFR titles from 1996 to the present.
Federal Register
Online access to the Federal Register from 1994 to the present.
Legislative Branch Resources on GPO Access
United States Code
Online access to the United States Code, including the 1994 through 2000 editions, and their supplements.

FOOD SAFETY

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related links:

Food Protection Program
Information on how to get a food business permit, food worker cards, food safety study guides and streaming videos in multiple languages, an illustrated mock inspection, free online restaurant inspection search engine, and more.

CDC Food Safety Office
Offers access to a Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Database spanning 1990 to 1995, educational resources, a food safety image library, publications, and articles.
FDA Bad Bug Book
The Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook.
FDA/Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
News, National Food Safety Programs, Special Interest links and more from the FDA CFSAN.
FDA: Food Safety for Moms-to-Be
Resource for pregnant women and their unborn children. The website also includes educator tools, and information for health professionals.
FoodSafety.gov
Gateway to the government’s food safety information, FoodSafety.gov provides links to information for health educators, consumers, children, and adolescents.
Food Safety Information Center at the National Agricultural Library
Links to the Foodborne Illness Education Information Center, the Food Safety Training and Education Alliance, and the Food Safety Research Information Office.
Partnership for Food Safety Education
Includes tools for educators and consumers. Search the Food Safety Consumer Research Resource Center, a repository of consumer attitudinal and behavioral research.
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
Access to fact sheets on topics such as safe food handling, meat and poultry preparation, and egg products. The “Food Safety Educator”, a newsletter published by the FSIS, reports on new food safety educational programs and materials, and emerging science concerning food safety risks.
Washington State University Food Safety Cooperative Extension Service
Food safety related links from Washington State University’s extension service.

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