Cities Research Portal: Health Issues

A state-based surveillance system, administered by the Georgia DHR, Division of Public Health, in collaboration with the CDC. Georgia has been part of the system since 1984, gathering information about knowledge, attitudes, and health behaviors

Summaries of measures reported from the National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) for Georgia. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

DCH is responsible for Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids,® the State Health Benefit Plan, Healthcare Facility Regulation and Health Information Technology in Georgia.

The lead agency responsible for the health of communities and the entire population of Georgia.

The U.S. EPA, NOAA, NPS, tribal, state, and local agencies developed the AIRNow Web site to provide the public with easy access to national air quality information.

The Center for Health, Environment & Justice is a national, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization that provides organizing and technical assistance to grassroots community groups in the environmental health and justice movement.

This databases tracks state legislation addressing environmental factors that may adversely impact human health or the ecological balances essential to long-term human health and environmental quality, whether in the natural or man-made environment.

"The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment."

Documents worldwide environmental health risks, that if prevented, could save 4 million lives per year. From the World Health Organization.

An occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the adverse effects of workplace exposures to chemical and biological agents. From the National Library of Medicine.

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A guide to commonly encountered toxic chemicals, environmental health risks, and the public's health. From the National Library of Medicine.

TOXMAP maps data from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). From the National Library of Medicine.

CRCHD initiates, integrates, and engages in collaborative research studies with National Cancer Institute divisions and NIH Institutes and Centers to promote research and training in cancer health disparities research and to identify new and innovative scientific opportunities to improve cancer outcomes in communities experiencing an excess burden of cancer.

A center of Georgia State University’s Institute of Public Health. Funded by grant from the National Center of Minority Health and Disparities (NCMHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Contains National Healthcare Quality Report and a National Healthcare Disparities Report from 2003 forward.

The mission of the NCMHD is to promote minority health and to lead, coordinate, support, and assess the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities.

NYAM addresses the health challenges facing the world’s urban populations through interdisciplinary approaches to policy leadership, education, community engagement and innovative research.

The Office of Minority Health and Health Equity aims to accelerate CDC’s health impact in the U.S population and to eliminate health disparities for vulnerable populations as defined by race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, geography, gender, age, disability status, risk status related to sex and gender, and among other populations identified as at-risk for health disparities.

"CSPV has developed a unique set of four databases that include research information concerning youth violence."

Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.

The mission of CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control is to prevent injuries and violence, and reduce their consequences.

The National Violence Data Reporting System is a comprehensive, linked reporting system that collects and centralizes information on homicides and suicides from a variety of sources, such as medical examiners and coroners, law enforcement, hospitals, public health officials and crime labs.

The VPA is a network of WHO Member States, international agencies and civil society organizations working to prevent violence.