Community Resources: health

The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness is a Wisconsin based non-profit organization committed to mobilizing African American women to pursue and sustain mind-body-spirit wellness, and to raise the visibility and support of Black women’s health as a community and public health priority.

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Tags: women, lesbian, bisexual, health, african american, get involved, social

We are a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people worldwide.
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We are a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people worldwide.

Tags: health, education, advocacy, reproductive health, safe sex, hiv/aids, stds, stis, southwest missouri, joplin, families

Through the Family Nutrition Education Program (FNEP), MU Extension is dedicated to providing research-based nutrition education to Missouri’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients and those who are eligible. MU Nutrition for Families is a great source for recipes, fitness tips and ideas, and more.

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Adults in the United States who want to quit, but want to get comfortable with not smoking for short periods of time first. Practice Quit will help you build skills and confidence to quit for good. Or you can try the Daily Challenges program to build skills for becoming smokefree without quitting. This program is offered by the National Cancer Institute’s Smokefree.gov.

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KillTheCan.org exists to help people quit smokeless tobacco. We were founded on the principle of accountability and we tackle our addiction one day at a time.

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Tags: tobacco, health, smokeless, dip, chew

Espanol.Smokefree.gov tiene como objetivo ayudar a las personas que quieren dejar el cigarrillo. Cada persona necesita de diferentes recursos cuando intentan dejar el cigarrillo. La información y la asistencia profesional disponibles en este sitio de Internet pueden servirle para alcanzar sus metas a corto y largo plazo hasta que logre dejar el cigarrillo definitivamente.

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Tags: fumar, tabaco, salud, español, smoking, tobacco, health, spanish

When you were younger, the adults in your life made most of your decisions for you. But that’s changed. You make most of your decisions now. You’re in control of the direction your life takes. So, where is your life going? What do you want to be? What do you value? These are huge questions, with no easy answers. Sections of this website can help you sort things out.

This site is designed and run by people at the National Cancer Institute. We want you to take control of your health. And that’s why we developed this site. We’re NOT going to tell you what to do. This site is designed to help you understand the decisions you make—especially the decision to quit smoking—and how those decisions fit into your life.

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Tags: smoking, teens, health, tobacco

Women.Smokefree.gov is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking and is designed to try to provide information about topics that are often important to women. Different women need different resources as they try to quit. The information and professional assistance available on this Web site can help to support both your immediate and long-term needs as you become, and remain, a nonsmoker.

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Tags: smoking, health, tobacco, women