Community Resources: health

Fenway Institute

The Fenway Institute is an interdisciplinary center for research, training, education, and policy development, focusing on national and international health issues.  Our mission is to ensure access to quality, culturally competent medical and mental health care for traditionally underserved communities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and those affected by HIV/AIDS.

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Tags: lgbt, health, mental health, hiv/aids

The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health

The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE) combines the unique strengths and resources of a nationally renowned training and capacity-building institution, the Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center, and an internationally recognized leader in HIV prevention research, the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, both of which are housed at the University of California San Francisco. The ultimate CoE goal is to improve the overall health and well-being of transgender individuals by developing and implementing programs in response to community-identified needs. We include community perspectives by actively engaging a national advisory body of 14 transgender identified leaders from throughout the country.

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Tags: trans, transgender, health, hiv/aids

S.H.E. Circle

Based on the principle of Ujima – “collective work and responsibility to build and maintain our community together”– S.H.E. Circle harnesses the power of this sisterhood or sistahood to empower, energize, and engage African women in a personal journey to healthy living and disease prevention.

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

Planned Parenthood – Springfield

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, springfield, families

Planned Parenthood – Joplin

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

MU Nutrition for Families

MU Nutrition for Families is supported through the MU Extension Family Nutrition Program (FNEP). MU Nutrition for Families is a great source for recipes, fitness tips and ideas, and more.

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Tags: nutrition, health, get moving, campus, MU, university, college, families, recipes

Text2Quit

Text2quit is a program to help people quit smoking and stay quit. It includes text messages, emails, and access to a personal web portal. Once you sign up, the text messages can be used on their own. Or you can use all three components for the most support.

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My Last Dip

My Last Dip is a Web-based research project website funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute to evaluate ways to help people quit using smokeless tobacco.

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Tags: tobacco, health, smokeless, dip, chew

Smokefree en Espanol

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