Links

Websites Mentioned in CenlaHealth.com, the Magazine
Central Louisiana Non-Profit Organizations
Other Central Louisiana Links
State Services and Organizations
National Health and Non-Profit Organizations
Additional Health Information Online

Websites Mentioned in CenlaHealth.com, the Magazine

Fall, 2006

CaringBridge
CaringBridge® is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization offering free personalized Web sites to those wishing to stay in touch with family and friends during significant life events. Our mission is to bring together a global community of care powered by the love of family and friends in an easy, accessible and private way.

Geocaching
Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards.

The Prostate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world's largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research. The PCF has a single goal: To find better treatments and a cure for recurrent prostate cancer. The PCF pursues its mission by reaching out to individuals, corporations and others to harness society's resources— financial and human—to fight this deadly disease.

The Centers for Disease and Prevention: Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
CDC's Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA) takes a public health approach to address the role of nutrition and physical activity in improving the public's health and preventing and controlling chronic diseases. The scope of DNPA activities includes epidemiological and behavioral research, surveillance, training and education, intervention development, health promotion and leadership, policy and environmental change, communication and social marketing, and partnership development.

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Central Louisiana Non-Profit Organizations

Rapides Children's Advocacy Center & CASA
Our Mission is to lessen the trauma experienced by the child abuse victims as allegations are investigated and to provide support for the child victim in any resulting proceedings within the criminal justice system.

The Rapides Foundation
The Rapides Foundation is a philanthropic organization that provides grants to organizations throughout a nine-parish service area that share the Foundation's mission to improve the health and well-being of Central Louisiana.

United Way of Central Louisiana
The United Way of Central Louisiana is a nonprofit local partnership that links donors and helping agencies with businesses, government, and other key players in central Louisiana to build a stronger community.

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State Services and Organizations

StayHealthlyLA.org
The recent hurricanes Katrina and Rita may have taken away your personal property but don't let them take away your health. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and the Louisiana Public Health Institute are working together to provide the affected residents of Louisiana with essential information about the health hazards left behind by these disasters.

Lighten Up Louisiana
Lighten Up Louisiana (LUL) is a five-month competition that encourages Louisianians to develop healthy activity and eating habits. Louisianians are encouraged to form teams and engage in friendly competition.

Bureau of  Minority Health
The Bureau of Minority Health Access (BMHA) was established in 1999 by the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Minority Health Affairs Commission to serve as an infrastructure for addressing public health issues related to minority populations. The Bureau of Minority Health Access was established to facilitate the collection, analysis, dissemination and access to information concerning minority health issues and to address and help reduce the disparities in health status for the underserved, under-represented populations in Louisiana by using multi-cultural and culturally-competent approaches to enhance the ways in which health services are designed and delivered.

Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Our mission is to develop, foster, and coordinate services and programs of physical fitness and sports for the people of Louisiana; Sponsor physical fitness and sports workshops, clinics, conferences, and other similar activities; Stimulate physical fitness research; Assist the Department of Education in helping schools in developing health and health and physical fitness programs for students; Encourage local governments and communities to develop local physical fitness programs and amateur athletic competitions; Develop programs to promote personal health and physical fitness in cooperation with medical, dental, and other similar professional societies; and Enlist the support of individuals, civic groups, amateur and professional sports associations, and other organizations to promote and improve physical fitness and sports programs.

Louisiana Men's Health Organization
The Louisiana Men's Health Organization, Inc. was founded in 2001 by a group of concerned citizens within the local Baton Rouge community interested in improving the health and well being of men, and their families.

LSU Ag Center
The LSU Agricultural Center plays an integral role in supporting agricultural industries, sustaining rural areas and encouraging efficient use of resources through research and educational programs conducted by its experiment station and extension service.

Louisiana Business Leadership Network
Louisiana Business Leadership Network is a non-profit network of businesses which values persons with disabilities as customers and employees.

Louisiana Medicaid Purchase Plan
Louisiana's Medicaid Purchase Plan provides affordable health coverage to working people with disabilites.