National Women's Health Information Center: Federal Support

The National Women's Health Information Centre belongs to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is a part of the Office on Women's Health. This center has a site on the World Wide Web and through the site you can be linked to a large variety of material related to women's health.

Internet Links

The National Women's Health Information Center is all about women's health resources. Several federal agencies as well as private sector resources help in maintaining and developing the National Women's Health Information Center. The website also links you to the Office on Women's Health from which you can access and download general or specific information about women's health.

Toll-Free

A lot of information about women's health is available at this center through a toll-free information referral line. Most of the health topics which are covered here are women's health issues, but there are other topics related to both men and women. But these topics are presented from a women's perspective, which one can also find at the National Women's Health Resource Center.

Contents

The website of the National Women's Health Information Center also gives information about the best government and non-profit health and human services on the internet. It can then further link you to carefully selected information and websites, especially a large number of health related organizations. The same facilities are available from the National Women's Health Resource Center, which is also a non-profit organization.

A monthly newsletter and many e-mails can link you to the National Women's Health Information Center, through which you can get the latest health news, health tips and new online resources. You get information about awards won by companies related to health products and also learn about contributing agencies. Evaluation projects from different countries also makes interesting reading.

Management

The National Women's Health Information Center is managed by a Steering Committee which has representatives of Federal agencies. These include librarians and various specialists like consumer health information specialists, who make use of online consumer health information extensively.

Sub-Divisions

There are several health centers which could be seen as sub-divisions of the National Women's Health Information Center. Hence there is the metabolic syndrome health center, the midlife health center, the reproductive health center, the sexual health center, the breast health center and the wellness center.

In this way the center helps women to maximize their health. They can get expert advice, current medical information, news, tools, message boards and more. The government supports the organization and does not accept paid advertisements, content or links in any form.