Community Health Education Resources

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association
Toll Free 1-877-432-5642
Oahu (808) 591-0090
Maui (808) 893-2152
http://www.alzhi.org/

American Cancer Society
Oahu (808) 595-7500
www.cancer.org
Materials: Contemporary School Health Education for Hawai`i, School Health Program: Elements of Excellence, Generation Fit: Action Packet, Telling Fact from Fiction

American Diabetes Association
Oahu (808) 947-5979
www.diabetes.org
Materials: If Diabetes has touched your life, you belong in ADA, Keiki `Ohana Konnection, Adult Support Group, World's Best Books from the Diabetes Experts, World's Best Books for Health Care Professionals, Diabetes Resource List

American Lung Association of Hawaii
Main Office Oahu (808) 537-5966
Kauai (808) 245-4142
Maui (808) 244-5110
Hilo (808) 935-1206
www.ala-hawaii.org

American Heart Association of Hawaii
Oahu (808) 538-7021
www.americanheart.org
Materials: Community resource directory

Arthritis Foundation
Oahu (808) 942-3636
Toll free 1-800-462-0743
www.arthritis.org
Materials: Get the facts about living with arthritis, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Managing your pain, Exercise and your arthritis, Arthritis answers, Lupus, Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Gout

Autism Society of Hawaii
Oahu (808) 735-9135
http://webdata.soc.hawaii.edu/autism/

Brain Injury Association of Hawaii
Oahu (808) 941-0372
www.geocities.com/biahawaii

Cancer Research Center- Cancer Information Service
www.hawaii.edu/crch
Materials: Professional resources: Tobacco Effects in the mouth, Pathways to progress, Native Outreach, Theory at a glance: a guide for health promotion practice, How to help your patients stop smoking, Clinical interventions to prevent tobacco use by children
and adolescents, Clear and Simple: developing effective print materials for Low-literate readers, Estimating breast cancer risk: an assessment tool, Publication catalogue.
Patient resources (samples): Beat the smokeless habit, Understanding breast changes, What you need to know about breast cancer

Catholic Charities
www.catholiccharitieshawaii.org

Easter Seal Society of Hawaii
www.eastersealshawaii.org

Epilepsy Foundation of Hawaii
Oahu (808) 951-7705

Hawaii Lupus Foundation
Oahu (808) 538-1522
www.lupus.org

Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Oahu (808) 486-5072
Material: No one deserves to be battered

Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition
Oahu (808) 951-5805
www.hmhb-hawaii.org
Materials: Resource Handbook, Healthy Hapai calendar

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
Materials: Improving the Quality of Life of patients and their families, What everyone should know about lymphoma, What everyone should know about leukemia

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Oahu (808) 973-2155
www.marchofdimeshawaii.com

Mental Health Association in Hawaii
Oahu (808) 521-1846
www.mhahawaii.org
Materials: InnerVIEW Hawai`i Newsletter, Finding Help: A Consumer Guide to Mental Health Services In Hawai`i, Focus: Well-being chart, Communicating with a mentally ill person, Talk to someone who can help, Fact Sheet: Depression and Co-occurring Illnesses, Fact Sheet: Depression in the Workplace, Holiday Depression and Stress, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Plain Talk about Adolescence, What is O.C.D, Teen Self-Esteem, Overcoming Depression in Later Life, Nurturing your child’s mental health, If your child seems emotionally or behaviorally different… we can help, Depression: What women need to know, Alcoholism: getting the facts, You and mental health: what’s the deal?, Health insurance discrimination: will your plan cover mental Illness?, Mental illness in the family, Your child’s mental health: what every family should know, Teen stress: a teen’s guide to surviving stress, Signs of schizophrenia: what to look for; what to do, Depression and African Americans, Anxiety Disorders: what you need to know, Working for Hawai`i’s Mental Health, Depression: real, common, treatable, Depression: Como Obtener La Ayuda Que Necesita
Videotapes: Understanding Depression, Understanding Social Anxiety Disorder, Recognizing Panic Disorder, Critical Connections: A Schizophrenic Awareness Video

National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
Oahu (808) 593-1515
Neighbor Islands 1-800-488-2277
www.kidneyhi.org
Materials: What Everyone Should Know About Kidneys, High Blood Pressure and your kidneys, Diabetes and kidney disease, Glomerulonephritis, About kidney stones, Urinary tract infections, Choosing a treatment for kidney failure, Nutrition and changing kidney function, The organ donor program, Warning signs of kidney and urinary tract disease

Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii
Oahu (808) 951-0200
Material: Do All You Can to Protect Us

Sudden Infant Death Program
Oahu (808) 951-1410
Materials: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Questions and answers for professionals on infant sleeping, Position & SIDS, Facts About SIDS

United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii Foundation
Oahu (808) 523-6744
www.ucpahi.org
Materials: What Everyone Should Know about Cerebral Palsy, UCP: Advancing the independence of people with disabilities