Nursing
 Professional, Health & Multicultural Organizations

Recommended Web Sites

HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE:

• American College of Nurse-Midwives -- http://www.midwife.org/
• American Holistic Nurse Association -- http://www.ahna.org/home/home.html
• American Holistic Medical Association -- http://www.holisticmedicine.org/ 
• American Medical Student Association -- http://www.amsa.org/
• Holistic Dental Association -- http://www.holisticdental.org/
• Committee for Freedom of Choice in Medicine  -- http://www.amerbiologicshosp.com/cfmpage.htm
• Association of Holistic Health Association: Practitioners and Referral Sources -- http://www.ahha.org/ahhaprs.htm

 DIET/NUTRITION/LIFESTYLE CHANGES:

• American College of Nutrition-Clearwater, Florida -- http://www.am-coll-nutr.org/ 
• Association for Applied Therapeutic Humor --http://www.humormatters.com/aath.htm
• American Art Therapy Association -- http://www.arttherapy.org/
•  American Dance Therapy Association--http://www.adta.org/
• Dinshah Health Society -http://www.dinshahhealth.org/
• American Music Therapy Association - http://www.namt.com/
• Radiance Technique International Association - http://www.trtai.org 
• Trager Institute - http://www.trager.com/

TRADITIONAL AND ETHNOMEDICINE

• Medical Acupuncture Research Institute of American - http://www.mra-acup.com/practice/
• Medical Acupuncture Research Foundation  - http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/aama_marf/marf.html
• American Association of Oriental Medicine - http://www.aaom.org/
• American Academy of Medical Acupuncture - http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/
•  American College of Chinese Medicine - www.ies-ed.com/descriptions/american_c_chinese_med/1.html
• International College of Applied Kinesiology -- www.icakusa.com

Herbalism

• American Botanical Council -- www.herbalgram.org
• American Herbalists Guild -- http://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/ 
• American Herb Association -- http://www.uky.edu/~lhjeng00/herbweb/00000016.HTM
• Herb Research Foundation -- http://www.herbs.org/
• Herb Society of American -- http://www.herbsociety.org/

Homeopathy

• American Institute of Homeopathy -- http://www.homeopathyusa.org/
• Homeopathic Academy of Naturopathic Physicians -- http://www.hanp.net/
• Homeopathic Medical Association of America -- http://www.hahnemannian.com/abouthmaa.html
• International Foundation for Homeopathy -- http://www.healthy.net/library/journals/resonance/editors.htm
• National Center for Homeopathy -- http://www.homeopathic.org

Craniosacral Therapy

• Cranial Academy - http://www.cranialacademy.org/
• Upledger Institute -- http://www.upledger.com/default.htm

PHARMACOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS

Cell Therapy

• ICBR North American Information Office - http://www.icbr.com/
• American Academy of Neural Therapy - http://www.neuraltherapy.com/

Detoxification Therapies

• American Board of Chelation - http://www.abct.info/
• American College of Advancement in Medicine - http://www.acam.org/
• Great Lakes Association of Clinical Medicine, Inc. - http://www.fitresource.com/Living/Chelatio.htm

Naturopathy

• American Association of Naturopathic Physicians - http://www.naturopathic.org/
• American Naturopathic Association - http://www.oxytherapies.com/news.htm
• American Naturopathic Medical Association - http://www.anma.com/

Oxygen Therapy

• International Association for Oxygen Therapy - http://www.oxytherapies.com/

• International Ozone Association   - http://www.int-ozone-assoc.org/

BIOELECTROMAGNETIC APPLICATIONS

• American Optometric Association - http://www.aoanet.org/

• College of Optometrists and Vision Development - http://www.covd.org/

• College of Syntonic Optometry - http://www.syntonicphototherapy.com/

Magnetic Field Therapy, , Vision Therapy

• Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms_ www.sltbr.org

• Optometric Extension Program Foundation, Inc. - http://www.indiana.edu/~v755/beh/tsld011.htm

• American Optometric Association - http://www.aoanet.org/

NETWORKS: SELECTED HEALTH-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

AFRICAN (BLACK) AMERICAN

• Association of Black Cardiologists - http://www.abcardio.org/

• Association of Black Psychologists - http://www.abpsi.org/

• Association of Black Sociologist - http://www.blacksociology.org

• Black Congress on Health, Law and Economies - http://www.bchle.org/main.htm 

• Black Psychiatrists of America - http://bpanews.salu.net/welcome.html

• National Association for Sickle Cell Disease - http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/#
• National Association of Black Social Workers - http://www.nabsw.org/ 
• National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice - http://www.nabcj.org/
• National Black association for speech a, Language and Hearing  - http://www.nabcj.org/
• National Black Child Developments Institute - http://www.charitablechoices.com 
• National Black Women’s Health Project - http://www.blackwomenshealth.org/site/PageServer?JServSessionIdr010=dmx0tuzic1.app13b

AMERICAN INDIAN, ALEUT, AND ESKIMO

•   American Indian Institute - http://www.occe.ou.edu/aii
• American Indians with Disabilities Conference - http://www4.nau.edu/ihd/airrtc/
• Annual Wellness and Native Men Conference - http://hpp.ou.edu/WellNativeMenVIII/
• Association of American Indian Physicians - http://www.aaip.com/

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

• National Congress of American Indians - http://www.ncai.org

• National Indian Education Association - http://www.niea.org/

• National Indian Health Board - http://www.nihb.org/

• Prevention Center - http://www.nnaapc.org/

• Rural Alaskan Community Action Program - http://www.ruralcap.com/

• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science - http://www.sacnas.org/

ASIAN/PACIFIc

• Asian American Health Forum - http://www.apiahf.org/

• Asian Pacific Center on Aging - http://www.napca.org/

• Asian Pacific American Heritage Council - http://www.apahc.org/APAHCScholar.htm

• Chinese American Medical Society - http://www.camsociety.org/

• Filipino-American National Action Foundation - http://www.fanhs-national.org/

• Hawaiian Department of Health - http://www.cds.hawaii.edu/

• Korean Medical Association - http://www.hidoctor.com/ma01.html

• National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse - http://www.napafasa.org/

• National Asian Pacific Center on Aging - http://www.napca.org/

• National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans Conference  - http://equity4.clmer.csulb.edu/netshare/kclam/Apa/APA5/NAF2000/naf2000.htm

• Organization of Chinese Americans - http://www.ocanatl.org/

HISPANIC AMERICAN

•  ASPIRA - http://www.aspira.4unet.ru/eng/ 

• Hispanic Health Council - http://www.hispanichealth.com/ 

• Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons - http://www.icps.org/ 

• National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations - http://www.cehn.org/cehn/resourceguide/nchhhso.html

• National Council of La Raza - http://www.nclr.org/

•  National Hispanic Council on Aging -http://www.nclr.org/

• National Hispanic Nurses Association - http://www.thehispanicnurses.org/

• National Latina Health -http://www.nlnet.net

• National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc. - http://www.bateylink.org/about.htm

MULTICULTURAL

• African American, Asian, Hispanic and Native American Caucus http://www.apha.org/legislative/universal_health_care_briefing.htm

•  Children’s Defense Fund -http://www.childrensdefense.org/

• National Medical Association - http://www.nmanet.org/

•  National Migrant Resource - http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/comp/Materials/Database/readers.0017.html

•  National Minority AIDS Council  - http://www.nmac.org/

•  National Association of Community Health Centers - http://www.nachc.com/

•  National Multicultural Institute - http://www.nmci.org/

•  National Rural Health Association  - http://www.nrharural.org/

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