EOHHS A-Z topic index

A-C

Abuse and Neglect

• Abuse and Neglect of Individuals with Disabilities
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Department of Children and Families
• Disabled Persons Protection Commission
• Domestic Violence
• Office of the Child Advocate
• Protective Services for Elders
• Violence Abuse and Neglect

Addiction

• see Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Adoption

• Adoption

Accessibility

• Accessibility Policy
• Communication Access, Training and Technology Services
• Disability Access Symbols
• Individuals with Disabilities and Others with Access and Functional Needs

Acupuncture

• Board of Registration in Medicine

Adoption

Affordable Care Act

• Affordable Care Act (ACA) Information for VG Users

Aging

• Elder Affairs

AIDS

• see HIV/AIDS

Air Quality

• Environmental Public Health Tracking
• Indoor Air Quality

Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs

• Addictions
• Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs
• Bureau of Substance Abuse Services
• Drug Overdoses and Poisonings Data
• Health Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators
• Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation & Prevention Program
• Youth and Young Adult Services

Algae

• Beaches and Algae

Ambulance Services

• Office of Emergency Medical Services

Anaplasmosis

• Tickborne Diseases

Anger Management

• Batterer Intervention

 Animals and Your Health

• Arbovirus, Diseases spread by mosquitos
• Pet Safety
• Rabies
• Tickborne Diseases

Antibiotic Resistance and MRSA

Arbovirus, Diseases spread by mosquitoes

• Arbovirus Information
• MA Department of Public Health State Laboratory Testing
• Pesticide Spray

Asthma

• Asthma and Your Environment
• Asthma Prevention and Control
• Work-related Asthma

Autism

Avian Flu

• See Influenza

Babesiosis

• See Tickborne Diseases

Bacterial Vaginosis

• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Beaches and Algae

Bed Bugs

Bioterrorism and Chemical Threats

• Agents, Diseases and Other Threats
• MA Department of Public Health State Laboratory Testing

Bipolar Disorder

• Department of Mental Health

Bird Flu

• See Influenza

Birth Certificates

• Registry of Vital Records

Birth Control

• Sexual and Reproductive Health Program (SRHP)

Birth Defects

• About Birth Defects
• About the Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention

Blind

Boards

• Dentistry
• Genetic Counselors
• Nursing Home Administrators
• Perfusionists
• Board of Registration in Pharmacy
• Nursing
• Physician Assistants
• Community Health Workers
• Respiratory Care

Body Mass Index (BMI)

• School BMI Screenings
• Evaluación escolar del IMC
• School Health Screening

Brain

• Brain Injury Commission
• Acquired Brain Injury Waivers
• Head Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury (Veterans)
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Breastfeeding

• Birth Data
• Bisphenol A
• Public Health Breastfeeding Initiative
• Race and Ethnicity Reports
• Women, Infant and Children Nutrition Program

Bureau of Transitional Planning

Campylobacter

• See Foodborne Illness

Camps & Summer Camps

• Bats and Summer Camps
• Community Santiation and Recreational Camps

Cancer

• Cancer and Benign Brain Tumors
• Cancer Care Coordination Program
• Cancer Prevention and Control
• Massachusetts Cancer Registry
• Community Assessment Program
• Comprehensive Cancer Prevention & Control Network
• Environmental Health Investigations
• Health Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Occupational Cancer
• Women's Health Network

Careers

• See Employment

Cash/Financial Assistance

• Benefits Available to Refugees Resettled in Massachusetts
• Cash Assistance
• Financial Assistance

Chancroid (Soft Chancre)

• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Chickenpox (Varicella)

• See Immunization

Childcare

• Childcare and Support
• Early Education and Care
• Health and Safety in Child Care

Child Health

• Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs
• Developmental Disabilities Services for Children
• Early Childhood
• Newborn Children

Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs

• Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)
• Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program
•  
• Developmental Disabilities Services for Children

Chlamydia

• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Chronic Disease and Health Promotion

• Health Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Chronic Disease and Health Promotion
• Death Data
• Healthy People 2010
• Massachusetts Cancer Registry
• Work Related Asthma
• See also Asthma
• See also Cancer
• See also Diabetes
• See also Heart Disease and Stroke

Cigarettes

• see Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drugs

Citizenship

• Citizenship for New Americans Program

Comfort Care

• Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) and Comfort Care DNR Verification

Infectious Disease Reporting

• See Surveillance and Reporting

Community Sanitation

Complaints

• Intellectual Disability Services Complaints
• Reporting to the State

Concussions

• Sports Related Concussions and Head Injuries

Contact Information

Contracting

• Contracting with Health and Human Services

Controlled Substances

• See Drugs

Cord Blood Banking

Criminal Offender Record Checks (CORI)

• Health and Human Services Criminal Offender Record Checks (CORI)

Crytosporidiosis

• see Foodborne Illness

Cyclospora

• see Foodborne Illness

D-F

Deaf

• Deaf Blind
• Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Employment and Support Services

Death

• Burial and Cremation
• Cancer Registry
• Death Data
• Massachusetts Violent Death Reporting System
• Occupational Health Surveillance
• Registry of Vital Records
• Violent Deaths and Weapons Related Injuries

Death Certificates

• Registry of Vital Records

Dental

• Board of Registration in Dentistry
• Massachusetts Healthcare Workforce Center
• MassHealth Dental
• Oral Health

Depression

• See Mental Health

Diabetes

• Diabetes Prevention and Control

Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis

• See Immunization

Disability

• Community First
• Bureau of Transitional Planning
• Department of Developmental Disability Services
•  
• Massachusetts Commision for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
• Massachusetts Rehabiliation Commission
• Olmstead Plan
• Personal Care Attendants
• Children and Youth with Special Health Needs

Divorce Records

• Obtaining Certified Copies of Vital Records

Domestic Violence

• See Abuse and Neglect

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)

• Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) and Comfort Care DNR Verification

Down syndrome

• Understanding a Down Syndrome Diagnosis

Durable Medical Equipment

• MassHealth Durable Medical Equipment Manual

Drug and Need Disposal (Medical Waste)

• Medical Waste
• Needlesticks and Other Sharps Injuries

Drugs 

• Drug Control Program
• Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration (MCSR)
• Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)
• MassHealth Drug List
• MassHealth Pharmacy Program
• See also Substance Abuse Services

Drug Abuse and Overdoses

• See Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs

Earned Income Tax Credit

• Tax Assistance - Earned Income Credit (EITC/EIC)

Eastern Equine Encephalitis

• See Arbovirus

E. Coli 0157:H7

• see Foodborne Illness

Elders

• Elder Affairs

Emergency Contraception

Emergency Dispensing Site

Emergency Medical Services

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

• Office of Emergency Medical Services

Emergency Preparedness

• Public Health Preparedness

Employment

• Employment, Training and Education

Environmental Health Investigations

Environmental Public Health Tracking

Ehrlichiosis

• See Tickborne Diseases

Fact Sheets

• Infectious Disease Factsheets
• Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)
• Intellectual Disabilities Fact Sheets

Falls

Financial Assistance

Fish and Wildlife

Flu

• See Influenza

Folic Acid Initiative

Food and Nutrition

• SNAP (formerly Food Stamps)
• Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program

 Foodborne Illness (Food Poisoning)

• Food Safety
• Foodborne Illness
• MA Department of Public Health State Laboratory Testing

Foster Care

Fuel Assistance

G-I

Gambling

Genital Warts

• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

German Measles

• See Immunization

Giardia

• See Foodborne Illness

Gonorrhea

• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

H1N1 (Swine) Flu

• see Influenza

Haemophilis Influenza Type B (HIB Disease)

• See Immunization

Handwashing

Hantavirus

• See Animals and Your Health

Head Injury

• Head Injury Services
• Veterans and Traumatic Brain Injury

Health Care Access

• Health Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Health Care and Insurance
• Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators
• HIV Drug Assistance Program
• Race and Ethnicity Reports

Health Care Facilities

• Licensing
• Long Term Care
• Physical Health and Treatment

Health Insurance

• Health Connector
• MassHealth

Health Insurance Appeals

Health Promotion

• See Wellness

Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI)

• Antibiotic Resistance and MRSA
• Handwashing
• HealthCare Associated Infections in Hospitals
• Infection Control at Long Term Care Facilities

 

Heart Disease and Stroke

• Environmental Public Health Tracking
• Health Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Cardiac Treatment and Surgery Licensing
• Death Data
• Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Control
• Primary Stroke Services (PSS) in Hospitals

Hepatitis

• Hepatitis (Diseases of the Liver)
• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
• See Foodborne Illness
• See Immunization

Herpes

• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

HIPAA

• Privacy & Security

HIV/AIDS

• HIV/AIDS Surveillance
• Licensure of HIV Testing Labs
• MassCARE
• Office of HIV/AIDS
• Sylvie Ratelle STD Prevention Training Center

Hospital Preparedness

Housing

• Housing and Community Sanitation
• Housing and Shelter
• Housing for People with Intellectual Disabilities
• Housing for People with Disabilities
• Housing for Veterans
• Hoarding

Human Granulocytic Ehrlichosis (Anaplasmosis) (HGE)

• Tickborne Diseases

Immunization

• Immunization Program
• WIC Immunization

Independent Living

• Independent Living Programs and Services
• Independent Living

Indoor Air Quality

Influenza (Flu)

• Flu Prevention and Control
• Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel
  • See also Seasonal Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel
• Mass. Department of Public Health State Laboratory Testing

Injury

• Children's Emergency Medical Services
• Injury Prevention
• Injury Surveillance
• Poison Prevention

Insurance

• Commonwealth Connector
• Insurance (Including MassHealth)

Intellectual Disability

• See Disabilities

J-L

Jobs

• See also Employment

Juvenile Justice

• Department of Youth Services

KI - Potassium Iodide

Laboratory

• State Laboratory

Laws, Regulations & Policies

Lead

• Lead Poisoning Prevention
• MA Department of Public Health State Laboratory Testing
• Work Related Lead Poisoning

Legionellosis (Legionaires Disease)

• See Foodborne Illness

Leptospirosis

• See Animals and Your Health

Lice - Head lice, pubic lice, crabs

•  

Licensure, Certification and Registration

Listeria

• See Foodborne Illness

Long Term Care

• Community First
• Long Term Care Services
• Personal Care Attendant

Lost Card

• SNAP/EBT:   EBT Card Care and Safety

Lupus

Lyme Disease

• Tickborne Diseases

Lymphogranuloma Venerum (LGV)

• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

 

M-O

Mad Cow

• See Animals and Your Health

Marriage Certificate

• Registry of Vital Records

MassHealth

• MassHealth

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)

• See Immunization

Medical Errors

• Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction
• See also Consumer Complaints

Medical Use of Marijuana Program

Meningitis

Men's Health

• Batterer Intervention
•  
• Suicide Prevention

Mental Health

• Behavioral Health Services and Programs
• Children Awaiting Resolution and Disposition Data (CARD)
• Department of Mental Health
• Mental Health Services for Veterans

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Mosquito-borne diseases

• See Arbovirus

Mumps

• See Immunization

Noroviruses (norwalk like viruses)

• See Foodborne Illness

Nursing

• Board of Registration in Nursing
• Nursing License

Nursing Homes

Nutrition

• Growth and Nutrition Program
• Health Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Mass in Motion
• Women, Infant and Children Nutrition Program

Occupational Health Surveillance Program

Oral Health

 

P-R

Pandemic Flu

• see Influenza

Paramedic

• Office of Emergency Medical Services

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Performance Management

• Children Awaiting Resolution and Disposition Data (CARD)

Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

• See Immunization

Pesticides

Physical Activity

• Health Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Mass in Motion

Physicians

• Board of Registration in Medicine

Psittacosis

• See Animals and Your Health

Pneumococcal Disease

• See Immunization

Poisoning

• Drug Overdoses and Poisonings Data
• MA DPH State Laboratory Testing
• Poisoning Prevention
• See also Food Poisoning
• See also Lead Poisoning Prevention

Polio

• See Immunization

Postpartum Depression

Prescription Monitoring

• Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program
• See also Drug Control Program

Primary Care

Quiting Smoking, Alcohol, Drugs or Gambling

• see Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Rabies

• MA DPH State Laboratory Testing
• Rabies Prevention and Control

Radiation Control

Radon

• See also Indoor Air Quality

Rape

• Sexual Assault Prevention and Survivor Services
• Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
• Rape Crisis Centers

Refugee and Immigrant Health

• Health and Safety of Immigrant and Minority Workers
• Health Disparities Council
• Office of Health Equity
• Office of Refugees and Immigrants
• Refugee and Immigrant Health

Regulations

Reporting to the State

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

• Tickborne Diseases

Rubella

• See Immunization

Rural Health

 

 

S-U

Salmonella

• See Foodborne Illness

Scabies

• Factsheets

School Health

• School Health
• School Health Services
• School-Based Health Centers

Sexual Assault

• Rape Crisis Centers
• Sexual Assault Prevention and Survivor Services
• Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

• Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Prevention
• Family Planning
• MA DPH State Laboratory Testing
• Office of HIV/AIDS
• STD Factsheets
• Sylvie Ratelle STD Prevention Training Center

Shigella

• See Foodborne Illness

Smallpox

• See Immunization

Smoking

• see Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

SNAP Benefits

• See also Apply for SNAP/Food Stamps
• See also Department of Transitional Assistance

Special Health Needs

• Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program
• See Disability

Substance Abuse

• see Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injuries

• Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injuries Reports
• Suicide Prevention

Surveillance and Reporting

• Cancer and Benign Brain Tumors
• Drug Overdoses and Poisonings Data
• Food Poisoning Reporting
• Health Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• HIV/AIDS
• Injury Data (Traumatic Brain Injury, Motor Vehicle Crashes, Falls)
• Reportable Diseases, Surveillance and Isolation & Quarantine Requirements
• Suicide
• Violent Deaths / Weapons Injuries

Swimming Pools

• Swimming Pools and Community Sanitation

Syphilis

• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Traumatic Brain Injury

• See Head Injury

Teen (Adolescent) Health

• Adolescent Health and Youth Development
• Work-related Injuries to Workers Under Age 18

Tickborne Diseases

Tobacco

• see Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Training and Educational Resources

• Emergency Preparedness Exercises and Training
• Environmental Health Teacher Resources
• HIV/AIDS
• Retail Food Safety Training Resources
• Sylvie Ratelle STD Prevention Training Center

Transition

• Bureau of Transitional Planning

Transitional Assistance

• Apply for SNAP/Food Stamps Online
• Department of Transitional Assistance
• See also DTA Connect

Transportation

• Transportation Programs and Services

Trauma Centers

Tuberculosis

• MA DPH State Laboratory Testing
• TB Prevention and Control

Tularemia

• Tickborne Diseases

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program Hospital Guidelines

 

 

V-Z

Veterans

• Department of Veterans' Services

Violence

• Death Reports
• Massachusetts Violent Death Reporting
• Violence Prevention and Intervention Services
• Violent Deaths and Weapons Related Injuries

Virtual Gateway

Vital Records

• Registry of Vital Records

Vocational Rehabilitation

• See Disabilities

Volunteering

• Emergency Preparedness Volunteering
• Volunteering and Giving

Waivers

• 1115 Demonstration Waiver

Water Quality

• Environmental Public Health Tracking

Wellness

• Health Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators
• Mass in Motion
• Prevention and Wellness

West Nile Virus

• See Arbovirus

Women's Health

• Family Planning
• Pregnancy and Newborns
• Sexual Violence
• Suicide Prevention
• WIC
• Women's Health Network

Workplace Health

• Occupational Health Surveillance Program
• Work-related Injuries to Young Workers
• Workers' Compensation
• Workers' Compensation Information Booklet

Yeast Infection

• See Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Zika Virus