Provides links to government and GNYHA sources of information regarding public health issues.

• Emerging Public Health Issues
  
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
    
  • Influenza
    
  • West Nile Virus
• Public Health Initiatives
  • New York City Take Care New York Initiative, a New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene initiative that recommends coordinated action and evidence-based interventions designed to improve the health status of all New Yorkers.
    
  • Healthy People 2010, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative that sets out a series of national health objectives to be achieved over the next decade.
    
  • Steps to a Healthier U.S. Initiative, a White House initiative managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that is designed to increase awareness among Americans of the importance of personal fitness and becoming healthier.
    
  • World Trade Center Health Registry (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
    
  • Increasing Colonoscopy Screenings, an initiative by the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
    • A Practical Guide to Increasing Screening Colonoscopy: Proven Methods for Health Care Facilities to Prevent Colorectal Cancer Deaths (New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the New York Citywide Colon Cancer Control Coalition)
    • Colon Cancer Screening Action Kit: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
    • GNYHA Executive Briefing on Colonoscopy Screening Best Practices

• Diseases and Conditions
  • Asthma
    • New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)
      
      • Call to Action: Letter from Commissioner Novello and Commissioner Frieden
      • New York State Clinical Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Adults and Children with Asthma-2003
      • New York State Regional Asthma Coalitions
    • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 
      • New York City Asthma Partnership (NYCAP)
        
  • Diabetes
    • New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)
    • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
      
  • Obesity
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
      
  • Other Diseases and Conditions
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
      
  • Smoking Cessation
    • New York State Department of Health
    • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention