National Institutes of Health - Child Safety

National Institutes of Health (NIH) nih.gov/
Mailing address: Building 1, 1 Center Drive,
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Phone: (301) 496-4000 Toll-free Information Hotlines may be found at nih.gov/health/infoline.htm.

NIH has information on many health topics as well as fact sheets, brochures and handbooks which can be accessed through its website. Information available through NIH includes:

Health Topics from A-Z nih.gov/health/InformationIndex/HealthIndex/Pubincov.htm
Consumer Health Publications nih.gov/health/consumer/index.htm
Healthfinder (which has information for kids as well as adults) healthfinder.gov/
Medline nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
The NIH Work on Health nih.gov/health

NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hhs.gov/.

Rural Information Center Health Service (RICHS) nal.usda.gov/ric/richs
Mailing address: National Agricultural Library;10301 Baltimore Avenue, Room 304;
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Phone: (800) 633-7701; (301) 504-5547; TDD (301) 504-6856
Fax: (301) 504-5181
E-mail: mailto:%20ric@nal.usda.gov

This center disseminates information on a variety of rural health issues including health professions, health care financing, special populations and the delivery of health care services. It provides information, referrals, publications, and brief complimentary literature searches to professionals and the public and posts rural health information on the Internet. RICHS is funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, the Department of Health and Human Services and is part of the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Information Center, which provides information on rural issues such as economic development, and community well-being.