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KeepMEWell is an online tool that can help you learn how to improve your health and stay well. It will give you a personal report that will help you take action and find local support. |
Adult Health
- KeepMeWell Use this tool to find out what you can do to improve your health and stay well.
- Veterans
Health and Benefits
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Child Health
- Child Care and Head Start - For parents, child care providers, early childhood educators, and others interested in the health and development of young children and their families.
- Childhood Lead Program - Identifying and helping children with elevated blood lead levels.
- Children With Special Health Needs Program - Improving the health and well-being of children with special health needs.
- Children's Behavioral Health Services - Providing services to children with special needs, including developmental disabilities/delays, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/autism, substance abuse and mental health disorders.
- Coordinating
School Health Programs
- Maine's School Health Program.
- Immunization information - Child immunization, vaccination and schedules.
- Injury Prevention - Injury is the leading cause of death among our youngest citizens, accounting for approximately 30% of all years of life lost before age 65.
- Youth Violence Prevention - Helping schools conduct conflict management, peer mediation, and bullying prevention programs.
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Disease Reporting
- Disease Reporting - Disease reports from community practitioners and laboratories
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Environmental Health
- Environmental Health - Visit our Environmental Health page for information on a variety of health related links specific to the environment, including testing for radon or lead, water testing, landfills, etc.
Food & Nutrition
- Fish and Game - Warnings on eating fish and game.
- Food Supplement (Food Stamps) - Helping low-income people buy food
- Physical Activity and Nutrition Program - Working towards improving nutrition and increasing physical activity
- Nutrition for Older People in Maine - Congregate and Home Delivered meals, with links to Maine's Area Agencies on Aging.
- Women, Infants, and Children's Nutrition Program (WIC) - Free nutrition advice, tips for staying healthy, recipes, and resources for growing families.
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Health Topics
- Asthma Control and Prevention
- Cardiovascular
Health
- Providing health education to Maine residents.
- Diabetes Prevention and Control
- Disease Specific Information
- Flu
- This interagency site is designed to provide a single source for all information related to avian, pandemic, and seasonal influenza.
- HIV/STD - Working to stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV.
- Lyme Disease
- Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program - An early detection program.
- Maine Cancer Registry - Provides reports on incidence and mortality rates as well as information on risk factors, prevention and early detection of various cancers.
- Oral Health
- Rabies
- Tuberculosis - Surveillance of TB disease throughout the State.
- West Nile Virus (arbovirus) - Advice on protection and treatment methods.
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Mental Health
- Adult Mental Health Services Information and resources, including:
- Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center - State psychiatric hospitals under the DHHS located in the Bangor area.
- Geriatric Mental Health Services - Services for older adults
- Grievance Process Guide for recipients of mental health services
- Housing Resources - Assisting persons with mental health issues in securing safe, decent, and affordable housing
- Legal issues
- Provider List
- Recovery & Wellness - Recovery information.
- Related Links - Federal Agencies, other related sites, Mental Health Research, Training and Technical Assistance Centers, etc.
- Riverview Psychiatric Center - State psychiatric hospitals under the DHHS located in the Augusta area.
- Children's Behavioral Health Services - Providing services to children with special needs, including developmental disabilities/delays, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)/autism, substance abuse and mental health disorders.
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Minority Health
- Minority Health - Promoting health and wellness in Maine's racial and ethnic minority communities.
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Physician Search
- Physician
search
- search for a physician or physician assistant by name, license number, town or specialty (provided by the Board of Licensure in Medicine)
- Osteopathic
physician search
- search for an osteopathic physician (provided by the Board of Osteopathic Licensure)
Senior Health
- Long Term Care - Finding the kind of care you need often feels like going through a maze when you are least able to do so - when you or a loved one face a medical emergency or crisis.
- Nutrition for Older People in Maine - Congregate and Home Delivered meals, with links to Maine's Area Agencies on Aging.
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Veterans Resources
- Veterans Resources - For Maine veterans and their families
Vital Records
- Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Certificates - How to obtain certified copies.
Records
- Maine Vital Records - Birth, Marriage, Divorce, and Death records from 1923 to the present. Includes information on how to get a copy of a record.
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