Health

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Adult health

• KeepMeWell Use this tool to find out what you can do to improve your health and stay well.
• MaineCare Services and Benefits for people with cognitive and physical disabilities
• 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.
• Teen and Young Adult Health Program - Ensuring all adolescents have skills and access to services, information, and supports that promote healthy life choices
• 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 and 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.
• Multicultural Resources - Providing multi-lingual health services to Maine's minority populations.
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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.
• Taking Charge of Your Health Care - A Description of Maine Law on Health Care Advance Directives.
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Veterans Resources

• Veterans Resources - For Maine veterans and their families
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Vital Records

• Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Certificates - How to obtain certified copies.
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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.
• Online database search - research marriages and death for the years 1892 to 1996