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State of Rhode Island Department of Health

Health Topics

What is the Health Topics A-Z Index?

The Health Topics A-Z Index is a navigational and informational tool that makes the RIDOH website easier to use. It helps you quickly find and retrieve specific information. It provide multiple ways for you to access the topics and features on the site.

What items are included?

The Health Topics A-Z Index lists topics with relevance to a broad cross-section of RIDOH's audiences. The items are representative of popular topics, diseases, licensee information, and other topics that have critical importance to RIDOH's public health mission. The index will continue to evolve as additional topics are added.

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A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

About Foodborne Illness

About Your Water Quality

Academic Research Publications & Resources

Acute Treatment And Stabilization of Overdose And Opioid Use Disorder

Addiction & Overdose

Adolescent Health

Advance Directives

Advisories and Newsletters for Healthcare Professionals

Air Quality Monitoring Information For Ice Rink Operators

All-Payer Claims Database Data Release Review Board

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

Alzheimer’s And Related Disorders Information For Healthcare Professionals

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Antimicrobial Stewardship And Environmental Cleaning Task Force

Asbestos Abatement Plans

Asbestos Information

Asbestos Information For Homeowners

Asbestos Information For Schools

Asbestos Remediation

Assessments To Find And Fix Causes Of Microbial Contamination In A Public Water System

Assisted Living

Assisted Living

Assisted Living Residence Details

Asthma Action Plans

Asthma Information For Healthcare Professionals

Asthma Information For Landlords

Asthma Information For Parents And Caregivers

Asthma Information For Schools And Child Care Facilities

At-Risk Populations For Tuberculosis

Athletic Training

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Avian Influenza

Back to School Reminders

Barbering, Hairdressing and Cosmetology

Beaches & Illnesses

Behavioral Analysts

Birth Defects, Information For Healthcare Providers

Birth Defects, Information For Parents

Birth, Death, and Marriage Records (Vital Records)

Blood Testing Screening

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program

Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program Information for Healthcare Professionals

Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace Award

Breastfeeding Information For Employers

Breastfeeding Information For Hospitals

Breastfeeding: Information For Healthcare Professionals

Breathe Easy At Home Project

Campylobacteriosis

Cancer Prevention

Cannabis Information For Adults

Cannabis Information For Pregnant and Postpartum People

Cannabis Information for Teens, Parents, and Caregivers

Cannabis Safety

Cannabis Treatment and Recovery Information

Carbapenem-resistant Infection

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning For Healthcare Professionals

Caregivers Of Alzheimer’s And Patients With Related Disorders

Certified Analytical Laboratories

Certified Drinking Water Testing Labs

Cervical Cancer

Changes To Birth, Death Or Marriage Records

Chemical Dependency Professionals

Chikungunya Virus Infection

Childhood Falls

Childhood Falls Prevention: Information For Parents

Childhood Vision Screening

Choose Safe Places For Early Care And Education

Choosing A Home Health Agency

Choosing A Nursing Home

Chronic Conditions

CHW Information for Employers

Climate Literacy

Clinical Specimen Submission Guidance

Closing Practices

Colorectal Cancer

Commission for Health Advocacy & Equity

Community Health Centers

Community Health Workers

Continuity Of Care

Controlled Substances

Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening Information for Healthcare Professionals

Dare To Dream Initiative

Death and Dying

Death And Dying Information For Healthcare Professionals

Death And Dying Information For Loved Ones

Dental Filling Materials

Dental Professionals

Dental Sealants

Diabetes Information For Healthcare Providers

Diabetes Information For Parents

Diabetes Information For Schools And Day Care Facilities

Disease Prevention

Drinking Water Operator

Drinking Water Quality

E-Cigarettes: Know the Health Risks

E. coli Infection (Escherichia coli)

Early Hearing Detection And Intervention

Eating Fish Safely

Ebola Information For Healthcare Professionals

Electronic Case Reporting (eCR)

Electronic Immunization Data Exchange (HL7)

Electronic Prescribing

Electronic Public Health Reporting and Promoting Interoperability

Emergency Contraception

Emergency Information for People with Special Needs

Emergency Information For Public Water Systems

Emergency Medical Services

Engineering Review And Application Status Of Drinking Water Projects

Environmental Contaminants

Environmental Lead Inspectors

Environmental Lead Professionals

Environmental Public Health Tracking

Falls Prevention

Falls Prevention: Information For Older Adults

Families & Caregivers

Family Planning

Family Visiting

Family Visiting Information for Parents/Caregivers

Family Visiting Referral Information For Providers

Farmers' Markets

Fees For Copying Patient Medical Records

Filtration And Treatment Of Private Well Water

Find Assisted Living Residences In Rhode Island

Find Dental Care

Find Disciplinary Actions and Orders

Find Healthcare Professionals in Rhode Island

Find Malpractice Settlements

Find Pediatric Audiology Services

Find Primary Care

Find Stroke Centers

Find Urgent Care And Health Centers

Find WIC Vendors In Rhode Island

Fixing Lead Hazards in Pre-1978 Buildings

Flood Information For First Responders

Flood Information For Healthcare Professionals

Flooding Information For Food Establishments

Flu & Pregnancy

Flu Information For Healthcare Facility Managers

Flu Information For Healthcare Workers

Flu Information For Schools And Child Care Providers

Flu Vaccination Rates Of Healthcare Workers

Food Information For Schools

Food Labeling on Packaged Food

Food Processor/Distributors/Wholesalers

Food Protection During And After Power Outages

Food Safety Allergen Awareness

Food Safety Managers

Food Safety Resource Library

Food Service Temporary Events

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Freestanding Emergency Care Facility

Frequently Asked Questions About PFAS Contamination Of Water

Funeral Directors/Embalming

Funeral Planning

Genetics Counselor

Gestational Diabetes

Glossary of Terms

Granuloma inguinale

Hansens Disease

Harm Reduction Centers

Harm Reduction Centers

Health Care Planning and Accountability Advisory Council

Health Information Exchange (HIE) Project

Health Information Exchange Advisory Commission

Health Information For Women Planning A Pregnancy

Healthcare Ethics

Healthcare Quality

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Healthy Homes And Lead Poisoning Information For Parents

Healthy Schools

Healthy Workplaces

Hear Her Campaign

Hearing Aid Professionals

Heart Disease and Stroke

HeartSafe Communities

Hepatitis, Viral

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

HIV Information For Healthcare Professions

Holiday Health and Safety Tips

Home Births, Parentage, & Adoptions

Home Care Providers

Home Health Agency Quality

Home Healthcare

Home Nursing Care Providers

Hospital Charity Care

Hospital Merger / Conversion Review Process

Hospital Quality

How To Become A WIC Vendor

How to Use Environmental Public Health Tracking Data

How to Use the Rhode Island Environmental Public Health Data Portal

Immunization Information For Healthcare Professionals

Immunization Information For Healthcare Workers

Immunization Information For Parents

Immunization Information For Pregnant Women

Immunization Information For Schools And Child Care Workers

Immunization Records

Immunization School Health Reports

Infectious Disease Advisories & Newsletters For Healthcare Professionals

Infectious Disease Information For Clinical Laboratories

Infectious Disease Information For Healthcare Professionals

Infectious Disease Information For Residential And Healthcare Facilities

Infectious Disease Information For Schools

Infectious Disease Reporting

Infectious Diseases

Influenza Information For Healthcare Professionals

Information For Adult Adoptees

Information For Beach Managers

Information For Healthcare Providers Of Children With Special Needs

Information For HIV Partners

Information For Lead Professionals

Information For New Parents

Information For Parents

Information For Parents Of Children With Special Needs

Information For People At-Risk Of Flu-Related Complications

Information For Title X Providers

Information For Travelers & Travel Hosts

Information For WIC Participants

Injury Prevention

Interpreters for the Deaf

KIDSNET About Confidentiality

KIDSNET About Immunization Interface (HL7)

KIDSNET Information For Healthcare Professionals

KIDSNET Information For Parents/Caregivers

Laboratory Testing

Lactation Consultants

Lead Contamination of Water

Lead Poisoning Information for Healthcare Professionals

Lead Poisoning Information For Homeowners

Lead Poisoning Information For Landlords

Lead Poisoning Information For Schools & Child Care Centers

Lead Poisoning Information For Tenants

Lead Professionals

Lead Safe Renovation, Repair, And Painting

Lead Training Programs

Legionnaires Disease

Lice, Head and Body Lice

License Information For New Food Establishments

Licensed Ambulance Services

Licensed EMT Training Programs

Licensee Complaints

Licensee Details

Licensing Boards And Commissions

Licensing Information for Lead Inspection Professionals

Living With Alzheimer's And Related Disorders

Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Practices

Marriage Licenses

Marriage, Family and Mental Health Therapy

Massage Therapy

Meat / Poultry Processing

Medicaid Enrollment and Reimbursement for CHWs

Medical Assistants And Their Supervisors

Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana Compassion Centers

Medical Marijuana Information

Medical Marijuana Information For Healthcare Professionals

Medical Marijuana Information For Patients & Caregivers

Medical Orders about Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)

Medical Procedures Abroad

Medical Protective Status

Medical Records

Medicine and Drugs

Meningitis, bacterial

Meningitis, Viral

Mercury Poisoning

Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Meaningful Use – Immunization Objective

Mold Health Risks

Mosquito Borne Disease Information For Laboratories

Mosquito-Borne Disease Information For Healthcare Professionals

Motor Vehicle Injury

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)

Music Therapists

National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)

Naturopathic Physicians

Newborn Blood Screening

Newborn Hearing Screening Information For Healthcare Professionals

Newborn Hearing Screening Information For Parents

Newborn Pulse Oximetry Screening, Critical Congenital Heart Disease

Newborn Screening

Newborn Screening Information For Healthcare Professionals

Newborn Screening Information For Hospitals

Newborn Screening Information For Parents

Newborns Affected By Substance-Exposure Information For Pediatric Healthcare Professionals

Non-Polio Enterovirus

Nurse Licensure Compact Information

Nursing Assistant

Nursing Home Administrators

Nursing Home Information for Residents and Caregivers

Nursing Home Quality

Nursing Home Visit Talking Points

Nursing Service Agency

Occupational Therapists

Operating Licensed Aquatic Venues

Opioid Overdose Reporting

Opioid Prescription Pain Medications

Opioid Use Disorder And Overdose

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Optometrists/Opticians

Oral Health And Nutrition

Oral Health Careers

Oral Health Commission

Oral Health Information For Caregivers

Oral Health Information For Health Professionals

Oral Health Information For Older Adults

Oral Health Information For Parents

Oral Health Information For School Nurses & Teachers

Oral Injury Prevention & Response

Organized Ambulatory Care Facilities

Outdoor Air Quality

Overdose Prevention Resources for Community Partners

Palliative Care

Partners HealthCare/ Care New England Review

Patient-Centered Medical Homes

People Living With HIV

Perinatal Mental Health

Pets and Pet Owners

PFAS (Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances)

Pharmacy Disciplinary Actions

Physical Therapists

Physician Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Podiatry Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Physician Assistant

Physician Complaint Process

Physicians' Committee for Breastfeeding in Rhode Island

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Rhode Island PrEP Champions

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)

Preventing an Overdose

Preventive Health And Health Services Block Grant

Private Well Care, Repairs, and Construction

Private Well Water Professionals

Provider's Details

Pubic Lice, Crabs

Public Health Accreditation

Public Health Scholars (Internships)

Public Records Requests

Public Water Emergency Information For Consumers

Public Water System

Public Water System Compliance with Revised Lead and Copper Rule, Lead Poisoning Prevention Act

Public Water System Compliance With The Revised Total Coliform Rule

Rabies Information For Healthcare Professionals

Radioactive Material

Radiologic Technologists

Radon Information For Schools, Public Buildings & Child Care Centers

Radon Professionals

Radon Testing Business List

Recent Actions/Orders

Recreation Facility

Reducing Asthma Triggers At Home

Refugee Health Information For Healthcare Professionals

Refugee Health Information For Refugees

Rehabilitation Center, Inpatient

Reportable Diseases & Conditions

Requesting a Vital Record from the State

Requests for Proposals

Resources and Support for CCR Grant-Funded Partners

Respiratory Care Practitioners

Respiratory Viruses

Restaurants & Food Establishments

Rhode Island Breastfeeding Coalition

Rhode Island Data for Diabetes

Rhode Island Safe Haven

Rhode Island Special Needs Emergency Registry

Rhode Island Stroke Task Force

RIDOH Health Surveys

RIDOH Public Newsletters

RIDOH Strategic Framework

Right Place, Right Care

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Safe Disposal Of Household Medical Waste

Safe Drinking Water In An Emergency

Safe Infant Sleep Information For Parents

Safe Opioid Prescribing

Safety And Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) Award

School Health Reports

School Information For Parents

School-Based Health Center

School-Based Health Center Information

Schools' Chemical Hygiene Officers

Secondhand Smoke

Sepsis Clinical Guidelines For Healthcare Professionals And Clinicians

Sexual Health Information For Gay/Bisexual Men And Gender Diverse People

Sexual Health Information For Healthcare Professionals

Sexual Health Information For Parents

Sexual Identity / Orientation

Sexual Violence

Sexually Transmitted Disease Information For Healthcare Professionals

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Shellfish Business

Sickle Cell Testing of College Athletes

Social Media And Social Networking In Medical Practices

SOGI Equity: Partners and Additional Resources

Speech-Language Pathologists/Audiologists

Spotlight Data Archives for EPHT

Staph Food Poisoning

State Health Laboratory Spotlights

Strep A (invasive)

Submitting Forensic Evidence

Substance Use Disorder Assessment, Treatment, and Recovery Information

Support for Veterans

Tanning Facility

Tattooing / Body Piercing

Teen Worker Safety

Testing Your Well Water

Tick Borne Diseases

Tick-Borne Disease Information For Athletic Teams And Student Athletes

Tobacco Information For Healthcare Professsionals

Tobacco Information For Parents

Tobacco Information For Property Managers

Toxic Shock (STSS, TSS)

TRAIN Learning Management System

Traumatic Brain Injury

Tuberculosis Diagnosis Information

Tuberculosis Information For Healthcare Facilities

Tuberculosis Information For Healthcare Professionals

Tuberculosis Information For Healthcare Workers

Tuberculosis Information For Schools And Residential Facilities

Tuberculosis Molecular Diagnostic Testing Information For Healthcare Workers And Laboratorians

Tuberculosis Testing Information

Tuberculosis Treatment And Referral Information

Tuberculosis, Mycobacteriosis

Vaccine Funding And Selection

Varicella For Healthcare Professionals

Veterinary Medicine

Violence Prevention

Viral Hemorrhagic Fever

Water Fluoridation

Water System Information (Drinking Water Viewer)

West Nile Virus

WIC Approved Foods

WIC Income Guidelines

WIC Information For Healthcare Professionals

WIC Information For WIC-Approved Vendors

WIC Shopper App

Winter Health Tips

WISEWOMAN Program Information For Healthcare Professionals

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Yeast Infection

Youth Advisory Council