Directory of Organizations Online: Medical and Social Sciences Joe Buenker, M.S., Academic Librarian

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Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
http://www.ocfoundation.org/
"Founded by a group of individuals with OCD in 1986, the mission of the OCF is to educate the public and professional communities about OCD and related disorders; to provide assistance to individuals with OCD and related disorders, their family and friends; and to support research into the causes and effective treatments of OCD and related disorders."

OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
http://www.oecd.org/
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OECD Washington Center
http://www.oecdwash.org/
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Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/
"The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, works to strengthen the disease prevention and health promotion priorities of the Department within the collaborative framework of the HHS agencies."
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Office of Family Assistance
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ofa/
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Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/
The mission of the Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention is "To integrate advances in human genetics into public health research, policy, and programs."

Office of Health Policy Fellowships (Insitute of Medicine)
http://www.iom.edu/board.asp?id=3800
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Office of Justice Programs
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/
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Office of Minority Health Resource Center
http://www.omhrc.gov/
"The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 1985 as a result of the Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health. Under the direction of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, OMH advises the Secretary and the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) on public health issues affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders, Blacks/African Americans, and Hispanics/Latinos."

Office of National Drug Control Policy
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
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Office of Population Research
http://opr.princeton.edu/
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Office of Research Integrity
http://ori.dhhs.gov/
"The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) oversees and directs Public Health Service (PHS) research integrity activities on behalf of the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the exception of the regulatory research integrity activities of the Food and Drug Administration."

Office of the Solicitor General
http://www.usdoj.gov/osg/
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Office of the Surgeon General
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/sgoffice.htm
"Since 1871, the Surgeon General of the United States has been the nation's leading spokesman on matters of public health."

Older Women’s League
http://www.owl-national.org/
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Oncology Nursing Society
http://www.ons.org/
"The ONS Mission is to promote excellence in oncology nursing and quality cancer care. The Society works to fulfill this mission by providing nurses and healthcare professionals with access to the highest quality educational programs, cancer-care resources, research opportunities, and networks for peer support."

ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History
http://www.one.org/
" ONE is a new effort by Americans to rally Americans – ONE by ONE – to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. The ONE Campaign is engaging Americans through a diverse coalition of faith-based and anti-poverty organizers to show the steps people can take, ONE by ONE, to fight global AIDS and poverty."

OneWorld.net

http://www.oneworld.net/
"OneWorld is the world's favourite and fastest-growing civil society network online, supporting people’s media to help build a more just global society."

Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation Network
http://www.soros.org/
"The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform."

Opensecrets.org: Your Guide to the Money in U.S. Elections
http://www.opensecrets.org/
" The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large. The Center’s work is aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government."

Operation Smile
http://www.operationsmile.org/
"Operation Smile is a private, not-for-profit volunteer medical services organization providing reconstructive surgery and related health care to indigent children and young adults in developing countries and the United States."

Option Line (Pregnancy Centers Online)
http://www.pregnancycenters.org/
"Option Line consultants refer each caller to a pregnancy resource center in her area for answers to questions about abortion, pregnancy tests, STD's, adoption, parenting, medical referrals, housing, and many other issues. The toll-free number [1-800-395-HELP] is available to callers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
http://www.oecd.org/
"The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries, NGOs and civil society, it has a global reach. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation."

Organizational Behavior Teaching Society
http://obtsweb.pitzer.edu/
"The mission of the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society is to enhance the quality and promote the importance of teaching and learning across the management disciplines with a focus on the dynamics within and at interface of individuals, groups, organizations, and cultures."

OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Home Page
http://www.osha.gov/
"The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers. To accomplish this, federal and state governments must work in partnership with the more than 100 million working men and women and their six and a half million employers who are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970."

Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease National Resource Center
http://www.osteo.org/
A National Institutes of Health web-site. "The NIH ORBD~NRC was established in 1994 with a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) of the National Institutes of Health to The National Osteoporosis Foundation. Its mission is to provide patients, health professionals, and the public with an important link to resources and information on metabolic bone diseases, including osteoporosis, Paget's disease of the bone, osteogenesis imperfecta, and hyperparathyroidism. The Center is operated by The National Osteoporosis Foundation, in collaboration with The Paget Foundation and the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation."

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
http://www.oif.org/s
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Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation
http://www.ohf.org/
"The Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation (OHF) is a voluntary, not-for-profit health organization established in 1989 by concerned parents of patients. Today, the OHF has grown from a parent support group composed of a handful of concerned hard working families into an international organization leading the fight against hyperoxaluria and oxalate stone disease."

Oxfam America
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/
"Oxfam America is a Boston-based international development and relief agency and an affiliate of Oxfam International. Working with local partners, Oxfam delivers development programs and emergency relief services, and campaigns for change in global practices and policies that keep people in poverty."

Oxfam International
http://www.oxfam.org/
"Oxfam International is a confederation of 12 organizations working together with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering and injustice."

 

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Modified: December 30, 2008 ,joe.buenker@asu.edu