National Organizations Acronyms
NACCHO – National Association of City and County Health Officials
NALBOH – National Association of Local Boards of Health
HFA – Healthy Families America
CDC – Center for Disease Control& Prevention
OSHA – Occupational Safety & Health Administration
CMS – Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
HRSA – Health Resources & Services Administration
AARP – American Association of Retired Persons
ASTDN – Association of State and Territory Directors of Nursing
ANA – American Nurses Association
NIOSH – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NHLBI – National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
APHA – American Public Health Association
FDA – Food and Drug Administration
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
ADA – American’s with Disabilities Act
NCHS – National Center for Health Statistics
FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
NACo – National Association of Counties
NCEH – National Center for Environmental Health
NEHA – National Environmental Health Association
Disease and Immunizations Acronyms
AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
DTP – Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus
HAV – Hepatitis A Virus
HBV – Hepatitis B Virus
HiB – Haemophilus influenza, type b
HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus
MMWR – Morbidity and mortality weekly report
STD – Sexually transmitted disease
TB – Tuberculosis
DTaP – Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Accellular Pertussis
MMR – Measles, Mumps, and Rubella
BCG – Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin (Tuberculosis) vaccine
Common Public Health Acronyms
AEA – Area Education Agency
CACFP – Child and Adult Care Food Program
CAP – Community Action Program, sometimes referred to as Community Action Agency
CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEA – Community Empowerment Area
CHIP – Child Health Insurance Program (Title XXI), also referred to as SCHIP.
CHSC – Child Health Specialty Clinics
CSFP – Commodity Supplemental Food Program
DHHS – Department of Health and Human Services; a federal agency
DHS – Department of Human Services; a state agency with county offices
EFNEP – Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, an Extension Service program from USDA
EPSDT – Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program
FIP – Family Investment Program
FMNP – Farmers Market Nutrition Program
FNP – Family Nutrition Program, from USDA Extension
FP – Family Planning Program
FQHC – Federally Qualified Health Center
GTC – Grants to Counties Water Well Program
HHA – Homemaker/Home Health Aide Program
I3 – Infant Immunization Initiative, the national initiative
OSDH – Oklahoma State Department of Health
MCH – Maternal and Child Health Program
NAWD – National Association of WIC Directors
NCHS – National Center for Health Statistics
NCI– National Cancer Institute
NET– Nutrition EducationTraining Program
NHLBI – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
PedNSS – Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System
PHN – Public Health Nursing
PNSS – Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System
SCHIP – State Children’s Health Insurance Program (Title XXI) also referred to as CHIP
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
USPHS – United States Public Health Service
VFC – Vaccine for Children
WIC – Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
Oklahoma State Agencies Acronyms
AGR – Agriculture
ABLE – Able Commission
AG – Office of Attorney General
OCC – Oklahoma Corporation Commission
CLEET – Council on Law Enforcement Education & Training
CLO – Commissioners of the Land Office
CME – Board of Medicolegal Investigations
CSO – CompSource Oklahoma
CT – Department of Career & Technology Education
DC – Department of Commerce
DCS – Department of Central Services
DEQ – Department of Environmental Quality
DHS – Department of Human Services
DM – Department of Mines
DMH – Department of Mental Health & SAS
DOC – Department of Corrections
DOE – Department of Education
DOL – Department of Labor
DOT – Department of Transportation
DPS – Department of Public Safety
DRS – Department of Rehabilitation Services
FM – State Fire Marshall
HE – Regents for Higher Education
JDM – J D McCarty Center
OCC – Oklahoma Conservation Commission
OCIA – Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority
ODH – Oklahoma Department of Health
ODOT – Department of Transportation
OEM – Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
OESC – OK Employment Securities Commission
OETA – Oklahoma Education TV Authority
OHS – Oklahoma Historical Society
OIDS – Oklahoma Indigent Defense System
OJA – Office of Juvenile Affairs
OMD – Oklahoma MilitaryDepartment
OSBI – Oklahoma Bureau of Investigations
OSF – Office of State Finance
OSSM – Oklahoma School of Science & Math
OTC – Oklahoma Tax Commission
OTRD – Department of Tourism & Recreation
RSC – Rose State College
SS – Secretary of State
ST – State Treasurer’s Office
VA – Department of Veterans Affairs
WCC – Wildlife Conservation Commission
Southern Plains Area American Indian/Alaska Native Acronyms
NIHB – National Indian Health Board
OKTEC – Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center
SPTHB – Southern Plains Tribal Health Board
ANTHC – Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
ANEC – Alaska Native Epidemiology Center
AASTEC – Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
AAIHB – Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board
CTEC – California Tribal Epidemiology Center
CRIHB – California Rural Indian Health Board
GLITEC – Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center
GLITC – Great Lakes Area Tribal Health Board
ITCATEC – Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. Tribal Epidemiology Center
ITCA – Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona
NEC – Navajo Epidemiology Center
NNDH – Navajo Nation Division of Health
GPTEC – Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center
GPTCHB – Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board
NWTEC – Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
NPAIHB – Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
RMTEC – Rocky Mountain Tribal Epidemiology Center
RMTLC – Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council
USETTEC – United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. Tribal Epidemiology Center
USET – United Southern and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
UIHI – Urban Indian Health Institute
SIHB – Seattle Indian Health Board
GPTCHB – Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board
MWAST – Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes
OIT – Old Indian Trick
MCN – Muscogee (Creek) Nation
C&A – Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
CPN – Citizen Potawatomie Nation
AST – Absentee Shawnee Tribe
SNO – Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
SFN – Sac and Fox Nation
IHS – Indian Health Service
