Minority Health
National Library of Medicine Plans to Address Disparities
National Library of Medicine Strategic Plan for Addressing Health Disparities 2004-2008 -- improving access to affordable and easy-to-use health-related information can help solve health disparities
National Library of Medicine's Long Range Plan 2006-2016 See Goal Two of the Long Range Plan: Trusted Information Services that Promote Health Literacy, Improve Health Outcomes, and Reduce Health Disparities Worldwide http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/plan/lrp06/report/LRP_Goal2.html
Minority Health Resources
- MedlinePlus en espanol -- National
Library of Medicine(NLM) Online Health Resource for the
general public in Spanish
- Community Health Information Blog
-- "Bringing Health Information to the Community" NN/LM-MCR community health
information and resources
- NLM/SIS Outreach & Special
Populations -- (NLM) Specialized Information Services(SIS)
Outreach Activities and Resources; includes Minority Health, Environmental Health, HIV/AIDS, and International Projects
- Refugee Health Information Network -- a collaborative partnership managed by refugee health professionals to provide quality multilingual health information resources.
- Office of Minority Health -- HHS
organization focusing on health concerns of minority
populations [Spanish language Portal]
Racial/Ethnic Group
- African American Health Links -- list of websites related to health concerns of African Americans
- Latino American Health Links -- list of websites related to health concerns of Latino Americans
- Native American Health Links -- list of websites related to health concerns of American Indians
- Asian American/Pacific Islander Health Links -- list of websites related to health concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Health Information on the Internet: Focus on Racial/Ethnic Resources
-- trifold brochures you can download for use as handouts- African American Health on the Internet (PDF File)
- Latino American Health on the Internet (PDF File)
- Native American Health on the Internet (PDF File)
- Asian American/Pacific Islander Health on the Internet (PDF File)
Multi-language Resources
- Multilingual Publications at NIH -- How to order National Institutes of Health publications in non-English languages
- MidContinental Region Spanish Language State Pages -- lists organizations by state that have a Spanish Language portal, and provides the link to that portal
- Consumer Health Information in Many Language Resources -- lists resources available in multiple languages, specific languages, and glossaries
Cultural Comptence Resources
A list of tools, publications and continuing education resources on cultural competence
Statistics
- State Health Facts Online: Minority Health -- Kaiser FamilyFoundation
- American Fact Finder -- find statistics from the U.S. Census
- Modern Language Association Language Map -- The MLA Language Map uses data from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and seven groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States
Government Publications
- Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparites in Health Care -- National Academies Press
- National Healthcare Disparities Reports -- AHRQ
- Making Cancer Disparities History -- US Dept. HHS
Educational Opportunities in Health and Science
Symposia
- Community Outreach Symposium December 3-4, 2005 Symposium held at NLM to explore new models of health information outreach:
- Journal of the Medical Library Association articles in PubMed Central (Web page)
- Videocasts (Real Media format): First day; Second day
- Community Health Information Partnership Symposium (CHIPS) October 11, 2005 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming. One day Symposium on community health information outreach. (Web pages, Streaming video requiring Real Player to view, PowerPoint file, and Microsoft Word file)
