RESOURCES
HELPFUL LINKS
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Resources
National Library of Medicine Strategic Plan for Addressing Health Disparities 2004-2008
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/plan/nlm_health_disp_2004_2008.html
MedlinePlus® : Health Disparities
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthdisparities.html
MedlinePlus: African-American Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html
MedlinePlus: Asian-American/Asian Pacific Islander Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asianamericanhealth.html
MedlinePlus: Hispanic-American/Latino Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hispanicamericanhealth.html
MedlinePlus: Native-American Health (also called American Indian Health)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nativeamericanhealth.html
American Indian Health
NLM Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS)
http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/
Arctic Health
NLM Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS)
Asian-American Health
NLM Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS)
http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/
Minority Health Information Outreach - Specific Population Groups
NLM Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS)
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/minorityhealth.html
Multi-Cultural Resources for Health Information
NLM Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS)
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/multicultural.html
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resources
Kaiser Family Foundation: NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities, December 16-18, 2008
Sponsored by the NIH National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&hc=3091
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Plan and Budget, FY 2002 - FY 2008
http://ncmhd.nih.gov/about_ncmhd/index2.asp
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Formerly, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Resources
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Office of Health Disparities
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/OHD/default.htm
Office of Minority Health, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Healthy People 2020, United States' health improvement plan
Health Disparities: A Case for Closing the Gap
June 2009, HealthReform.gov, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/healthdisparities/index.html
National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2009
Published March 2010; 302 pages
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr09/nhdr09.pdf
Facts on Indian Health Disparities
United States Indian Health Service
http://info.ihs.gov/Files/DisparitiesFacts-Jan2006.pdf
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Health Disparities Annual Report 2008
Associations
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities
American Hospital Association (AHA)
http://www.aha.org/aha_app/issues/Disparities/index.jsp
Eliminating Health Disparities
American Medical Association (AMA)
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7639.html
Health Disparities Database
American Public Health Association (APHA)
http://www.apha.org/programs/disparitiesdb/
Foundations
Kaiser Health Disparities Report: A Weekly Look at Race, Ethnicity and Health
Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_disparities.cfm
Creating Equity Reports - A Guide for Hospitals
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital
http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/050608hospitalequityreport.pdf
Research Centers
Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities: Workshop Summary (2008)
National Academies Press
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12154
Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health: Unfinished Business (2006)
National Academies Press
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11602
Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement and Data Needs (2004)
National Academies Press
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10979
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (2003)
Institute of Medicine (IOM), National Academies Press
http://www.nap.edu/books/030908265X/html
Grants
Grant Information - US National Library of Congress, FAQ: Grant Information - US and International,
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/grant_info.html
Quality Improvement Organizations
QIO Efforts to Reduce Health Disparities 2002-2005
9th Scope of Work Health Disparities QIO Tasks Map of the USA
Additional Resources
Medicare Race and Ethnicity Data, Marshall McBean, M.D., M.Sc., 2004
Prepared for the Study Panel on Sharpening Medicare's Tools to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities
National Academy of Social Insurance
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicare:
What the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Can, and Should, Do
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, Robert L. Willett Family Professor of Law, 2005
Prepared for the Study Panel on Sharpening Medicare's Tools to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities
National Academy of Social Insurance
CMS' Programs and Initiatives to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicare
Ellen O'Brien, Ph.D., 2005
Prepared for the Study Panel on Sharpening Medicare's Tools to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities
National Academy of Social Insurance
Strengthening Medicare's Role in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
2006, National Academy of Social Insurance