Data Sources & Tools
This section provides a variety of helpful resources for researchers and health care practitioners to use in their research on cancer health disparities.
NCI
- Asian and Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Web Tool: Questions and Answers
- Cancer Health Disparities: Questions and Answers
- Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)
- SEER Methods for Measuring Disparities
- State Cancer Profiles
- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Cancer Control Supplement
- HMO Cancer Research Network
- Health Information National Trends Survey
- NCI Benchmarks
- Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs
- Office of Women's Health Research on Cancers in Women
- Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplement
- State Cancer Legislative Database Program
- Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2005 Update
- Cancer Control PLANET
- Researchers' Toolbox - Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS)
- Theory at a Glance: A Guide for Health Promotion Practice (2nd Edition)
NIH
- Strategic Plan to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities
- NCMHD Annual Report on Health Disparities Research
- Addressing Health Disparities: NIH Program of Action
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) American Indian Health
- NLM Asian American Health
DHHS
- Health Literacy Improvement - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
- How to Better Deliver Health Information Online to Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islanders
- How to Better Deliver Health Information Online to American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Healthy People 2010
- Healthfinder
- DHHS Health Disparities Related Web Sites
- The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- CDC Cancer Prevention and Control Cancer Data
- CDC FastStats Site
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report
- AHRQ 2005 National Healthcare Quality Report
Other
- American Cancer Society Statistics
- Intercultural Cancer Council
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Access Poverty Guidelines, Research & Measurement
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Economics Research Service
- U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States
- Measuring Health Disparities Interactive CD-ROM (MHDIR0705) by Lynch J. and
Harper S.
