MEDLINE/PubMed Search and Health Disparities & Minority Health Information Resources

The MEDLINE/PubMed health disparities search retrieves citations to journal literature, combining subject terms and title & abstract words.

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• National Library of Medicine® (NLM®) Resources

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resources

• US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Resources

• Associations and Foundations

• Research Centers and Grants

US Government Resources

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)
  http://www.arctichealth.org/
  Diverse aspects of the arctic environment and the health of northern peoples
  
  
• Asian-American Health
  NLM Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS)
  http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov/
  
  
• Minority Health - 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
  
  

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resources

• 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) Plan to Reduce Health Disparities, 2002-2006
  http://ncmhd.nih.gov/our_programs/strategic/volumes.asp
  
  
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
  http://ncmhd.nih.gov
  
  

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)
  http://www.omhrc.gov/
  
  
• Healthy People 2010
  United States' health improvement plan
  http://www.healthypeople.gov/
  
  
• Eliminating Health Disparities: Acting Today, Planning for Tomorrow
  Speech by Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H, FACS, United States Surgeon General, US Department of Health and Human Services
  At the 2004 National Medical Association Meeting, Monday, August 2, 2004, San Diego, California
  http://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/news/speeches/08022004.html
  
  
• Facts on Indian Health Disparities
  United States Indian Health Service
  http://info.ihs.gov/Files/DisparitiesFacts-Jan2006.pdf
  
  
• National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2008
  Published March 2009; 300 pages
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr08/nhdr08.pdf
  
  

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Associations and Foundations

Associations

• 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 & The Disparities Solutions Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
  http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/050608hospitalequityreport.pdf
  
  

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Research Centers and Grants

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
  
  
• Health Disparities Collaborative
  Partnership between federal government, national, and state agencies
  http://www.healthdisparities.net/hdc/html/home.aspx
  
  

Grants

• Grant Information - US and International
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/grant_info.html
  
  

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