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Alabama is located on southern coast of the United States, with its state capitol located in Montgomery. The state is divided into 67 counties, and the state's largest city is Birmingham, located in Jefferson county. Birmingham serves as the primary nucleus for the sprawling Greater Birmingham, a region made up of 8 counties and over 1.1 million residents, making it the nation's 48th largest metropolitan area and the largest metropolitan region in Alabama. Among the 50 states Alabama ranks 30th in size, covering 52,423 square miles. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Alabama is the 23rd most populous state, with 4, 447,100 residents, and the state's population is projected to increase to 4.8 million by 2010 (from the Alabama Dept. of Industrial Relations. Map of Alabama Network Members (Updated 12/17/2007) |
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Libraries/Associations Information
Libraries
- Alabama's Public Libraries - Web directory listing of Alabama Public Libraries.
Resource Libraries
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0013
Phone: 205-934-5460
Fax: 205-934-3545University of South Alabama
Charles M. Baugh Biomedical Library
Room 216 Biomedical Library Bldg.
Mobile, AL 36688-0002
Phone: 334-460-6885
Fax: 334-460-7638Regional Medical Library: University of Maryland Baltimore, Health Sciences Human Services Library
There are many fine local libraries in the network that provide health information and other services. For help finding a participating library click here.
Library Associations/Consortia/Local Groups
- Alabama Health Libraries Association - ALHeLA is a professional organization made up of health science librarians from the state of Alabama.
- Alabama Library Association - The Alabama Library Association (ALLA) is a non-profit corporation formed to encourage and promote the welfare of libraries and professional interests of librarians in the State of Alabama.
- Network of Alabama Academic Libraries - A consortium of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and Alabama's eligible public and private four-year colleges and universities whose purpose is to coordinate academic library resource sharing and to enhance education and research.
- Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association - SC/MLA is a professional organization made up of health science librarians from the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Library School
The University of Alabama
School of Library & Information Studies
513 Main Library
Box 870252
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0252
Phone: 205-348-4610
Fax: 205-348-3746
Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Recovery Resources
- Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Recovery Resources - Non State Specific Resources
- Alabama Department of Public Health - Center for Emergency Preparedness - Coordinates Alabama's health, medical and social services in the event of public health threats and emergencies.
- Alabama Emergency
Management Agency - Provides life saving information
on preparedness, how to respond to emergencies, how to help
communities recover from disaster, and how to lessen the
effects of future disasters.
- Birmingham Public Library Hurricane Katrina Resources - Individuals displaced from their homes by Hurricane Katrina who have sought shelter in the Birmingham, Alabama area will find links to local resources here.
- Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Agency - This site was developed to provide information about Emergency Management, individual emergency preparedness for the hazards in Madison County.
- University of Alabama at Birmingham - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) hosts a Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections Education site. The site provides primary care and emergency medicine healthcare professionals with information and free online continuing education.
News Information Resources
- Alabama Newspaper and News Media Guide – Links to Alabama newspapers, radio stations, television stations, and magazines.
Demographic and Statistical Resources
- Demographic Resources - Non State Specific Resources
- Statistical Information Resources - Non State Specific Resources
- Alabama Demographics/Population - A resource from the Alabama Center for Health Statistics providing links to demographic and population statistics reports in map and graphical formats
- Alabama State and County QuickFacts - This resource from the U.S. Census Bureau provides summary profiles for frequently requested data items from various Census Bureau programs. Profiles are available at the national, state, and county level.
- Center for Business and Economic Research: Data and Maps - The University of Alabama's Center for Business and Economic Research works with the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Data Center to facilitate use and delivery of Census and other data to the public.
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Alabama Snapshot - The State Snapshots provide State-specific health care quality information including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. The goal is to help State officials and their public- and private-sector partners better understand health care quality and disparities in their State.
- Alabama Vital Statistics at a Glance - A resource from the Alabama Center for Health Statistics providing links to vital statistics reports from 1994-2005.
- Faststats: Alabama Facts - The National Center for Health Statistics provides brief vital statistics and links to data on alcohol abuse, women's health, health trends, mortality data, and other statistical information.
- MapStats - Alabama - Provides access to statistics prepared by over 100 federal agencies. Statistics are available on a state and community level.
- MedlinePlus: Health Statistics - Alabama - A county by county resource from the National Library of Medicine providing directory listings of health statistics resources for the state of Alabama.
- The Commonwealth Fund - Alabama rankings and results compared to benchmarks, and to view the number of lives and dollars each state could save by achieving benchmark levels of performance.
Health Resources
- Alabama Department of Public Health - The purpose of the Alabama Department of Public Health is to provide caring, high quality and professional services for the improvement and protection of the public’s health through disease prevention and the assurance of public health services.
- Healthy
Alabama 2010
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A state-based surveillance system for measuring progress
toward state health objectives, administered by the Alabama
Department of Public Health in collaboration with the CDC. - Health InfoNet of Alabama - MedlinePlus Go Local - A free consumer health information service of the Alabama public and medical libraries. The site is designed as a gateway to quality information sources from MedlinePlus and links users to Health InfoNet for local health services and resources around the state.
Alabama Specific Population Health Information Resources
- Specific Population General Health Information Resources - Non State Specific Population Health Information Resources
- Alabama Department of Public Health - Office of Minority Health - Website for the Minority Health Section of the Alabama Department of Public Health.
- Alabama Office of Primary Care & Rural Health Programs - An organizational component of the Alabama Department of Public Health whose mission is to: (1) facilitate and support activities which improve access to primary medical care throughout the state, and (2) promote the health of rural residents, with special concern for medically underserved populations. Site includes a link to the Alabama Rural Health Plan.
- Alabama State and Local Government on the Net - Provides links to government information in Alabama.
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Minority Health & Research Center - From the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a comprehensive educational, research, and community outreach center focused on eliminating the health disparities of racial/ethnic minorities locally, regionally and nationally.
- University of Alabama Rural Health Institute for Clinical and Translational Science - Has ongoing research projects focusing on current health issues that affect people who live in rural areas.
- University of South Alabama Center for Healthy Communities - The lead entity within the University of South Alabama for coordinating community education, research, public service and health activities to help eliminate health disparities, foster access to health care for underserved populations and enhance the capacity of individuals to better participate in decision making about their health.
The menu below will direct you to state specific resources for the listed populations. If there is no state specific resource listed on this page, you will be redirected to a general health resources page for the group you selected.
Alabama Specific Population Groups Health Information Resources
African American
- Services for African-American Health - Part of the Medline Plus Go Local feature, providing county-level directory information on services for African American health services in Alabama.
- African American Health Resources - Non State Specific Resources
Asian American
- Asian American Health Resources - Non State Specific Resources
- Services for Asian-American Health - Part of the Medline Plus Go Local feature, providing county-level directory information on services for Asian American health services in Alabama.
Hispanic American
- Services for Hispanic-American Health - Part of the Medline Plus Go Local feature, providing county-level directory information on services for Hispanic health services in Alabama.
- Hispanic/Latino Health Resources - Non State Specific Resources
- Jefferson County Department of Health Alabama Helpful Links for Working with Hispanic Patients (Enlaces de Ayuda con Pacientes Hispanos) - A resource from the Jefferson County Department of Health that serves as an aid/tool for health providers across the state of Alabama serving hispanic clients.
Native American
- Services for Native-American Health - Part of the Medline Plus Go Local feature, providing county-level directory information on services for Native American health services in Alabama.
- Native American Health Resources - Non State Specific Resources
SE/A Staff Contact
Sheila Snow-Croft, Outreach/Education Coordinator
Ms. Snow-Croft teaches, exhibits, and manages the educational programs offered by the SE/A Region. She also supports subcontracts and awards in AL, DC, MD, MS, PR, TN, and the USVI.
Do you have further questions? Call us at 1-800-338-7657 and Choose 1 for Regional Network Office.
If you have any resources that you think should be added to this page, please let us know.
