Indiana State Profile and Resources
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Indiana is the 38th largest state in area, with a population of 6.1 million (2003). Its motto "The Crossroads of America" indicates its prime position in the Midwest crisscrossed by railroads and interstate highways and water routes with major ports. Agriculture and manufacturing are still the mainstay industries in Indiana, but are gradually being replaced by high tech, pharmaceutical, healthcare, insurance and sports-related companies. The demographics of Indiana include a black minority of 8.2% and a growing Hispanic population of 3.2%. There are 92 counties in the state, Indianapolis is the capital. |
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State Information
Quick Facts from the Census
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18000.html
Healthy People 2010 Indiana
http://www.in.gov/isdh/publications/minority-health/mh_plan_april_2003.pdf
Population Profiles
http://ftp2.census.gov/geo/maps/special/profile2k/IN_2K_Profile.pdf
Congressional Map
http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/pdfs/congressional_map.pdf
National Association of Counties
http://www.naco.org/
State Health Information
Indiana Department of Public Health
http://www.in.gov/isdh/
State Health Facts Online (from the Kaiser Foundation)
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/
(enter Indiana in the search box)
IN Health Connect (MedlinePlus Go Local)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/golocal/
State Health Resource Lists
State Resources - Indiana (from the Rural Assistance Center)
http://www.raconline.org/states/indiana.php
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA)
Primary Care Professional Shortage Areas
http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/
(enter Indiana in the search box)
Health Professional Shortage Area and Medically Underserved Area Designations
http://www.in.gov/isdh/publications/llo/shortages/shortage.htm
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA's)
http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/
HPSA Designation Criteria
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/hpsacrit.htm
Medically Underserved Areas/Medically Underserved Populations
MUA/MUP - Medically Underserved Areas/Medically Underserved Populations
http://muafind.hrsa.gov/
(enter Indiana in the search box)
Health Workforce Profiles
Health Resource Shortage Area Workforce Profiles
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/statesummaries/indiana.htm
Indiana Health Resource Shortage Area Workforce Profiles
ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/workforceprofiles/IN.pdf
Indiana Health Resource Workforce Profiles Highlights
ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/workforceprofiles/indiana.pdf
State Medical or Health Professional Associations
Indiana Health Indiana Professional Licensing Agency
http://www.in.gov/pla/
Indiana Hospital and Health Association
http://www.inhha.org/
Indiana State Medical Association
http://www.ismanet.org/
Indiana University School of Medicine
http://www.medicine.iu.edu/
Indiana Health and Medicine Links
http://www.inspire.net/indmed.html
Specific Populations - General Information
Office of Minority Health(OMH)
http://www.omhrc.gov/
Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/
MedlinePlus Population Group Topics
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/populationgroups.html
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs020514b.htm
African American
African American Health, a MedlinePlus topic sheet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html
African American Health Disparities Information
http://www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman/aah/
Additional GMR Resources
Hispanic American
Hispanic American Health, a MedlinePlus topic sheet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hispanicamericanhealth.html
HispanicHealth.org
http://www.hispanichealth.org/
Latino/Hispanic Health (LasCulturas.com)
http://www.lasculturas.com/lib/libHealth.php
Additional GMR Resources
Native American
Native American Health, a MedlinePlus topic sheet
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nativeamericanhealth.html
Indian Health Service (IHS)
http://www.ihs.gov/
IHS Publications & Reports
http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/Index.asp
Native Health Research Database
http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/IHS_Stats/Statistical_Databases.asp
Indiana Indian Tribes
http://www.500nations.com/Indiana_Tribes.asp
Additional GMR Resources
Government Information Resources
FedStats -
A gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies
http://www.fedstats.gov/
USA.gov -
The official U.S. gateway to all government information
http://www.usa.gov/
Google Search: Uncle Sam
http://www.google.com/unclesam
State & Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/
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