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Health Organizations - U.S. Federal Government

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Inter-agency Initiatives

          National Diabetes Education Program
          Asian American and Pacific Islander Campaign
          Mutli-langauge and diabetes information for health campaigns

          National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
          At a Glance - Suicide Among Diverse Populations
          Provides statistics for several ethnic categories including Asian Americans

Office on Women's Health
      Provides information on various health topics for women

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
      Presents mental health findings from the Surgeon General's 1999 Mental Health Report
      Chapter 5 from the Surgeon General's 1999 Mental Health Report
      Provides statistics on subtance abuse
      Multi-language resources on substance abuse

Office of Minority Health
      Provides demographic on health information

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
      Provides search of governemnt and non-government health resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
      Provides disease information and prevention
      Highlights from the Surgeon General's Report

National Insititutes of Health
      Provides links to NIH organizations

          National Cancer Institute (NCI)
                Provides statistics for cancer in Asian American women                 Supports and develops research and initiatives

                     • Asian Tobacco Education and Cancer Awareness Research Initiative
                       Project for comprehensive tobacco control and cancer prevention

          National Library of Medicine (NLM)
                Description of outreach projects                 Directory of resources in health and biomedicine (search for Asian American health organizations)                 Provides links to HIV/AIDs infromation for Asian Americans                 Provides consumer health information for Asian Americans                 Searches biomedical and health science journals for abstracts
                (search provided for Asian Americans)                 Provides free full text of selected biomedical and health science journal articles
                (search provided for Asian Americans)

          National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
                Provides health information and training opportunities

          National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD)
                Provides multi-lingual factsheets and health information

          National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
                Provides multi-language information                 Provides multi-language information
Food and Drug Administration
                 Multi-lingual health information for women

U.S. Department of Commerce

                U.S. Census Bureau
                2000 Census report                 2004 Census report                 Census brief report                 Provides statistics from census

U.S. Social Security Administration
                Provides information and resources on services and benefits


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