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• Hispanic or Latino Populations(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/Populations/HL/HL.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/Spanish/HLSpanish.htm

Overviews

• Health Disparities Affecting Minorities: Hispanic/Latino Americans(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF - http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/Brochures/PDFs/HL.pdf

Latest News

• Dietary Changes Shield Latino Teens from Diabetes(04/06/2009, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_82577.html
• Choosing Healthy Eating without Giving Up the Foods You Love(02/16/2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/Features/DiabetesAndLatinos/

Prevention/Screening

• Ounce of Prevention: A Guide to Heart Health(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Large PDF file - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/latino/foto_eng.pdf
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/latino/foto_sp.pdf
• Ten Ways Hispanics / Latinos Can Prevent Type 2 Diabetes(National Diabetes Education Program) - Links to PDF - http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/ten-ways-hispanics-latinos.pdf

Nutrition

• Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Large PDF file - In English and Spanish - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/sp_recip.pdf

Specific Conditions

• Cancer 101(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=2829
• Common Questions and Answers about Hispanic/Latino Mental Health(American Psychiatric Association) - http://healthyminds.org/expertopinion5en.cfm
• Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/latino/lat_8pub.htm

Related Issues

• Understanding Donation: Multicultural Perspectives(Donate Life America) - http://www.donatelife.net/UnderstandingDonation/Multicultural.php
• What's Next? Living After Cancer Treatment(Lance Armstrong Foundation) - Large PDF file - http://www.livestrong.org/atf/cf/%7BFB6FFD43-0E4C-4414-8B37-0D001EFBDC49%7D/brochure_hispanic.pdf
  Also available in Spanish http://www.livestrong.org/atf/cf/%7BFB6FFD43-0E4C-4414-8B37-0D001EFBDC49%7D/brochure_spanish.pdf

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Hispanic Americans(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/term=%22Hispanic+Americans%22+OR+Latino+OR+Latina

Research

• Answers about HIV Vaccine Research(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/HIVAIDS/PDF/NIAID_HVAD_Hispanics_FS.pdf
• Depression Management Effective in Low-Income Hispanic Cancer Patients(National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/depression1108
• Hispanics Less Likely to Have Repeat Revascularizations One Year After Angioplasty(American Heart Association) - http://americanheart.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=544

Journal Articles

• Article: Coccidioidomycosis and tuberculosis coinfection at a tuberculosis hospital: clinical features... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19352301&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Reduction in risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19349560&tool=MedlinePlus
• Article: Disparities in utilization of outpatient rehabilitative care following hip fracture... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=19345769&tool=MedlinePlus
• Hispanic-American Health -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=hispanic+americans[majr]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+(review[pt]+OR+guideline[pt]+OR+clinical+trial[pt]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt]+OR+jsubsetaim[text])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus

Organizations

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (OMHD)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities - http://ncmhd.nih.gov/
• Office of Minority Health Resource Center(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.omhrc.gov/

Statistics

• Cancer Facts and Figures for Hispanics/Latinos 2006-2008(American Cancer Society) - Large PDF file - http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2006HispPWSecured.pdf
• Diabetes Epidemic Among Hispanics/Latinos(National Diabetes Education Program) - Links to PDF - http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/FS_HispLatino_Eng.pdf
• FastStats: Health of Hispanic/Latino Population(National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hispanic_health.htm
• FastStats: Health of Mexican American Population(National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/mexican_health.htm
• Hispanic/Latino Profile(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=54
• Hispanics and Lung Disease(American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=4294229&ct=67264
• HIV/AIDS among Hispanics/Latinos(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/hispanics/resources/factsheets/hispanic.htm
  Also available in Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/spanish/resources/factsheets/hispanic.htm
• Suicide among Hispanic Americans(Education Development Center, Inc.) - Links to PDF - http://www.sprc.org/library/hispanic.am.facts.pdf

Teenagers

• Health Risks and Disparities Experienced by Hispanic Youth(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/disparities/hispanic/

Women

• Heart Truth for Latinas(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Links to PDF - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/material/factsheet_latina.pdf
  Also available in Spanish http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/press/lat_factsheet.pdf
• Minority Women's Health: Hispanic American/Latinas(National Women's Health Information Center) - http://womenshealth.gov/minority/hispanicamerican/
• Osteoporosis and Hispanic Women(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) - http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bone/Osteoporosis/Background/hispanic_women.asp

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

• Population Groups - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/populationgroups.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Hispanic-American Health is the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities - http://ncmhd.nih.gov/