Select Information Sources and Tools
Use these resources to learn more about research and practice in cancer health disparities.
Health Disparities and Cancer Relevant Resources
- New! HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Take advantage of this incredible resource that provides a brief overview of racial and ethnic health disparities and unveils a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. - New! Patient Navigation in Cancer Care
Click above to download peer reviewed articles concerning the benefits of patient navigation for underserved populations faced with abnormal cancer screening tests. - Research to Reality (R2R)
Learn more about this online community of practice that links cancer control practitioners and researchers and provides opportunities for discussion, learning, and enhanced collaboration on moving research into practice. - Cancer Control PLANET
Explore the new look and feel of this web portal that allows users to access data and resources that can help planners, program staff, and researchers to design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based cancer control programs. - The Cooperative Human Tissue Network
This unique resource provides human tissues and fluids from routine procedures to investigators who utilize human biospecimens in their research. - SEER Health Disparities Calculator
Take advantage of this useful statistical software that generates multiple summary measures for evaluating and monitoring health disparities. - Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)
Find useful information and reports on incidence, survival, and prevalence from specific geographic areas representing 26 percent of the U.S. population plus cancer mortality statistics for the entire U.S. - SEER Methods for Measuring Disparities
Identify conceptual issues and different methodological approaches germane to measuring progress toward the goal of eliminating cancer-related health disparities. - Women of Color Research Network
New outreach instrument for women of color to assist them in navigating the NIH grants process and receiving advice on their career development. - State Cancer Profiles
Provide dynamic views of cancer statistics for prioritizing cancer control efforts in the nation, states, and counties. - National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Cancer Control Supplement
Discover useful information about the NHIS - a continuing, nationwide in-person survey of approximately 40,000 households, or about 100,000 persons, in the civilian non-institutionalized population, with oversamples of African-American and Hispanic respondents - including questionnaires, documentation, and datasets. - Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)
Access a continuing source of surveillance data from which to examine trends in health communication over time. - Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs
Provides interactive maps, graphs (which are accessible to the blind and visually-impaired), text, tables, and figures showing geographic patterns and time trends of cancer death rates for the time period 1950 -1994 for more than 40 cancers. - State Cancer Legislative Database Program
Discover a searchable database of information about state legislation and resolutions addressing selected cancer- related topics, including cancer health disparities. - Methods for Measuring Cancer Disparities: A Review Using Data Relevant to Healthy People 2010 Cancer-Related Objectives
Provides an empirical analysis for methods appropriate for the measurement of cancer disparities. - NCI Benchmarks
Read more about NCI's formation of the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities and various historical initiatives. - Office of Women's Health
Find information about cancer health disparities statistics, NCI research, and health disparities plans and reports. - Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplement
Use data to monitor tobacco use control and research. Find information about past Tobacco Use Supplements as well. - Theory at a Glance: A Guide for Health Promotion Practice (2nd Edition)
Use NCI's quick guide to find information about fundamental theories in health promotion and behavior, theory application, and putting theory into practice.
NIH Resources
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) American Indian Health
Information portal focused on issues affecting the health and well-being of American Indians. - National Library of Medicine (NLM) Asian American Health
Information portal devoted to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the U.S. - NIH Strategic Plan to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities
- Addressing Health Disparities: NIH Program of Action
DHHS Resources
- Health Literacy Improvement - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
Tools, government resources, reports, and research focused on improving health literacy. - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Access Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement
- Methods for Measuring Cancer Disparities: A Review Using Data Relevant to Healthy People 2010 Cancer-Related Objectives
Provides an empirical analysis for methods appropriate for the measurement of cancer disparities. Item Number T074 - Asian and Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Web Tool: Questions and Answers HMO Cancer Research Network Learn more about the HMO Cancer Research Network (CRN), which consists of the research programs, enrolled populations, and data systems of 14 health maintenance organizations nationwide.
- How to Better Deliver Health Information Online to Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islanders
- How to Better Deliver Health Information Online to American Indians and Alaska Natives Healthfinder
- DHHS Health Disparities Related Web Sites
- The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- CDC Cancer Prevention and Control Cancer Data
- CDC FastStats Site
Other Resources
Updated: 01/08/13
