Racial
and Ethnic Disparities in MCH Web
Sites
This list of Web sites was
prepared by the National Center for Education in
Maternal and Child Health for the August 1998
PIC briefing book: Racial and Ethnic
Disparities in Maternal and Child
Health.
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American
Diabetes Association African American
Program
http://www.diabetes.org/africanamerican
The African
American Program was developed by the
American Diabetes Association to raise
awareness in the African American community
about the seriousness of diabetes and its
complications, the risk factors associated
with diabetes, and the importance of
healthful eating and regular exercise. This
site includes recent statistics on African
Americans and diabetes, promotional
materials, a diabetes risk test, and
information on community outreach
programs.
American Medical
Association (AMA) Minority Physicians &
Minority Health: Issues and
Resources
http://www.ama-assn.org/mem-data/mimed/issues.htm
This web site
highlights important minority physician and
minority health issues and provides
additional resources and information related
to the goals of the Minority Affairs
Consortium, which addresses minority health
and professional issues of special interest
to minority physicians. Other issues include:
AMA Policy; Minority Enrollees and Faculty in
US Medical Schools; Cooperation and
Collaboration among the AMA and Minority
Physician Ethnic Medical Associations; Data
on Minority Physicians; Racial/Ethnic Health
Care Disparities; Minority Health Related
Links; and Minority Membership and Leadership
in the AMA.
Asian Health Services
Online (AHS)
http://www.ahschc.org
The mission of
the AHS is to serve and advocate for the
immigrant and refugee Asian community
regarding its health rights and to assure
access to health care services regardless of
income, insurance, status, language, or
culture. AHS Online features information
about medical services, health education and
special projects, language access, advocacy
issues, and job and volunteer opportunities.
The site also features stories and the latest
news and upcoming events of AHS and around
the community.
Asian & Pacific
Islander American Health Forum
(APIAHF)
http://www.apiahf.org/apiahf
The APIAHF is a
national advocacy organization dedicated to
promoting policy, program, and research
efforts for the improvement of health status
of all Asian American and Pacific Islander
communities. The forum's goals are to
advocate for accurate representation of the
health needs of the distinct Asian and
Pacific Islander communities, to perform
community sensitive research to better inform
health policymakers and providers, and to
forge coalitions for the development of
national health policies and programs.
Publications include conference proceedings,
reports on mortality in the target
populations, and a quarterly newsletter
Focus.
Asian Pacific Islanders
Women's Health
http://www.apanet.org/~fdala
This
multi-lingual site offers information in
several languages to help Asian Pacific
Islander women understand the importance of
seeking cervical and breast cancer screening
services, such as having mammograms and pap
smears at regular intervals. There is
information about how to make appointments
and Clinician's Recommendation Materials to
prepare for these procedures.
Association of American
Indian Physicians (AAIP)
http://www.aaip.com
The AAIP is
dedicated to improving the health status of
American Indian and Alaska Native people,
training Indian physicians and other health
professionals, and furthering policies which
affect Indian health. AAIP also fosters
collaboration between western medicine and
traditional Indian/Native medicine.
Association of American
Medical Colleges (AAMC) Community and Minority
Programs
http://www.aamc.org/meded/minority
The Community and
Minority Programs were developed by the AAMC
as part of its Academic Medicine program to
increase educational opportunities for
minority students interested in the health
sciences. Among these programs are the
Recruitment and Retention Issues, Project
3000 by 2000 / Health Professions Partnership
Initiative, the National Network for Health
Science Partnerships, Minority Student
Resources, Minority Physicians Database /
Survey of Minority Physicians, the Minority
Medical Education Program , AAMC Health
Services Research Institute, Expanded
Minority Admissions Exercise, and the
Minority Faculty Career Development
Seminar.
Association of Asian
Pacific Community Health Organizations
(AAPCHO)
http://www.aapcho.org
The AAPCHO
strives to improve the health status of
Asians and Pacific Islanders within the
United States and its territories with a
special focus on the medically underserved.
This mission is to be accomplished by
increasing the quality, accessibility, and
availability of comprehensive community based
health care that is linguistically and
culturally appropriate for these populations.
The purpose of the web site is to provide a
centralized location to find current
information about Asian American and Pacific
Islander health status and health
issues.
Center of Excellence
(COE) in Minority Medical Education and
Health
http://www.msu.edu/user/coemmeh
The COE in
Minority Medical Education and Health was
established by the College of Human Medicine
at Michigan State University. The Center
focuses on the Minority Premedical Student
Network, the Leaders Achieving Notable
Education (LANE) Society, Minority Medical
Student Development, Minority Health
Curriculum, Information Resources, Minority
Health Research, and Minority Faculty
Recruitment and Development.
The Commonwealth
Fund
http://www.cmwf.org
The Commonwealth
Fund is a national foundation for independent
research on health and social policy issues.
Bettering the Health of Minority Americans
brings attention to inequalities in
health and the provision of health care. Two
central priorities that the Fund has
established are identifying barriers to care
for an increasingly diverse American
population, and developing leaders in
minority health policy. The Program on
Managed Care and Minority Communities was
established to assess the impact of health
system changes, particularly managed care, on
minority populations and the health care
providers that have traditionally served
them. Its primary objectives, explained in
further detail on the web site, include
assessing the availability and quality of
care provided by managed care; educating
minority communities about managed care;
studying the effects of managed care on
providers serving minority communities; and
monitoring the availability of uncompensated
care.
Directory
of Minority Health and Human Services Data
Resources
http://www.dhhs.gov/progorg/aspe/minority/mintoc.htm
The Directory of
Minority Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Data Resources was produced for policymakers,
researchers, and the public as a reference
document on data resources within the
Department of Health and Human Services that
contain race and ethnicity data. The
directory contains databases from current
data resources and continuing departmental
data projects including repeated surveys and
disease registries either maintained or
sponsored by the DHHS.
Diversity Rx
http://www.diversityrx.org
Diversity Rx is a
clearinghouse of information on how to meet
the language and cultural needs of
minorities, immigrants, refugees, and other
diverse populations seeking health care. This
site includes information on service delivery
programs, training, curricula, assessments,
standards of practice, organizational
policies, quality of care and costs, legal
issues, and networking. This site is
sponsored by the National Conference of State
Legislatures, the Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation, and Resources for Cross Cultural
Health Care.
Environmental Justice
Resource Center (EJRC)
http://www.ejrc.cau.edu
The Environmental
Justice Resource Center seeks to assist,
support, train, and educate minority
professionals and community leaders with the
goal of facilitating their inclusion into the
mainstream of environmental decision making.
The target population of the EJRC is the
eleven-state service areas of The
Historically Black Colleges and
Universities/Minority Environmental
Technology Consortium. The goal of the
Consortium is to increase the amount and
quality of scientific and technical education
and information available to low-income and
people of color. On its web site, the Center
offers a concise account of recent projects
and activities, an update on the People of
Color Environmental Groups Directory, and EJ
News, in which recent articles concerning
environmental racism are posted. "Heroes and
Sheroes" is another link on the web site that
recognizes the work around environmental and
economic justice in local communities that
normally goes unnoticed by the larger
society.
Harvard Journal of
Minority Public Health
http://www.harvardminorityhealth.com
The Harvard
Journal of Minority Public Health is
published quarterly and reports on health
services delivery and research technology,
community intervention projects, and health
policy and management strategies as they
affect the health of traditionally
underserved populations. The journal
investigates all aspects of the health of
ethnic and minority groups by incorporating
peer-reviewed medical articles and a news
section that addresses the current topical
health and medical issues from the
perspectives of racial and ethnic minority
groups.
Health Resources &
Services Administration (HRSA), Office of
Minority Health
http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/hrsa/omh/omhkeyf.htm
HRSA's Office of
Minority Health provides leadership
Agency-wide for programs and activities which
address the special health needs of
racial/ethnic minorities to eliminate
disparities, while improving health status.
These needs include access to health care and
health promotion systems which are
affordable, comprehensive, and responsive
taking into consideration the physical,
temporal, structural, financial, and
linguistic barriers of health care. The
Office of Minority Health collects data on
minority health activities within HRSA,
represents HRSA programs affecting the health
of racial/ethnic minorities, and serves as a
link between these minority health programs
and potential external sponsors, such as
federal, state, and local health agencies and
professional and constituent
organizations.
Healthy People 2000
http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/hp2000
The Healthy
People 2000 document outlines national
health promotion and disease prevention
objectives to improve the nation's health by
the year 2000. In collaboration with outside
experts, this effort is led by the Department
of Health and Human Services' Public Health
Service. On the Healthy People 2000
web site, there is information on the
Healthy People Consortium, Priority
Issues including nutrition, mental health,
maternal and child infant health, infectious
diseases, Health People 2010,
Midcourse Review, Progress Reviews for
specific minority populations, data sources,
and publication lists.
Indian Health Service
(IHS)
http://www.tucson.ihs.gov
The IHS is the
agency within the Department of Health and
Human Services responsible for providing
federal health services to American Indians
and Alaska Natives. As the principle federal
health care provider and health advocate for
Indian people, the goal of the IHS is to
assure that personal and public health
services are available and accessible to
American Indian and Alaska Native people and
communities. This site contains information
concerning American Indian health care
issues, IHS Publications, IHS policies and
procedures, as well as current research and
archives data and statistics on health care
topics related to Native American
health.
Initiative to Eliminate
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
http://raceandhealth.hhs.gov
The Department of
Health and Human Services is leading an
effort to eliminate disparities of health
status experienced by racial and ethnic
minority populations while continuing the
progress already made in improving the
overall health of the American people. The
site focuses on eliminating the disparities
in six areas of health: Infant Mortality,
Cancer Screening and Management,
Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, HIV
Infection, and Child and Adult Immunizations.
This web site contains written documents
explaining each area, upcoming events,
grants, and related web sites.
Institute for Minority
Health Research (IMHR)
http://www.sph.emory.edu/bshe/imhr
The Institute for
Minority Health Research is a part of the
Rollins School of Public Health at Emory
University. The teachings, research, and
services of the IMHR are focused specifically
on ethnic and racial minority populations in
the US. The IMHR focuses on designing methods
for disseminating health information and
education material for minority communities,
improving the availability and accessibility
of health professionals to minority
communities, establishing procedures
necessary to conduct community based
interventions, and providing technical
assistance to community based organizations.
This site includes several publications by
the IMHR on these health issues.
Joint
Center on Political and Economic Studies
http://www.jointctr.org/index.htm
The Joint Center
for Political and Economic Studies is a
national, nonprofit institution that conducts
research on public policy issues of special
concern to African Americans, with emphasis
on the informed and effective involvement of
blacks in the governmental process. The Joint
Center provides independent analyses through
research, publication, and outreach programs.
The web site includes information on upcoming
events, publications, an Annual Report on
program activities of the Center, and facts
sheets on the health of African American
youth. The monthly public policy magazine of
the Joint Center for Political and Economic
Studies, Focus, is also available on
the web.
Latino Issues Forum
(LIF)
http://www.lif.org
LIF is a
non-profit public policy and advocacy
institute that addresses public policy issues
from the perspective of how they will affect
the social and economic future of the Latino
community. By providing policy analysis and
development, coalition building, community
education and training, media resources, and
advocacy, the LIF hopes to encourage Latinos
to participate more fully and effectively in
public policy issues. Examples of the issues
that the LIF deals with are access to higher
education, economic development, health care,
citizenship, regional development,
telecommunications issues, and regulatory
issues.
Minority Health Network
(MHNet)
http://www.pitt.edu/~ejb4/min
The MHNet is a
World Wide Web-based information source for
individuals interested in the health of
minority groups, defined as all people of
color and people who are underrepresented
economically and socially. This network was
developed to better serve the needs of
minority populations, researchers, health
care workers, and other individuals. Minority
Health Resources can be searched on the web
by minority group, disease specific, by
subject, upcoming events, or
publications.
Minority Health
Professions Foundation
http://www.minorityhealth.org
The Minority
Health Professions Foundation is an
non-profit, educational, scientific and
charitable organization that provides support
for professional education, research and
community service efforts that promote
optimum health among poor and minority
people. The Foundation does this by engaging
the collaborative resources, scholarship and
technology of minority health professions
schools. The member institutions of the
Minority Health Professions Foundation
include eleven medical, dental, pharmacy and
veterinary medicine schools in historically
African American colleges and
universities.
Minority Health Project
(MHP)
http://www.minority.unc.edu
The Minority
Health Project is a part of the Department of
Biostatistics & Department of Maternal
and Child Health at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill. The purpose of the MHP
is to improve the quality of available data
on racial and ethnic populations, expand the
capacity of minority-health researchers to
conduct statistical research and develop
research proposals, and to foster a network
of researchers in minority health. In
collaboration with the National Center for
Health Statistics, and the Association of
Schools of Public Health, the MHP maintains
two databases of minority health
information.
Minority On-Line
Information Service (MOLIS)
http://web.fie.com/web/mol/index.htm
MOLIS is an
online database of over 220 minority
institutions used by government agencies, the
private sector, and other organizations to
develop partnerships with minority
institutions. This service provides
information on minority institutions,
research centers, research interests and
capabilities, scholarship and fellowship
information, and federal opportunity
information. Participating institutions
include Hispanic-Serving Institution,
Historically Black Colleges and Universities,
Predominately Black Colleges and
Universities, Tribal Colleges and
Universities, and other Minority
Institutions.
National
Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO)
http://www.nawho.org
NAWHO works to
improve the health status of Asian women and
families through research, education,
leadership, and public policy programs. NAWHO
represents Asian American women and families
in the expansion of safe and adequate health
choices and options, and the insurance of
quality and comprehensive health care
delivery. Regarding policy-making, NAWHO
develops appropriate analyses, strategies,
and recommendations for shaping ethical
public policy by working with law-makers and
government agencies in order to improve the
quality of life for Asian women and their
families. On this site, there is information
about reproductive health, breast and
cervical cancer, depression, and other women
health issues.
National Coalition of
Hispanic Health & Human Services
Organizations (COSSMHO)
http://www.cossmho.org
COSSMHO's mission
is to connect communities and create change
to improve the health and well being of
Hispanics in the United States. As the action
forum for the Hispanic community, COSSMHO's
services include consumer education and
outreach, training programs, technical
assistance, model community-based programs,
policy analysis, development and
dissemination, research and data analysis,
advocacy, infrastructure support and
development, and the development and
adaptation of materials. Issues of priority
that COSSMHO deals with include women's
health, environmental health, health system
reform, and welfare reform. Long-standing
programs address HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes,
chronic diseases, maternal and child health,
immunizations, adolescent health, mental
health, human services, alcohol abuse,
inhalant abuse, traffic safety, nutrition,
and juvenile justice.
National Council of La
Raza (NCLR)
http://www.nclr.org
The National
Council of La Raza is the largest
constituency-based national Hispanic
organization, serving all Hispanic
nationality groups in all regions of the
country. Its goal is to reduce poverty and
discrimination, and improve life
opportunities for Hispanic Americans by
providing assistance to support and
strengthen Hispanic community-based
organizations and through applied research,
policy analysis, and advocacy. NCLR's
programs on health, housed in its Center for
Health Promotion, include the HIV/STD/TB
Prevention Project, which addresses AIDS,
other sexually-transmitted diseases, and
tuberculosis. The Maternal and Child Health
component and its Hispanic Immunization
Project focus on the health of mothers and
children, especially on timely immunization
against childhood diseases. The Hispanic
Health Project works to lower the incidence
of four deadly, yet highly preventable
conditions -- diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, and breast and cervical
cancer.
National Institutes of
Health (NIH), Office of Research on Minority
Health
http://www.aamc.org/research/adhocgp/98minor.htm
Supported by the
Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding,
the Office of Research on Minority Health was
developed by the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) to initiate research programs
designed to mitigate or end diseases and
disabilities disproportionately affecting
minorities. The NIH sponsors the Minority
Health Initiative whose goals include
increasing intramural and extramural research
aimed at improving minority health,
developing protocols for intervention in
health behaviors affecting longevity and
quality of life for minorities, and starting
new programs to prepare minorities for
careers in the biomedical sciences.
Native American Women's
Health Education Resource Center
http://www.nativeshop.org/nawherc.html
The Native
American Community Board opened the Native
American Women's Health Education Resource
Center as the first resource center located
on a US reservation. The center has
undertaken several projects including the
Domestic Violence Program, AIDS Prevention
Program, Youth Services (Child Development
Program and Youth Wellness Program), Adult
Learning Program, Environmental Awareness and
Action Project, Cancer Prevention, Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Program,
Clearinghouse of Educational Materials, Food
Pantry, Wicozanni Wowapi Newsletter,
Diabetic Nutrition Program, Scholarships for
Native American Women, Reproductive Health
and Rights, "Green Thumb" Project, and
Community Health Fairs.
Office of Minority
Health (OMH)
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/progorg/ophs/omh
The OMH was
developed by the US Department of Health and
Human Services to promote improved health of
Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Pacific
Islanders, American Indians and Alaska
Natives with public health policies and
programs. Major current projects of the OMH
include support for the 19-college Consortium
on Family and Community Violence, grants for
health demonstration projects organized by
minority community coalitions, and
cooperative agreements for health projects
with major national minority organizations.
Closing the Gap is a newsletter
produced by the OMH in which each issue is
devoted to a specific health topic of concern
to minority communities and is available on
the web site. The OMH also works with other
federal departments to improve collection and
analysis of data on the health of racial and
ethnic minority populations.
Office of Minority
Health Resource Center
http://www.omhrc.gov
The Office of
Minority Health Resource Center serves as a
national resource and referral service on
minority health issues. The US Department of
Health and Human Services' Office of Minority
Health established this center to collect and
distribute information on health topics,
including substance abuse, cancer, heart
disease, violence, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and
infant mortality. The resource center also
offers customized database services,
publications, mailing lists, and referrals
regarding American Indian and Alaska Native,
African American, Asian American and Pacific
Islander, and Hispanic populations.
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