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Health Disparities Resources
African Americans | Aging | Disparities | Diversity | Education | Epidemiology and Social Sciences |
Health Care Systems and Policy | Health Services Delivery and Access | Health Statistics and Data Sources
Hispanic Americans |
Immigrants |
Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence |
Journals |
Links – Collections |
Medical Care |
Men’s Health |
Mental Health |
Native Americans |
Organizational Policies and Commitments |
Poverty and Homelessness – Urban Health |
Research
Risk Factors |
Sexual Orientation |
Women’s Health
Books:
WA 30 P763s 1997: Segregation, poverty and mortality in urban African Americans
WA 300 B154m 2000: Medical anthropology and African American health
WA 300 H43375 2000: Health care in the Black community: empowerment, knowledge, skills and collectivism
WA 300 H4333855: Health issues in the Black community.
WA 300 T4446 1998: Breaking the fine rain of death: African American health issues and a womanist ethic of care
WA 305 J78 1998: African American mental health
WZ 80 B5 2000: An American health dilemma: a medical history of African Americans and the problem of race
WZ 100 D776Lab 1996: One blood: the death and resurrection of Charles R. Drew
Journals
Journal of Black Psychology
In print: Library has 1986 to present
Online: Access 1999- from Drew University or Drew Proxy Server
http://www.ingentaselect.com/rpsv/ij/sage/00957984/contp1.htm
Related Web Sites:
BlackHealthCare.com – Addressing the Health Care Issues of African-Americans
http://www.blackhealthcare.com/BHC/Index.asp
Aging
Books
WM 220 V181c 1998: Caregiving across cultures: working with dementing illness and ethnically diverse populations
WT 30 R121 1997: Racial and ethnic differences in the health of older Americans
WT 100 H4348 2001: Health promotion and disease prevention in the older adult: interventions and recommendations
WT 145 H236 1995: Handbook on ethnicity, aging, and mental health
Related Web Sites
AARP: Home page. http://www.aarp.org
Disparities
Books:
WA 30 C437 2001: Challenging inequities in health: from ethics to action
WA 300 S741 1999: Special Populations in the community: advances in reducing health disparities
WA 300 U515 2003: Unequal treatment: confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care
Journals
Closing the Gap
In print: Library has 1996 to present
Online: Access 1995- Free to all users. http://www.omhrc.gov/OMH/sidebar/archivedctg.htm
Ethnicity and Disease
In print: Library has 1993-1994, 1996 to present
Ethnicity and Health
Online: Access 1996- (full text available 3 months after publication)
From Drew University or Drew Proxy Server
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=EHH&db=afh
Related Web sites:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:
Strategies to Reduct Health Disparities. Planning and evaluating programs and options.
http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/ulp/dispar/dispar.htm
National Healthcare Disparities Report: http://ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr02/nhdrprelim.htm
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials & National Association of County and City Health Officials: Health Departments Take Action: A Compendium of State and Local Models Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. http://www.astho.org/pubs/nabookfull.pdf
Appendix A: Federal and National Programs Addressing Health Disparities.
http://www.astho.org/pubs/AppendAcompend.pdf
Appendix B: Selected Resources on Health Disparities
http://www.astho.org/pubs/AppendBcompend.pdf
California HealthCare Foundation: Contains a wealth of information in the form of reports, news items, etc. You can search by keywords. For example: Variations in Health Care Quality: Racial, Ethnic, and Economic Disparities in Medicare Fee-for-Service in California. http://www.chcf.org/topics/view.cfm?itemID=20938
Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press: Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, 2002. Available for page-by-page download from:
http://books.nap.edu/books/030908265X/html/index.html
Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press: Guidance for the National Healthcare Disparities Report (2002). Available for page-by-page download from
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309085195/html
Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press: The Unequal Burden of Cancer: An Assessment of NIH Research and Programs for Ethnic Minorities and the Underserved (1999). Available for page-by-page download from http://www.nap.edu/books/0309071542/html/index.html
National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University: Health Disparities Among Ethnic and Racial Groups. http://www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/nccc/cultural6.html
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities – Home page
http://ncmhd.nih.gov
REACH: Community-Based Approaches to Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: REACH is a network of initiatiatives addressing the goals of Healthy People 2010 in the areas of Infant Mortality, Breast and Cervical Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, Diabetes, HIV Disease and Immunizations. These programs are being evaluated by the RAND Corporation, and the data can be found at http://www.rand.org/health/reach/about.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau of Primary Health Care: Health Disparity Collaboratives
http://bphc.hrsa.gov/programs/HDCProgramInfo.htm
Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
http://raceandhealth.hhs.gov
Office of Minority Health: Eliminating Health Disparities in the United States - publication of Health Resources and Services Administration describing policies and initiatives. Downloadable PDF file. http://www.hrsa.gov/OMH/OMH/disparities/default.htm
Office of Minority Health: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health - Community toolkit from Leadership Summit 2002. Describes national and local programs. http://www.omhrc.gov/summit/summitoolkit.pdf
Office of Minority Health: Assessment of State Minority Health Infrastructure and Capacity to Address Issues of Health Disparity. http://www.omhrc.gov/omh/sidebar/cossmo/cover.htm
Diversity
Books:
E 184.A1 F33 1999: Family ethnicity: strength in diversity
GN 281 C3813 1995: The great human diasporas: the history of diversity and evolution
HQ 76.25 E82 1997: Ethnic and cultural diversity among lesbians and gay men
W 85 M158c 1997: Culture and health
WA 30 S741c 2000: Cultural diversity in health and illness
WA 31 H478c 2000: Culture, health and illness
WA 300 H4342 2001: Health and ethnicity
WA 300 R438 1999: Rethinking ethnicity and health care: a sociocultural perspective
WA 300 R1183 2002: Race, ethnicity and health
WX 158.5 H774 1999: Honoring patient preferences: a guide to complying with multicultural patient requirements
WY 16 B558M 2002: Minority nurses in the new century
Journals
Ethnicity and Disease
In print: Library has 1993-1994, 1996 to present
Ethnicity and Health
Online: Access 1996- (full text available 3 months after publication)
From Drew University or Drew Proxy Server
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=EHH&db=afh
Related Web Sites:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:
Minority Health – links to relevant documents and agencies http://www.ahcpr.gov/research/minorix.htm
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation – Compendium of Cultural Competence Initiatives in Health Care. http://www.kff.org/content/2003/6067/6067v6.pdf
Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press: Speaking of Health: Assessing Health Communication Strategies for Diverse Populations. Available for page-by-page download from:
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309072719/html/index.html
Intercultural Cancer Council: Cancer Facts for Special Populations.
http://iccnetwork.org/cancerfacts/
National Cancer Institute, Special Populations Networks, Cultural Resources
http://crchd.nci.nih.gov/spn/cultural_resources/
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office of Minority Health – A rich collection of publications and statistics. Home Page: http://www.omhrc.gov/
U. S. National Institutes of Health: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Minority Populations Gateway: http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/minority/minmain.htm
Education
Books:
LC 4091 R42 1996 – Educating a new majority: transforming America’s educational system for diversity
W 21 U53 1996: Foreign physicians: exchange visitor program becoming major route to practicing in US underserved areas: report to Congressional subcommittees.
W 18 T137 2000: Taking my place in medicine: a guide for minority medical students
W 21 B1715 1994: Balancing the scales of opportunity: ensuring racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions.
Related Web Sites:
Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press. The Right Thing to Do, The Smart Thing to Do: Enhancing Diversity in Health Professions . Available for page-by-page download from:
http://search.nap.edu/books/0309076145/html
Epidemiology and Social Sciences
Books
BF 176 H36 2001: Handbook of multicultural assessment: clinical, psychological, and educational applications
W 76 N397 2003: Neighborhoods and health
WA 13 R563 2000(Ref: Encyclopedia of epidemiological methods
WA 31 M425m 2000: Medical sociology
WA 31 S6778 2000: Social epidemiology
Journals
American Journal of Epidemiology
In print: Library has 1986 to present
Online: Access 2000- From Drew University or Drew Proxy server only http://aje.oupjournals.org
American Journal of Public Health
In print: Library has 1986 to present
Online: Access 1975- from Drew University or Drew Proxy server only.
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=APH&db=hch
Related Web Sites
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Chapter on Health of: Changing America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin. http://w3.access.gpo.gov/eop/ca/pdfs/ch6.pdf
Books
W 84 AA1 A127m 1993: Mama might be better off dead: the failure of health care in urban America
W 84 AA1 G85 2002: Guidance for the national healthcare disparities report
W 84 S96 1999: Health care USA: understanding its organization and delivery
W 250 AA1 A221a 2001: At risk in America: the health and health care needs of vulnerable populations in the United States
WA 525 E838 2002: Ethincal dimensions of health policy
WA 540 AA1 M234 2002(Ref): Major health care policies: fifty state profiles, 2001
WH 11 AT2 W139d 2001: Dying in the city of the blues: sickle cell anemia and to politics of race and health
Z 66673.6 H39 1997: Ethnic minority health: a selected, annotated bibliography
Journals
Future of Children
Online: Access 1991- Free to all users. http://www.futureofchildren.org/
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and the Law
In print: Library has 1997 to present
Online: Access 1997- from Drew University or Drew Proxy Server
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=HPP&db=hch
Related Web Sites
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research: Publications: http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/pubList.asp
Especially: Brown, E. Richard. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care.” http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pubID=31
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet. Search for “Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000)” in 106 th Congress. (Public Law 106-525, HR 3250, S1880). http://thomas.loc.gov
Books:
W 84 G218m 1998: Managing diversity in health care
W 84 T7 1998: Transcultural health care: a culturally competent approach
WA 30 C9675 1998: Cultural competency in health, social, and human services: directions for the twenty-first century
Related Web Sites:
California HealthCare Foundation: Contains a wealth of information in the form of reports, news items, etc. You can search by keywords. For example: Variations in Health Care Quality: Racial, Ethnic, and Economic Disparities in Medicare Fee-for-Service in California. http://www.chcf.org/topics/view.cfm?itemID=20938
Center for Studying Health System Change: Access to Care. Links to documents on differences in groups’ access to health care. Use the links in the left margin of this page for more specific information. http://www.hschange.org/index.cgi?topic=topic02
Institute of Medicine, National Academies Press: Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care (2001). Available for page-by-page download from: http://books.nap.edu/books/0309076099/html/index.html
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research: Publications: http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/pubList.asp
Especially: Brown, E. Richard. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care.” http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pubID=31
Health Statistics and Data Sources
Books
W 84 AA1 H372 2000: Health and health care 2010: the forecast, the challenge
W 84 D226d 1999: The quality of medical care in the United States: a report on the medicare program.
WA 320 C2773 2002: Caring for our children
WA 540 AA1 H434a 2000(Ref): Healthy people 2010. Also available online at:
http://www.healthypeople.gov/document
WA900 AA1 A881 1996 (Ref): Atlas of United States mortality
WA 900 AA1 P667 2001 (Ref): Portrait of health in the United States: major statistical trends and guide to resources
WA 900 H345 2001 (Ref): Health and healthcare in the United States: county and metro area data
WC 503.4 AA1 H6768 2001: HIV prevalence trends in selected populations in the United States
Related Web Pages
Annie E. Casey Foundation: Kids Count. Census data related to health status of children. Data can be searched by state, city, congressional district. http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
California State University, Northridge – Library
Community Information by Zip: http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/zipstats.html
Los Angeles Government Sources – Includes statistics for LA city, county.
http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/lagov.html
Counting California – From the California Digital Library – Data from the 1990 US Census and other surveys.
http://countingcalifornia.cdlib.org
Data Ferret – Download the Data Ferret program, and then search large health data sets such as NHANES, etc. Select individual variables and create a spreadsheet or graph with the result. This site has the download, tutorial, and access to the data. http://www.thedataweb.org
National Cancer Institute: Where can I find Cancer Statistics by Race/Ethnicity?
http://surveillance.cancer.gov/statistics/types/race_ethnic.html
National Center for Health Statistics: health data in summary and raw data formats. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
US Census: http://www.census.gov
US CDC: CDC Wonder –
public health data sets. http://wonder.cdc.gov
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrlink.HTM
Hispanic Americans
Books:
W 84 AA1 H43471 2001: Health issues in the latino community
WA 300 C548L 2002: The latino patient: a cultural guide for health care providers
WA 300 T689m 2001: Mexican Americans and Health
WM 140 L357 2001: The latino psychiatric patient: assessment and treatment
Related Web Sites:
Commonwealth Fund: Hispanic Patients’ Double Burden: Lack of Health Insurance and Limited English.
http://www.cmwf.org/programs/insurance/doty_hispanicdoubleburden_592.pdf
Hablamos Juntos: Health Disparities for Latinos in the United States .
http://www.hablamosjuntos.org/mediacenter/health_disparities.asp
Latina Health Project: Latina Salud . http://www.latinasalud.org/main.html
National Cancer Institute: Bibliography of Tobacco-Related literature on Hispanics/Latinos (1990-2001).
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/hisp_biblio.pdf
Books
WA 305 E845 1997- Ethnicity, immigration, and psychopathology
WA300 H2362 1998-Handbook of immigrant health
Related Web Sites
Commonwealth Fund: Providing Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Settings: Examples from the Field. http://www.cmwf.org/programs/minority/youdelman_languageinterp_541.pdf
Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence
Books
HQ 796 A3342 2000-Adolescent diversity in ethnic, economic and cultural contexts
WA 320 C2773 2002: Caring for our children
WS 350.2 C223c 2000: Culturally diverse children and adolescents: assessment, diagnosis and treatment
WS 462 H4339 1997: Health-promoting and health-compormising behaviors among minority adolescents
Journals
Future of Children
Online: Access 1991- Free to all users. http://www.futureofchildren.org/
Related Web Sites
Annie E. Casey Foundation: Kids Count. Census data related to health status of children. Data can be searched by state, city, congressional district. http://www.aecf.org/kidscount
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality.
http://raceandhealth.hhs.gov/3rdpgblue/infant/red.htm
Journals
American Journal of Epidemiology
In print: Library has 1986 to present
Online: Access 2000- From Drew University or Drew Proxy server only http://aje.oupjournals.org
American Journal of Public Health
In print: Library has 1986 to present
Online: Access 1975- from Drew University or Drew Proxy server only.
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=APH&db=hch
Closing the Gap
In print: Library has 1996 to present
Online: Access 1995- Free to all users. http://www.omhrc.gov/OMH/sidebar/archivedctg.htm
Ethnicity and Disease
In print: Library has 1993-1994, 1996 to present
Ethnicity and Health
Online: Access 1996- (full text available 3 months after publication)
From Drew University or Drew Proxy Server
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=EHH&db=afh
Future of Children
Online: Access 1991- Free to all users. http://www.futureofchildren.org/
Journal of Black Psychology
In print: Library has 1986 to present
Online: Access 1999- from Drew University or Drew Proxy Server
http://www.ingentaselect.com/rpsv/ij/sage/00957984/contp1.htm
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
In print: Library has 1991 to present
Online: Access 2002- from Drew University or Drew Proxy Server.
http://www.ingentaselect.com/rpsv/ij/sage/10492089/contp1.htm
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and the Law
In print: Library has 1997 to present
Online: Access 1997- from Drew University or Drew Proxy Server
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=HPP&db=hch
Journal of Urban Health
In print: Library has 1998 to present (Former title is Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. Library has 1986-1997)
Online: Access 2001- from Drew University or Drew Proxy Server. http://jurban.oupjournals.org
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:
Minority Health – links to relevant documents and agencies
http://www.ahcpr.gov/research/minorix.htm
Center for Urban Health Research: Web sites related to urban health and health disparities: http://www.minority.unc.edu/resources/ajphdisparity.htm
Commonwealth Fund: A private foundation funding research to support change in health care policies. The funded reports can be downloaded from the site. http://www.cmwf.org
Healthfinder – Your Guide to Reliable Health Information – Minority Health
Select Health Library ®All topics ®”M” ®Minority Health
http://healthfinder.gov
Kaiser Family Foundation: Organization funds research studies on access to health care. Reports are available from this site: http://www.kff.org
Knowledge Path: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, 2002. http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_race.html
National Health Information Resource Database. Search database yourself or select “Health Disparities” from the list of key words. http://198.102.218.57/nhic
Social Science Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University. Health Disparities Initiative – Resources
http://athens.pop.psu.edu/hdi/resources.cfm
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health: Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
Washington State Board of Health: Health Disparities and Workforce Development – some items on this list are specific to Washington State, but most have a broader relevance
http://www.doh.wa.gov/SBOH/Priorities/Disparities/HDAddMaterials.htm
Books:
HV 245 R448 1998: Race, communication, and the caring professions.
QZ 50 C967 1996: Cultural and ethnic diversity: a guide for genetics professionals
WA 30 A533c 1999: Cultural competency in health care: A guide for trainers
WA 300 P9647 1999: Promoting health in multicultural populations: a handbook for practitioners
WA 305 P192a 1998: Assessing and treating culturally diverse clients: a practical guide
WM 402 E84 2000: Ethnicity and psychopharmacology
WY 49 D245p 2003: Mosby’s pocket guide: cultural health assessment
Related Web Sites:
National Cancer Institute, Special Populations Networks, Cultural Resources
http://crchd.nci.nih.gov/spn/cultural_resources/
National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University: Rationale for Cultural Competence in Primary Health Care. http://www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/nccc/nccc6.html
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Primary Health Care. Cultural Competence: A Journey - http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence
Related Web Sites:
Center for the Advancement of Health: Facts of Life May, 2003: The Forgotten Population: Health Disparities and Minority Men. http://www.cfah.org/factsoflife/vol8no5.cfm
Commonwealth Fund: Out of Touch: American Men and the Health Care System. 2000
http://www.cmwf.org/programs/women/sandman_outoftouch_374.pdf
Mental Health
Books
BF 637 C6 S85 2003 – Counseling the culturally diverse: theory and practice
WA 305 B575c 2001: Cross-cultural psychiatry: a practical guide
WA 305 B961-Ethnogerocounseling: counseling ethnic elders and their families
WA 305 G443c 2001-Children of color: psychological interventions with culturally diverse youth
WM 140 H2357 2000: Handbook of multicultural mental health: assessment and treatment of diverse populations
WM 140 L357 2001: The latino psychiatric patient: assessment and treatment
WM 274 A35718 1996: Alcoholism in the United States: racial and ethnic considerations
WM 420 C9678 2001: Culture and psychotherapy: a guide to clinical practice
WS 105 G659a 2002: Assessment and culture: psychological tests with minority populations
Journals
Journal of Black Psychology
In print: Library has 1986 to present
Online: Access 1999- from Drew University or Drew Proxy Server
http://www.ingentaselect.com/rpsv/ij/sage/00957984/contp1.htm
Related Web Sites
Culturally Specific Mental Health Resources – links to agencies or organizations
http://www.mentalhealth.org/cre/resources.asp
President’s New Freedom Commissin on Mental Health. Goal 3: Disparities in Mental Health Services are Eliminated. http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov/reports/FinalReport/FullReport-04.htm
Surgeon General’s Report: Mental Health: Culture, Race, Ethnicity: Supplement to Mental Health: Report of the Surgeon General. http://www.mentalhealth.org/cre/default.asp
U. S. National Institutes of Mental Health: Five-year Strategic Plan for Reducing Health Disparities.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/strategic/healthdisparities.pdf
Native Americans
Related Web Sites
Indian Health Service.
Health and Heritage Brochure: Health Disparities. http://info.ihs.gov/Health/Health_INDEX.asp
Women’s Health Page: http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/Wh.asp
Child Health Page: http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/ MCH/CH.asp
Maternal/Child Health Page: http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/MC.asp
Office of Minority Health: National Forum on Health Disparity Issues for American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Full text of plenary sessions available at:
http://www.omhrc.gov/omh/tribal%20colleges/2pgtcu/plans_tcu_002.htm
Organizational Policies and Commitments
Related Web Sites
AARP: Home page. http://www.aarp.org
American Medical Association – Health Disparities. AMA policies and initiatives addressing disparities
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7639.html
Association of Schools of Public Health: Health Disparities Research and Diversity Center:
http://www.asph.org/diversity/
National Eye Institute: “Strategic Plan on Reducing Health Disparities.” Research initiatives addressing disparities in eye disease incidence and care.
http://www.nei.nih.gov/resources/strategicplans/disparities.htm
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development: Closing the Gap: A National Blueprint to Improve the Health of Persons with Mental Retardation.
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/closingthegap/index.htm
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research: Health Disparities. http://www.nidr.nih.gov/research/health_disp.asp
National Institutes of Health: Addressing Health Disparities: The NIH Program of Action.
http://healthdisparities.nih.gov
U. S. Department of Health and Social Services: Office of Minority Health. Assuring Cultural Competence in Health Care: Recommendations for National Standards and an Outcomes-Focused Research Agenda.
National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care.
http://www.omhrc.gov/CLAS/finalcultural1a.htm
Books
HV 4505 H652 1996: Homelessness in America
W 84 AN7 G41 1997: Improving health care of the poor: the New York City experience
W 250 F9 1998: The future US healthcare system: who will care for the poor and uninsured?
W 250 H4 1997: Health and poverty
W 250.1 P879 2001: Poverty, inequality and health
WA 395 O12 2000: Obesity and poverty
WM 30 B828 1997: Mentally ill and homeless: special programs for special needs
Journals
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
In print: Library has 1991 to present
Online: Access 2002- from Drew University or Drew Proxy Server.
http://www.ingentaselect.com/rpsv/ij/sage/10492089/contp1.htm
Journal of Urban Health
In print: Library has 1998 to present (Former title is Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. Library has 1986-1997)
Online: Access 2001- from Drew University or Drew Proxy Server. http://jurban.oupjournals.org
Related Web Sites
Center for Urban Health Research: Web sites related to urban health and health disparities: http://www.minority.unc.edu/resources/ajphdisparity.htm
Commonwealth Fund and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research: Disparities in Health Insurance and Access to Care for Residents Across US Cities.
http://www.cmwf.org/programs/insurance/Brown85MSAsreport.pdf
Books:
QV 771 R382 1994 – The relevance of ethnic factors in the clinical evaluation of medicines.
QZ 206 U56 1999: The unequal burden of cancer: an assessment of NIH research and programs for ethnic minorities and the medically underserved
W 84.3 C734 2003: Community-based participatory research for health
WA 886G 1999-Gender, ethnicity, and health research
WT 20 R311 2000: Recruitment and retention in minority populations
Related Web Sites:
California State Library. “California Public Policy Bibliography 2003” A lengthy document, but pages 95-102 cover health issues. http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/03/bib/bib2003.pdf
Copyright and Intellectual Property Information
“Fair use of copyrighted materials” University of Texas.
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm
“Copyright essentials for librarians and educators” American Library Association. http://www.copyright.iupui.edu
“Crash course in copyright” – University of Texas
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
National Cancer Institute –
Applied Research – Health Disparities: Monitors cancer control activities. Reports are at:
http://appliedresearch.cancer.gov/areas/disparities
Health Services and Economics – Health Disparities addresses economic impact of cancer across groups – http://healthservices.cancer.gov/areas/disparities.html
Surveillance Research – Health Disparities: Links to reports on incidence of several kinds of cancers in several groups: http://surveillance.cancer.gov/disparities/index.html
U. S. National Institutes of Health: National Institute of General Medical Sciences: Division of Minority Opportunities in Research: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/about_nigms/more.html
Related Web Sites:
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Health Disparities Research: Describes differences in environmental and occupational exposure to pollutants as a contributory factor in health disparities.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/disparity/home.htm
PolicyLink. Reducing Health Disparities Through a Focus on Communities. Explores the role of the neighborhood in producing disparities in health.
http://www.policylink.org/RE_Health_Disparities.html
University of California, Davis, Nutrigenomics: Diet and Health Disparities – Ethnic differences in dietary patterns mat contribute to disparities in health status.
http://nutrigenomics.ucdavis.edu/healthdisparities.htm
Books
WA 300 L6228 2001: Lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender health issues
Related Web Sites
National Women’s Health Information Center: Scientific Workshop on Lesbian Health 2000. http://www.4women.gov/owh/pub/factsheets/lesbian.pdf
Women’s Health
Books:
WA 900 AA1 W872 2001 (Ref): The women’s health data book
Related Web Sites:
Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association – Article: “Health Disparities Among Older Women: Indentifying Opportunities to Improve Quality of Care and Functional Health Outcomes” 2001
http://jamwa.amwa-doc.org/vol56/56_4_1a.htm
Latina Health Project: Latina Salud. http://www.latinasalud.org/main.html
National Cancer Institute: Cancer in Women of Color Monograph (2003).
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/womenofcolor/
National Women’s Health Information Center:
Health Information for Minority Women. http://www.4women.gov/minority/index.cfm
Women of Color Health Data Book: http://www.4women.gov/owh/pub/woc/toc.htm
National Women’s Law Center: Women’s Access to Care: a State-level Analysis of Key Health Policies.
http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/Kaiserfinal.pdf
U. S. Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Dease Prevention and Health Promotion: A National Public Health Initiative on Diabetes and Women’s Health.
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/action/index.htm
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