Cultural Connections

LINKS

Government Organizations

Administration on Aging: www.aoa.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: www.ahrq.gov
American Fact Finder: www.factfinder.census.gov
Americas Health: State Health Rankings. American Public Health Association 2004: www.unitedhealthfoundation.org
Census of Agriculture: www.agcensus.mannlib.cornell.edu
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov
Department of Health and Human Services: www.hhs.gov
DHHS Office of Minority Health: www.omhrc.gov
Economic Research Service- United States Department of Agriculture- The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America: www.ers.usda.gov/
Electronic Records Archives: www.search.archives.gov
Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov
Food and Drug Administration: www.fda.gov
Healthy People 2010: www.healthypeople.gov
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Vital Statistics System: www.cdc.gov/nchs
Healthfinder: www.healthfinder.gov
National Center for Minority Health: www.ncmhd.gov
National Institutes of Health: www.nih.gov
Office of Disease Prevention & Health: www.odphp.gov
Office of the Surgeon General: www.surgeongeneral.gov
Office on Women’s Health: www.4woman.gov
Partnership For Prevention, National Commission on Prevention Priorities: www.prevent.org/
Population Reference Bureau U.S. Counties by Urban-Rural Continuum Codes in 2003: www.prb.org/rfdcenter/USACountiesBealeCodes2003.pdf
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), United States department of Health and Human Services: www.samhsa.gov/index.aspx
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SAMHSA Model Programs: www.modelprograms.samhsa.gov/
The CIA World Fact Book: www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
United States Census Bureau, Census 2000: www.census.gov/
United States Department of Agriculture: www.usda.gov

State Organizations

Family And Community Information Tracking System: www.facits.idph.state.ia.us
Health Info Iowa. Iowa Consumer Health Project: www.healthinfoiowa.org
Health Professional Shortage Areas, Iowa Department of Public Health: www.idph.state.ia.us/hpcdp/health_professional_shortage_areas.asp
Healthy Iowans 2010: www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/healthy_Iowans_2010.asp
Hunger In Iowa: www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/SP272.pdf
Iowa Department Of Agriculture And Land Stewardship: www.iowaagriculture.gov
Iowa Department of Human Rights: www.state.ia.us/government/dhr/
Iowa Department of Public Health: www.idph.state.ia.us
Iowa Department of Public Health: Vital Statistics: www.idph.state.ia.us/apl/vital_stats.asp
Iowa Food Security, Insecurity and Hunger: www.extension.iastate.edu/hunger/iowa.htm
Iowa Health Fact Book: www.public-health.uiowa.edu/Factbook
Iowa/Nebraska Primary Care Association: www.ianepca.com
Iowa Civil Rights Commission: www.state.ia.us/government/crc/index.html
Iowa Public Health Information: www.iowapublichealth.org
SETA Office of Social and Economic Trend Analysis: www.seta.iastate.edu
State Data Center of Iowa: Census Demographics: www.silo.lib.ia.us/specialized-services/datacenter
State Library of Iowa: www.silo.lib.ia.us

Disease Organizations and Associations

American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org
American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org
American Dietetic Association: www.eatright.org
American Cancer Society: www.cancer.org
American Heart Association: www.americanheart.org
American Lung Association: www.lungusa.org
American Medical Association: www.ama.org
American Medical Student Association: www.amsa.org
American Nurses Association: www.nursingworld.org
American Obesity Association: www.obesity.org
American Psychological Association: www.apa.org
American Public Health Association: www.apha.org
American Sickle Cell Anemia Association: www.ascaa.org
Association of Clinicians for Underserved: www.clinicians.org
Association of Maternal & Child Health: www.amchp.org
Association of Medical Colleges: www.aamc.org
Association of Schools of Public Health: www.asph.org
Council on Education for Public Health: www.ceph.org
March of Dimes: www.marchofdimes.com
National Association of Community Health: www.nachc.org
National Association of County & City Health: www.naccho.org
National Association of Local Boards of Health: www.nalboh.org
National Association of Social Workers: www.socialworkers.org
National Medical Association: www.nmanet.org
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials: www.astho.org

Health Organizations

Alliance for Health Reform: www.allhealth.org
Center for Studying Health: www.hschange.org
Children’s Defense Fund: www.childrensdefense.org
Factline - Tracking Health in Underserved Communities: www.meharry.org/Fl/
Families USA: www.familiesusa.org
Urban Health Initiative: www.urbanhealth.org
National Mental Health Association: www.nmha.org
National Network for Immunization Information: www.immunizationinfo.org
The Minority Health Professions Foundation: www.minorityhealth.org
Trust for America’s Health: www.healthyamericans.org

Education, Programs, and Research

Covering the Uninsured: www.coveringtheuninsured.org
Center for Studying Health: www.hschange.com
Center for Minority Health at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburg: www.cmh.pitt.edu/about.html
Ethnic Majority: www.ethnicmajority.com/Healthcare.htm
Health Disparities Collaborative: www.healthdisparities.net
Institute of Medicine: www.iom.edu
Diversity RX: www.diversityrx.org
Minority Health Project: www.minority.unc.edu
Morgan Hopkins Center for Health Disparities: www.jhsph.edu
Research Center for Stroke & Heart Disease: www.strokeheart.org
National Minority AIDS Council: www.nmac.org
National Center for Minority Health Disparities: www.ncmhd.nih.gov
Summit Health Institute for Research & Education: www.shireinc.org
The American Foundation for AIDS Research: www.amfar.org
The Center for Research on Minority Health: www.mdanderson.org
The Cross Cultural Health Care Program: www.xculture.org
The Health Legacy Partnerships: www.healthlegacy.org
Urban Institute: www.urban.org
Minority health guides: www.raconline.org

African American Health Disparities

All About Black Health: www.allaboutblackhealth.com
Black Women’s Health Imperative: www.blackwomenshealth.org
CBCFHealth.org: www.cbcfhealth.org
HHS Fact Sheet: http://www.omhrc.gov
Medline Plus: www.nlm.nih.gov
National Black Nurses Association: www.nbna.org
National Black Caucus of State Legislators: www.nbcsl.org
NAACP: www.naacp.org
The Black Population 2000: www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-5.pdf

Native American and Alaskan Natives Health Disparities

Alaska Native Health Board: www.anhb.org/
American Indian & Alaskan Native Programs: www.uchsc.edu
American Indian & Alaskan Natives Women’s Health: www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/MCH/index.cfm
Association of American Indian Physicians: www.aaip.com
Building Healthy Hearts for American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Background Report. National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, November 1998: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/other/na_bkgd.pdf
Consumer Health Information: www.ihs.gov
Characteristics of American Indians and Alaskan Natives by Tribe and Language. U S Census Bureau, Census 2000: www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
Fact Sheets on Indian Health Disparities: www.ihs.gov
Indian Health Service: www.ihs.gov
Medline Plus: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
National Indian Health Board: www.nihb.org
National Indian Council for Aging: www.nicoa.org
Rural Assistance Center:Tribal Health: www.raconline.org
Tribal Health Connections: www.Tribehealth.org

Latino Health Disparities

Hispanic Health: www.hispanichealth.org
The Hispanic Population 2000: www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-3.pdf
Iowa Commission of Latino Affairs: www.iowa.gov/dhr/la/Index.htm
Latino Health Institute: www.lhi.org
Migrant Clinicians Network: www.migrantclinician.org
National Alliance for Hispanic Health: www.hispanichealth.org
National Association of Hispanic Nurses: www.thehispanicnurses.org
National Center for Farm Worker Health: www.ncfh.org
National Council of La Raza: www.nclr.org
National Hispanic Medical Association: www.nhmamd.org
National Immigration Law Center: www.nilc.org
National Latina Health Organization: www.latinahealth.org
The Latino Health Access: www.latinohealthaccess.org
Overview of race and Hispanic Origin: www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-1.pdf

Asian American/Pacific Islanders Health Disparities

Asian Health Services: www.ahschc.org
Asian and Pacific Islander Health Forum: www.APIAHF.org
Asian American Medical Student Association: www.med.unc.edu
Asian Health Coalition of Illinois: www.asianhealth.org
National Asian Women’s Health Organization: www.nawho.org
Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages (SPIRAL)www.spiral.tufts.edu
The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations: www.aapcho.org
The Commission on the Status of Iowans of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage (CAPI): www.iowacapi.org

Lesbian, Gay & Transgender Populations

Gay Health: www.gayhealth.com
Gay Lesbian Medical Association: www.glma.org
Institute on Sexuality, Inequality, & Health: www.hmsx.edu
Medline Plus Gay & Lesbian Health: www.nlm.nih.gov

Immigrant and Refugee Health

Refugee Health & Immigrant Health: www3.baylor.edu
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: www.unhcr.org
International Organization for Migration: www.iom.int
Iowa Bureau of Refugee Services: www.dhs.state.ia.us/refugee

Rural Health

Agriwellness Incorporated: www.agriwellness.org
National Rural Health Association: www.nrharural.org
Rural Health Resources: www.ruralhealthresources.com
Rural Health Prevention Research Center:
www.public-health.uiowa.edu
Rural Health Office Arizona College of Public Health: www.publichealth.arizona.edu
Rural Health Research Cente: http://depts.washington.edu/uwrhrc/
Rural Healthy People 2010: www.srph.tamhsc.edu/centers/rhp2010/default.htm
Rural Healthy People 2010: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010. Volume 1: www.srph.tamhsc.edu/centers/rhp2010/Volume1.pdf
U.S. Department of HHS Rural Health Policy: www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov
Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research: www.unmc.edu
Partners in Agricultural Health Project: www.worh.org/AgHealth
Disparities in Rural Areas: www.apha.org
The White Population 2000: www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-4.pdf

Women's Health

National Women's Health Information Centers: www.4woman.gov
Office on Women's Health: www.4woman.gov/owh
National Women's Health Resource Center: www.healthywomen.org
Screening Tests and immunization Guidelines for Women: www.womanshealth.gov/screeningcharts/
Women's Health America: www.womenshealth.com
Health Topic of Women: www.cdc.gov/health/womensmenu.htm
Minority Women's Health: www.womenshealth.gov/minority
Women's Infectious Diseases: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/omwh

Men's Health

Health Topic of Men: www.cdc.gov/health/mens_health.htm
About Men's Health: www.womanshealth.gov/mens
Men's Health Topic: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealth.html
Men Stay Health: www.ahrq.gov/ppip/healthymen.htm
Your Health: www.bbc.co.uk/health/mens
Men's Health Issues: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealthissues.html

Senior Resources

HawkeyeValley Area Agency on Aging: www.hvaaa.org
Iowa SMP: www.stopmedicarescams.org