HEALTH DISPARITIES

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related links: Ethnicity and Health reports Authored by Public Health - Seattle & King County staff, these reports cover issues on racial and ethnic discrimination in health care, the Health of African Americans in King County, the Ethnicity and Health Survey, and others. REACH 2010 Coalition - Diabetes REACH aims to reduce diabetes health disparities experienced by communities of color..

Links to local stats on minorities available

• Kaiser State Health Facts: Washington State Profile: Minority Health
  Interactive profiles on the health status of minorities in Washington State and elsewhere.
  
  
• Trust for America’s Health: Washington State Health Disparities
  Health disparities figures for Washington State (asthma, diabetes, obesity, cancer, and heart disease).
  

Nationwide data sources:

• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Minority Health
  Conference summaries, evidence reports, testimony, and related links.
  
  
• Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP)
  
  
• Community Solutions to Health Disparities Database
  Contains projects and interventions provided by members of the public health community. Find out what other communities in the United States are doing to overcome health disparities challenges.
  
  
• Office of Minority Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  CDC’s portal to information and resources on minority health and health disparities.
  
  
• Eliminating Health Disparities, American Medical Association
  The AMA’s health disparities advocacy agenda and efforts.
  
  
• Factline: Tracking Care in Underserved Communities
  Presents information about health disparities faced by women, members of minority groups, the elderly and others.
  
  
• Health Disparities Collaboratives
  Reducing disparities in health outcomes for poor, minority, and other underserved people.
  
  
• Kaiser Family Foundation: Minority Health
  Fact sheets, chart packs, reports, surveys and web casts to inform efforts to reduce disparities in health care access and quality.
  
  
• Medlineplus Population Group Topics
  Offers a number of population based pages on topics such as African-American Health, Native-American Health, Asian-American Health, and Hispanic-American Health.
  
  
• Migrant Clinicians Network
  The mission of the Migrant Clinicians Network is “to positively impact the physical, mental, and environmental health of Migrants and other mobile, underserved populations.”
  
  
• National Center for Children in Poverty
  Identifies and promotes strategies that prevent child poverty in the US and improves the lives of low-income children and families.
  
  
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
  The NCMHHD’s mission is to promote minority health and to lead, coordinate, support, and assess the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities.
  
  
• National Healthcare Disparities Report 2006
  Tracks disparities in both quality of and access to health care in the United States for both the general population and for congressionally designated priority populations.
  
  
• Outreach Activities and Resources
  Links to health information outreach programs, and websites for and about special populations.
  
  
• Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph
  An introduction to geocoding and using area-based socioeconomic measures with public health surveillance data.
  
  
• Trends in Indian Health 1998–99
  The US Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service data on regional differences and trends in Indian health.
  
  
• US Census Bureau Minority Links
  Links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States.
  
  
• US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health
  In addition to data, statistics, and fact sheets on minority health and health disparities, this HHS website includes cultural competency guidelines and training tools.

HEALTH EDUCATION

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• CDC Health Promotion and Health Education: Health Marketing
  Information on health marketing basics, resources, tools, research, and evaluation.
  
  
• Center for Advancement of Health
  Funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and The Annenberg Foundation, the CFAH “translates to the public the latest evidence-based research on health, health care, prevention and chronic disease management, with an emphasis on how social, behavioral and economic factors affect illness and well-being.”
  
  
• FDA and You: News for Health Educators and Students
  Highlights the latest FDA medical products and health news.
  
  
• H.E.R.E. in Washington (Health Education Resource Exchange)
  H.E.R.E. is a clearinghouse of public health education and health promotion projects, materials and resources for professionals who conduct health promotion and health education activities throughout Washington State.
  
  
• Health Literacy Infomation Resources
  Provides a preprogrammed PubMed search on health literacy, in addition to links to authoritative health literacy websites.
  
  
• Media Materials Clearinghouse
  Media Materials Clearinghouse is an international resource for health communication materials, including pamphlets, posters, audiotapes, videos, training materials, job aids, electronic media and other media/materials designed to promote public health.
  
  
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Health Communication Activities
  Health communication and information resources from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
  
  
• US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Healthy Living Toolkit
  Tools to help educate refugees and immigrants on the topics of communicable diseases, domestic violence, healthcare, hygiene, maternal and child health, nutrition, respiratory diseases, and women’s health, in 16 languages.
  

HEALTH INSURANCE

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related links: Health Insurance for King County residents Public Health - Seattle & King County clinics retain insurance application workers who can help sign up individuals and families for free or low cost health insurance through the Washington State Basic Health Plan or Medicaid, if they qualify. Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program (WBCHP) WBCHP provides free breast and cervical cancer screening for low-income women. Their mission is to increase early detection of breast and cervical cancer through regular mammogram and Pap test screening and increase preventive health knowledge.

• America’s Health Insurance Plans
  Consumer guides, health insurance coverage data, and links to member websites.
  
  
• Campaign for Children’s Health Care
  Coordinates public education efforts nation-wide to demonstrate the importance of health insurance for children and families.
  
  
• Covering Kids & Families
  A national advocate for uninsured adults and children. Links to a number of resources for families, researchers, and policy makers.
  
  
• MedlinePlus: Health Insurance
  The National Library of Medicine’s authoritative list of consumer health oriented information on health insurance and related links, including financial assistance, managed care, Medicaid, and Medicare.
  
  
• Safety Net Monitoring, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  Baseline data and tools to help monitor the status of local safety nets in providing health care to low-income and other vulnerable populations.
  
  
• State Scorecard: Washington State
  State based rankings for indicators including access, quality, avoidable hospital use and costs, equity, and health lives.
  

HOMELESSNESS

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Public Health - Seattle & King County related links: Health Care for the Homeless Network (HCHN) HCHN provides comprehensive health care for people experiencing homelessness in King County and provides leadership to help change the conditions that deprive our neighbors of home and health.

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