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On-line Documents

A Demographic and Health Snapshot of the U.S. Hispanic/Latino Population National Center for Health Statistics
A report from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, this pdf document provides an excellent overview of the health statistics for the Hispanic/Latino Population.
Author: Department of Health and Human Services Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Category: Health & Health Care

American Nursing Association Position Statement: Discrimination and Racism in Health Care
The American Nursing Association reviews evidence of discrimination in health care, then provides a plan to address those institutionalized barriers to equitable care.
Author: American Nursing Association
Category: Health & Health Care

Changing Institutional Agendas in Health Care
This article offers an in-depth look at institutionalized racism in health care systems, and discusses ways to address these inequities.
Author: Yasmin Jiwani, PhD
Category: Health & Health Care

Eliminating Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities
The Office of Minority Health describes six health areas that were selected for emphasis because they reflect areas of disparity that are known to affect multiple racial and ethnic minority groups at all life stages. In addition to documenting the disparities, they provide many links to resources that provide helpful strategies to improve the health of populations that have traditionally been underserved by the health care industry.
Author: The Office of Minority Health
Category: Health & Health Care

Health Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans
Using data from the census bureau, this statistics laden article describes the disparities experienced by African Americans in the United States.
Author: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Category: Health & Health Care

Study: Racist Provocation Triggers Potentially Damaging Physical, Emotional Symptoms
This article reviews the finding of Duke University Medical Center researchers that revealed that experiencing racism in everyday life contributes around the clock to high blood pressure in African Americans.
Author: DukeMed
Category: Health & Health Care

Undoing Racism in Public Health: A Blueprint for Action
This report examines the scientific basis for racism as a determinant of health status and health disparities, and the manifestation of institutionalized racism in health care and health departments; provides an overview of existing directions, options and resources for "Undoing Racism;" and outlines a series of activities for a local public health-based Undoing Racism initiative, ranging from awareness to action.
Author: Deborah Barnes-Josiah, PhD
Category: Health & Health Care

Urban Indians: The Invisible Minority
This article, originally published in the March/April 1996 issue of Poverty & Race, describes one Native American's troubling experience with health care, as well as reviewing some of the major findings about discrimination that exists within health care systems.
Author: Gwen Carr
Category: Health & Health Care

Web Sites

African American Health Disparities
An educational resource that provides a list of links designed to provide information on the various health disparities and major health conditions adversely affecting the African American community.
Category: Health & Health Care

National Alliance for Hispanic Health
The nation's oldest and largest network of Hispanic health and human services providers, alliance members deliver quality services to over 12 million persons annually making a daily difference in the lives of Hispanic communities. Resources for information, advocacy, and more are on this site.
Category: Health & Health Care

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
The mission of NCMHD is to promote minority health and to lead, coordinate, support, and assess the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities.
Category: Health & Health Care

National Council of Urban Indian Health
The National Council of Urban Indian Health was founded in 1998 to meet the unique health care needs of the urban Indian population through education, training, and advocacy.
Category: Health & Health Care

Net Wellness: African American Health
A comprehensive resource to learn more about the health challenges facing the African American community. The homepage offers links to many interesting articles about health issues, but much more can be found by scrolling down the homepage and clicking on Research and Other News, then clicking on "African American Health: Research. Scroll up and down for dozens of articles.
Category: Health & Health Care

Office of Minority Health and Human Services
The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities. The website has a searchable database for publications. Click on Data and Statistics for a wealth of valuable information.
Category: Health & Health Care