• African American
• American Indian and Alaska Native
• Asian American/Pacific Islander
• Hispanic American

American Diabetes Association African American Program

A site designed to increase diabetes awareness among African Americans.

BlackHealthCare.com

"Culturally oriented and ethnically focused comprehensive internet-based health and medical information provider dedicated to addressing the special health problems of African-Americans. All of the information is based on peer-reviewed, published research results that is updated every 30 days from peer-reviewed medical journals on the major diseases and disorders that disproportionately impact on the daily lives of African-Americans. Further, all of the information is obtained from research conducted on a nd about African-Americans."

Black Health Network

Consumer Health information on health issues affecting African Americans.

Management and Therapy of Sickle Cell Disease.(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

A clinical guide for health care professionals on the management of sickle cell disease.

Sickle Cell Disease Information.(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - NHLBI)

Health information for patients and public from NHLBI.

American Indian and Alaska Native

Aboriginal Peoples(Canadian Health Network)

Information about specific health needs of North Americans of Native Ancestry.

American Indian and Alaska Native Health: Current Bibliographies in Medicine 96-6(National Library of Medicine).

" This publication is intended to serve as a useful resource for those interested in gaining a better understanding of health issues of special concern to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The bibliography lists selected references to journal articles , monographs, conference proceedings and abstracts, dissertations, technical reports, Congressional hearings, and audiovisuals published from January 1990 through September 1996, the majority in English."

American Indian and Alaska Native Programs(University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center).

"The mission of the American Indian and Alaska Native Programs (AIANP) is to promote the health and well-being of American Indians and Alaska Natives, of all ages, by pursuing research, training, continuing education, technical assistance, and informa tion dissemination within a biopsychosocial framework that recognizes the unique cultural contexts of this special population." Links are provided to the 5 programs: Circles of Care Evaluation Technical Assistance; Healthy Nations Initiative, National Cen ter for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research; Native Elder Health Care Resource Center; and Native Elder Research Center/Resource Center for Minority Aging Research.

Indian Health Service(U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services).

"The I H S is the principal federal health care provider and health advocate for Indian people, and its goal is to assure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available and accessible to American Indian and Alaska Native people." The site includes links to the agency's programs, research data, databases, documents and locations of IHS offices nationwide.

Indigenous Health and Culture(University of Buffalo).

A comprehensive website developed by Sharon Gray for students taking "Indigenous Health and Culture" at the University of Buffalo. Links to fulltext documents from the Federal Canadian Government are provided.

Inupiaq[Inupiat] - Alaska Native Cultural Profile(Harbourview Medical Center, University of Washington).

Ethnic medicine guide including history, culture and traditional medicine practices of the Alaska native groups.

National Native American AIDS Prevention Center

Links to documents and resources about AIDS and AIDS research in Native American communities.

Native Health Research Database. (University of New Mexico (UNM), Health Sciences Center Library (HSC), and the Indian Health Service (IHS))

This is a comprehensive web site that provides access to the Native Health Research Database (NHRD) with quality information on health and medical issues of the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations.

Native American Ethnobotany Database(Prof. Dan Moerman, University of Michigan, Dearborn).

A searchable database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers of Native North American Peoples.

Planning and Evaluating Information Outreach Among Minority Communities: Model Development Based on Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest(National Library of Medicine).

A draft of the document "Guide to Planning, Evaluating and Improving Health Information Outreach" produced by the National Lbirary of Medicine.

Tribal Connections in the Pacific Northwest: Connecting American Indian/Alaska Native Communities to Health Resources on the Internet.

Asian-American/Pacific Islander

Asian/Pacific Islander American Health: Current Bibliographies in Medicine 95-3(National Library of Medicine)

"This bibliography is intended to serve as a handy and useful resource for health professionals, including policy makers, administrators, researchers, and health service providers. It is designed for those who are interested in gaining a better unders tanding of health issues of special concern to APIAs through published medical literature."

Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations

Links to organizations providing information on culturally competent health care to Asian American and Pacific Islander populations.

Lao Family Community Healthweb

Links to cultural competency and health issues in the Loa/Hmong community.

Toward a Safer Choice: The Practice of Chinese Medicine in Australia.(Gov't of Australia)

A Government of Australia report on the practice of Chinese Medicine.

Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project(University of California, San Francisco).

Health brochures, research articles, and information on improving the health of the Vietnamese community in the United States.

Hispanic American

CDC En Español - CDC in Spanish Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services.

"CDC Information (and links to other health sites) in Spanish. Información de los CDC (y enlaces a otros servicios de salud) en español."

Consumers & Patients Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Consumer health materials in Spanish by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Facts for Families (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

Focused on mental health issues, this site has concise and up-to-date information that affect children, teenagers, and their families.

Health Status and Determinants of Health of Hispanic Populations Department of Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine.

Online course on Hispanic health designed for pre-clinical or clinical medical students, and any other health professional. The site includes case histories, contributed by physicians from Baylor College of Medicine.

Hispanic-American Health: Current Bibliographies in Medicine 94-6(National Library of Medicine).

"This bibliography presents a selection of publications/materials on Hispanic-American health from the NLM's MEDLINE file and other appropriate databases from January 1990 through July 1994. Journal articles are the primary type of publication selecte d; however, books, dissertations, technical reports, conference papers and meeting abstracts, and audiovisual material are also included.

Hispanic Health Arizona Hispanic Center of Excellence.

A joint project of the University of Arizona, Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine, Mexican American Studies and Research Center, the Center focuses on improving research on Hispanic health, and recruitment and retention of Hispanic students an d faculty.

Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)

Bi-lingual Spanish-English Educational Materials for Patients and the General Public

Multilingual Health Education Net (The British Columbia Ministry of Health, the Dept. of Canadian Heritage, the Vancouver Foundation and the Partner Agencies).

"Canada's multi-language resource of high quality translated information for health care provider's and their clients."

New York Online Access to Health

Quality Consumer health information in English and Spanish.

Patient Education(University of Utah, Health Sciences Center).

Patient education resources in Spanish and English.