Other Health Disparities Resources
Below are links to other organizations' and government agencies' health disparities-related activities, including reports and cultural competency resources.
Commission to End Health Care Disparities- information on the Commission’s health disparities activities
National Cancer Institute: Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities- information and statistics on cancer health disparities and related research
National Cancer Institute: Special Populations Networks- information on the Special Populations Networks and their community-based cancer awareness programs to end disparities
Intercultural Cancer Council- information on the ICC and their efforts to eliminate the unequal burden of cancer among racial and ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations in the United States and its associated territories
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Minority Health and Health Care Disparities- daily health disparities news
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Minority Health- information and statistics on health disparities in the United States
CDC: Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities- provides links to CDC research and information on minority health in the United States
Reports
AHRQ National Healthcare Disparities & Quality Reports- describes the quality of and access to care for multiple populations within the United States (released February 2011)
President's Cancer Panel- links to annual reports of the President’s Cancer Panel, published by the US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute.
Institute of Medicine’s Report on Disparities in Health Care- information on the state of health disparities in the United States (released March 2002)
Cultural Competency Resources
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: The Office of Minority Health - provides links to a number of federal cultural competency tools
American Medical Student Association: Enriching Medicine through Diversity- information on diversity and cultural competency for physicians-in-training