Indian Health
FOCUS AREAS OF CONCERN FOR NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE
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Other Resources
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AAIP Speaker's Bureau
Agency Healthcare Research and Quality
AMA-Minority Affairs Consortium The AMA-MAC provides a national forum for advocacy on minority health issues and professional concerns of minority physicians and medical students.
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - national medical society representing psychiatrists, physicians who are specialists in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
The American Pain Society - to serve people in pain by advancing research, education, treatment, and professional practice.
Adolescent Health On-line
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AMEDEO: The Free Medical Journals Site
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP)
American Geriatric Society )AGS)
American Society on Aging
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
Arctic Health, (National Library of Medicine Webpage exclusively devoted to arctic health)
The Association of American Medical Colleges is a non-profit association founded in 1876 to work for reform in medical education. Originally representing only medical schools, the Association now comprises the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools, the 16 accredited Canadian medical schools, 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, 90 academic and professional societies representing nearly 100,000 faculty members, and the nation's medical students and residents.
The Association of American Medical Colleges' Minority Medical Ehancement Program is a FREE (full-tuition, room and board) six-week summer medical school preparatory program offering eligible students intensive and personalized medical school preparation. A well-established and well-respected national academic enrichment program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, MMEP is located at eleven medical school sites around the country. For more information contact
- Ryan P. Parker
Outreach/Recruitment Coordinator
MMEP/HPPI National Program Office
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N St. NW
Washington, DC 20037
- Rparker@aamc.org
- (202)862-6119 phone
(202)826-6119 fax]
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Buckle Up America Operation ABC Mobilization
Bureau of Health Professions
Department of Health and Human Services.
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Campaign Safe and Sober
Census/Other Statistics
Center of American Indian & Minority Health Uni. Minnesota Duluth Support for American Indian/underrepresented minority students who are pursuing or possess an interest in health careers. Offer on- and off-campus enrichment programming designed to boost interest and knowledge-base concerning American Indian health
Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in Medicine
Centers for Disease Control
Centers for Disease Control - Health Advisory: preparedness for terrorism threats
Child Health
A Guide to Organizing Community Forums
Office of Community Services
Cross Cultural Health Care Program
The national leaders in training medical interpreters and educating health care professionals in cultural competency issues
Cultural Competence Compendium
a 460-page resource guide. The book's goal is to help health care practitioners provide respectful, patient-centered care by adjusting their attitudes and behaviors to account for the impact of emotional, cultural, social, and psychological issues-the patient's as well as the practitioner's-on the main biomedical complaint.
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Databases----Native Health Databases (NHD)(posted 3-24-05) Health History and Health Research(posted 3-24-05)
Department of Health and Human Services
DIRLINE Access/Searching DIRLINE can be searched using subject words (such as disease or condition) or for the name or location of a resource.
Division of Disadvantaged Assistance (DDA)
Provides general information, program info, notices, announcements, news, reports, publications, legislation, and useful links.
Doctor's Guide to the internet
A one stop shopping mall for medical news and alerts, new medical sites on the Web, new drugs and indications, medical conferences, a doctor forum, and links to financial business, travel, and leisure resources.
Drs4Drs Recruiting Inc.
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Empowermed, Inc.
A professional health and medical information service creating completely customized medical reports. Empowering their clients with traditional and alternative health and medical knowledge.
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First Nations Development Institute
FOUNDATIONS (Funding Sources)
Families and Children
Family Voices
First Nations Council of Physician Assistants
Food and Drug Administration
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Gerontological Society of America
Provides general information, program info, notices, announcements, news, reports, publications, legislation, and useful links.
Consultgerirn.org, a comprehensive website providing a one-stop location for nurses to enhance their knowledge of geriatric nursing best practices, including nursing protocols.
Gist of Emergency Medicine
Allows users to download (free), the 1997 edition of this book.
Grants Net
Allows users to search for available grants in the biological and medical sciences.
Gryphon Productions
Documentaries aimed at Native American communities dealing with health, social, and cultural topics including AIDS, Diabetes, FAS, youth cultural empowerment, single mothers, residential schools, elder abuse, and others.
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Hantavirus
Information about the disease and how to prevent it provided by Reckitt and Colman, Inc. and content accuracy provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Services
A "list of lists" in the Internet medical realm, with links to sources ranging from allergy to toxicology and including family medicine, OB/GYN, and peds.
Health and Human Services Partner Gateway
Health Beat Consumer Health Articles
Search and browse access to updates on health issues for the community of the University of Washington.
Health Care Financing Administration
Health of Native People of North American: An Annotated Mediagraphy Trends in Racial and Ethnic-Specific Rates for health Status Indicators, US 1990-98 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/statnt/statnt23.pdf
Healthy People 2010
- The following is a service of the
Public Health Foundation
202-898-5600
Healthy People 2010 Information Access Project -Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals http://nnlm.gov/partners/hp Makes it easy to search PubMed for scientific journal articles related to achieving selected Healthy People 2010 objectives. A single click retrieves articles geared to 32 objectives in the following topics: Access to Quality Health Services, Disability and Secondary Conditions, Food Safety, Public Health Infrastructure, Respiratory Diseases, and Environmental Health Also includes links to relevant community and clinical preventive service guidelines and MEDLINEplus topics. PubMed is a National Library of Medicine database that provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals. Expansion of the pilot site is planned - please give your feedback at http://nnlm.gov/partners/hp/feedback.html.
FOR INFORMATION ON OTHER TOPICS:
Healthfinder Æ - Healthy People 2010 Topics Go to:
- www.health.gov/healthypeople/healthfinder/
A Healthy People 2010 interface for the U.S. government gateway to reliable consumer health information and other resources. Searchable HealthfinderÆ topics are organized by Healthy People 2010 focus area. Find links, descriptions, and contact information for government agencies, national clearinghouses, non-profit organizations, universities, and others that provide relevant resources.
Healthfinder
Search and browse access to US government sponsored up-t0-date health information of special interest to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Health links
Health Notes From Your Family Physician
Offers disease categorized patient education documents for common medical concerns from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Health Resources and Services Administration Newsroom
For up to date information on many health issues.
Hepatitis Resources
A listing of resources for both health care professionals and consumers.
HEARING -
Home Medical Guide
An online presentation of a published text that teaches about the maintenance of the body in sickness and health, how to get the best value from the health car system, healthful lifestyle, life's stages, and an overview of symptoms and the diagnostic process - Columbia University.
Honoring Nations
Identifies, celebrates and shares information about tribal government programs, practices, and initiatives that are especially effective in addressing key needs, problems and challenges facing American Indian nations.
Hungar Program - Grants to Reservations (Phillip Morris)
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IHS - Indian Health Service
Indian Health Service Direct Service Tribes(posted 3-24-05)
IHS/UNM Research Database. Research information on American Indians.
IHS/UNM History Database. History information on Amercian Indians.
InfoNet Drug and Disease Information
Information on pharmaceuticals for both health professionals and consumers. Accessible by brand name, generic name, manufacturer and therapeutic class.
Intellihealth Consumer Health Metasite
Offers condition-specific health zones that provide fact sheets, topic reviews, and news updates on health conditions from an encyclopedia, a drug education database - Johns Hopkins.
Internet Consumer Health Resources List
The Medical Matrix emphasizes sites that provide disease specific information that can assist a patient in asking appropriate questions during a health provider encounter.
Internet Training Primer for Researchers.
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Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation - Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Vocational Rehabilitation Services (posted 10-8-03)
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The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. A one-stop, on-line resources for information regarding breast health programs and materials. The Komen Connection
- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- National foundation dedicated to health policy and issues with an interest in American Indian health care and issues. New publications, Urban Indian Health and American Indian Women's Health data.
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- KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION SET TO LAUNCH NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH POLICY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
- The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation has announced a new health policy fellowship program designed to give Native American health and welfare leaders an opportunity to learn more about national policy issues that affect the health and welfare of Native American communities and gain a better understanding of the national policy making process.
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- Managed Care Technical Assistance Center (MCTAC)
MCTAC has provided managed care assistance to HRSA grantees, including health profession education and training programs, and safety net health care providers and organizations who serve medically underserved, special needs, Medicaid, disabled and dually-eligible Medicare and State Child Health Insurance Program populations.
Martindale's Health Science Guide 97
The "Virtual" Pharmacy Center
Mayo Clinic's Health Oasis
Search and browse access to news items, research updates, disease briefs, and practical self-care recommendations.
MEDAPHIS
Guide to physician resources on-line.
Medical Matrix
Guide to Internet Clinical Medicine Resources
American Indian Alaska Native Medicare Benefits
Medicine
MD Consult
Provides an extensive and up-to-date collection of clinical information available on-line including 32 full text reference books, over 400 peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines, prescribing information, daily medical updates, content and article summaries from weekly medical journals, weekly reviews of clinical topics, and a medical topic search engine.
MedicineNet Patient Documents
A medical reference for common diseases and treatments in easy-to-understand language updated by medical experts.
MEDLINE
One of the major sources for biomedical literature.
MedMark
Offers bookmarks to medical sites.
Medscape Bookstore
The largest on-line medical bookstore.
Medscape Patient Information
Specialty and disease categorized disease briefs and patient education materials.
MedSite.com
Merck Manual
Presentation of the most widely used medical text. Covers human diseases, symptoms, common clinical procedures, and laboratory tests.
Minority Health Initiative (MHI)
A multi-year program aimed at "improving the health of minority Americans and research training programs designed to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in all aspects of biomedical and behavioral research.
Minority Health Project (posted 4-16-04)
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National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Association of County and City Health Officials
Provides detailed information on all public health and government relations projects at ACCHO's national office.
National Bone Marrow Donor Program
National Cancer Institutes
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
National Center for Health Statistics
National Congress of American Indians
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Internet based source of information on clinical care that will assist health professionals to improve the quality of care they provide to their patients.
- National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute's Biomedical Research Training Program
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- Native Health Database - Provide a high quality, single source of information services and resources focused AI/AN health/medical issues to promote current and future epidemiological, research, and health program development efforts in AI/AN communities and to contribute to raising the health status of the AI/AN population.
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- Undergraduate Program Information
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- Graduate Program Information
National Health Information Center
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
You Drink & Drive. You Lose.
National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
National Indian Health Board (NIHB)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences - a component of the NIH - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. By supporting basic biomedical research and training nationwide, NIGMS lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.Research Funding, Training & Careers, Minority Programs, etc.
National Indian Policy Center
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Aging Press Releases
National Institutes of Health
new and updated information on key five-year strategic plans on the NIA home page National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (posted on 3-25-05)
National Osteoporosis Foundation
North American Indian Tennis Association
National Indian Women's Health Resources Center
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
Available to the public, health care professionals, educators, and researchers. Organizes the vast array of health information available to women.
National Women's Health Resource Center
Native American Access to Technology Program
Contact:
Native American Access to Technology Program
PO Box 23350
Seattle, WA 98102
email: nativeamerica@gatesfoundation.org
Native American Health Care - If You Knew
A history of health care to Native Americans exhibition from the National Library of Medicine.
Native American Health History
Provides general information, program info, notices, announcements, news, reports, publications, legislation, and useful links.
Native American News
Native American Website
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month (November), Senator Boxer has launched a new website featuring information about the history, culture, and traditional lands of Native Americans both in California and throughout the Nation.
Native Elder Health Care Resource Center
New York Times Your Health Daily
A searchable article archive of updates of medical and health news.
The Net:User Guidelines and Netiquette
Guidelines and Etiquette for the World Wide Web.
The New York Times: Cybertimes Glossary of Internet Terms
A good reference for all the jargon of the World Wide Web.
NIH Extramural Research Training and Career Development Programs
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
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Screening for Obesity in Adults - AHQR Recommendations
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health
Onhealth Consumer Health
An A to Z list and search interface for fact sheets on common conditions and drug products.
Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center
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Pathfinder's Thrive Health
Users enter query terms and retrieve fact sheets and article summaries on disease conditions, drugs, and surgical procedures.
Patient Education Material Available on the Internet
A disease categorized list of physician selected documents from multiple internet sites.
Patient Education Documents at Healthtouch
An extensive list of specialty and disease categorized single page patient education documents derived from professional organizations.
ParentsPlace.com
A wide variety of resources for parents or parents-to-be.
Physicians Guide to the Internet
Includes: Physicians lifestyle, professional opportunities, personal finance, physician well-being, faculty life clinical practice, Medline, medical specialties, pharmaceuticals, MMWR, practice enhancements and reviews, AIDS, patient education, upcoming medial meetings, CME, professional books (order online), boards review.
Physicians for Human Rights (posted 4-16-04)
Primary Care Internet Guide
Provides links to about 80 primary care resources e-mail discussion groups, teaching modules, medical departments of academic institutions in the US and abroad, and more.
Primary Care of Native American Patients
A 1999 edition of a new book offered by Butterworth Heinemann Publishers.
Providers information on all aspects of health and public health.
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Race, Health Care and the Law
This website explores teh role of the law in improving the health status of people-of-color and to assuring access to quality health care.
Race, Racism and the Law
This website examines the role of the law in promoting and/or alleviating racism.
ResistanceWeb
Analyzes bacterial resistance trends with antibiotic utilization and sharing timely, useful data on bacterial resistance with other clinicians and researchers,
Resource Discovery Internet Training for Researchers.
RxMed Patient Handouts
Provides information on over 400 conditions.
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SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Resources
Social Security information for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Provide information on how to access and gain information about SS benefits.
Society of General Internal Medicine
Information and news about the society, an on-line version of the Forum newsletter, abstracts and workshop handouts from the Annual Meeting, etc.
Stanford Health Promotion Resource Center
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Teacher Resources
Temporal Bone Registry
Funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, this organization is dedicated to promoting temporal bone research and finding treatments of hearing and balance impairments.
- Tobacco Resources
- Information on Tobacco use, abuse and history.
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- Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry
- A listing of journal articles, government reports, and other information resources pertaining to the unique environmental concerns and needs of the Native American and Alaskan peoples. Much of this information is also relevant to subsistence use of plants and animals harvested from the wild, as well as from residential gardens.
Training - Distance learning listings for Publi Health Professionals. Public Health Foundation.
Training - Internet Rescource Discovery. Training on how to use the Internet for Research.
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UCLA American Indian Studies Center
Includes information on the Health Working Group.
The Uninsured 101
The Kaiser Family Foundation brings you the webcast (HealthCast) briefing and information on the speakers and topic, including related fact sheets, reports, and websites.
Medicine's Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance (posted 3-15-04)
USA Today Healthline Health Stories
A searchable archive of news updates from A to Z.
US National Library of Medicine
USPHS Physicians Professional Advisory Committee
Provided to enhance communication between both Commission Corps and Civil Service physicians in all operating divisions and major programs of the US Public Health Service, the physician PAC members, and the Office of the Surgeon General.
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The Virtual Hospital
For healthcare providers, a link on the home page, takes you to medical resources grouped by organ system, discipline, and type (for example, multimedia textbooks and teaching files, journals, clinical practice guidelines, and grand rounds, lectures, and conferences).
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Wellbriety - Wellbriety means to be sober and well. Wellbriety teaches that we must find sobriety from addictions to alcohol and other drugs and recover from the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol on individuals, families and whole communities.
WellnessWeb
A listing of patient information including conventional/alternative/complimentary medicine.
Women's Health Weekly
current research and news stories relating to women's health.
Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center:
http://www.nativeshop.org (posted 3-15-04)
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Internet Resources
- Doctor's Guide to the Internet
A one stop shopping mall for medical news and alerts, new medical sites on the Web, new drugs and indications, medical conferences, a doctor forum, and links to financial, business, travel, and leisure resources.
- Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Services
A "list of lists" in the Internet medical realm, with links to sources ranging from allergy to toxicology and including family medicine, OB/GYN, and peds.
- "Make The Link" Online Workshops
Introduction to the Web, also expands skills of experienced users. Lessons are sent several times a week to your e-mail address for self-paced learning.
- MD Consult
Provides an extensive and up-to-date collection of clinical information available on-line including 32 full text reference books, over 400 peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines, prescribing information, daily medical updates, content and article summaries from weekly medical journals, weekly reviews of clinical topics, and a medical topic search engine.
- Minority Health Resource Pocket Guide
- The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette
Guidelines and Etiquette for the World Wide Web
- The New York Times: Cybertimes Glossary of Internet Terms
A good reference for all the jargon of the World Wide Web
- Physicians Guide to the Internet
Includes: Physicians lifestyle, professional opportunities, personal finance, physician health/well-being, faculty life clinical practice, Medline, medical specialties, pharmaceuticals, MMWR, practice enhancements and reviews, AIDS, patient education, upcoming medical meetings, CME, professional books (order online), boards review
- Physicians Online
Provides physicians with low cost access to comprehensive high quality electronic medical information reference services. These include Medline, Physician's GenRx, and QMR. E-mail also available. Sponsored by various medical societies and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
- Primary Care Internet Guide
Provides links to about 80 primary care resources, e-mail discussion groups, teaching modules, medical departments of academic institutions in the US and abroad, and more.
- Solo Tech's Resources for Internet Novices
Beginner's Help for the World Wide Web
- The Virtual Hospital
For healthcare providers, a link on the home page, takes you to medical resources grouped by organ system, discipline, and type (for example, multimedia textbooks and teaching files, journals, clinical practice guidelines, and grand rounds, lectures, and conferences).
Miscellaneous Resources
- American Academy of Family Physicians
Includes family practice residency directory, information from Academy journals, legislative updates, patient education material and links to other web sites that offer health resources. AAIP maintains a formal liaison to this organization.
- American Academy of Pediatrics
AAIP has a formal liaison with AAP via its Native American Child Health Committee
- American Indian Research and Policy Institute
- American Medical Association Homepage
AAIP maintains a formal liaison to the AMA, in addition to members serving on their Minority Health subcommittee. Includes Journal of the AMA abstracts and the table of contents.
- American Public Health Association
American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus
210 Members listed in their database as of March 1996
- Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Resources
Includes the following journals in abstract and full-text format:
- Canadian Association of Radiologists' Journal
- Canadian Journal of Respiratory Journal
- Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine
- Canadian Journal of Surgery
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Clinical and Investigative Medicine
- Primary Care - Clinical Practice Guidelines
Introduction to using guidelines for the primary care provider and a comprehensive listing of on-line guidelines grouped by clinical content with index and cross references by top diagnoses.
- Clinical Practice Guidelines collected by CMA's
Department of Health Care 7 Promotion
- NARIS
Provides data search on Native American topics by direct mail, phone and fax requests. Computer online searches are currently unavailable. All IHS clinics, personnel, and facilities, as well as PL638 tribal contractors may obtain NARIS searches at no charge.
- To Request a Search Contact: American Indian Institute Continuing Education and Public Service
University of Oklahoma
555 Constitution Avenue
Norman, OK 73037-0005
405-325-4127
405-325-7757 fax
- Northern Health Research Unit
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