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HEALTHY
PEOPLE
http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/
Healthy People is the prevention agenda for the Nation and is updated
every ten years. It identifies the most
significant preventable threats to health and
focuses public and private sector efforts to address them. Healthy People is based on the best scientific knowledge
and is used for decision making and for
action.
healthfinder®
U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.healthfinder.gov
healthfinder® is a free gateway to reliable
consumer health and human services information developed by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. healthfinder® can lead you to
selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and
support and self-help groups, as well as the government agencies and
not-for profit organizations that produce reliable information for the
public.
THE
VIRTUAL OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/
The site is the virtual office of the Surgeon
General, dedicated to protecting and improving American health. The
Surgeon General personally guides visitors through a kids' page and
other sections.
NATIONAL
HEALTH INFORMATION CENTER (NHIC)
Office
of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
http://www.health.gov/nhic/
NHIC
is a health information referral service that links consumers and health
professionals to more than 1200 federal and diverse health organizations
in the United States, including those with toll free numbers.
For more links and resources, go to the
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion website, http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/
, or the government Health Gateway http://www.health.gov/
THE
HEALTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST (HRET)
www.hretdisparities.org
The
Health Research and Educational Trust has developed a Disparities
Toolkit for collecting race, ethnicity and primary language information
from patients.
It is designed to help community health centers understand the
importance of accurate data collection, assess organizational capacity
to do so, and implement a framework designed specifically for obtaining
information from patients about their race, ethnicity, and primary
(preferred) language efficiently, effectively, and respectfully.
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