Research the burden and cause of disease in populations and use this knowledge for disease prevention and treatment. Seek to discover the role of genomic, behavioral, social, and environmental influences on health.
The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human-service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families.
A trusted resource for data on Southeast Louisiana to include disaster recovery, regional economic analysis, workforce development, racial disparity indicators, blight reduction, affordable housing, and coastal population movements.
Kaiser Family FoundationKaiser is a non-profit, private operating foundation. KFF programs involve policy analysis, polling, journalism and communication. Website topis: Disparities Policy, Global Health Policy, Health Costs, Health Reform, HIV/AIDS, Medicaid and Medicare, Private Insurance, Uninsured and Women’s Health Policy.
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research does not take policy positions.
Focus on improving both the health of everyone in America and their health care—how it's delivered, how it's paid for, and how well it does for patients and their families
The DHS Program has created model datasets so users can become familiar with datasets without having to register for access. These datasets have been created strictly for practice and do not represent any country's actual data. Model datasets are based on the DHS 6 Questionnaire and Recode.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Statisticsm NIOSH Dockets and other information organized by industry, exposure, injuries, diseases and prevention.
CDC - Travelers' Healthinformation to assist travelers and their health-care providers in deciding the vaccines, medications, and other measures necessary to prevent illness and injury during international travel.
This Web site provides definitions of major theoretical constructs employed in health behavior research, and information about the best measures of these constructs. Produced by the National Cancer Institute Cancer Control and Population Services
The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community.
Systematic reviews are used to answer these questions:
* Which program and policy interventions have been proven effective?
* Are there effective interventions that are right for my community?
* What might effective interventions cost; what is the likely return on investment?
Personal Health Data for Public Good reportThe Health Data Exploration (HDE) project conducted a study to better understand the barriers to using personal health data in research from the individuals who track the data about their own personal health, the companies that market self-tracking devices, apps or services and aggregate and manage that data, and the researchers who might use the data as part of their research.
Find information using interactive applications to get statistics from multiple surveys. Download Census 2000 datasets, 2010 Census Interactive Population Map
The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was created in 1986 and is one of the most significant outcomes of the 1985 Secretary's Task Force Report on Black and Minority Health. The Office is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities. OMH was reauthorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148).
The National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health EquityA common set of goals and objectives for public and private sector initiatives and partnerships to help racial and ethnic minorities -- and other underserved groups -- reach their full health potential.
The five overall goals and associated strategies include: Awareness, Leadership:, Health System and Life Experience, Cultural and Linguistic Competency, Data, Evaluation and Research
The Heckler Report - A Landmark ReportReport of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health / Task Force on Black and Minority Health; Washington, DC; U.S. Government Printing Office; 1985
Advancing Health EquityDisparities Research for Change. Includes Roadmap to Reduce Disparities.
