Library Guides: Nursing & Health: Diversity & Disparity

Diversity & Disparity

Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion's collaborations
Includes introduction to health disparities, quick facts, policy briefs, and research.
Health Disparities Resource Guide
Cross Cultural Health Care Program's list of resources.
Health Disparities: MedlinePlus
Includes definition and links to specific conditions, statistics, clinical trials, research and journal articles.
Health Equity
Includes links to reports from government and organizational sites.
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
NIMHD is a part of NIH that promotes minority health, conducts and supports research, training, research infrastructure, fosters emerging programs, disseminates information, and reaches out to minority and other health disparity communities.
Office of Minority Health (DHSS)
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. Includes data by group and health topic.
Poverty & Race Research Action Council: Resources & Research Guides Civil rights policy organization connecting advocates with social scientists working on race and poverty issues, and promoting a research-based advocacy strategy on structural inequality issues.
Urban Institute Health Policy Center - Vulnerable populations
Includes reports on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Immigrants, High Medical Need, People with Disabilities and children.
Washington State Governor's Interagency Council on Health Disparities
Includes news, publications and resources. Also includes Health Impact Reviews that analyzes the extent to which a proposal for a legislative or budgetary change is likely to have a positive or negative impact on health disparities.