AHECs

Federal Ahec programs: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/ahec/
National AHEC Organization: http://www.nationalahec.org/main/index.asp
Virginia Statewide Area Health Education Program http://www.ahec.vcu.edu/

Emergency Preparedness and Response

American Red Cross

Environmental Protection Agency, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Institute for Homeland Security

Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies

National Acedemies: Responding First to Bioterrorism

National Center for Disaster Preparedness

Office of Emergency Preparedness

Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Rapid Response Information System

Ready.gov

Stanford University Medical Center Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness

United States Army Surgeon General

VDH- Emergency preparedness & Response programs http://www.vdh.state.va.us/EPR/index.asp

Ethnic Health Resources

Addressing Health Disparities - NIH Program of Action

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Minority Health

 

Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Initiative

Cross Cultural Health Care Program

Diversity Rx

Ethnomed http://www.ethnomed.org/

 

Health Research and Educational Trust

Healthy People 2010

Institute for Diversity

 

KFF: Minority Health

Knowledge Path: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

 

National Asian Women's Health Organization

National Center for Cultural Competence

Office of Minority Health

 

Racial Disparities in Health

State Offices of Minority Health

Transcultural and Multicultural Health ( Indiana University ) http://www.lib.iun.indiana.edu/trannurs.html

 

U.S. Congressional Black Caucus: Health Issues

Health Resources

 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

BioSites

Cancernet

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/index.htm

Center for Health Policy, Research and Ethics:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/chpre/healthpolicy/home_healthpolicy.html

Community Health Status Indicators (HRSA):
http://www.communityhealth.hrsa.gov/

HealthWeb

HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration): http://bphc.hrsa.gov/

KidsHealth.org

MEDLINE plus

National Institute on Aging

National Women's Health Information Center

NIH Health Information Page

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration's

Virtual Office of the Surgeon General:
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/sgoffice.htm

Health Statistics

Community Health Status Indicators (HRSA):
http://www.communityhealth.hrsa.gov/

Health Care Financing Administration:
http://www.hcfa.gov/stats/

VaStat Virginia Statistics:
http://www.virginia.edu/coopercenter/vastat/#pop

Virginia Center for Health Statistics:
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/stats/stats.htm

Interpreter/ Translator Standards of Practice and Associations

National Council on Interpreting in Health Care http://www.ncihc.org/
• Massachusetts Medical Interpreter Association (MMIA)
• California Health Care Interpreter Association (CHIA)
• American Translators Association - Interpreters Division
• Society of Medical Interpreters

American Translators Association www.atanet.org
National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators www.najit.org

Legal and Regulatory Programs

• The National Health Law Program
• www.lep.gov Department of Justice- Let Everyone Participate
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office for Civil Rights

National

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:
http://www.ahcpr.gov/fund/grantix.htm

American Hospital Association:
http://www.aha.org/index.asp

American Public Health Association

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU):
http://www.clinicians.org/

Center for the Health Professions:
http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/pewcomm/competen.html

Department of Health and Human Services , USA :
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/index.htm

DHHS- Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/

Hospital Web/USA:
http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalwebusa.html

National Health Services Corps, (NHSC)

National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network:
http://www.3rnet.org/index.asp

Virginia

Medical Society of Virginia http://www.msv.org/

Virginia Association of Free Clinics http://www.vafreeclinics.org/cl-mem.html

Virginia Primary Care Association http://www.vpca.com/

Virginia Department of Health http://www.vdh.state.va.us/

VDH- Office of Health Policy and Planning http://www.vdh.state.va.us/primcare/healthpolicy/index.asp

Virginia Health Care Foundation: http://www.vhcf.org/

Virginia Health Information: http://www.vhi.org/

Others

• The Commonwealth Fund
• Hablamos Juntos