Additional Resources

Cancer:

American Cancer Society:  www.cancer.org

MedlinePlus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancer.html

National Cancer Institute (NCI):  www.cancer.gov

Native American Cancer Research Center:    http://natamcancer.org/index.html

Susan G. Komen for the Cure  http://ww5.komen.org/

University of Kansas Cancer Center http://www.kucancercenter.org/

Collaborative Organizations:

Children’s Mercy Hospital http://www.childrensmercy.org/

Center for American Indian Community Health www.CAICH.org

Kansas City Indian Center http://www.haicindian.com/

Diabetes/Heart Disease:

American Diabetes Association:  www.diabetes.org

Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools (DETS):  www.dets.niddk.nih.gov

National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP):  www.ndep.nih.gov

Education:

Haskell Indian Nations University http://www.haskell.edu/

Johnson County Community College http://www.jccc.edu/index.html

KU Medical Center http://www.kumc.edu/

University of Kansas http://www.ku.edu/

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center http://ouhsc.edu/

General Health:

American Indian & Alaska Native (AIAN) Populations:  www.cdc.gov

American Indian Environmental Office:  www.epa.gov/indian

American Indian Health and Diet Project:  http://www.aihd.ku.edu

Communities Taking Action:  Profiles of Health Equity:  http://preventioninstitute.org/tools/focus-area-tools/communities-taking-action-profiles-of-health-equity.html

Health Disparities Research & Diversity Resource Center (Association of Schools of Public Health):  www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=11288

Indian Health Service Fact Sheets:  www.ihs.gov/PublicAffairs/IHSBrochure/index.asp

Indian Health Service:  www.ihs.gov

National Indian Health Board:  http://www.nihb.org/

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities:  www.nimhd.nih.gov/

National Institutes of Health (NIH):  www.nih.gov

Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center (NPTEC):  http://www.aatchb.org/nptec/

Tobacco:

All Nations Breath of Life http://www.anbl.org/

Tribes:

Choctaw Tribe of Oklahoma Chocta Nation

Ioway Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska:  http://ioway.nativeweb.org/iowayksne.htm

Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas:  http://ktik-nsn.gov/home.htm

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Ponca Tribe, NE

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation:  www.pbpindiantribe.com

Sac & Fox Nation of the Missouri:  http://www.sacandfoxcasino.com/tribal-history.html

Saw these below on another Center’s website:

2009 National Healthcare Disparities Report

Download the full report in pdf format (4.17 MB)

CDC Health Disparities and Equalities Report
Download the executive summary & full report in pdf format (259 KB)

CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Presentation, 2011
Download the presentation in pdf format (114 KB)