AHRQ is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—the Nation's lead Federal agency for research on health care quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety.The mission of AHRQ is to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.

AIDSinfo is a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project that offers the latest federally approved information on HIV/AIDS clinical research, treatment and prevention, and medical practice guidelines for people living with HIV/AIDS, their families and friends, health care providers, scientists, and researchers. Includes information on clinical trials.

The Alaska Native Health Board (ANHB), established in 1968, is recognized as the statewide voice on Alaska Native health issues. The purpose of the Alaska Native Health Board is to promote the spiritual, physical, mental, social, and cultural well-being and pride of Alaska Native people.

This National Library of Medicine website contains links to articles on many topics related to Native American health care, including traditional healing.

Founded in 1872, the American Public Health Association (APHA) is the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world. The association works to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats. APHA represents a broad array of health officials, educators, environmentalists, policy-makers and health providers at all levels working both within and outside governmental organizations and educational institutions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) has released a series of free Asian language-based publications focusing on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases.

C-Change is comprised of the nation's key cancer leaders from government, business, and nonprofit sectors. These cancer leaders share the vision of a future where cancer is prevented, detected early, and cured or is managed successfully as a chronic illness.

The mission of C-Change is to leverage the combined expertise and resources of its Members to eliminate cancer as a (major) public health

The goal of the California Health Literacy Initiative is to inform and partner with individuals and organizations to craft collective, lasting solutions which will positively impact the health and well-being of individuals with low-literacy skills, their families, and their communities. This plan for California will serve as a groundbreaking, national model for health literacy; currently, no state

The National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Cancer Information Service (CIS) is a national information and education network. The CIS is a free public service of the NCI, the Nation's primary agency for cancer research.

CancerPlan.org is an interactive web site that provides Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) resources, tools, state practices, and links to assist state, tribes, territories and community cancer planners to develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive cancer plans.

This website offers links to Cancer Resources in Languages other than English

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created the Office of Minority Health in 1985 as a result of the Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, which revealed large and persistent gaps in health status among Americans of different racial and ethnic groups. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created its own Office of Minority Health (OMH) in 1988 in response to the same report.

This web site is a National reference, referral, and distribution service for communicable disease information. Find contacts, and FAQs about select diseases and links addressing HIV/AIDS and other STDs.

This is your online source for credible health information and is the official Web site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC is committed to achieving true improvements in people’s health. CDC applies research and findings to improve people’s daily lives and responds to health emergencies—something that distinguishes CDC from its peer agencies. Working with states and other partners, CDC provides a system of healthsurveillance to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks (including bioterrorism), implement disease prevention strategies, and maintain national health statistics.

PhillyHealthInfo.org is a program of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, a not-for-profit cultural and scholarly institution founded in 1787 with a long history of providing health information to the public. PhillyHealthInfo.org is committed to working with Greater Philadelphia educational organizations to improve health literacy and information access across all populations and bridge info

The Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans (Council) was created by the Minnesota State Legislature in 1985 pursuant to Minnesota Statute 3.9226, subdivision 1, to fulfill three primary objectives: to advise the governor and members of the legislature on issues pertaining to Asian Pacific Minnesotans; to advocate on issues of importance to the Asian Pacific community; and to act as a broker between the Asian Pacific community and mainstream society.

This web page on the HRSA site contains a variety of Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.

Comprising five bureaus and 12 offices, HRSA provides leadership and financial support to health care providers in every state and U.S. territory. HRSA grantees provide health care to uninsured people, people living with HIV/AIDS, and pregnant women, mothers and children. They train health professionals and improve systems of care in rural communities.

From Australia, this database contains links to government, hospital, community health center and other agency online multi-lingual resources in numerous languages.

Your guide to reliable health information, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Healthy People 2010 provides a framework for prevention for the Nation. It is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation, a volunteer-based health charity, leads in eliminating heart disease and stroke and reducing their impact through the advancement of research and its application, the promotion of healthy living and advocacy.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is a federation of 10 provincial Foundations, led and supported by a force of more than 140,000 volunteers.

This site contains links to the National Institute of Health publications in languages other than English.

This site has Vaccine Information sheets produced by the Center for Disease Control, available in more than 30 languages.

The nation turns to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies for science-based advice on matters of biomedical science, medicine, and health. A nonprofit organization specifically created for this purpose as well as an honorific membership organization, the IOM was chartered in 1970 as a component of the National Academy of Sciences.

The Journal of the National Cancer Institute (print ISSN: 0027-8874, online ISSN: 1460-2105) publishes peer-reviewed original research from around the world and is internationally acclaimed as the source for the most up-to-date news and information from the rapidly changing fields of cancer research and treatment. For the past several years, the JNCI has been ranked as the most-cited original-research cancer journal by the Institute of Scientific Information in its annual Journal Citation Reports.

MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information abo

The Minnesota Department of Health performs a wide range of critical public health duties every day. The department also regularly identifies public health issues that need special attention.

A database of materials on mental health issues and concerns in numerous languages.

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is an honorific society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

From 1997 to 2005, the National Cancer Policy Board existed at the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council to address broad policy issues that affect cancer in the United States and to recommend ways to advance the Nation's effort against cancer. The board, consisting of 20 members drawn from outside the federal government, included health care consumers, providers, and researchers in a variety of disciplines in the sciences and humanities.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). We are 1 of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The mission of NCCAM is to:

Explore complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science.

Established in 1994 in Washington, DC, the National Hispanic Medical Association is a non-profit association representing 36,000 licensed Hispanic physicians in the United States. The mission of the organization is to improve the health of Hispanics and other underserved populations. As a rapidly growing national resource based in the nation's capital, NHMA provides policymakers and health care providers with expert information and support in strengthening health service delivery to Hispanic communities across the nation.

NIH website in Spanish language.

The National Research Council is part of the National Academies, which also comprise the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine. They are private, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology and health policy advice under a congressional charter. The Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate

Website teaches how to use PubMed in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese.

The web site contains a selected list of resources that may be helpful for prevention practitioners working in minority communities.

The mission of the Office of Cancer Survivorship (OCS) is to enhance the quality and length of survival of all persons diagnosed with cancer and to minimize or stabilize adverse effects experienced during cancer survivorship. The Office of Cancer Survivorship conducts and supports research that both examines and addresses the long- and short-term physical, psychological, social, and economic effec

IRSA’s Medical Case Management program provides technical assistance to local, national resettlement agencies providing services for refugees with HIV/AIDS. Several resettlement agencies across the United States provide Medical Case Management services that support refugees who need specialized assistance as they begin the resettlement process in the U.S. This program helps these refugees to secure appropriate medical care and treatment in their new communities and facilitates communication and collaboration between refugee resettlement caseworkers and health care providers.

The Opportunities for Minorities in Cancer Research is offered by the Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch (CMBB) of the Office of Centers, Training and Resources (OCTR) of the Deputy Director for Extramural Sciences (ODDES), of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The ultimate goal of the CMBB is to significantly increase the number of underrepresented minorities participating as competitive NCI/NIH-funded cancer researchers.

This site offers many resources on multicultural health issues. Queensland Health is a dynamic organisation committed to providing a range of services aimed at achieving good health and well-being for all Queenslanders. Through a network of 20 Health Service Districts and the Mater Hospitals, Queensland Health delivers a range of integrated services including hospital inpatient, outpatient and eme

Established in March 2001, the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) is central to NCI's efforts to reduce the unequal burden of cancer in our society.

Cancer affects people of all races and ethnicities in the U.S. Today, one in four deaths in the U.S. is attributable to cancer, and one in three Americans will eventually develop some form of cancer. Each day, 3,800 people in America are diagnosed with cancer and another 1,500 die from cancer.

The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities.

OMH was established in 1986 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It advises the Secretary and the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) on public health program activities affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders.

This is a guide to translating materials for limited English-speaking Communities, prepared by the Minnesota Department of Health.

USAID programs in global health represent the commitment and determination of the U.S. government to prevent suffering, save lives, and create a brighter future for families in the developing world.

The Center for Multicultural Health is the Utah office of minority health. It is part of the Utah Department of Health, Division of Community and Family Health Services. Its purpose is to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in Utah.

Offers Refugee and Minority Health Resources. Find important public health information on many subjects, interpreted in the following languages:

French
Spanish
Vietnamese
Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian
English
Russian

The Washington State Department of Health offers several publications and materials in languages other than English. This list will be updated as new resources are developed.