Minority Health Data & Resources
Minority Health Surveillance Data
Minority Health Data Pages
This report provides data on demographics, health care access, chronic conditions, adult and youth risk factors, and prevention behaviors among Vermont’s racial and ethnic minority population
The Health Disparities of Vermonters
This report presents information, maps, data and trends that highlight health disparities as they exist today in the state, as well as recommended actions that can be taken to reduce these disparities.
The Health Status of Vermonters
This report
brings together data and trends from an array of sources to present a picture of the health of Vermonters.
Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data
These analyses focus on risk behaviors in middle and high school students who are racial and ethnic minorities.
For more information about minority health data, please contact:
Katherine Jones
Public Health Analyst II
Tel:
802-651-1516
E-mail: katherine.jones@state.vt.us
Population Specific
MedLine Plus Databases
- African American Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html - Latino/Hispanic American Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hispanicamericanhealth.html - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/gayandlesbianhealth.html
National Library of Medicine Databases
- Native American Health
http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov - Asian American Health
http://asianamericanhealth.nlm.nih.gov
Public Health Forum on Socioeconomic Status & Health
http://depts.washington.edu/eqhlth/pages/academic_resources/academic_bibliography.html
General Minority Health Information
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
- Office of Minority Health
http://www.cdc.gov/omh - Social Determinants of Health Working Group
http://www.cdc.gov/sdoh - National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
Community Took Box
http://ctb.ku.edu
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Office of Minority Health
http://www.omhrc.gov
Health Disparities Collaborative
http://www.healthdisparities.net/hdc/html/home.aspx
Health Disparities Community Solutions Database
http://www.apha.org/NPHW/solutions
National Center for Cultural Competence
http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/nccc/index.html
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
http://ncmhd.nih.gov
Prevention Institute
- Community Health and Health Disparities Initiative
http://www.preventioninstitute.org/healthdis.html
World Health Organization
- Commission on Social Determinants of Health
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en
Media
UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
This four-hour documentary series explores how the social conditions in which we are born, live and work profoundly affect our health and longevity. Unnatural Causes "sounds the alarm" about America's glaring socio-economic and racial inequities in health - and search for root causes. UNNATURAL CAUSES aired on PBS earlier this year.