- Who We Are
- Clinician Employment
- Publications
- Witness to Witness (W2W)
- Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award
- Your Voice Matters: Photovoice Project
Health Information Translations
Health Information Translations is a collaborative initiative to improve health education for limited English proficiency patients.
Healthy Roads Media
This site contains free health education materials in a number of languages and a variety of formats. They are being developed to study the value of these formats in providing health information for diverse populations in a variety of settings.
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
As the nation's action, advocacy, and research forum for Hispanic health and well being, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health informs and mobilizes consumers, supports health and human service providers in the delivery of quality care, improves the science base for accurate decision making by promoting better and more inclusive research, promotes appropriate use of technology, insures accountability and advocates on behalf of Hispanics, and promotes philanthropy.
Plain Language G.R.I.D.
This is a one-page Word document containing information on how to assess the usability of written health materials for adults with low literacy. The document lists questions to ask regarding Grade Level; Relevance; and Interest and Design of written health materials. This document is adapted from materials created by the Canadian Public Health Association, National Literacy and Health Program.
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Health Communication Activities
Contains tools for improving health literacy, government resources, and reports and research on health literacy issues.
Dentsearch.com
Your dental employment opportunity website. Designed specifically for the dental industry; providing inexpensive job opportunity advertising for dental practices, groups, educational institutions, suppliers and manufacturers.
Midwives and FQHC's information packet
AMSA:The American Medical Student Association-Career development
is a student-governed, national organization representing the concerns of physicians-in-training.
Rural Recruitment & Retention
Is a national job bank for rural health care providers. It is free to list an opening.
Health Careers Network
An online Job Bank for family physicians.
Decision Support: Diabetes
Health Disparities Collaboratives Library(2)
Health Disparities Collaboratives Library has tools specific to Special Populations including Migrant and mobile underserved populations, such as Cardiovascular Migrant Flow sheets, Diabetes Formulary for Migrants, etc.
Minimum Standards Algorithms for Diabetes Care, from the Texas Diabetes Council
To assist in the delivery of primary care practice. They have been developed by a panel of experts through an open, peer-reviewed process to assure that they are complete, accurate and consistent with the current state of knowledge on diabetes treatment.
Clinician's Guide for Assessment and Counseling of Physical Activity, Nutrition, & Tobacco SPA/ENG
Walk Texas!
A community-based program whose mission is to promote the health of Texans by increasing awareness and opportunities for individuals to engage in regular physical activity, including walking, and has How-To instruction manuals on how to start such a walking or biking program in any community.
Texas DSHS: Free Diabetes Education Materials SPA/ENG
AHECs/HETCs
AHECs (Area Health Education Centers) and HETCs (Health Education Training Centers) have regional offices which provide community placements, service learning opportunities and clinical experiences for medical, dental, physician assistant, nursing, pharmacy and allied health students in rural and urban underserved communities. Programs also focus on recruitment, placement, and retention activities to address community and state health care workforce needs.
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)
To champion the cause of health care quality and to accelerate improvement in the value of the health care we deliver.
Link
http://www.icsi.org/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
A non-for-profit organization leading the improvement of health care throughout the world.
