- Who We Are
- Clinician Employment
- Publications
- Witness to Witness (W2W)
- Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award
- Your Voice Matters: Photovoice Project
The Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
To create an environment within the Department (HHS) that welcomes the participation of faith-based and community-based organizations as valued and essential partners assisting Americans in need. Includes and extended funding database on current funding opportunities in addition to faith-based initiatives.
Health Disparities Collaboratives Library: Health Literacy
Documents to gage health literacy levels.
The Quick Guide to Health Literacy
The Quick Guide to Health Literacy including fact sheets and strategies to increase the usability of health information.
Migrant Health Promotion: Program Models
Migrant Health Promotion bases all of its work on close collaboration with community members (Promotores and Promotoras) who improve the health of their communities with community-based health education and activities. Within this framework, Migrant Health Promotion has developed several "program models."
Migrant Health Promotion: Build a Program
A national leader in program development and innovation, Migrant Health Promotion is committed to sharing its expertise to improve the health of farmworkers and their rural communities.
Diabetes Consumer Action Group Training Manual
A grassroots, empowerment model providing people with diabetes the tools they need to communicate with their health care provider, encourage consumer independence and stimulate community action to create awareness of the need and advantages of quality diabetes care within diverse community settings.
Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
Resources/tools/guidelines/curriculum for diabetes prevention programs, etc. that are free and downloadable.
The Medicine Program
This organization was established by volunteers dedicated to patients who cannot afford their prescription medication.
Free Medicine Foundation
Free Medicine Foundation has helped countless families across the nation completely eliminate or substantially reduce their prescription drug bills.
American Brain Tumor Association: Transportation assistance
Comprehensive list of agencies that offer patient transportation
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Cure Search
International air transportation programs. For travel into or out of the USA for life-saving medical treatments. Patient must be medically stable.
HRSA: Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers
Highlights approximately 40 HRSA-supported projects on the critical subject of cross-cultural health care. HRSA has provided exceptional leadership in helping health care providers enhance their clinical and organizational skills in cultural competence. As a result, the quality of cultural and linguistically appropriate services that HRSA provides to its diverse constituents has vastly improved.
Office of Minority Health: What is Cultural Competency?
Explains generally what cultural competency is.
Health Disparities Collaboratives Library: Cultural Competency
An online library of Cultural Competency resources
Farmworker Health Services: Publications and Training Manuals
FHSI's commitment to producing relevant, meaningful, and effective resources is a key component of each publication. As such, FHSI incorporates external review panels, focus groups, or peer-to-peer strategies when developing any of its publications.
NIH: National Institutes of Health- Improving Health Literacy
Health literacy incorporates a range of abilities: to read, comprehend, and analyze information; decode instructions, symbols, charts, and diagrams; weigh risks and benefits; and, ultimately, make decisions and take action.
HRSA - Health Literacy
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
NDEP: National Diabetes Education Program ENG
Helping Students with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel.
GrantMakers in Health
Helping grantmakers improve the health of all people.
Link
http://www.gih.org/
RX Outreach
Easy and affordable way for people of all ages to get medicines they need. They have a list of all generic drugs you fill out the application on line or download it.
