c i e o, from the Latin, present perfect, active voice of the  verb civit "set in motion"
Core Information Exchange Online
Laurel MT/Riley KS
[Individual pages are updated separately.]
Frames

Multicultural Health [Hispanic]
Alzheimer's Association publications
Minority and Cultural Issues in Alzheimer Care
Audio-Reader Spanish broadcast from KU                   Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
Chartbook on Health of Latinos in the 
El Consultorio
Midwest (by Roberto E. Torres, Ph.D) --from the 
Julian Samora Research Institute at Michigan 
State University-This site offers full-text access 
to many of its Statistical Briefs, Working Papers,
Institute Research Reports, and Occasional Paper Series.
Cabot Westside Clinic - Spanish
(Children's Health Insurance Program)
coverage to parents, legal immigrant children 
and pregnant women who can not afford 
private health insurance. Senator Paul Wellstone
(D-MN).
Children's Health Insurance Program--
requirement for states to report data on
primary language eliminated.
CHIP Program, Universal Health Coverage
Community Tool Box
Cross Cultural Healthcare Program--
Established in 1992 with a grant from the 
W.K. Kellogg Foundation serves as a bridge 
to ensure full access to quality health care 
culturally and linguistically appropriate.
Cultural Diversity: Eating in America- 
Mexican-American--from Ohio State University 
Extension Fact Sheet
Diabetes-Recetas y plan de comidas (recipes & diet plan)
Dos Mundos-check "Health " Section - Spanish
El Consejo Nacional de la Raza-sobre la diabetes
Food Pyramid - Spanish
Health of Hispanic Populations-TX U.
HHS publishes interim final rule for State 
Help patients sift wheat from chaff on 
World Wide Web from FP Report 
Hispanic American Health articles
Hispanic American Health-MedlinePlus-English
Informacion de Salud-Spanish
Hispanic Americans and Health Bibliography
Series 2000 (Univ Texas UTHSCSA Library)
Hispanic Health: Divergent and Changing (PEW) 2/02
Healthfinder Espanol: Healthfinder's Spanish pages http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/ 
Healthy People 2010 Webcast
Inclusion of Women and Minorities As 
Participants In Research Involving Human Subjects
NIH Policy Implementation Page
Proyecto Internacional de Bienvenida a 
      Kansas City - Spanish
Kansas State Collegian-Lorena Barboza's
      Column- Spanish
Kansas State Library Literacy Program - Spanish
Kansas PTA and links - Spanish

Latino Health Institute
Latina Women's Health
Medicina de Familia Andalucía -Spanish
MEDLINE en INTERNET
MEDLINEPlus-Spanish
Minority Health articles
National Alliance for the Mentally Il
NAMI HelpLine for consumers and families 
Dual Diagnosis - Spanish
PewHispanic.org
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - Spanish
Office of Local and Rural Health - Spanish
El Proyecto Biologico - Spanish
Revista Chilena de Medicina Familiar-Spanish
Medico de familia-Spanish
Salud Rural-Spanish

 

 

                                                                 
la Sala Hispánica de Lectura
Vistas del Sistema Solar     

DIVERSITY ARTICLES-Reprints
Culturally Competent Health Services
The Diversity Factor
Article Reprints 
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILE-Hispanics in Australia
LATIN AMERICANSThis profile provides an overview 
of some of the cultural and health issues of concern to
Latin American migrants who live in Queensland, Australia.
Practice Guidlines
Providing care to patients from culturally and linguistically
diverse backgrounds.  A guide to identifying and 
responding to cross-cultural issues in health care delivery.
Cultural Assessment Checklist
A brief guide to interpreting, communication, attitudes
and cultural assessments.
Multicultural Health Best Practices Overview
prepared for  The California Endowment Multicultural 
Health Investment Area                                          

Multilingual-Health-Education Net
Provider's giuide to quality and culture
ETHNOMED: Ethnic medicine information from Harborview Medical Center 
a website containing medical and cultural information on immigrant and refugee groups. It contains information specific to groups in the Seattle area, but much of the cultural and health information is of interest and applicable in other geographic areas. 
Minority Health Project-University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health
National Hispanic Medical Association 
(Updated by Mark A. Diaz, M.D.)
NOAH, New York Online Access to Health's 
Spanish health topics pages 
Special Populations Network
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
["all health care providers receiving federal 
financial assistance...are prohibited 
from conducting any of their programs, ...
a manner that subjects ... persons to discrimination 
on the grounds of race, color, or national origin."]
Conference  Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations:  Advancing Effective Health Care through Systems Development, Data, and Measurement 
October 2 - 4, 2002, Chicago, IL 
Pan American Health Organization Improving the Health of the Peoples of the Americas-United States

Multicultural Medical/Educational/Educational Opportunities - 
Educational Opportunities Efficacies:
¡A que sí! 
Chicano/Latino Medical Student Organizations 
UCLA/DREW Chaper--developed by medical Students, 
physicians and Individuals.
Minorities in Medicine-Association of American 
Medical Colleges
commitment to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in medical education and  training and exposure opportunities to help put students on the path to a career in medicine.  Formed with: Chicanos in Health Education 1969, (CHE) / Chicanos for Creative Medicine 1969,  (CCM) / National Chicano Health Organization 1970, (NCHO) / Raza Medical Student Association 1975, (La Rama) / Chicano/Latino Medical Association of California 1985, (CMAC) and the present day / Chicano/ Latino Medical Student Association 1981, (CMSA)and the recently formed California Latino Medical Association (CLMA). 
NIH:
Undergraduate (College) Opportunities: 
  College Extramural Programs Index-NIH 
Postbaccalaureate Extramural Programs Index-NIH 
Postdoctorate & Faculty Extramural Programs Index-NIH
Funding, Grants, Education Programs - AMA site
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
Coriell Institute for Medical Research-Human Diversity Collection 
Education-World Bank
(some related articles:)
School Health-To improve learning through better health and nutrition of school children
 

Updated: 3-4-04
by Tone Mendoza
Librarian / Informatics 
Laurel MT
Online since May 1995
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