Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
Resources for Families
Here you will find links to resources about care, services and support and websites about racial and ethnic disparities in health.
- Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA):
Find a Health Center. Search by
address, city, state, or zip code to find a
federally funded health center that provides
free or low-cost care.
- Indian
Health Service (IHS): Telephone Contact List.
Directory of telephone numbers and
website links (when available) to IHS offices.
- Insure
Kids Now/Asegure a sus Hijos Ahora. Links to each state's child and teen health insurance program website. Available in English and Spanish. Telephone: (877) 543-7669 (KIDS-NOW).
- Maternal
and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Hotline.
Hotline number to help pregnant women
and mothers with newborns identify free or
low-cost services for themselves and their
babies. Telephone: (800) 311-2229.
- National
Alliance for Hispanic Health/Su Familia: The National
Hispanic Family Health Helpline. Referrals to local health professionals and information in English and Spanish
on a wide range of health topics. Telephone: (866)
783-2645 (SU-FAMILIA) (English or Spanish). Call the National Hispanic Prenatal Helpline (NHPH) for access to culturally and linguistically proficient prenatal care services
and pregnancy information. Telephone: (800) 504-7081.
- Also see the Community
Services Locator: An Online Directory for Finding
Community Services for Children and Families.
- MedlinePlus:
Health Disparities. Links
to information in English and Spanish about
health differences between groups of people,
including racial and ethnic minorities.
- MedlinePlus:
Health Information in Multiple Languages.
Links to health information in languages
other than English.
- MedlinePlus:
Population Groups Topics. Links
to health information in English and Spanish
for African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic
Americans, and Native Americans.
- MySistahs.
Information by and for young women of
color about sexual and reproductive health issues.
Includes a peer educator question-and-answer service.
- National
Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC):
Minority Women's Health.
Links to information about the health
risks of special concern to women who are African
American, American Indian, Asian American,
Hispanic American, Native Alaskan, and Native
Hawaiian and from other Pacific Island groups.
- Office
of Minority Health (OMH): Health Topics.
Publications and websites on health
issues affecting African Americans, American
Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans,
Hispanic Americans, and Native Hawaiians and
other Pacific Islanders.
Learn more about racial and ethnic disparities in health and cultural and linguistic competence.
Need more information? Use the collection of resources that library staff have put together for you and your family.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: Family Resource Brief. (August 2010).
(Updated: February 2012).
Author: Susan Brune Lorenzo, M.L.S., MCH Library.
Reviewers: Olivia K. Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., MCH Library.
Editor: Ruth Barzel, M.A., MCH Library.
