Research Guides: Health Disparities : Agencies & Organizations

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This page contains homepage links to organizations focusing on research, policy, and the promotion of issues related to health and healthcare disparities, healthcare reform, and the governance and organization of the healthcare system.

International Organizations

World Health Organization
Search for health inequity, or health disparities, or health equity

Government Agencies

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality: Disparities
From Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Advancing Health Collections
From the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Disparities & Populations at Risk
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
HealthCare.Gov
From the From the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Healthy People 2020 - Disparities
Although the term disparities is often interpreted to mean racial or ethnic disparities, many dimensions of disparity exist in the United States, particularly in health.
Healthy People 2030 - LGBT
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
MedlinePlus
From the National Library of Medicine.
National Cancer Institute - Disparities
Several topics about health disparities.
National Institute of Mental Health
Search for health disparities.
National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities
Search for health disparities.
National Institutes of Health
Search for health disparities.
Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Office of Minority Health - HHS
Search for health disparities.

Non-Government Agencies

American Hospital Association
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
FamiliesUSA - Health Equity
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Search limited to health disparities.
National Center for Cultural Competence
NCCC at Georgetown University.
National Quality Forum
Search for health disparities
Prevention Institute
RAND Corporation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Commonwealth Fund
The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
The Urban Institute
Search for health disparities
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Search for health disparities.