Life Sciences Library

Data Sources: Listing of Mortality Data Available in Beyond 20/20^®  IN Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1997-1999)

General Health Resources

• Hispanic American Health Facts (Fast STAT)
• Hispanic American Health--Medlineplus
• Hispanics (Healthfinder®)

Hispanic-American Associations

• The National Alliance for Hispanic Health
• The National Association of Hispanic Nurses
• The National Hispanic Medical Association
• The National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention
• National Council of La Raza: NCLR/CSULB Center for Latino Community Health ...

Recursos en Espanol

• Alcohol and Drug
• Alcoholics Anonymous (Alcohólicos Anónimos)
• LasDrogas.org (Instituto para el Estudio de las Adicciones)
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - Prevention Online
  
• A Toolkit for Hispanic/Latino Community Groups (English)
• Hispanic/Latino Initiative Materials (spanish)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
  
• Juventud Latina (Abuso de las drogas, Inhalantes, Marihuana, Cocaína, Metanfetamina,and Heroína)
• Publications Catalog: En Español - Spanish Publications Online
• Science Based Facts on Drug Abuse and Addiction
   (Lista de documentos de National Institute on Drug Abuse Infofacts)
• CancerNet en Espanol
• Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
• Healthfinder Español
• Salud para su Corazón (For the Health of Your Heart)
• Pregúntale a NOAH Sobre la Salud (Spanish version of "New York Online Access to Health")

Heart Disease

• An Ounce of Prevention - A Guide To Heart Health
  (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Cardiovascular Disease in Hispanic Women (Office on Women's Health)
• Factsheets
• Hispanics and Cardiovascular Diseases (American Heart Association)
• Fact Sheets about Heart Disease  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Among Men  // Among Women

• Breast Cancer and Hispanic American Women
• Cancer Health Disparities (National Cancer Institute) 
• Factsheets (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Recent Trends in Mortality Rates for Four Major Cancers, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity - United States, 1990-1998
• Minority Cancer Awareness (NCI)

Diabetes

• Diabetes Among Latinos: American Diabetes Association
• Diabetes in Hispanic Americans (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)
• Factsheets
• Diabetes Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Agency for Healthcare Reserach and Quality)

• Factsheets
• HIV Infection in Minority Populations (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
  
• HIV InSite: Center for HIV Information
• HIV/AIDS Among Hispanics in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Hispanic HIV/AIDS Program (American Red Cross)
• National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)
• National Minority AIDS Education & Training Center (NMAETC)

• Breast Cancer and Hispanic American Women
• The Health of Minority Women - Hispanic American/Latinas
• What Do Hispanic American Women Suffer From? (Conditions That Affect Women)