• African-American Council on Liver Awareness
  
  To promote viral hepatitis prevention, treatment and research in an effort to educate and optimize the health of the African-American community.
   
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - Minority Health
  
  The Agency for Health Research and Quality is an agency in Health and Human Services that publishes an annual Health Disparities Report.
  
            Excellence Centers to Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities (EXCEED)
  
            To understand the causes and factors of racial/ethnic inequalities, the Agency for 
            Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded grants to nine "Excellence
            Centers to Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities" (EXCEED) that investigates a different
            theme in an effort to identify and eliminate the causes of health disparities.
   
• Alliance for a Healthier Generation
  
  Its mission is to eliminate childhood obesity and to inspire all young people in the United States to develop lifelong, healthy habits.
   
• Alliance for Health Reform
  
  A nonpartisan, nonprofit group, the Alliance for Health Reform believes that all the U.S. should have health coverage at a reasonable cost.  It offers a fully array of resources and viewpoints, in a number of formats, to elected officials and their staffs, journalists, policy analysts and advocates.
   
• The American Association of Retired People
   
• American Hospital Association - Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities
  
  The American Hospital Association is a national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities.
   
• America's Health Insurance Plans - Diversity and Cultural Competency
   
• American Indian Health
  
  This Web resource is designed to bring together health and medical resources pertinent to the American Indian population including policies, consumer health information, and research.
   
• American Medical Association - Commission to End Health Care Disparities
  
  The Commission collaborates proactively to increase awareness among physicians and health professionals; use evidence-based and other strategies; and advocate for action, including governmental, to eliminate disparities in health care and strengthen the health care system.
   
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - Self-Assessment for Cultural Competence
  
  Demographic and caseload changes related to culturally/linguistically diverse (CLD) populations require cultural competence in order to provide clinically competent services. ASHA resources were developed to help you reflect on your current level of cultural competence to increase and improve service delivery.
   
• The Applied Research Center
  
  The Applied Research Center is a public policy institute advancing racial justice through research, advocacy and journalism.
   
• Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
  
  Its mission is to enable Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to attain the highest possible level of health and well-being. This website provides information on programs and activities taking place within the organization.
   
• Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center
  
  Its mission is to educate, support, empower and advocate for Asian and Pacific Islander communities - particularly A&PIs living with, or at-risk for, HIV/AIDS.
   
• Asian Community Mental Health Services
  
  Asian Community Mental Health Services provides multicultural and multilingual services, empowering the most vulnerable members of our community to lead healthy, productive and contributing lives.
   
• Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership
  
  It is a national network of organizations and individuals working towards social justice and a tobacco-free Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
   
• Association of American Indian Physicians
  
  Its main goal is to improve the health of American Indian and Alaskan Natives. The Association fosters forums where modern medicine combines with traditional healing to provide care for American Indian and Alaskan Native communities.
   
• Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
  
  It is a national association representing community health organizations dedicated to promoting advocacy, collaboration and leadership that improves the health status and access of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders within the United States, its territories and freely associated states, primarily through its member community health centers.
   
• Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
  
  The Association of Black Cardiologists is dedicated to eliminating the disparities related to cardiovascular disease in all people of color.
   
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
  
  ASTHO is the national nonprofit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia. ASTHO's members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy, and to assuring excellence in state-based public health practice.
   
• BlackHealthCare.com
  
  BlackHealthCare.com is an internet-based health and medical information provider dedicated to addressing the special health problems of African-Americans.
   
• Black Women's Health Imperative
  
  The Black Women’s Health Imperative is an African American health education, research, advocacy and leadership development institution.
   
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities
  
  The CDC Office of Minority Health promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling the disproportionate burden of disease, injury and disability among racial and ethnic minority populations.
   
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Office of Minority and Women's Health
  
  The mission of the Office of Minority and Women’s Health is to assure that the burden and impact of infectious diseases among racial and ethnic minorities and women is acknowledged and addressed through research, surveillance, education, training, and program development.
   
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - REACHU.S. - Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
  
  Healthy People 2010, which describes the nation's health objectives for the decade, has as one of its goals eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health.
   
• Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
  
  It is a national non-profit organization devoted to improving the quality of health services for beneficiaries served by publicly financed care, especially those with chronic illnesses and disabilities.  Its work focuses on three main goals: improve health care quality, reduce racial and ethnic disparities, and integrate acute and long-term care.
   
• Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
  
  The Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities integrates studies across National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s research divisions to identify scientific and policy areas that provide opportunities to reduce and eliminate cancer health disparities.
   
• Closing the Health Gap
  
  Closing the Health Gap is a national campaign designed to help improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations, who are affected by serious diseases and health conditions at far greater rates than other Americans. Three key elements of the Closing the Health Gap campaign are Celebra La Vida Con Salud (Celebrate a Healthy Life), Take a Loved One for a Checkup Day, and Know What to Do for Life.
   
• The Commonwealth Fund
  
  The Commonwealth Fund is dedicated to helping people become more informed about their health care, and improving care for vulnerable populations such as children, elderly people, low-income families, minority Americans, and the uninsured.
   
• Community Oral Health Station
  
  It provides a list of model oral health programs throughout the U.S. Lists educational resources as well as funding opportunities.
   
• The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
  
  The mission of the Cross Cultural Health Care Program is to serve as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.
   
• Diversity Rx
  
  Diversity Rx promotes language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities.
   
• The Disparities Solutions Center
  
  It is dedicated to the development and implementation of strategies that advance policy and practice to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care nationally, regionally and locally. 
   
• Expecting Success
  
  Expecting Success is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) intended to improve the quality of health care provided to minority populations in the United States. This program is part of the RWJF's overall effort to develop solutions to the well-documented problem of racial and ethnic disparities in health care. The Expecting Success program consists of hospitals across the country applying quality improvement techniques to the challenge of reducing health care disparities.
   
• Families USA
  
  Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
   
• Health Disparities Collaborative
  
  The mission of the Health Disparities Collaborative is to expand access to high quality, culturally and linguistically competent primary and preventive care for underserved, uninsured, and underinsured Americans.
   
• Healthfinder en Español
  
  Healthfinder en Español is a guide to reliable health information, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The information on the website is provided in Spanish.
   
• Health Power for Minorities 
  
  Health power is a non-profit organization committed to minority health improvement through health information, health promotion, technical advice and assistance to organizations, and partnerships and networking.
   
• Health Services Research & Public Health Information Programs, US National Library of Medicine
  
  It provides links to collaborative projects, databases, subject access projects, outreach and training, publications and informatics, all in one easy to use web site.
   
• HispanicHealth.info
  
  The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) developed the HispanicHealth.info as a portal to share key information that can improve the quality of healthcare delivered to Hispanic populations. The information is directed to health professionals and the public in English and Spanish.
   
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
  
  The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation, and has been extensively involved in minority health and health disparities issues.
   
• Indian Health Services (IHS)
  
  IHS's mission is to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level. The goal is to assure that comprehensive, culturally acceptable personal and public health services are available and accessible to American Indian and Alaska Native people.
   
• Institute of Medicine
  
  The Institute of Medicine's mission is to serve as adviser to the nation to improve health by working outside the framework of government to ensure scientifically informed analysis and independent guidance.
   
• Intercultural Cancer Council
  
  Its mission is to promote policies, programs, partnerships, and research to eliminate the unequal burden of cancer among racial and ethnic minorities and medically underserved populations in the United States and its associated territories.
   
• Joint Commission Resources
  
  It is a global, knowledge-based organization which disseminates information regarding accreditation, standards development and compliance, good practices, and health care quality improvement. Joint Commission Resources is dedicated to helping health care organizations world-wide to improve the quality of patient care and achieve peak performance.
   
• Medline Plus - African American
• Medline Plus - Asian American and Pacific Islander
• Medline Plus - Hispanic American
• Medline Plus - Native American Health 
  
  Medline Plus provides timely and appropriate information specific to African-American, Asian-American and Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and Native-American Health.
   
• Migrant Health Promotion
  
  Its mission is to strengthen the capacity of farmworker families and their communities to improve their health through collaborative peer education and advocacy.
   
• Minority Health Communications Inc.
  
  Minority Healthcare Communications Inc. (MHCC) is a non-profit health education organization, focused entirely on the creation and promotion of specialized healthcare education conferences, seminars, and workshops on HIV/AIDS and Cancer in the African-American and Latino Communities.
   
• Minority Health Professions Foundation
  
  The Minority Health Professions Foundation provides support for professional education, research and community service that promote optimum health among minority and the under-served.
   
• National Alliance for Hispanic Health
  
  The Alliance informs and mobilizes consumers, supports providers in the delivery of quality care, promotes appropriate use of technology, improves the science base for accurate decision making, and promotes philanthropy.
   
• National Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO)
  
  NAWHO is a national non-profit health organization with a mission to achieve health equity for Asian women and families. Through innovative programs and groundbreaking partnerships, NAWHO has broken the myth of the Asian American “healthy model minority” – improving breast cancer screening outreach, increasing awareness of diabetes risk, and closing the gaps in immunization coverage. 
   
• National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a)
  
  It is the umbrella organization for the 655 area agencies on aging (AAAs) and more than 230 Title VI Native American aging programs in the U.S. Through its presence in Washington, D.C., n4a advocates on behalf of the local aging agencies to ensure that needed resources and support services are available to older Americans.
   
• National Association of Hispanic Nurses
  
  The Association strives to serve the nursing and healthcare delivery needs of the Hispanic community and the professional needs of Hispanic nurses.
   
• The National Black Church Initiative
  
  It encourages and assists African American clergy and laity in addressing teen childbearing, sexuality education, unintended pregnancies, and other reproductive health issues within the context of African American culture and religion.
   
• National Cancer Institute - Cancer Health Disparities
  
  This web site gathers together many pertinent links and useful information on the topic of cancer and health disparities. Headings on the page include overview information, research networks and programs (including CIS), statistics, research results, research sponsoring programs, training opportunities and other resources.
   
• The National Center for Cultural Competence
  
  The mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence is to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs to design implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery systems.
   
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
  
  The mission of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities is to promote minority health and to lead, coordinate, support, and assess the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities.
   
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
  
  The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. Since its founding in 1990, NCQA has been a central figure in driving improvement throughout the health care system, helping to elevate the issue of health care quality to the top of the national agenda.
   
• National Congress of American Indians
  
  It serves to secure the rights and benefits to which we are entitled; to enlighten the public toward the better understanding of the Indian people; to preserve rights under Indian treaties or agreements with the U.S.; and to promote the common welfare of the American Indians and Alaska Natives.
   
• National Council of La Raza, Institute for Hispanic Health
  
  The National Council of La Raza, Institute for Hispanic Health works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. It conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas – assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health.
   
• National Forum for Latino Healthcare Executives (NFLHE)
  
  The mission of NFLHE is to increase the representation of Latinos at the executive level of U.S. hospitals and health systems and to provide a resource base of input from Latino executives in the areas of legislation, regulation and policy affecting the health and healthcare of U.S. Latino communities.
   
• The National Health Law Program (NHeLP)
  
  The National Health Law Program is a national public interest law firm that seeks to improve health care for America's working and unemployed poor, minorities, the elderly and people with disabilities.
   
• National Health Plan Collaborative
  
  Established in December 2004, it is a groundbreaking project bringing together nine major health insurance companies, in partnership with organizations from the public and private sectors, to identify ways to improve the quality of health care for racially and ethnically diverse population.
   
• National Hispanic Council on Aging
  
  It is dedicated to improving the quality of life for the Hispanic/Latino older adults, their families, and their communities.
   
• National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA)
  
  Its mission is to improve the health of Hispanics and other underserved populations. NHMA provides policymakers and health care providers with expert information and support in strengthening health service delivery to Hispanic communities across the nation.
   
• National Indian Council on Aging
  
  It advocates for improved, comprehensive health and social services to American Indian and Alaska Native Elders.
   
• National Indian Health Board
  
  It is to advocate on behalf of all Tribal Governments and American Indians/Alaska Natives in their efforts to provide quality health care.
   
• National Indian Women's Health Resource Center
  
  The Center's mission is to assist American Indian and Alaska Native women in achieving and maintaining optimal health and cultural well-being for themselves, their families, and their communities.
   
• National Institute for Literacy
  
  The Institute serves as a national resource on current, comprehensive literacy research, practice, and policy.
   
• National Institutes of Health - Minority Health
  
  An Agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services the National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation.
   
• National Library of Medicine - Women's Health Resources
  
  This web site provides consumers with the latest information on significant topics in women's health research from scientific journals and other peer-reviewed sources. The information is arranged in a variety ways, including broad themes – such as life span, health disparities, research – and about a dozen specific health topics. Those include cancer, exercise and fitness and reproductive health. Also available at the site are links to major reports, covering gender differences and women’s health across the nation, which come from different agencies and organizations. Links to other resources are provided as well.
   
• National Latina Health Network
  
  The Network addresses critical health concerns affecting Latina’s and their families and develops innovative health programs that help foster well-being and healthy behaviors and attitudes within Latino communities and establish and promote leadership and community health partnerships nationwide.
   
• National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
  
  Its mission is to ensure the fundamental human right to reproductive health for Latinas, their families and their communities through public education, policy advocacy, and community mobilization.
   
• National Latino Alliance
  
  Its mission is to promote understanding, initiate and sustain dialogue, and generate solutions that move toward the elimination of domestic violence affecting Latino communities, with an understanding of the sacredness of all relations and communities.
   
• The National Minority AIDS Council
  
  The National Minority AIDS Council is a national organization dedicated to developing leadership within communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS.
   
• National Minority Quality Forum
  
  It is a research and educational organization dedicated to ensuring that high-risk racial and ethnic populations and communities receive optimal health care and to integrating data and expertise in support of initiatives to eliminate health disparities.
   
• National Multicultural Institute
  
  Its mission is to work with individuals, organizations, and communities in creating a society that is strengthened and empowered by its diversity.
   
• The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC)
  
  Its mission is to address the impact of HIV/AIDS on American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians through culturally appropriate advocacy, research, education, and policy development in support of healthy Indigenous people.
   
• National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide (NOPCAS)
  
  NOPCAS was formed to stop the tragic epidemic of suicide in minority communities. The organization is developing innovative strategies to address this urgent national problem.
   
• National Resource Center on Native American Aging
  
  The resource center’s purpose is to work closely with the local service providers throughout the nation to address the needs of American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian elders.
   
• National Rural Health Association
  
  The Association is dedicated strictly to rural health that encompasses many professions and personal endeavors. The NHRA is uniquely positioned to represent the interests of minority individuals living in rural areas.
   
• Out of Many, One Multicultural Coalition
  
  A multicultural action agenda for eliminating health disparities
   
• Prevention Institute
  
  It is a non-profit national center dedicated to improving community health and well-being by building momentum for effective primary prevention. Since its founding in 1997, the organization has focused on injury and violence prevention, traffic safety, health disparities, nutrition and physical activity, and youth development.
   
• Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities Coalition (REHDC)
  
  REHDC is a working group of Washington-based national and local organizations concerned about effectively addressing the health status gap in communities of color. REHDC's goal is to support and promote legislative, policy and budget initiatives that will increase the nation's effectiveness in closing the health status gap.
   
• Refugee Health - Immigrant Health
   
• Refugee Health Information Network (RHIN)
  
  RHIN is a national collaborative partnership, managed by refugee health professionals, whose objective is to provide quality multilingual, health information resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees.
   
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  
  The Robert Wood Foundation seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans, and has dedicated resources to eliminating the gaps in care experienced by racial and ethnic minorities.
   
• Rural Assistance Center (RAC)
  
  RAC was established in December 2002 as a rural health and human services "information portal." RAC helps rural communities and other rural stakeholders access the full range of available programs, funding, and research that can enable them to provide quality health and human services to rural residents.
   
• SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
  
  The SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective is a network of local, regional and national grassroots agencies representing five primary ethnic populations/indigenous nations: African American, Arab American/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latina and Native American/Indigenous. The Collective was formed to educate women of color and policy makers on reproductive and sexual health and rights, and to work towards the access of health services, information and resources that are culturally and linguistically appropriate.
   
• Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
  
  SEARAC is a national organization advancing the interests of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans through leadership development, capacity building, and community empowerment.
   
• South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (SAALT)
  
  SAALT is a national non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the full and equal participation by South Asians in the civic and political life of the United States.
   
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma
  
  SAMHSA's Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma (ADS Center) provides practical assistance advice on countering discrimination and stigma associated with mental illness.
   
• The Sullivan Commission
  
  The Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce was launched in April 2003 to make policy recommendations to bring about systemic change to address the scarcity of minorities in health professions.
   
• Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc. (SHIRE)
  
  SHIRE acts as an effective and trusted resource to communities, government agencies, corporations, and foundations for the elimination of health disparities.
   
• Turning Point Initiative
  
  Started in 1997, Turning Point created a network of 23 state partners and five National Excellence Collaboratives to transform and strengthen the public health system in the United States. Although the program has closed, many of its products are archived on its website and are still available for download and use.
   
• UrbanHealthCast
  
  This website provides web casts of urban health speeches, lectures, and conferences.
   
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for Children & Families
  
  It provides Governmental resources for Native Americans, developmental disabilities, refugees and migrants to address their needs, strengths and abilities.
   
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  
  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' mission is to ensure effective, up-to-date health care coverage and to promote quality care for beneficiaries.
   
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Minority Health
  
  The mission of the federal Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations.
   
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office on Women's Health
  
  Office on Women's Health (OWH) coordinates the efforts of all the HHS agencies and office involved in women's health.

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