Health Disparities

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Health Care Innovations Exchange is designed to support health care professionals in sharing and adopting innovations that improve the delivery of care to patients. Patient population sections include race and ethnicity, vulnerable populations, and more.

Minority Health Resources -- Resources for women, underserved populations, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender including links to Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) and the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Health Literacy Resources -- Low literacy patient education information, health literacy toolkits, pamphlets and other resources developed by national organizations, associations and the Federal government.

People with Disabilities -- Information for individuals with disabilities. Includes information from the American Association of People with Disabilities, Easter Seals, and government agencies.

Language Health Resources -- Health resources available in Cambodian/Khmer, Chinese, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, French, German, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese. Included in this information are sites that have health resources available in many languages. Links have also been provided for medical dictionaries and glossaries.

Interpretation Resources -- Includes links to companies that provide interpretation and translation services, as well as information from the U.S. government on implementing language access services in health care facilities.