Research Centers & Affiliations
Institute on Urban Health Research Links
Links
IUHR Affiliates
Network for Multicultural Research on Health and Healthcare
This project, situated at UCLA's Department of Family Medicine, will bring together a team of multidisciplinary senior faculty researchers for two main functions: (1) to conduct disparities research on the care provided to minority subpopulations for chronic diseases; and (2) to mentor junior faculty investigators to develop a new generation of researchers with the skills needed to reduce the disparities through improved health care. The network's primary aims are to understand how social, ethnic, linguistic and economic factors affect the way health care providers serve minority populations, study how personal, cultural and social factors promote or impede adequate health care and disease management, examine health care system barriers to quality care for chronic conditions, and explore how various factors - including sources of health information, diet and exercise, self-management of chronic conditions, and levels of health literacy among patients and their families - influence minorities' health status.
Facts on Urban Health
USAID on Urban Health. A resource run by the United States Agency for International Development on urban health.
State of the Worlds Cities 2008-2009 - Harmonious Cities (pdf)
General Information
Inside View of the NIH Review Process
CDC Articles
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Articles and Resources
Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance
Neighborhood Inequality, Relative Deprivation, and Self-perceived Health Status (PDF)
NHLBI - Physical Activity: Your Heart, Your Life: A Lay Educator's Program: 3 links:
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Needs of Latino Cancer Survivors and Families
Latino Prevention Web Site offered in Spanish, English, and Portuguese
National Library of Medicine's course on Health Services Research
Safe Transitions: Domestic Violence Intervention Program
Women's Educational and Professional Support Directory: the directory provides educational and professional development resources for providers working with victims and survivors of domestic violence, please contact Susan Chandler
Emergency Assistance: A Resource Directory for Greater Boston: The directory provides a multitude of resources for providers who work with victims and survivors of domestic violence. Please contact Susan Chandler
Using Data: A Guide for Community Health Activists
Health Care Coach - addresses consumer questions about health and health insurance
Health Organizations
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
Institute for Urban Family Health
Urban Health Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Institute for Urban Health Partnerships at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
National LATINO Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (Alianza Latina Nacional para Erradicar la Violencia Domestica)
Arthur Ashe Urban Health Institute
The International Society for Urban Health (ISUH)
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Center on Minority Health
Health Disparities Collaborative
The National Association of Community Health Centers
Sound Partners for Community Health
Massachusetts Dept of Public Health
Public Health Foundation Links to Public Health Related Sites
Contact Info
IUHR
310 Int'l Village
Tel: 617.373.7292
Fax: 617.373.7309
