| Resources – Chronic Disease & Related Risk Factors 2-1-1 Infoline http://www.211infoline.org/ Almanac of Chronic Disease 2008 (PFCD) http://www.fightchronicdisease.org/resources/documents/PFCD_FINAL_PRINT.pdf Health-related quality of life data (CDC) http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/HRQOL/ World Population / Statistics Clock http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf Age-Related American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) http://www.aarp.org/ International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) http://www.icaa.cc/ Men: Stay healthy at 50+. Checklists for your health. (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/men50.htm National blueprint: Increasing physical activity among adults aged 50 and older (AAP) http://www.agingblueprint.org/ National Institute on Aging (NIH) (NIA) http://www.nia.nih.gov/ Pocket guide to staying healthy at 50+ (English) (AHRQ /AARP) http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/50plus/ Pocket guide to staying healthy at 50+ (Spanish) (AHRQ /AARP) http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/50plussp/ Senior Health Center (Mayo Clinic) http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/senior-health/HA99999 Staying healthy at 50+. (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/50plusposter.htm Trends in Health & Aging – Data Warehouse (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm Women: Stay healthy at 50+. Checklists for your health. (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/women50.htm Chronic Disease-Specific Asbestos.net (mesothelioma cancer) www.asbestos.net Breast cancer web resources (HCCP/HSPH) http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cancer/cancers/breast/resources/fyf_brca.htm Cancer Information Service (CIS/NCI) http://cis.nci.nih.gov/ 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237) Cancer: Great American Health Check (ACS) http://www.cancer.org/gahc/nonflash_gahc/index.html Cervical cancer web resources (HCCP/HSPH) http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cancer/cancers/cervical/resources/index.htm Colon cancer: Resources & links (HCCP/HSPH) http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cancer/cancers/colon/resources/index.htm Connecticut QuitLine (smoking cessation) 1-866-END HABIT (1-866-363-4224) CT Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3124&q;=388824&dphNav;_GID=1601 CT Department of Public Health – Asthma Program (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3137&q;=387872 CT Department of Public Health – Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3124&q;=388824&dphNav;_GID=1601 CT Department of Public Health – Diabetes Prevention & Control (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3135&q;=397524 CT Department of Public Health – Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3135&q;=387022 CT Department of Public Health – Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity Prevention Program (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3137&q;=393114 CT Department of Public Health – Tobacco Use, Prevention & Control Program (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3137&q;=388060&dphNav;_GID=1601 CT Department of Public Health – WISEWOMAN Program (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3124&q;=388828&dphNav;_GID=1601 CT Department of Public Health – Diabetes Surveillance System (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3132&q;=388098&dphNav;_GID=1601&dphPNavCtr;=|46973|#46994 CT Department of Public Health – Heart Disease & Stroke Surveillance System (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3132&q;=388110&dphNav;_GID=1601&dphPNavCtr;=|46973|#46997 Diabetes & African Americans (HHS) http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=3017 Diabetes Personal Health Decisions (diabetes risk appraisal) (ADA) https://www.diabetes.org/phd/profile/default.jsp National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) http://www.nccn.org/ Prevent Cancer Foundation (PCF) http://www.preventcancer.org/ Risk assessment tool for estimating your 10-year risk of having a heart attack (NHLBI) http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/atpiii/calculator.asp Susan G. Komen Foundation http://ww3.komen.org/home/ What is your heart risk? (US News) http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/heart/tools/cholesterol.htm Cost Calculators Alcohol: Alcohol cost calculator (GWU MC) http://www.alcoholcostcalculator.org/ Diabetes: Diabetes at work (Diabetes at Work.org) http://www.diabetesatwork.org/ Tobacco: Business case for smoking cessation (AHIP) http://www.businesscaseroi.org/roi/apps/calculator/calcintro.aspx Tobacco: Cost of Smoking Calculator (AHA) http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018961 (see box in bottom right-hand corner) Educational / Reference Harvard’s Healthy eating pyramid (HSPH) http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid/ Harvard’s Healthy eating pyramid – illustration (HSPH) http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/files/Healthy-Eating-Pyramid-handout.pdf Lifestyle and risk reduction (patient information sheet) (AHA) http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3004354 Managing your risk factors (patient information sheet) (AHA) http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=494 Numbers that count for a healthy heart (downloadable) (AHA) http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3038638 Pocket guide to good health for adults (English) (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/adguide/ Pocket guide to good health for adults (Spanish) (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/spadguide/ Risk assessment (AHA) http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3003499 Family Medical History Adult family history form (AMA) http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/464/adult_history.pdf Family history & genetics (HSPH) http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cancer/risk/family_history/index.htm Family history: Resources & Tools (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/public/famhist.htm Medical history: How to compile your medical family tree (Mayo Clinic) http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/medical-history/HQ01707 My Family Health Portrait – U.S. Surgeon General’s Family History Initiative (OSG) http://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/ 1-888-275-4722 Your family history – Your future (NSGC) http://www.nsgc.org/consumer/familytree/ Institutional Resources Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) http://www.aa.org American Cancer Society (ACS) http://www.cancer.org 1-800-ACS-2345 American Diabetes Association (ADA) http://www.diabetes.org American Dietetic Association (ADA) http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/index.html American Heart Association (AHA) http://www.americanheart.org American Lung Association (ALA) http://lungusa.org American Obesity Association (AOA) http://www.obesity.org American Stroke Association (ASA) http://www.strokeassociation.org/ Capitol Region Conference of Churches http://www.conferenceofchurches.org 1-860-236-1295, Ext. 25 Faith-based outreach and health ministry network. Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/site/default.asp International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) http://www.icaa.cc/ Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) http://www.madd.org National Cancer Institute (NIH) (NCI) http://www.cancer.gov 1-800-4-CANCER National Cholesterol Education Program (NHLBI, NIH) (NCEP) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncep/index.htm National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (HHS) (NHLBI) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases (NIAMS) http://www.niams.nih.gov/ National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/ National Institute on Aging (NIH) (NIA) http://www.nia.nih.gov/ Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) http://fightchronicdisease.com/resources/national.cfm President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports (PCPFS) http://www.fitness.gov/ Race/Ethnicity-Specific CT Health Disparities Project (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3132&q;=396418 CT River Valley Farmworker Health Project (CRVFHP) http://www.massleague.org/CRVFHP/English.htm Health Disparities (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3132&q;=388116&dphNav;_GID=1601 Institute for Community Research (ICR) http://www.incommunityresearch.org/index.htm Multicultural Health Section (CT DPH) http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3115&q;=387204 National Center on Minority Health & Health Disparities – NIH (NCMHD) http://ncmhd.nih.gov/ Office of Minority Health (HHS) http://www.omhrc.gov/ Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities – CDC (OMHD) http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/default.htm REACH U.S. – Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the U.S. (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/reach/index.htm Race/Ethnicity-Specific – African Americans African American Health Center (Net Wellness) http://www.netwellness.org/healthtopics/aahealth/ African American Health: NIH Institute & Center Resources (NIH) http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/13/26 American Council for Fitness & Nutrition: For African Americans (ACFN) http://www.acfn.org/b2/ Black Women’s Health Imperative http://www.blackwomenshealth.org 1-202-548-4000 BlackHealthCare.com (Black HealthCare) http://www.blackhealthcare.com/ Body & Soul: A celebration of healthy eating & living (NIH) http://www.bodyandsoul.nih.gov MedlinePlus: African-American Health (MedlinePlus) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.htm Multicultural Health Clearinghouse: African American Health Issues (U of IL) http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/multiculturalhealth/AfricanAmericanHealth.htm National Kidney Disease Education Program: Kidney disease in African Americans (NKDEP) http://www.nkdep.nih.gov/news/campaign/african_americans.htm Office of Minority Health: Diabetes & African Americans (HHS) http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=3017 Race/Ethnicity-Specific – Asian Americans Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) http://www.apiahf.org/ Asian American Health: NIH Institute & Center Resources (NIH) http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/55/26 Asian Family Services, Inc. (Hartford) http://www.asianfamilyservices.org 1-860-951-8770 Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) http://www.aapcho.org/site/aapcho/ Cambodian Health Network & Khmer Health Advocates http://www.khmerhealthadvocates.org/ Chinese American Medical Society: Health issues (CAM Society) http://www.camsociety.org/issues/issues.htm Healthfinder.gov: Asian American, Native Hawaiians & Other Pacific Islanders (Healthfinder. gov) http://www.healthfinder.gov/justforyou/justforyou.asp?KeyWordID=217&branch;=1 Management Sciences for Health: The Provider’s Guide to Quality & Culture. Common health problems in Asians (MSH) http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=5.2.0i.htm&module;=provider&language;=English Minority Women’s Health: Asian American/Pacific Islanders & Native Hawaiians (4woman) http://www.4woman.gov/minority/asianamerican/ Multicultural Health Clearinghouse: Asian American/Pacific Islander Health Issues (U of IL) http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/multiculturalhealth/AsianAmericanHealth.htm National Asian Women’s Health Organization (NAWHO) http://www.nawho.org/ National Library of Medicine: Directory of Asian Health Organizations (NIH) http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/r?dbs+dirline:asian Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages (SPIRAL) (Tufts) http://www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/spiral/ US National Library of Medicine: Asian American Health (NIH) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asianamericanhealth.html Race/Ethnicity-Specific – Hispanics American Cancer Society: Pasos para dejar de fumar (ACS) http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ESP/content/ESP_2_1x_Pasos_para_dejar_de_fumar.asp American Council for Fitness & Nutrition: For Hispanic Americans (ACFN) http://www.acfn.org/b3/ American Heart Association: Prevención: Actividad física (AHA) http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018678 American Lung Association: Dejar de fumar (ALA) http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=36787 Center for Eliminating Health Disparities Among Latinos (CEHDL) http://www.cehdl.uconn.edu/ Hispanic American Health: NIH Institute & Center Resources (NIH) http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/332/26 Hispanic Health Council – Hartford (HHH) http://www.hispanichealth.com/ 1-860-527-0856 Instituto Nacional del Cáncer: La nutrición en el tratamiento del cancer (NCI) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/pdq/cuidados-medicos-apoyo/nutricion/patient MedlinePlus: Enciclopedia medica en espanol (MedlinePlus) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/ency/article/001941.htm Multicultural Health Clearinghouse: Latino/a Health Issues (Univ. of IL) http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/multiculturalhealth/Latinohealth.htm MyPyramid.gov: Pasos hacia una mejor salud (USDA) http://www.mypyramid.gov/sp-index.html National Alliance for Hispanic Health http://www.hispanichealth.org 1-202-387-5000 National Institute on Aging – Spanish (NIH) (NIA) http://www.nia.nih.gov/Espanol Sociedad Espanola de Dietética y Ciencias de la Alimentación (SEDCA) http://www.nutricion.org Su Familia: National Hispanic Family Health Helpline http://www.hispanichealth.org/sufamilia.lasso 1-866-Su Familia (1-866-783-2645) Race/Ethnicity-Specific – Native Americans American Indian Health (NIH) http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/ American Indian Health Council (AIHC) http://aihc1998.tripod.com/health.html American Indian Health: Organizations & Links (NIH) http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/organizations.html Association of American Indian Physicians: Indian Health (AAIP) http://aaip.org/indian_health/indian_health.htm Clinical Trials Education for Native Americans (NatAmCancer) http://natamcancer.org/page147.html Health of American Indian or Alaska Native Population (NCHS) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/indfacts.htm Health of Native People of North America: An Annotated Mediagraphy (MC Journal) http://wings.buffalo.edu/pubications/mcjrnl/v1n2/grapy.html Indian Health Service (HHS) http://www.ihs.gov/ Minority Women’s Health: American Indian/Alaska Natives (4woman) http://www.4woman.gov/minority/americanindian/ Multicultural Health Clearinghouse: Native American Health Issues (Univ. of IL) http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/multiculturalhealth/Nativeamericanhealth.htm National Indian Health Board (NIHB) http://www.nihb.org/ Native American Health: NIH Institute & Center Resources (NIH) http://health.nih.gov/result.asp/458/26 Native CIRCLE – Native Cancer Information Resource Center & Learning Exchange (Mayo Clinic) http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/cancercenter/native_circle.cfm Sex-Specific Go Red for Women program (AHA) http://www.goredforwomen.org/ Go Red for Women, “Your Check for Life” heart check up (in English & Spanish) (AHA) http://www.goredforwomen.com/hcu/index.aspx Healthy Heart Handbook for Women – NIH (NHLBI) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/material/NHLBI_3942_HHH_041707.pdf Heart Truth: Campaign for women (NHLBI) http://www.hearttruth.gov Men: Stay health at 50+. Checklists for your health. (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/men50.htm Multicultural Health Clearinghouse: Minority Men’s Health Issues (Univ. of IL) http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/multiculturalhealth/minoritymenhealth.htm National Women’s Health Information Center (HHS) http://www.womenshealth.gov Office of Research on Women’s Health – NIH (ORWH) http://orwh.od.nih.gov/ Stay healthy at any age. Your checklist for health (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2007/newcheckpr.htm Woman Challenge (HHS) http://www.womenshealth.gov/woman/ Women: Stay healthy at 50+. Checklists for your health. (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/women50.htm Women’s Health Assessment Toolkit (HHS) http://www.healthstatus2010.com/owh/what/OWH_FIPS__search.asp Women’s Health: For your heart (HHS) http://womenshealth.gov/foryourheart Women’s Health: Heart health & stroke (HHS) http://www.womenshealth.gov/heart Women’s Health Initiative – NIH (NHLBI) http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/ Women’s Health Resources – NIH (NLM) http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/womenshealthoverview.html Close this window |
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