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Health Profiles Scope note: Contained here
are descriptions of sites providing summaries of the health beliefs and
practices of multiple populations.
- Consumer
Assessment of Health Plans Surveys (CAHPS)
- Contains statistical data regarding racial and ethnic minorities utilization
of Medicare and Medicaid. Differences in smoking behavior and cessation
is an added bonus. Last visited: 12/2009.
- Cross Cultural
Health Program
- This Settle-based program focuses on cultural issues impacting on
health care. Although this site offers items for purchase, there are
community profiles for: Arabs, Cambodians, Eritreans, Ethiopians, Lao,
Mien, Oromo, Samoans, Somali, South Asians, Soviet Jews, and Ukrainians.
Last visited: 12/2009.
- EthnoMed
- A collection of health profiles from the University of Washington.
Includes Ethiopian, Somolian, Eritrean, Cambodian, and Vietnamese. Last visited: 12/2009.
- Ethnic
Community Health Profiles
- A sharp looking, attractive site from the Queensland (Australia) Health
Information Network. Divided into three sections: Cultural Diversity,
Guidelines to Practice, and Checklists for Cultural Assessment. Complete
documentation on a wide variety of issues, included, but not limited
to: birthing practices, death and dying, diet and food practices, and
gender and modesty. Excellent ethnic health guides outline migration,
language, family and society issues, psychosocial stressors, communication
styles, health beliefs and practices, health status, health care utilization,
views on mental health, suggestions for health care workers, and suggested
readings. While the guides focus primarily on a given population's experience
in Australia, they contain valuable background information. Populations
examined include: Australian South Sea Islanders, Bosnian Muslims, Cambodians,
Chinese, Croations, Greeks, Hmong, Italians, Latin Americans, Muslims
from West Asia, Philippines, Samoans and Tongans, Serbians, Socialist
Republic of Yugoslavia, and Vietnamese. Special populations are also
addressed, such as children and youth, women, and victims of torture
and trauma. Last visited: 12/2009.
- Pan
American Health Organization
- Health situation trends, health by population group, diseases or health
impairments, response of health systems, technical and financial external
cooperation on health, and country profiles. Last visited: 12/2009.
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