Key Health Resources on the Internet

Key Native American/American Indian and Alaska Native Health Resources on the Internet

• Native American Organizations and Urban Indian Centers
• Native Businesses
• Native American Nations
• Powwows and Festivals

Key Sources of Native American Health Information

• Governmental Resources
• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health
• Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• National Library of Medicine American Indian Web Site
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (Enter American Indian in the Search Box).
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
• National Resource Center on Native American Aging
• National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
• Native American Health – Medline Plus*
• Office of Minority Health

* A service of the U.S. National Library and the National Institutes of Health that provides one-stop links to various sources of health information for Native Americans. They include:

 

• American Indian Heritage Foundation – established to provide relief services to Indian people nationwide and to build bridges of understanding and friendship between Indian and non-Indian people. Under the umbrella of the National Heritage Foundation, Princess Pale Moon founded the American Indian Heritage Foundation in 1973.
• Association of American Indian Physicians dedicated to pursuing excellence in Native American health care by promoting education in the medical disciplines, honoring traditional healing practices and restoring the balance of mind, body, and spirit. Its members are very active in medical education, cross cultural training between western and traditional medicine, and assisting Indian communities.
• Indian Health Service, DHS the Federal Health Program for American Indians and Alaska Natives. It contains a wide range of health related information
• National Indian Health Board
a non-profit organization that advocates for all tribal governments, and American Indians and Alaska Natives in their efforts to provide or get quality health care. It provides a wide range of information and recently established an American Indian/Alaska Native Resource Center for Medicare Information.
• United National Indian Tribal Youth (Unity) was established in 1978 and headquartered in Oklahoma City, Unity’s mission is to foster the spiritual, mental, physical and social development of Native youth, and to help build a strong, unified and self-reliant Native America through involving its youth.

Key Sources of Health Statistics

• Nation Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• American Diabetes Association - Cancer on Health Disparities
• National Cancer Institute
• Health Power Health Trends and Data Section
• National Institutes of Health