ULibraries Research Guides: LEAP 1140 (Sections 1-3, 8-9: Info from Government / Organizations

Utah Government Health-Information

IBIS-PH Utah's Indicator-Based Information System for Public Heath
This site provides statistical numerical data as well as contextual information on the health status of Utahns and the state of Utah's health care system.
Utah Department of Health, Office of Health Equity Provides reports on communites and a variety of topics including: Black & African American Health American Indian & Alaska Native Health Asian American Health Hispanic & Latino Health Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Health White, non-Hispanic Communities Health Snapshots COVID-19 Health Disparities
A Utah Health Disparities Profile: Maternal Mortality and Morbidity among Utah Minority Women
Utah Health Status by Race and Ethnicity 2021 Published by Utah Department of Health

A final report card on the States' response to COVID-19
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

US Government Health-Related Information Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Refugee Health Profiles
*As of June 19, 2024, these refugee profiles no longer exist on the CDC website. We added PDFs of the content to the library's Canvas course that we found using the Internet Archives' Wayback Machine. Available refugee health profiles include: Bhutanese Refugees; Burmese Refugees; Central American Refugees; Congolese Refugees; Iraqi Refugees; Somali Refugees; Syrian Refugees.
Health Equity -- Minority Health from CDC
From the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)'s Office of Health Equity
Minority Populations - HHS Office of Minority Health
Covers: African Americans; American Indians/Alaska Natives; Asian Americans; Hispanics/Latinos; Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders.

"The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was created in 1986 and is one of the most significant outcomes of the 1985 Secretary's Task Force Report on Black and Minority Health. The Office is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities. OMH was reauthorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148)."
National Insitute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
NIMHD’s mission is to lead scientific research to improve minority health and reduce health disparities.
Health Disparities Data Portal - National Insitute on Minority Health & Health Disparities
Data Portal characterizes the health disparities burden in a standardized manner to motivate action, integrate surveillance into public health planning, characterize areas and demographic groups, and expose health disparities. The focus is on diseases with evidence based control interventions. Interactive graphics and maps provide support for deciding where to focus public health efforts.
National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), provides data on diseases, maternal and child health, mental health and substance abuse, lifestyle modification. etc. Also provides information on patient safety, patient centeredness, and timeliness of care.
National Institutes of Health
NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.
Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness
" ...explores diverse Native Peoples’ concepts of health and illness, past and present."

Government Reports and Publications:

Health, United States 2020-2021
Health, United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics.
Healthy People 2020: An End of Decade Snapshot”
Healthy People 2030
Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For 4 decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time. For the next ten years, the Healthy People initiative will have an "increased focus on health equity, social determinants of health, and health literacy — with a new focus on well-being."
Statistical Abstracts Series
From the US Census Bureau. These reports ended in 2011.

Information for Patients:

MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
Trusted health information for you.
From the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health, MEDLINEplus is for anyone with a medical question- both health professionals and consumers.

Health-Related Organizations

Exposing and Addressing Health Disparities
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Advancing Health Equity: Leading Care, Payment, and Systems Transformation
From the University of Chicago and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Racial Equity and Health Data Dashboard
From the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Kaiser Family Foundation - Racial Equity and Health Policy
National Academy of Medicine
Our mission: To improve health for all by advancing science, accelerating health equity, and providing independent, authoritative, and trusted advice nationally and globally.
RAND
RAND advances understanding of health and health behaviors, and examines how the organization and financing of care affect costs, quality, and access. Our body of research includes innovative studies of health insurance, health care reform, and health information technology, as well as obesity, substance abuse, and PTSD. RAND findings also help inform policies that aim to improve the health of seniors and the care they receive.
Cultural Orientation Resource (CORE) Exchange
Some reports have been updated and there is archived information (2007-2015) on refugee populations from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bosnia, Burma, Congo, Darfur (region in western Sudan), Hmong, Iraq, Syria, and other areas

Global Health Organizations

World Health Organization
An agency of the United Nations
Global Health: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
We work with partners worldwide to tackle critical problems in five program areas. Our Global Health Division aims to reduce inequities in health by developing new tools and strategies to reduce the burden of infectious disease and the leading causes of child mortality in developing countries.

Archived Government Reports & Data on Health Disparities

As of February 3, 2025, many government agencies are removing their data and reports from their websites. We downloaded PDFs of their website and some raw data using the Internet Archive's WayBack Machine.

More raw data are available:

https://archive.org/download/20250128-cdc-datasets - download both data and meta files (meta files provide citation information)
https://git.lsit.ucsb.edu/publicdata
https://www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
https://screening-tools.com/cdc
https://source.coop/repositories/harvard-lil/gov-data/description

Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Age-Related Disparities in Cigarette Smoking Among Adults
Contact Name: OSHData Support
Category: Survey Data
Tags: tobacco, cigarette smoking, disparities, dashboard, brfss
License: Open Data Commons Attribution License
Source Link: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/health-equity/disparities-dashboard.html
FastStats - Health of American Indian or Alaska Native Population
FastStats - Health of Asian Population
FastStats - Health of Black or African American Population
FastStats - Health of Hispanic or Latino Population
FastStats - Health of Mexican American Population
FastStats - Health of Native Pacific Islander Population
FastStats - Health of White Population
FastStats - Deaths and Mortality
FastStats - Leading Causes of Death
FastStats - Life Expectancy
FastStats - Mens Health
FastStats - Womens Health

Healthy People 2020

Healthy People 2020 Overview of Health Disparities
Contact Name: National Center for Health Statistics
Homepage: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020/health-disparities.htm
Suggested Citation: National Center for Health Statistics. Healthy People 2020 Overview of Health Disparities. Data accessed [Last accessed date]. Available from: https://data.cdc.gov/d/fdpm-fddm.
Population Group Estimates Used in the Healthy People 2020 Overview of Health Disparities
Contact Name: National Center for Health Statistics
Homepage: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020/health-disparities.htm
Suggested Citation: National Center for Health Statistics. Population Group Estimates used in the Healthy People 2020 Overview of Health Disparities. Data accessed [Last accessed date]. Available from: https://data.cdc.gov/d/jfbs-8cpp.

Office of Minority Health

Archived Government Reports & Data on LGBTIA+ Health

More raw data are available:

https://archive.org/download/20250128-cdc-datasets - download both data and meta files (meta files provide citation information)
https://git.lsit.ucsb.edu/publicdata
https://www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
https://screening-tools.com/cdc
https://source.coop/repositories/harvard-lil/gov-data/description

CDC's LGBT Health

LGBT Overview:

Specific Topics:

Health & Human Services' LGBT Health

Advancing LGBT Health and Well-being 2016

LEAP 1140 (Sections 1-3, 8-9: Info from Government / Organizations

Utah Government Health-Information

US Government Health-Related Information Sources

Government Reports and Publications:

Information for Patients:

Health-Related Organizations

Global Health Organizations

Archived Government Reports & Data on Health Disparities

Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

Healthy People 2020

Office of Minority Health

American Indians / Alaskan Natives Health Profile

Asian American Health Profile

Black / African American Health Profile

Hispanic / Latino Health Profile

Native Hawaiians / Pacific Islanders Health Profile

Archived Government Reports & Data on LGBTIA+ Health

CDC's LGBT Health

Health & Human Services' LGBT Health

Health People 2020 LGBT Health

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