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Native American/Alaska Native Resources

• American Indian and Alaska Native Programs
  Based at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center this suite of programs covers topics as diverse as elder health, substance abuse, telehealth and mental health.



• American Indian Health Central's (AIHC) Health Section
  Each link is to a simple, easy-to-read fact sheet about a disease or condition. These are created to reach their main target audience of American Indians. One drawback is that not all of the fact sheets name the source of their information or give an author. The home page gives a brief explanation of what AIHC is but gives no names or qualifications of the organization's members.



• healthfinder® – American Indians and Alaska Natives
  This area of the healthfinder® Web site from DHHS has links to many resources on topics relevant to Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Most of the links are to information from other federal government agencies, although not exclusively.



• Culture-Sensitive Health Care: American Indian
  From the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Virginia Tech, this page discusses cultural, spiritual and other beliefs and practices that might affect health care of American Indians.



• MedlinePlus® – Native American Health  
  A list of reviewed, high quality Web links concerned with various aspects of Native American health.



• Native Health Databases
  The two Native Health Databases at the University of New Mexico "contain bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations." A great resource for researchers.



• Native Web Resource Database/Health
  A list of links to health resources that all highlight indigenous cultures worldwide; not all, but most, focus on Native Americans



• Providers Guide to Quality and Culture: Cultural Groups – Native Americans
  A portion of this interesting guide is devoted to traditional healing and what providers need to know about this tradition in American Indian culture. A "Providers Perspective" was given by a Mohawk physician, Theresa M. Maresca, M.D.



• White Earth Land Recovery Project & Native Harvest Online Catalogue

General Resources

• American Academy of Family Physicians 
  The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is one of the largest national medical organizations. Its mission is to preserve and promote the science and art of family medicine and to ensure high-quality, cost-effective health care for all patients.




• American Academy of Pediatrics 
  The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults.



• MedlinePlus®  
  The best starting point for all your consumer health questions. Over 500 health topic pages, plus medical dictionaries, directories, drug references and current health news are just of few of the things you will find at this Web site. All resources featured here are reviewed and of high quality.



• CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  "Health Topics A to Z" links to health topics, traveler's health information, and excellent prevention information. After all, disease prevention is their name. Special sections on infants and children, women's health, men's health and older adult health have information on subjects as varied as airbags, dog bites and breastfeeding.



• healthfinder®
  A "guide to reliable health information" from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies.



• Familydoctor.org
  This web site is sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians and has "information for the whole family". Not just disease topics, but also healthy living information and a section for kids.