Health Disparities Collaboratives Library has tools specific to Special Populations including Migrant and mobile underserved populations, such as Cardiovascular Migrant Flow sheets, Diabetes Formulary for Migrants, etc.
Challenges individuals, communities, and professionals to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all.
Lesson Plans available in English.
Explore the diabetes learning center. Website available in Spanish and English.
Documents to gage health literacy levels.
The Quick Guide to Health Literacy including fact sheets and strategies to increase the usability of health information.
Health literacy incorporates a range of abilities: to read, comprehend, and analyze information; decode instructions, symbols, charts, and diagrams; weigh risks and benefits; and, ultimately, make decisions and take action.
Helping Students with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel.
This chapter lists contact information for national HIV-related references, including hotlines, web sites, Federal agencies, and national organizations.
General information and resources on HIV/AIDS
For people living with HIV/AIDS, Ryan White CARE Act Programs provide primary health care and support services to uninsured and under-insured people living with HIV/AIDS.
Culturally Competent HIV care information
Access to Treatment: Programs That Provide Access to Healthcare and Treatment for People Living With HIV
Colgate-Palmolive's Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program partners with the American Dental Association to provide free dental screenings and checkups for needy kids across the USA. Phone: 1-800-293-4502
Search for local services in 34 states FREE, comprehensive dental care for elderly, disabled, and medically compromised adults.
The Food Stamp Program serves as the first line of defense against hunger. It enables low-income families to buy nutritious food with Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. Food stamp recipients spend their benefits to buy eligible food in authorized retail food stores. Go to find local food stamp and search by state.
Enter the city or zip code for a list of nearby dentists, or search by state.
Public health program designed to ensure early detection of eye conditions in babies. Member optometrists provide a free comprehensive infant eye assessment to children younger than one year.
Links
A comprehensive list of Migrant Community Health Centers througout the country.
Professional association of dentists committed to the public's oral health, ethics, science and professional advancement.
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The National Keratoconus Foundation's mission is to provide information and support services to individuals with keratoconus and their families and to support keratoconus research.
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Find a mental Health professional in your area. Phone: 1 (800) 969-NMHA [6642]
Offers suicide crisis counselors and referrals to local professionals. Phone: 1 (800) 999-9999 603
Comprehensive Mental Health services data base of all state and federal mental health services. SAMHSA's Toll-Free Referral Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (1-800-662-4357).
Extensive links to services and education on eating disorders. Stewart St Suite 803 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: 1 (800) 931-2237