Best Practices
The Access Project’s Language Services Action Kit
http://www.accessproject.org/adobe/language_services_action_kit.pdf
Adventist Health Care Center on Health Disparities
http://www.adventisthealthcare.com/health-disparities/index.aspx
African American Breast Cancer Alliance
http://www.geocities.com/aabcainc
The African American Health Program of Montgomery County, MD
http://www.onehealthylife.org
African Women Cancer Awareness Association
http://www.awcaa.org
American Breast Cancer Fund
http://www.abcf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home
American Cancer Society Patient Navigator webpage
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/SPC/content/SPC_1_Navigating_Difficult_Wat ers_The_History_of_the_Patient_Navigators.asp
American Cancer Society Health Forums webpage
http://www.cancerhealthforums.org/index.htm
American Hospital Association’s Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities webpage
http://www.aha.org/aha_app/issues/Disparities/index.jsp
The American Indian/Alaska Native Cancer Information Resource Center and Learning Exchange (“Native CIRCLE”)
http://www.nativeamericanprograms.org/index.html
The American Medical Association’s Commission to End Health Care Disparities
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/public- health/eliminating-health-disparities/commission-end-health-care- disparities.shtml
The American Medical Association’s Eliminating Health Disparities webpage
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/public- health/eliminating-health-disparities.shtml
The American Medical Association’s Patient-Centered Communication webpage http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-ethics/the- ethical-force-program/patient-centered-communication.shtml
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)’s Cultural Competency in Medicine webpage
http://www.amsa.org/programs/gpit/cultural.cfm
The American Public Health Association’s Eliminating Health Disparities webpage http://www.apha.org/advocacy/priorities/issues/disparities/default.htm
American Society of Radiologic Technologists’ R.T Cultural and Linguistic Competence Tool Kit https://www.asrt.org/content/GovernmentRelations/CulturalCompetencies/cult uralcompetenciestoolkit.aspx
Asian American Health Initiative of Montgomery County, MD
http://www.AAHIinfo.org
Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training
http://www.aancart.org/index.html
Asian American Cancer Support Network
http://www.aacsn.org/index.html
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
http://www.apiahf.org/
Association of American Medical Colleges’ Tool for Assessing Cultural Competence Training (TACCT)
http://www.aamc.org/meded/tacct/start.htm
Black Women’s Health Imperative
http://www.blackwomenshealth.org/site/c.eeJIIWOCIrH/b.3082485/k.BEBA/H ome.htm
Breast Cancer: A Resource Guide for Minority Women, May 2005
http://www.omhrc.gov/assets/pdf/checked/bcrg2005.pdf
The Breast Health Global Initiative (BHGI) of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
http://www.fhcrc.org/science/phs/bhgi/
CancerCare Online
http://www.cancercare.org/
Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T.
http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov/
Celebremos la Vida! (Let’s Celebrate Life!) of the Prevent Cancer Foundation
http://www.preventcancer.org/outreach2c.aspx?id=52&ekmensel=15074e5e_ 42_44_52_2
The Center for Cross-Cultural Health
http://www.crosshealth.com/index.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC)
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/healthdisparities/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Wonder HealthyPeople 2010
http://wonder.cdc.gov/DATA2010
“CulturedMed: Advancing Cultural Awareness in Health Care for Refugees and Immigrants” website of the SUNY Institute of Technology
https://culturedmed.sunyit.edu/index.php/bibliographies-by-cultural- aspect/cancer
Cyracom, A Language Services Provider
http://www.cyracom.com/About/
“EMU professor works to change breast exam habits of Asian American women” from Eastern Michigan University
http://www.emich.edu/focus_emu/103007/breastcancerresearch.html
Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.
http://www.ecdcinternational.org/
“The Fifth C: Activities to Improve Breast Health: Comprehensiveness, Cultural Sensitivity, Collaboration, Case Management and Continuity” Susan G. Komen Project of the University of Milwaukee College of Nursing
http://www4.uwm.edu/nursing/centers/fifth_c/
Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development’s National Center for Cultural Competence
http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/index.html
Georgetown University Medical Center Lombardi Cancer Center
http://Lombardi.georgetown.edu
“Health Literacy: A Review. Cultural Literacy” from Medscape Business of Medicine
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/432047_7
Health Research and Educational Trust Disparities Toolkit
http://www.hretdisparities.org/index.php
“Impact of Culture on Breast Cancer Screening in Chinese American Women” study http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=A DA472318
Intercultural Cancer Council
http://www.iccnetwork.org/
International Health Education Alliance
http://ihea.info/multicultural_health_education/breast_self-exam/153
Johns Hopkins University’s School of Nursing’s Center on Health Disparities Research
http://www.son.jhmi.edu/research/chdr/
The Joint Commission’s Research Study: Hospitals, Language, and Culture
http://www.jointcommission.org/patientsafety/hlc/
Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington
http://www.kcscgw.org/
La Clinica del Pueblo of Washington, D.C.
http://www.lcdp.org/template/index.cfm
Limited English Proficiency: A Federal Interagency Website
http://www.lep.gov/
Management Sciences for Life’s Provider’s Guide to Quality and Culture
http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=E nglish
The Mautner Project, the National Lesbian Health Organization
http://www.mautnerproject.org/home/
Medline Plus of the National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/breastcancer.html
“Multilingual Access to Breast Cancer Early Detection” study
http://www.cbcrp.org/research/PageGrant.asp?grant_id=5019
Muslim Community Center Medical Clinic
http://mccclinic.org/
National Asian Women’s Health Organization (NAWHO)
http://www.nawho.org/site/c.ipILKTOCJsG/b.4089873/k.7F6D/NAWHO_Hom e_page.htm
National Cancer Institute’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
http://crchd.cancer.gov/
National Cancer Institute (NCI)’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
http://seer.cancer.gov/faststats/
National Cancer Institute’s Women of Color webpage of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
http://dccps.cancer.gov/womenofcolor/index.html
National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
http://www.ncihc.org/
National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center
http://www.niwhrc.org/
National Medical Association’s Cultural Competence Primer
http://www.npsf.org/askme3/pdfs/NMAPrimer.pdf
Native American Cancer Research
http://natamcancer.org/index.html
Network of Strength
http://www.networkofstrength.org/
New Americans Health Information Portal
http://palantir.lib.uic.edu/nahip/
New York University School of Medicine Center for Immigrant Health
http://www.med.nyu.edu/cih/cancer/barriers.html
Nueva Vida
http://www.nueva-vida.org/index2.htm
Redes En Acción– University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
http://redesenaccion.org/index.html
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity
http://www2.umdnj.edu/fmedweb/chfcd/index.htm
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Hablamos Juntos Project
http://www.hablamosjuntos.org/default.about.asp
Rural Assistance Center’s Cultural Competence and Limited English Proficiency webpage
http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/culture/
Salud es Vida of CASA de Maryland
http://www.casademaryland.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&i d=25
Sisters Network® Inc
http://www.sistersnetworkinc.org/index.asp
Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts
http://www.smithfarm.com/home.html
“Speaking the Same Language: Medical Providers Struggle to Communicate with Immigrant Patients” by Eliza Barclay, Kaiser Health News, in The Washington Post, April 21, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042002466.html
SPIRAL: Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages of Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library
http://spiral.tufts.edu/
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® “Facts for Life: Racial & Ethnic Differences”
http://ww5.komen.org/uploadedFiles/Content_Binaries/806-373a.pdf
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Webpage on Health Literacy and Cultural Competency
http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/hlitix.htm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s “Improving Access to Language Services In Health Care: A Look at National and State Efforts”
http://www.ahrq.gov/populations/languageservicesbr.pdf
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Effective Communication in Hospitals webpage
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/specialtopics/hospitalcommunicat ion/index.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Webpage on Cultural Competence Resources for Health Care Providers
http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights Limited English Proficiency (LEP) webpage
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/specialtopics/lep/index.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health’s Cultural Competency section
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=3
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health “A Physician’s Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care” web site
https://cccm.thinkculturalhealth.org
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Womenshealth.gov Webpage on Health Professionals: Your Role in Women’s Health Cultural Responsiveness
http://www.womenshealth.gov/health-professionals/cultural- competence/cultural-responsiveness.cfm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Womenshealth.gov Webpage on African Americans and Breast Cancer
http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/africanamerican/bc.cfm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Womenshealth.gov Webpage on Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians
http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/asianamerican/bc.cfm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Womenshealth.gov Webpage on Hispanic Americans/Latinas and Breast Cancer
http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/hispanicamerican/bc.cfm
University of Michigan Health System Program for Multicultural Health
http://www.med.umich.edu/multicultural/ccp/
University of Washington’s Ethnomed Website
http://ethnomed.org/clinical
Women’s Cancer Control Program of Montgomery County, MD
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/hhstmpl.asp?url=/content/hhs/phs/inde x.asp#whcs
ABLEDATA (National Database of Assistive Technology Info.)
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Access-Able Travel Source
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Alliance for Technology Access (ATA)
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Alpha One Foundation
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ALS Association
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Alzheimer’s Association
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American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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American Association of People with Disabilities
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American Association of Retired Persons
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American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
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American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
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American Cancer Society
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American Chronic Pain Association
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American College of Preventive Medicine
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American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
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American Council of the Blind
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American Diabetes Association
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American Foundation for the Blind
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American Heart Association
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American Juvenile Arthritis Organization
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American Kidney Foundation
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American Latex Allergy Association
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American Liver Foundation
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American Liver Society
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American Lung Association
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American Occupational Therapy Association
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American Physical Therapy Association
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American Psychological Association
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American Speech Language Hearing Association
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American Stroke Association
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American Syringomyelia Alliance Project
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American Therapeutic Recreation Association
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Amputee Coalition of America
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association
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Angelman Syndrome Foundation
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Aplastic Anemia MDS International Foundation Inc.
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ARC of the United States
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Arnold Chiari Malformation
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Arthritis Foundation
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Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
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Autism Society of America
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
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Brachial Plexus Palsy Foundation
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Brain Injury Association
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Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities
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Center for Research on Women with Disabilities
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Cerebral Palsy Group
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CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center
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Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
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Consortium of Developmental Disabilities Council
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Cornucopia of Disability Information
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Council for Exceptional Children
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Council for Learning Disabilities
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Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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Dana Foundation
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Disability and Business Technical and Assistance Centers (NIDRR)
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Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
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disABILITYInformation and Resources
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Disabled Sports, USA
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Dyslexia Foundation (International)
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Easter Seals Incorporated
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Epilepsy Foundation of America
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Every Woman Matters: Portraits of Montana Women Living with Physical Disabilities
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Exceptional Parent Resource Guide
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Families USA
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Family Center on Technology and Disability
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Family Village
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FRAXA Research Foundation
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GBS/CIDP Foundation International
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Genetic Alliance
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Glaucoma Research Foundation
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Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
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Healthy People 2010
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Home Dialysis Central
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Huntington’s Disease Society of America
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Hydrocephalus Association
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Improving Access to Breast Health Facilities and Services for Women with Disabilities
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International Dyslexia Association
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Job Accommodation Network
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Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
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Kidney School
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Learning Disabilities Association of America
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)
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Life Options (kidney disease)
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Lupus Foundation of America, Incorporated
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Macular Diseases
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March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
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Mental Health America
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Mesothelioma Center
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Mobile Women
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Multiple Sclerosis Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Incorporated
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Myelin Project
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National Alliance on Mental Illness
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National Alopecia Areata Foundation
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National Association for State Directors of Developmental Services, Incorporated
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National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
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National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Incorporated
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National Association of the Deaf
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National Ataxia Foundation
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National Career Institute
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National Center for Health Statistics
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National Center for Physical Activity and Disability
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National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
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National Center on Emergency Planning for People with Disabilities
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National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
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National Council on Disability
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National Council on Independent Living
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National Down Syndrome Society
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National Family Caregivers Association
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National Fragile X Foundation
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National Gaucher Foundation
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National Health Council
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National Hemophilia Foundation
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National Kidney Foundation
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National Limb Loss Information Center
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National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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National Organization for Rare Disorders
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National Organization on Disability
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National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
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National Osteoporosis Foundation
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National Recreation and Park Association
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National Rehabilitation Association
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National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification
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National Spinal Cord Injury Association
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National Tay Sachs & Allied Diseases Association, Incorporated
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National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC)
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National-Tay Sachs & Allied Diseases Association
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New Freedom Initiative for People with Disabilities
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North Carolina Office on Disability and Health
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Northeast Rehabilitation Health Network
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Office on Women’s Health (OWH) in the Department of Health and Human Services
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Orchid
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Ostogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
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Paralyzed Veterans of America
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Partnership for Prevention
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PhotoMaps: Through Our Eyes
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Post-Polio Health International
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Prevent Blindness America
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Prevent Cancer Foundation
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Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
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Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
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Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of America (RESNA)
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Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Health and Wellness
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Right to Know Campaign of the Ceneter for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
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Rocky Mountain MS Center
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Shriners Hospitals
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Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation
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Special Olympics International
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Spina Bifida Association of America
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Stuttering Foundation of America
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Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Improve the Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilities 2005
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure “Facts for Life; Women with Disabilities”
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The Right To Know Campaign (CDC)
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Tourette Syndrome Association, Incorporated
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Transverse Myelitis Association
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Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
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United Cerebral Palsy
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United Leukodystrophy Foundation
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University of Montana Rural Institute
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WheelchairNet
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AUCD Association of University Centers on Disabilities
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Center for Research on Women with Disabilities
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DIRLINE (directory of health organizations)
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Institute on Disability and Human Development
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MEDLINE/PubMed (References/abstracts from 4500 biomedical journals)
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MEDLINEplus
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National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
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National Institute of Health (27 Institutes/Centers)
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National Library of Medicine
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NLM Gateway (searches multiple NLM retrieval systems)
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PubMedCentral
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RRTC: Health and Wellness Consortium
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World Institute on Disability
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Annual Disability Statistics Compendium 2010
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AUCD-National Information and Reporting System
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BRFSS-Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Census Bureau
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Cornell University
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Disability Statistics Center (RRTC)
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Institute on Disability and Human Development
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Interagency Committee on Disability Research
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International Center for Disability Information
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Job Accommodation Network
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N.O.D. Harris Surveys on Americans with Disabilities
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National Center for Health Statistics
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National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
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National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials
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National Health Interview Statistics
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National Health Interview Survey on Disability
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National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation Research
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Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics
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RRTC Health and Wellness Consortium
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Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Database
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University of California, San Francisco, Disability Statistics Center
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University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Disability and Human Development
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Administration for Children & Families
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Department of Justice
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Department of Labor
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National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
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Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
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Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities
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Bureau of Primary Health Care
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CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
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Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD)
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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Disability and Business Technical and Assistance Centers (NIDRR)
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Federal Communications Commission
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Food and Drug Administration
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Government Printing Office
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Indian Health Services
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Job Accommodation Network
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Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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Medline Plus Health Information
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National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
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National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
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National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
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National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth
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National Council on Disability
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National Domestic Violence Hotline
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National Health Information Center
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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National Institute on Child Health and Human Development
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National Institutes of Health
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National Institutes of Health: Office of Dietary Supplements
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National Institutes of Mental Health
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National Library of Medicine
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National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC)
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Office of Disability Employment Policy
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Office of Minority Health
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Office of Special Education Programs
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President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
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Rehabilitation Services Administration
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Social Security Administration
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SSA Ticket to Hire programs
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The Access Board
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The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
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Women with DisAbilities
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There are a variety of formal health promotion interventions that state grantees and others have developed in the area of health promotion and wellness for people with disabilities. Below is a list of recognized health promotion interventions that have been implemented and evaluated in numerous settings.