Heartland colleagues:
This e-mail was sent to me from Dr. Michelle
Puryear at HRSA.---Lori
April is National Minority
Health Month! Here are some online resources about American Indian Health
concerns you can use in your library or organization to celebrate this month.
For a link to a brochure for your library's use, see:
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/native_american_resources.rtf
Native American Health page
from MedlinePlus.gov http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nativeamericanhealth.html
>From the National
Library of Medicine you can find information here
specific to Native health
including prevention/screening, specific conditions, Medicare savings, urban
Indian resources, research, directories, statistics, and more.
American Indian Health
http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/
Another resource from the
National Library of Medicine on American Indian Health, this site provides
links to information on health topics, traditional healing, environmental
health, research and data, healthcare access, organizations, tribes, and more.
Arctic Health
>From the same people who
brought you the "American Indian Health"
website comes this similar
site focused on issues affecting the health and well-being of our planet's
northern-most inhabitants including Alaska Natives. The site features health
topics, environmental health, telemedicine, traditional healing, governmental
organizations including tribes, and more.
Native Health Databases
http://hsc.unm.edu/library/nhd/index.cfm
>From the
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.
Document delivery is
currently free on any article found in this database.
Native American Ethnobotany
This site is a searchable
database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers of Native American peoples, derived
from plants. So find out what the Ojibwe people used to put on spider bites.
NLM Exhibit "Changing
the Face of Medicine"
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/
You can search by ethnic group
on this site and see the 29 featured Native women doctors who have made
significant contributions to their fields. Some biographies include extra
photos and videos. The rest of the site provides activities, resources, and
lesson plans for teachers.
If you are interested in
these resources and would like more information or to schedule a training,
contact your local NN/LM office at 800-338-7657.
This is the first email in
our series for National Minority Health Month.
If you'd like to see all the
resources, you can visit:
http://nnlm.gov/mcr/resources/community/NationalMinorityHealtMonth.doc
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell,
MSLIS
Community Outreach Liaison
National Network of
Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region
2500
800-338-7657 in
CO,KS,MO,NE,UT,WY
402-280-4156 outside the
region
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