The Spirit of 1848 A Network Linking Politics, Passion, & Public Health 
an officially recognized caucus within the American Public Health Association

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Why 1848?

RESOURCES:
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( Links Updated 12.12.06.)

Policing Reproduction: Lessons and Legacies of Eugenic Sterilization
A Resource List of Books, Articles, and Websites (APHA 2007, Session 3161.0; WCC 103A Handout)

Single payer health care:

Expanding coverage for Children - John Holahan from Urban Institute
Physicians for a National Health Program

People's Health Movement

 

Organizations and Advocacy Groups:

The Urban Institute
The Black Young Professionals' Public Health Network, Inc.
Welcome to NAPH
Indian Health Service
CCHW Center for Health, Environment and Justice Home Page
Midwest Latino Health Research Center
IGC: The Progressive Gateway to the Web
Kensington Welfare Rights Union and the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign
Left Business Observer
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Association of Black Cardiologists

 

Women's Health

Global Reproductive Health Forum
Women of Color Web
National Women's Health Information Center
British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
Kaiser Daily Women's Health Report

 

Minority Health Resources

National Minority AIDS Council
The National Alliance for Hispanic Health
1996 National Content Survey on Race and Hispanic Origin Questions
Minority Health Resource HomePage
CDC's Office of Minority Health Resource Center
Minority Health Project (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health)
Center for Minority Health (University of Pittsburgh)
Center for the Study of Race & Ethnicity in Medicine (University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine)

U.S. Census Race Data
A Test of Methods for Collecting Racial and Ethnic Information
County and City Data Book
Kaiser Health Disparities Report

 

Minority Health Journals

The Journal for Minority Medical Students, Winter 1995-96 (Vol.8 No.2)
Asian/Pacific Islander American Health (CBM 95-3)

 

Inequalities in Health

Intercultural Cancer Council
Inequality.Org
The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project

 

Government Agencies:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Census Bureau
National Center for Health Statistics

 

Articles:

Paul Farmer's article on Social Inequalities and emerging infectious diseases
Social Policy Virtual Library

 

Science:

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

 

Global:

Pan American Health Organization
World Health Organization
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
The Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET)
International Health Program University of Washington & JHealth Alliance International: Health and Income Equity
The International Council on Social Welfare

International Association of Health Policy
Global Health Watch