Subject Guides: Health and Society: Health Care Access/Issues

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Rural Healthy People 2030: New Decade, New Challenges
Companion piece to the federal Healthy People initiative from the journal Preventive Medicine Reports
Rural Health Research Gateway
Access to research conducted by the Rural Health Research Centers, funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy

Rural Health Information Hub
Information, opportunities, and resources on rural health issues.
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Health care issues impacting rural communities.
Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Among Rural Adults — United States, 2012–2015
From the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), November 2017.

Find articles such as "The Power in Our Words: Reducing Bias in Clinical Communication" from the journal American Family Physician:

Find books such as The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health from the American College of Physicians:

Find journals such as the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health from Springer:

2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
From the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Triple Aim Initiative
From the Institute for Healthcare Improvement; describes an approach to improve the patient experience of care (including quality and satisfaction); improve the health of populations; and reduce the per capita cost of health care
Measuring the Quality of Healthcare in the U.S.
Insight Brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation
Preventive Care (a Healthy People 2030 objective)
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Quality Improvement in Healthcare Subject Guide
Created and curated by the Maguire Medical Library
Will We Have Enough Physicians? One of Life's “Unanswerable” Questions
From the Milbank Quarterly, a multidisciplinary journal of population health and health policy

Community Planning for Health Assessment
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Professionals Gateway
Community Health Assessment and Planning in Leon County, FL
From Florida Department of Health
Community Health Assessment Toolkit
From the Association for Community Health Improvement.
Health disparities and health equities: concepts and measurement
From the Annual Review of Public Health
Healthy People 2030 Framework
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
A vision for health in our new century
From the American Journal of Health Promotion

Accessibility 101: How to Write Alt Text and Map Participant Journeys (1 hr. recorded webinar)
From the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard (MRCT) Center and the Research Ethics Action Collaborative for HRPPs (REACH)
Accessibility by Design (AbD) Toolkit
From the The Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard
History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century
From the collections of the New York Academy of Medicine Library
Materials and Multimedia About Disability & Health
From the CDC; Fact sheets, infographics, videos and more.
OER Accessibility Toolkit
From the University of British Columbia; Best practices and more for creating open, accessible educational resources.

HIVinfo This link opens in a new window
Features federally approved HIV/AIDS medical practice guidelines, drug database, and glossary Mobile friendly. App available.

Office of AIDS Research (OAR)
Coordinates the scientific, budgetary, legislative, and policy components of NIH HIV/AIDS research
World AIDS Day 2022: Progress and Promise in HIV Research (videocast of virtual event)
Includes a panel discussion; Dr. Jon Appelbaum is one of the panelists

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Global Health 101 by Richard Skolnik
Publication Date: 2020
A clear, concise, and user-friendly introduction to the most critical issues in global health, including case studies and supporting evidence.
Blue Marble Health by Peter J. Hotez
Publication Date: 2016

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Includes resources about genomics, research funding, and health issues
Genetics Home Reference
A service from the National Library of Medicine that provides consumer-friendly information on genetic conditions.
Human Genomics in Global Health
From the World Health Organization

Health Care or Disease Care?
Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith describes the changes needed in treating our aging population.