Native-American Health Health information topics about Native-American Health: Children 1. Meet McGruff, Scruff, and All the Kids! Adventures Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/McGruff/adventures/mcgrufftoc.as... 2. How Mother Bear Taught the Children about Lead National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/bear/ 3. Indian Health Service: Kids Links Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/Kids/index.cfm Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Indians, North American National Institutes of Health http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/search/term=%22native+american%22+OR+%22ameri... Directories 1. Indian Health Service Injury Prevention Program: A Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/InjuryPrevention/index.cfm?module=areas 2. Lead-Related Information: Native American Tribal C National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/issues/lead/tribalcontact.htm 3. Indian Health Service: Area Offices and Facilities Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/FacilitiesServices/AreaOffices/AreaOffices_index.asp 4. Urban Indian Health Program Directory Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/Urban/Directory.asp 5. Find an Indian Health Service Facility Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/GeneralWeb/WebApps/Locator/index.cfm Law and Policy 1. AAIP's Legislative Health Policy Association of American Indian Physicians http://www.aaip.com/policy/AAIP_Policy_Page.html 2. Eligibility Requirements for Health Services from Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/GeneralWeb/HelpCenter/CustomerServices/elig.asp National Institutes of Health 1. American Indian Health National Library of Medicine http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/ Organizations 1. Association of American Indian Physicians http://www.aaip.com/ 2. National Center on Minority Health and Health Disp http://ncmhd.nih.gov/ 3. Office of Minority Health Resource Center Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health http://www.omhrc.gov/ 4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office http://www.cdc.gov/omh/ 5. Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/ Prevention/Screening 1. I Can Lower My Risk for Type 2 Diabetes National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/amIatrisktype2AI/amerindrisk.pdf 2. American Indian and Alaska Native People: Treat Yo Indian Health Service, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/FactSheets/treat.htm 3. American Indian and Alaska Native People: Keep the Indian Health Service, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/FactSheets/bloodpr.htm 4. American Indian and Alaska Native People: Help You Indian Health Service, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/FactSheets/helphrt.htm 5. Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Circle of Health fo National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorctl/AK-circle-brochure.htm 6. Protect the Circle of Life: Immunize Our Nations National Immunization Program http://www.cdc.gov/nip/specint/ai-an/Default.htm Related Issues 1. Health Disparities: Minority Cancer Awareness National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/minorityawareness.htm 2. Medicare Savings Programs for American Indian/Alas Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10126_AI.pdf 3. Health Care Away from Home Reservation Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/GeneralWeb/HelpCenter/CustomerServices/CHSDA.asp Research 1. Native Health Research Database Indian Health Service, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center Library http://hsc.unm.edu/library/nhd/ Specific Conditions 1. Reducing the Burden of Viral Hepatitis in American National Center for Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/spotlights/ai_an.htm 2. Acanthosis Nigricans Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/medicalprograms/diabetes/resources/acanthosis.PDF 3. Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/americanindian/index.htm 4. Pima Indians: Pathfinders for Health National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/pima/index.htm Statistics 1. Heart Disease and Stroke Maps National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/giscvh/(1yuitx45dju3yt45zdgxg555)/default.aspx 2. Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions among America Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k5/IndianTX/IndianTX.htm 3. Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use amon Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k4/AmIndianYouthRF/AmIndianYouthRF.htm 4. Injuries among Native Americans National Center for Injury Prevention and Control http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/nativeamericans.htm 5. Health Characteristics of the American Indian and National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad356.pdf 6. FASTATS: American Indian Health Facts National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/indfacts.htm 7. American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Lung Disease American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=36053 8. American Indians and Alaska Natives and Tobacco Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_1998/sgr-min-fs-nat.htm 9. American Indian & Alaska Native (AI/AN) Po Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health http://www.cdc.gov/omh/Populations/AIAN/AIAN.htm Women 1. Drinking and Your Pregnancy National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/fas/fas.htm 2. Easy Guide to Breastfeeding for American Indian an National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/pub/BF.AIAN.pdf 3. Health Problems in American Indian/Alaska Native W National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/american_indian.htm 4. HIV/AIDS among Women Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/women.htm   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! Health News Yahoo! 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