Research Guides: Health Science: Health Disparities

Health Disparities

Health disparities are health differences between different groups of people. These health differences may include:

These groups of people may be based on:

Race, Ethnicity, Immigrant status, Disability, Sex or gender, Sexual orientation,
Geography, Income, Level of education

*NIH: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Health-evidence.CA
A searchable registry of systematic reviews to help the public health workforce and policy makers search for, interpret, and apply research evidence to their local context.
Clinical Trials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world.
World Health Organization - Health Topics
Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people. Includes a list of Health Topics
CDC - Diseases and Conditions
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Popular Health Topics, Diseases and Conditions
Health Map
HealthMap, a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children's Hospital founded in 2006, is an established global leader in utilizing online informal sources for disease outbreak monitoring and real-time surveillance of emerging public health threats

As you are approaching your research question, consider various questions to determine the best health data/statistical source for you:

Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window A summary of statistics on the United States social, political, and economy. Majority of the data is over time. The data tables provide source information for further research.
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Census Data This link opens in a new window Access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.

NIH Finding Health Statistics
Helpful tips from the NIH on using Stats and Data
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Data sources
HSR Information Central is not an index of all health services resources on the Web. Rather, it contains selective links representing a sample of available information. Items are selected for their quality, authority of authorship, uniqueness, and appropriateness.
National Center for Health Statistics - Health, U.S.
Health, United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics.

Statista This link opens in a new window Reports that provide an aggregate of a variety of data, mainly statistics. Search for data by industry, political issue, consumerism, companies or countries. The data reports provide sourcing information.
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