Health and Wellness

Please send good links you find to Janna.Cecka@wwu.edu

Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches
A3M registers potential donors for the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and serves as a resource for the Asian and Pacific Islander communities.

MAVIN Bone Marrow Matchmaker Program
Dedicated to mixed race marrow and peripheral blood stem cell donor recruitment, education and retention.

UNC Program on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health Outcomes
Mission is to eliminate health status and health outcomes disparities through translatable, evidence-based research, multidisciplinary training and education, and culturally sensitive service

Office of Minority Health
The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities.

The Minority Health Network
World wide web based information source for individuals interested in the health of minority groups.

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
The mission of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) is to promote minority health and to lead, coordinate, support, and assess the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities.

National Center for Health Statistics - Fast Stats
Statistical reports on minority health, and all other health issues.

Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
a national advocacy organization dedicated to promoting policy, program, and research efforts for the improvement of health status of all Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

Diversity RX
Promoting language and cultural competence to improve the quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and ethnically diverse communities.

Health Issues for South Asian Women
A forum for those interested in South Asian women's issues.

Indian Health Service
Federal Health program for American Indians and Alaskan Natives