Here you will find links to resources for finding care, services, and support and websites about health and health care for all families including resources about the health of specific population groups.

Care, Services, and Support

• Families USA: Faith-Based Resources Directory. Locate national faith-based organizations that work on health care issues.
  
  
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Find a Health Center. Search by address, city, state, or zip code to find a federally funded health center that provides free or low-cost care.
  
  
• Indian Health Service (IHS): Telephone Directory. Directory of telephone numbers and website links (when available) to IHS offices.
  
  
• Insure Kids Now/Asegure a sus Hijos Ahora. Links to each state's child and teen health insurance program website. Available in English and Spanish. Telephone: (877) KIDS-NOW (543-7669).
  
  
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Prenatal Services. Helpline number to help pregnant women and mothers with newborns identify free or low-cost services for themselves and their babies. Telephone: (800) 311-2229.
  
  
• National Alliance for Hispanic Health/Su Familia: The National Hispanic Family Health Helpline. Referrals to local health professionals and information in English and Spanish on a wide range of health topics. Telephone: (866) SU-FAMILIA (783-2645) (English or Spanish). Call the National Hispanic Prenatal Helpline (NHPH) for culturally and linguistically proficient prenatal care services and pregnancy information. Telephone: (800) 504-7081.
  
  
• Also see the Community Services Locator: An Online Directory for Finding Community Services for Children and Families and the family resource briefs, Health Insurance and Access to Care for Kids and Teens and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth.
  

Websites

• MedlinePlus: Health Disparities. Links to information in English and Spanish about health differences between groups of people, including racial and ethnic minorities.
  
  
• MedlinePlus: Health Information in Multiple Languages. Links to health information in languages other than English.
  
  
• MedlinePlus: Population Groups Topics. Links to health information in English and Spanish for African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans.
  
  
• MySistahs. Information by and for young women of color about sexual and reproductive health issues.
  
  
• Office of Minority Health (OMH): Health Topics. Information about health issues affecting African Americans, American Indians, Native Alaskans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
  
  
• womenshealth.gov: Minority Women's Health. Information about the health risks of special concern to women who are African American, American Indian, Asian American, Hispanic American, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian and who are from other Pacific Island groups.
  

Learn more about health equity and racial and ethnic disparities in health.

Need more information? Use the collection of resources that library staff have put together for you and your family.

Health and Health Care For All: Family Resource Brief, 2nd ed. (February 2013).
Author: Susan Brune Lorenzo, M.L.S., MCH Library.
Reviewers: Suzanne Bronheim, Ph. D., National Center for Cultural Competence; Olivia K. Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., MCH Library; Shree Mohanty, M.A., M.S., R.D., L.D., Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Region V.
Editor: Ruth Barzel, M.A., MCH Library.