Los Angeles District




Links to other Sites

  1. http://www/health.org/pubs/primer/api.htm
    Prevention Primer: Asian/Pacific Islander Americans

  2. http://www.os.dhhs.gov/progorg/ophs/omh/heallink.htm
    Other URL used for internet links related to health and government concerns within API community

  3. http://www.igc.apc.org/apiahf
    The Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum: a national advocacy organization dedicated to promoting policy, programs, and research efforts for the improvement of health status of all Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. You will find good ideas for links and specific areas for distribution of your information to the community.

  4. http://www.igc.apc.org/apiahf/win.html
    The Women's Health Information Network. Funded by the James Irvine Foundation in January 1996, the Women's Health Information Network (WIN) was designed to disseminate health and health care information to low income, Asian and Pacific Islander women in California so that they can make informed choices about accessing health care services for themselves and their families.

  5. http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/pubcatns/1994/cdc/fsheets/breastca.htm#s3
    Case-control Study of Breast cancer among Asian American Women. Researchers collected detailed information on the women's diets, endogenous hormone levels, reproductive and menstrual histories and anthropometric characteristics. Results showed a sixfold gradient in risk for breast cancer by migration patterns, which is comparable with the differences in breast cancer incidence among the populations as a whole in Asian countries, Hawaii, and the entire United States.

  6. http://www.fda.gov
    The United States Food and Drug Administration homepage; there are many different sections that are of interest on this page.

  7. http://www.ahcpr.gov
    The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Home Page. There are many clinical practice and consumer guidelines on health care topics on this page.

  8. http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/
    U.S. Health and Human Services

  9. http://www.nih.gov
    The National Institutes of Health Home page

  10. http://www.femina.com
    A directory of women-related sites

  11. http://www.wwwomen.com
    A directory of more than 5,000 women's sites

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