AOA is the Federal focal point and advocate agency for older persons and their concerns.   AOA website is designed to provide an comprehensive overview of a wide variety of topics, programs and services related to aging.

Department of Health and Human Services.  Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/latino/lat_8pub.htm

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.  Website offers Funding, Cultural Competency, Databases, and HIV/AIDS Initiative information.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.(2000).  Latino Cardiovascular Health Resources. Bi-Lingual Booklets on Cardiovascular Risk Factors. [On-line]

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Minority Health
http://www.hrsa.gov/OMH/omh/disparities/

HRSA sponsors and implements numerous programs to ensure access to quality health care for all Americans.  Their website offers you information on the following: Resources, Funding, Centers, and a chance to download the publication “Eliminating Health Disparities in United States ”.

Health Resources & Services Administration Study on Measuring Cultural Competence in Health Care Delivery Settings
http://www.hrsa.gov/OMH/cultural/cultural.htm

A table of contents of the review of Literature, prepared by “The Lewin Group”.  It also allows you to view the details of each topic.

The International Association of Gerontology
http://www.sfu.ca/iag/

Its objectives are to promote: gerontological research, training in the field of aging, the interests of gerontological organizations in international affairs. The site has links to related organizations:

Office of Minority Health, Publications http://www.omhrc.gov/omh/sidebar/cossmo/cover.htm

This is a report entitled, Assessment of State Minority Health Infrastructure and Capacity to Address Issues of Health Disparity.  It focuses on recent efforts to eliminate health disparities in the following priority health areas: 1) cancer; 2) diabetes; 3) cardiovascular disease; 4) infant mortality; 5) substance abuse; 6) HIV/AIDS; and 7) suicide, homicide, and unintentional injuries.

Stanford Geriatric Education Center (SGEC)http://www.stanford.edu/dept/medfm/gec/page1.html

Multidisciplinary ethnogeriatric education, focusing on faculty development, training for health care providers, research, and policy analysis. A brief description of SGEC services, Consortium, Service Region, and Targeted Disciplines.

Standford Geriatric Education Center , Curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/

This second edition of the five modules in the Core Curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics was developed by members of the Collaborative of Ethnogeriatric Education in 1999 and 2000, with support from the Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration. The modules were developed to serve as a basic generic curriculum in ethnogeriatrics. Ethnic specific information is included as examples of the concepts only.