Cultures
Cultural Competence
Demographic Data
Environmental Health
Epidemiologic Data
Funding Resources / Grantsmanship
Government Agencies
Health Care Delivery Data
Health Disparities
Health Education
Infectious Diseases
Leadership
Legislative-Related World Wide Web Sites
Migrant Farm Workers
Periodicals - Annual
Periodicals - Journals with Epidemiologic Data
Periodicals - Other
Publications - Articles
Publications - Books
Publications - Reports
Publications - Other, Including World Wide Web Sites
Rural Data
Rural Health Agencies and Associations
Rural Health Practice Trends
Rural Health Programs
Rural - Other - Publications and Web Sites

ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

HerbMed
http://www.herbmed.org/

Provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health; an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public; a project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/

Native Health Databases - University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
http://hsc.unm.edu/library/nhd/index.cfm

Native American Health Care Series
http://learn.sdstate.edu/share/

Native American, traditional healing among
http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/traditionalhealing.html

Peoples Pharmacy
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/

Prevalence of use of complementary and alternative medicine (Center for Studying Health Systems Change, December 2004)
http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/722/

WebMDHealth, Living Better: Alternative Medicine
http://my.webmd.com/living_better/alt

CULTURES

African Americans and South Carolina: History, Politics & Culture
http://www.usca.edu/aasc/

African Americans in South Carolina: Resource Links
http://sciway.net/afam/

Links to the history and culture of African Americans in South Carolina; also links to information about notable black South Carolinians, historically black schools and colleges, black organizations, Gullah, and African-American festivals

Catawba Indians of South Carolina
http://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/catawba.html

Ghost Stories
http://www.co.beaufort.sc.us/bftlib/ghosts.htm

Gullah
http://www.co.beaufort.sc.us/bftlib/gullah.htm

Gullah Bibliography
http://www.co.beaufort.sc.us/bftlib/gullahbib.htm

Marshes of the Lowcountry
http://www.co.beaufort.sc.us/bftlib/marshes.htm

Rural culture: Place Matters: Challenges & Opportunities in Four Rural Americas (pp. 17-19) (Carsey Institute, 2008)
http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/Report_PlaceMatters.pdf

Spanish Moss: Its Nature, History, and Uses
http://www.co.beaufort.sc.us/bftlib/spanish.htm

Sweetgrass Baskets
http://www.co.beaufort.sc.us/bftlib/sweetgra.htm

Tabby
http://www.co.beaufort.sc.us/bftlib/tabby.htm

CULTURAL COMPETENCE

Cultural beliefs, medical/related issues pertinent to health care of recent immigrants
http://www.ethnomed.org

Cultural Competence Standards
http://www.omhrc.gov/clas/ds.htm

Cultural Competency (MUSC College of Medicine, 2003)
http://etl2.library.musc.edu/cultural/

Developing Cultural Competence, A Model
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/rctsh/ccmodel.htm

DiversityRX
http://www.DiversityRx.org/HTML/DIVRX.htm

Food Guide Pyramids - Ethnic/Cultural - Oldways
http://www.oldwayspt.org/

Food Guide Pyramids - Ethnic/Cultural - USDA
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000023.html#xtocid2381818

Introduction to Transcultural Health Care Issues
http://www.uchsc.edu/ahec/finaid/manual/mod3.htm

Providers Guide to Quality and Culture
http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=English

Providing Culturally Sensitive Health Care (St. Elizabeth Family Medicine Program)
http://offices.colgate.edu/alana-cultural-center/communityservice/utica/default.htm

The Provision of Culturally Competent Care (A. V. Blue, 2003)
http://www.musc.edu/fm_ruralclerkship/culture.html

Understanding the Health Culture of Recent Immigrants to the United Sates: A Cross-Cultural Maternal Health Information Catalog
http://www.apha.org/ppp/red/

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

Census Bureau, Home Page
http://www.census.gov/

Census data - South Carolina
http://www.ors.state.sc.us/

Census Bureau - USA Counties (County data on multiple topics)
http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml

Child and Family Statistics, Federal Interagency Forum
http://childstats.gov/

Counties by Metropolitan Area Status 2003 (Population Reference Bureau, Rural Families Data Center)
http://www.prb.org/rfdcenter/USACountiesMetroStatus2003.pdf

CLIKS: Community-Level Information on Kids
http://www.aecf.org/cgi-bin/cliks.cgi?

County-level data provided in Excel files under the "Raw Data" section

County Typology Codes (USDA Economic Research Service)
http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/TypologyCodes/

Current Population Survey
http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/cpsmain.htm

Demographic indicators by region (Carsey Institute, Univ New Hampshire)
http://regionalindicators.unh.edu/

Fedstats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov/

Kids Count - South Carolina
http://www.sckidscount.org/

Kids Count - City and Rural Kids Count Data Book (2004) - The Annie E. Casey Foundation
http://www.aecf.org/publications/data/city_rural_databook.pdf

Kids Count - United States - The Annie E. Casey Foundation
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/

Population Profile of the United States
http://www.census.gov/population/www/pop-profile/profile.html

Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/poverty.shtml

Rural: Choosing Rural Definitions (RUPRI, March 2007)
http://www.rupri.org/Forms/RuralDefinitionsBrief.pdf

Rural: Defining the "Rural" in Rural America (Amber Waves, June 2008)
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/June08/Features/RuralAmerica.htm

Rural: Demographic Trends in Rural & Small Town America (Carsey Institute, 2006)
http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/publications/Report_Demographics.pdf

South Carolina Community Assessment Network - SCDHEC
http://scangis.dhec.sc.gov/scan/

Population data with demographic characteristics

South Carolina County Maps
http://sciway.net/maps/cnty/

South Carolina demographic data
http://www.ors2.state.sc.us/

South Carolina Demographic and Economic Profile (Metro/nonmetro; January 2004)
http://www.rupri.org/resources/rnumbers/states/southcarolina.pdf

South Carolina Employment Security Commission: Palmetto Economic Analysis & Research System
http://www.sces.org/pears/index.asp

Up-to-date South Carolina population, income, labor force, employment and related economic data. The first step in using PEARS is to select the geographic area that you want to learn more about (e.g., a particular county, 1 of 6 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, or 1 of 12 Workforce Investment Areas, or the state as a whole.

South Carolina Progress Reports - Income
http://sciway.net/scprogress/

South Carolina Statistics
http://sciway.net/statistics/

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book: 2006 (Census Bureau, 2006)
http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/smadb/smadb-06.pdf

Statistical Abstract - South Carolina
http://www.ors2.state.sc.us/abstract/index.asp

Statistical Abstract - United States
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

Statistical Resources on the Web - Menu of Sites by University of Michigan
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/frames/statsfr.html

Unemployment rates - county-level data
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/Unemployment/

Urban and Rural Definitions and Data
http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/ur-def.html

Welfare Information Network - TANF, WIN
http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Advocacy Organizations for Environmental Health (List by EnvRN)
http://envirn.umaryland.edu/resources/Advocacy%20Organizations

Agencies (Government) Environmental Health
http://envirn.umaryland.edu/resources/Agencies.htmlCoastal%20Conservation%20League%20Special

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Environmental Health
http://www.cdc.gov/Environmental/

Diseases - Waterborne infectious diseases (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/list_waterborne.htm

EnviRN: A Virtual Resource for Environmental Health and Nursing (Univ of MD School of Nursing)
http://envirn.umaryland.edu/

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/

E-Team,The National Center for Policy Analysis
http://eteam.ncpa.org/

Factory Farm Pollution in the United States
http://www.factoryfarmmap.org/

National Association of Clean Water Agencies
http://www.nacwa.org/index.php

National Environmental Trust
http://www.net.org/

Physicians for Social Responsibility, About Environment & Health
http://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=enviro_about

Price of Pollution: Cost Estimate of Environmentally-Related Childhood Disease In Minnesota (June 2006)
http://www.environmentalobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=88337

Regulations, Environmental (EnviRN)
http://envirn.umaryland.edu/resources/Regulations

Report: The Environmental Connection to Public Health Protection
http://coastalconservationleague.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=706&srcid=707

SaveOurEnvironment.org - A National Coalition for the Environment
http://saveourenvironment.org/

Scorecard: The Pollution Information Site
http://www.scorecard.org/

Sierra Club, Legislative Tracker
http://www.sierraclub.org/legislativetracker/index.asp

Sierra Club, Safe & Healthy Communities
http://www.sierraclub.org/healthycommunities/

Waterkeepers Alliance
http://www.waterkeeper.org/maincampaign.aspx

White House: Protecting Our Nation's Environment
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/environment/

EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA

Accidents, traffic - South Carolina (SC Department of Public Safety)
http://www.scdps.org/ohs/stat_services.asp

Accidents, traffic - United States (National Highway Traffice Safety Administration)
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/

Asthma Data - American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/data/

Asthma Data - National Center for Environmental Health, CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/asthma/asthmadata.htm

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (national data)
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System--South Carolina
http://www.scdhec.gov/hs/epidata/state_reports.htm

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System--2006 results (Sep 08)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss5707.pdf

Birth data - National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/births.htm

Cancer data, annual surveillance report - Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer
http://seer.cancer.gov/report_to_nation/

Cancer data (American Cancer Society)
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp

Cancer data (CDC National Program of Cancer Registries)
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/uscs/index.aspx

Cancer data (National Institute of Cancer)
http://seer.cancer.gov/

Cancer data, incidence rates by state (National Institute of Cancer)
http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/incidencerates/incidencerates.html

Cancer data, mortality rates by state (National Institute of Cancer)
http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/deathrates/deathrates.html

Cancer data - South Carolina Cancer Facts & Figures (county data) (SCDHEC)
http://www.scdhec.gov/co/phsis/biostatistics/SCCCR/Reports.htm

Cancer data - South Carolina by county - Combined set of impact of chronic disease fact sheets for South Carolina (SCDHEC)
http://www.scdhec.gov/hs/epidata/state_reports.htm

Cancer data - South Carolina - Disparities (JSCMA, August 2006)
http://www.sccanceralliance.org/UserFiles/JSCMA_aug06_full1.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Data and Statistics (Menu)
http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm

CDC WONDER Database
http://wonder.cdc.gov/

Child Abuse and Neglect (USDHHS)
http://www.childwelfare.gov/can/index.cfm

Child Abuse and Neglect Research and Statistics, Adminstration for Children & Families, USDHHS
http://www.childwelfare.gov/

Child Abuse and Neglect: State & national data (Child Welfare League of America, National Data Analysis System)
http://ndas.cwla.org/data_stats/data_trends.asp

Child health: America's Children in Brief: Key Indicators of Well-Being
http://www.childstats.gov/index.asp

Child health: Health & well-being of children: A portrait of states and the nation 2005 (USDHHS)
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/thechild/state.htm

Child health, rural: Health well-being of children in rural area: A portrait of the nation 2005 (USDHHS)
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/

Child health: National Survey of Children’s Health
http://www.nschdata.org/

Chronic disease data - economic data - An Unhealthy America: The Economic Burden of Chronic Disease (Milken Institute, 2007)
http://www.milkeninstitute.org/publications/publications.taf?function=detail=38801018&cat=ResRep

Chronic Disease Indicators
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/cdi/

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, National Center for
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/

DataWarehouse - National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh.htm

Diabetes Data - incidence & prevalence; nation & state (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/index.htm

Diabetes data - mortality by state (NCHS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/unpubd/mortabs/lcwk9_10.htm

Diabetes Data - MEPS/AHRQ (Diabetes, Obesity, Chronic Disease Stats 2001)
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/papers/st34/stat34.pdf

Diabetes Data - National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/diabetes.htm

Diabetes data - National Diabetes Surveillance System (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/index.htm

Diabetes Data - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/populations/index.htm

Diabetes data - South Carolina Surveillance Data
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DDTSTRS/statePage.aspx?state=South%20Carolina

Diabetes data - South Carolina by county- Combined set of impact of chronic disease fact sheets for South Carolina (SCDHEC)
http://www.scdhec.gov/hs/epidata/state_reports.htm

Diabetes - Economic costs in 2007 (ASA, 2008)
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/misc/econcosts.pdf

Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool (FERRET)
http://ferret.bls.census.gov/cgi-bin/ferret

Health behaviors/conditions, selected - (MMWR 56[No. SS-4], May 11, 2007)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss5604.pdf

By state, metropolitan area, and county; includes South Carolina

Pregnancy & birth, health conditions/risk factors, health status & disability, health care access & use, mortality

Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthywomen.htm

Heart disease - incidence & prevalence (NHLBI, 2006)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/docs/06_ip_chtbk.pdf

Heart disease - morbidity & mortality (NHLBI, 2007)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/docs/cht-book.htm

Heart disease - mortality by state - (NCHS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/unpubd/mortabs/lcwk9_10.htm

Heart disease - South Carolina by county - Combined set of impact of chronic disease fact sheets for South Carolina (SCDHEC)
http://www.scdhec.gov/hs/epidata/state_reports.htm

HIV/AIDS - Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm

HIV/AIDS - Basic Statistics (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats.htm

HIV/AIDS - Surveillance reports (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/index.htm

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database - U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/hivaidsd.html

HIV/AIDS Surveillance: South Carolina
http://www.scdhec.net/health/disease/stdhiv/surveillance.htm

HIV/AIDS - state national data on numerous HIV/AIDS related variables - Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/

Homelessness - Annual Homeless Assessment Report ot Congress (2007)
http://www.huduser.org/Publications/pdf/ahar.pdf

Homelessness - Hunger and Homelessness Survey 2005 (US Conference of Mayors, December 2005)
http://www.usmayors.org/uscm/hungersurvey/2005/HH2005FINAL.pdf

Hypertension - National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/hyprtens.htm

Hypertension, prevalence - Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, AHRQ, December 2004
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st59/stat59.pdf

Hypertension - South Carolina by county - Combined set of impact of chronic disease fact sheets for South Carolina (SCDHEC)
http://www.scdhec.gov/hs/epidata/state_reports.htm

Immunization - National Immunization Survey (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/data/

Immunization - South Carolina (SCDHEC)
http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/immunization/survey.htm

Infectious diseases - Global Health Reporting - Kaiser Foundation
http://www.globalhealthreporting.org/

Infectious diseases - South Carolina
http://www.scdhec.gov/health/disease/acute/links.htm

Influenza and pneumonia data - American Lung Association (2007)
http://www.lungusa.org/atf/cf/%7B7A8D42C2-FCCA-4604-8ADE-7F5D5E762256%7D/TREND_PNEUMONIA07.PDF

Injuries -State-Specific Unintentional Injury Deaths--1999-2004
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5643a4.htm?

Injuries, children - Fatal Injuries Among Children by Race and Ethnicity--United States, 1999-2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5605a1.htm?s_cid=ss5605a1_e

Injuries Illnesses, Fatalities (Occupational) - U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/iif/

Kidney disease: African Americans and Kidney Disease Fact Sheet
http://www.nkdep.nih.gov/news/campaign/african_americans.htm

Kidney disease - National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/kidbladd.htm

Kidney disease: End stage renal disease - U.S. Renal Data System
http://www.usrds.org/

Kidney disease: Prevalence, 1999-2004
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5608a2.htm?

Kidney disease: Statistics - National Kidney & Urologic Disease Information Clearinghouse
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/statistics/

Kidney disease: Statistics - Chronic Kidney Disease in South Carolina (SCDHEC, 2006)
http://www.scdhec.gov/hs/epidata/kidney/FACTckd.pdf

Kidney disease: Statistics, South Carolina (local, regional, state)
http://www.ors2.state.sc.us/

Data file queries available for the Inpatient Hospital Discharge Reports and Emergency Room Visit Reports

Kidney disease: Statistics - WrongDiagnosis.com
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/k/kidney_disease/stats.htm

Maternal Child Health Data - State Narratives
https://performance.hrsa.gov/mchb/mchreports/States_Narratives/states_Narrative.asp

Mortality - 10 Leading Causes of Death, 2005: All 50 States, Listed by Age-Adjusted Death Rates
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/data/state_mortality_rank_05.htm

Mortality - Compressed Mortality File: Underlying Cause of Death (CDC)
http://wonder.cdc.gov/mortSQL.html

HIV Disease ICD-10 Group 113-016; Obesity: E66

Mortality Data From the National Viatal Statistics System (NCHS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm

Mortality Tables - NCHS
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/statab/unpubd/mortabs.htm

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm

National Center for Health Statistics: Health Data for All Ages
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/health_data_for_all_ages.htm

National Center for Health Statistics: Trends in Health & Aging
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/agingact.htm

National Center for Health Statistics - Surveys & Data Collections Systems
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/express.htm

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey - Data Tables
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/datatblelink.htm

National Health Interview Survey
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm

Obesity data - adult/child - trends in mean weight, height & bmi, 1960-2002 (Advance Data No. 347, 2004)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad347.pdf

Obesity data - adult (2005-06) - Obesity Among Adults in the United States--No Change Since 2003-2004 (NCHS Data Brief No. 1) (November 2007)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db01.pdf

Obesity data - adult - State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults --- United States, 2005 (MMWR, Sep 15, 2006)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5536a1.htm?

Obesity data - Fact sheets by Surgeon General, USDHHS
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/

Obesity data, adult - State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults--United States, 2007 (MMWR, 57(28);765-768 (July 18, 2008)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr//preview/mmwrhtml/mm5728a1.htm

Obesity data, adult - Obesity/overweight trend 1976-2002 (NCHS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/obese/obse99.htm

Obesity data, adult - South Carolina data since 2002 (BRFSS at SCDHEC)
http://www.scdhec.gov/hs/epidata/brfss_index.htm

Obesity data, adult - Trends in Adult Obesity, 1987-2001 (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2004)
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/PrintProducts/PrintProd_Detail.asp?ID=601

Obesity data, childhood - Overweight Among U.S. Children and Adolescents (NHANES, 2002)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/databriefs/overwght.pdf

Obesity data, childhood - Overweight and Physical Activity Among Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2005 (USDHHS, 2005)
http://mchb.hrsa.gov/overweight/sitemap.htm

Obesity data, childhood - Overweight and Physical Inactivity Among Rural Children Aged 10-17: A National and State Portrait (SCRHRC, May 2007)
http://rhr.sph.sc.edu/report_by_topic.html

Obesity data, childhood: Prevalence (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/childhood/prevalence.htm

Obesity data, childhood - Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (State data, Table 1)
http://www.cdc.gov/pednss/

Obesity data, childhood - Prevelance 1999-2006 (Youth Risk Behavior Survey)
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/yrbs/pdf/trends/2005_YRBS_Overweight.pdf

Obesity data, childhood - Role of the Media in Childhood Obesity (Kaiser Family foundation, 2004)
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/7030.cfm

Obesity data - childhood - state data (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/overweight/facts.htm

Obesity data - childhood - state data: Overweight and Physical Activity Among Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation, 2005 (National Survey of Children’s Health)
http://nschdata.org/content/ChartbooksPubsAndPresentations.aspx

Obesity data - childhood - state data trends: Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System annual summary reports
http://www.cdc.gov/pednss/publications/index.htm

Obesity data - childhood - state data trends: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/index.htm

Obesity data, elderly (Native American vs. US) (2005)
http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/pdf/fs_obesity.pdf

Obesity data - economic impact data (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/economic_consequences.htm

Obesity data - economic impact data (Milken Institute, 2007)
http://www.chronicdiseaseimpact.com/ebcd.taf

Obesity data - hospitalization data - Obese patients in US hospitals (AHRQ, 2006)
http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb20.jsp

Obesity - South Carolina - Moving SC Toward a Healthy Weight (SCDHEC, 2005)
http://www.scdhec.gov/health/chcdp/obesity/plan.htm

Prevalence in Section 1. Burden and Overview of the Problem

Overweight - South Carolina by county - Combined set of impact of chronic disease fact sheets for South Carolina (SCDHEC)
http://www.scdhec.gov/hs/epidata/state_reports.htm

Osteoporosis: Bone Health & Osteoporosis: A Report of the Surgeon General (2004)
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/bonehealth/content.html

Pneumonia & influenza data - American Lung Association (2007)
http://www.lungusa.org/atf/cf/%7B7A8D42C2-FCCA-4604-8ADE-7F5D5E762256%7D/TREND_PNEUMONIA07.PDF

Pregnancy rates, teenage - Alan Guttmacher Institute (Feb 2004)
http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/state_pregnancy_trends.pdf

Pregnancy rates, teenage - Vital & Health Statistics, Series 23, No. 24, December 2004
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_024.pdf

Pregnancy, birth, and risk behaviors, teenage (National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy)
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/default.asp

Prevention Guidelines System - Statistics in Publications
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/cdcRecommends/AdvSearchV.asp

Reproductive Behavior (Statistics by Topic) - The Alan Guttmacher Institute
http://www.agi-usa.org/sections/pubs.html

Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, Teenagers in the U.S. 2002 (CDC, 2004)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_23/sr23_024.pdf

Sexual Health Statistics for Teenagers and Young Adults in the United States (Kaiser Family Foundation, September 2006)
http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/3040.cfm

SCAN - South Carolina Community Assessment Network (SCDHEC)
http://scangis.dhec.sc.gov/scan/

South Carolina public health data sets: Births, cancer incidence, deaths, fetal deaths, infant & child health, infant mortality, mother's health & lifestyle, population, pregnancy, pregnancy risk

State and county level reports. State-level reports: Asthma, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, diabetes, maternal-child health, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance, Youth Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance. County-level reports: Asthma, chronic disease, diabetes, leading causes of death (mortality rates).

Numerous reports on South Carolina vital statistics and disease rates.

Health Status menu includes data about births and prenatal care, deaths and infant mortality, childhood and adult immunizations, smoking, overweight and obesity rates, mental health, diseases such as heart disease, cancer, strokes, and STDs. Data and information related to HIV/AIDS can be found in the HIV/AIDS category.

STD Surveillance - United States
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/Stats_Trends/Stats_and_Trends.htm

STDs: Tracking the Hidden Epidemics, Trends in STDs in the United States 2000 (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/Stats_Trends/Trends2000.pdf

Statistical Agencies, Homepages for the Federal (Menu)
http://members.aol.com/copafs/fedlinks.htm

Stroke data - Prevalence of Stroke--United States, 2005 (MMWR 56(19); May 2007
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5619a2.htm?

Stroke data - Statistical reports (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/stroke/statistical_reports.htm

Substance abuse: Cigarette Use Among High School Students--US, 1991-2007 (June 2008)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr//preview/mmwrhtml/mm5725a3.htm

Substance abuse: Cigarette Smoking Among Adults--United States, 2006 (November 2007)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5644a2.htm?

Substance abuse: State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Adults...US, 2006 (October 2007)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5638a2.htm?

Substance abuse: Monitoring the Future Survey (NIDA/University of Michigan)
http://www.drugabuse.gov/DrugPages/MTF.html

Substance abuse: Substance abuse in rural and small town America (Carsey Institute, 2006)
http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/documents/SubstanceAbuse_FinalPDF.pdf

Suicide - National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm

Suicide - youth - MMWR 53(22, June 21, 2004
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5322.pdf

Tuberculosis Data - American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/data/

Tuberculosis Data for South Carolina - SCDHEC
http://www.scdhec.net/hs/diseasecont/tb/html/

Tuberculosis Data for United States - CDC, Divison of TB Elimination
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/surv/surv.htm

Tuberculosis--Trends in Tuberculosis--United States, 2006 (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5611a2.htm?

WHO Statistical Information System
http://www.who.int/whosis/

Women's Health Statistics
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/data/women.htm

Women's Health Report Card (National Women's Law Center, Oct 2007)
http://hrc.nwlc.org/

World Health Statistics
http://www.globalhealth.gov/worldhealthstatistics.shtml

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (National Center for Disease Prevention & Health Promotion, CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs/index.htm

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance--United States
Youth Risk Behavior Trends
Leading Causes of Mortality & Morbidity & Contributing Behaviors by State

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance--United States, 2005 (MMWR report, June 6, 2006)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss5505.pdf

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System--South Carolina
http://www.scdhec.gov/hs/epidata/state_reports.htm

FUNDING RESOURCES / GRANTSMANSHIP

Foundation Center - your gateway to philanthropy on the World Wide Web
http://www.foundationcenter.org/

Grantwriting Shortcourse
http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Bureau of Primary Health Care Programs
http://bphc.hrsa.gov/bphc/INDEX_1.HTM

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Home Page
http://www.cdc.gov/

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp?

County officials in South Carolina - SC Association of Counties
http://www.sccounties.org/counties/counties.htm

Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/

Division of Tuberculosis Elimination,
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/

FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrtion
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/

Maternal Child Health Bureau
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm

National Institutes of Health
http://www.nih.gov/

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Office of Minority Health
http://www.omhrc.gov/

SCAN - South Carolina Community Assessment Network (SCDHEC)
http://scangis.dhec.sc.gov/scan/

South Carolina public health data sets: Births, cancer incidence, deaths, fetal deaths, infant & child health, infant mortality, mother's health & lifestyle, population, pregnancy, pregnancy risk

State and county level reports. State-level reports: Asthma, cardiovascular disease, chronic disease, diabetes, maternal-child health, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance, Youth Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance. County-level reports: Asthma, chronic disease, diabetes, leading causes of death (mortality rates).

SCDHEC - South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control - Home Page
http://www.scdhec.net/

SCDHEC - Acute Disease Epidemiology (Reportable Conditions)
http://www.scdhec.net/hs/diseasecont/ACUTEEPI/links.htm

SCDHEC - Biostatistics/Public Health Statistics & Information Services
http://www.scdhec.net/co/phsis/biostatistics/

SCDHEC - Biostatistics - SC Health Statistics
http://www.scdhec.net/co/phsis/biostatistics/index.asp?page=bio

SCDHEC - Bureau of Disease Control
http://www.scdhec.net/hs/diseasecont/disease.htm

SCDHEC - Bureau of Epidemiology
http://www.scdhec.net/hs/epi/

SCDHEC - Division of Media Relations (News Releases)
http://www.scdhec.net/news/

SCDHEC - Health Services
http://www.scdhec.net/hs/

SCDHEC - Obesity Prevention & Control
http://www.scdhec.gov/health/chcdp/obesity/plan.htm

SCDHEC - Public Health Nursing
http://www.scdhec.net/HS/proservices/nursing/district.htm

SCDHSS - South Carolina Department of Social Services
http://www.state.sc.us/dss/index.html

SC Government
http://myscgov.com/

SC Office of Research & Statistics, Health & Demographics Section
http://www.ors2.state.sc.us/

State and Local Government on the Net
http://www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families - TANF
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ofa/

U.S. Department of Transportation Highway Safety Home Page
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

World Health Organization
http://www.who.org/

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY DATA

Center for Studying Health Systems Change (Tracking Data)
http://www.hschange.org/

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Statistics, Data, and Research Information
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/researchers/statsdata.asp

Cost-Benefit - Prevention for a Healthier America: Investments in Disease Prevention.... (Trust for America's Health, July 2008)
http://healthyamericans.org/reports/prevention08/

Expenditures 2003 (MEPS)
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/papers/st103/stat103.pdf

Expenditures, chronic disease - An Unhealthy America: The Economic Burden of Chronic Disease (Milken Institute, 2007)
http://www.milkeninstitute.org/pdf/chronic_disease_report.pdf

Expenditures, chronic disease - An Unhealthy America: The Economic Burden of Chronic Disease Web site
http://www.chronicdiseaseimpact.com/ebcd.taf

Expenditures - comparison of U.S. spening to other countries: Congressional Research Service Report to Congress (September 17, 2007)
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34175%5F20070917.pdf

Expenditures - Diabetes - Economic costs in 2007 (ASA, 2008)
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/misc/econcosts.pdf

Expenditures - distribution of US health care costs 2006 (KFF, Jan 08)
http://www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?imID=1&parentID=61&id=358

Expenditures - distribution, by state, of general fund (KFF)
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?action=compare&category=Demographics+and+the+Economy&subcategory=State+Budgets&topic=Distribution+of+General+Fund+Spending

Expenditures - Factors Fueling Rising Health Care Costs 2006 (Price Waterhouse Cooper) (2006)
http://www.ahip.org/redirect/PwCCostOfHC2006.pdf

Expenditures - Family Health Care Expenses, by Income Level, 2002 (AHRQ, 2005)
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/papers/st64/stat64.pdf

Expenditures - Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending (CBO, Feb 08)
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8972/02-15-GeogHealth.pdf

Expenditures - Health Care Costs A Primer: Key Information on Health Care Costs & Their Impact (Kaiser Family Foundation, August 2007)
http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7670.pdf

Expenditures - Medicaid expenditures - federal
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?action=compare&category=Medicaid+%26+SCHIP&subcategory=State+Medicaid+Spending&topic=State+Medicaid+Spending%2c+SFY2003=State+Medicaid+Spending%2c+SFY2003

Expenditures - Medicaid expenditures - state
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?action=compare&category=Medicaid+%26+SCHIP&subcategory=State+Medicaid+Spending&topic=State+Medicaid+Spending%2c+SFY2003=State+Medicaid+Spending%2c+SFY2003

Expenditures - Medicare vs. other payers (MEDPAC, June 2007)
http://www.medpac.gov/documents/Jun07DataBook_Entire_report.pdf

DataBook_Entire_report.pdfExpenditures - Out-of-pocket 2003 (MEPS)
http://meps.ahrq.gov/papers/st121/stat121.pdf

Expenditures - public health spending, by state (Trust for America's Health, 2006)
http://healthyamericans.org/reports/shortchanging06/ShortchangingReport.pdf

Expenditures - Total state-funded health care expenditures, by state
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?action=compare&category=Health+Costs+%26+Budgets&subcategory=State+Budgets=Total+State+Health+Care+Spending

Health Care Financing Administration - Data and Statistics (Menu)
http://www.hcfa.gov/stats/stats.htm

Expenditures - United States vs. other countries (KFF, January 2007)
http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm010307oth.cfm

H-CUPnet - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (AHRQ)
http://hcup.ahrq.gov/HCUPnet.asp

State, regional & national hospitalization data base; Data on hospital utilization, access, charges, quality, and outcomes

Health insurance coverage, Children: No Shelter From the Storm: America's Uninsured Children (Campaign for Children's Health Care, September 2006)
http://www.childrenshealthcampaign.org/tools/reports/no-shelter-from-the-storm.html

Health insurance coverage: Cover the Uninsured Week (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
http://covertheuninsured.org/

Health Insurance Coverage - Rural America (Kaiser Foundation)
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/4093.cfm

Health Insturance Coverage - state reform initiatives - State of the States 2007 (Academy Health, 2007)
http://statecoverage.net/pdf/StateofStates2007.pdf

Health Insurance Coverage - women (Commonweatlh Fund, 2007)
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=478513

Health Insurance Coverage - Youth & young adults (Pediatrics Vol. 119 No. 5 May 2007, pp. e1033-e1039 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-1730)
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/119/5/e1033

Health Insurance Data - Current Population Survey, U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins.html

Health insurance data - One in Three: Non-Elerly Americans Without Health Insurance 2002-2003 (Families USA, June 2004)
http://www.familiesusa.org/

Health Insurance Data - South Carolina
http://covertheuninsuredsc.org

Health Insurance Data - trends by race/ethnicity, 2001-2003, Center for Health System Change (October 2004)
http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/713/

Hospitalizations - National Hospital Discharge Survey - reports (NCHS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/listpubs.htm

Hospitalizations - National Hospital Discharge Survey - tables (NCHS)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/nhdstab.htm

Hospitalizations - Nationwide Inpatient Sample (HCup,AHRQ)
http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/HCUPnet.jsp?Id=9415D3C2547E44A5&Form=SelDXPR&JS=Y=%3E%3ENext%3E%3E&_DXPR=PreRunPCCDCCHospitalizations

Hospitalizations - Preventable (HCUP Fact Book No. 5, 2004)
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?action=compare&category=Health+Costs+%26+Budgets&subcategory=State+Budgets&topic=Total+State+Health+Care+Spending

Medicaid Chartbook 2004, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/charts/medicaid/InfoMedicaid_schip.pdf

Medicaid/SCHIP, Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/index.cfm

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/

Medicare Advantage Tutorial (Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2007)
http://www.kaiseredu.org/tutorials/medicareadvantage/player.html

Medicare Chart Book 2005 (Kaiser Family Foundation)
http://www.kff.org/medicare/7284.cfm

National Hospital Discharge Survey and Survey of Ambulatory Surgery Reports
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/listpubs.htm

Prenatal Care Statistics - National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/prenatal.htm

Preventable Hospitalizations: A Window Into Primary and Preventive Care, 2000 (AHRQ, September 2004)
http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/factbk5/factbk5.pdf

Quality - state scorecard report: Why Not the Best? (Commonwealth Fund Commission, July 2008)
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=692682

Quality - state snapshots from the National Healthcare Quality Report (AHRQ)
http://statesnapshots.ahrq.gov/statesnapshots/index.jsp

Quality - Talking to Consumers About Health Care Quality (AHRQ, CMS, OPM)
http://www.talkingquality.gov/

South Carolina - Health & Demographics Section, Office of Research & Statistics
http://www.ors2.state.sc.us/

Data sets include Emergency Room Visits, Inpatient Hospital Discharges, and Ambulatory Surgery

State Health Facts Online - The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?

State Scorecard on Health System Performance 2007 (Commonwealth Fund, 2007)
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/statescorecard/

The Uninsured: A Primer -- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (January 2006)
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/7451.cfm

The Uninsured in America--1996-2002, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (September 2003)
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/papers/st24/stat24.htm

Uninsured, Health Coverage and the = Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/index.cfm

HEALTH DISPARITIES

African American - "Health Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans--United States" - MMWR 54(1), 1-3 (January 14, 2005)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5401.pdf

African American - The Health Status of African American Men in the United States (Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2007)
http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/upload/7630.pdf

American Indian Health
http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/

American Indian and Alaska Native, A Review of the Quality of Health Care for (Commonwealth Fund, September 2004)
http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=239464

American Indian and Alaska Native Health Issue Paper (National Rural Health Association, 2006)
http://www.nrharural.org/advocacy/sub/issuepapers/1106%20AI_AN.pdf

Changing America, Indicators of Social and Economic Well-being by Race and Hispanic Origin (Council of Economic Advisers for the President's Initiative on Race)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/eop/ca/

Closing the Gap: Solutions to Race-Based Health Disparities (Center for Applied Research, 2005)
http://www.arc.org/Pages/pubs/closinggap.html