Federal Sources and Reports
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Federal health administration in the United States, by Robert D. Leigh. New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1927, 687 pages.
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Chapter IX:. National Medical Care of the Indians pp. 216-247
Chapter X:. National Medical Care of Territorials and other Wards, pp. 248-281
--Includes Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Philippines, Guam and Samoa, Panama Canal Zone, Cuba, Virgin Islands, Haiti, Santo Domingo
--About Robert Devore Leigh
Government Documents
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Congressional
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Federal and State: Laws, Legislation, Hearings and Congressional Reports. Appendix A (pp. 409-418) in Ethnic minority health: a selected, annotated bibliography, by Craig Haynes. Lanham, MD: Medical Library Association and Scarecrow Press, 1997, 503 p.
HOLLIS Record
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--Largely US, 2 California, 1 New Jersey
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black & Minority Health [Heckler Report]. United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Task Force on Black and Minority Health. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1985-1986. 8 v. HOLLIS Record
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Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks: Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report
FOIA Library / Electronic Reading Room with list of subdepartment reading rooms (CDC etc.)
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) 2018- .
AHRQ Archives: National Healthcare Disparities Reports, 2003- .
National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): Reports and Data Resources
Office of Minority Health (OMH)
OMH Minority Population Profiles
Public Health Service
Public Health Service Publications
Atlas of U.S. cancer mortality among nonwhites, 1950-1980, by Linda Williams Pickle ... [et al.]. Bethesda, Md.? : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, [1990?], 186 p. HOLLIS Record
Cancer among blacks and other minorities : statistical profiles. National Cancer Institute (U.S. [Bethesda, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, 1986, 273 p.
HOLLIS Record
National Negro health news. Washington: United States Public Health Service, v. 1-18 no. 2, Jan./Mar. 1933-Apr./June 1950.
HOLLIS Record
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National Negro Health Week: Annual observance under the auspices of the annual Tuskegee negro conference and the National negro business league, in cooperation with the United States Public Health Service, state health departments [etc.]. 1915-1939 (to 1951?). Washington, DC: United States Public Health Service.
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National Negro Health Week material including background for radio broadcasts
Public Health Service bibliography series.
CDC
CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities Report (CHDIR) 2013 with link to 2011 report
National Center for Health Statistics
Previously National Office of Vital Statistics
U.S. vital statistics system : major activities and development, 1950-95 Hyattsville, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 1997
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For statistical bibliographies and compendia, see the Finding Statistics page of this guide.
Catalog of publications of the National Center for Health Statistics, 1945-1967. HathiTrust Full Text
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