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Library Research Guide for Sources on the History of Minority Health and Health Disparities

In this guide we approach social justice from the history of science perspective as the identification, study and remediation of disparities which may be caused by racism or economic prejudice, with an emphasis on health.

Finding Data

General Guides

Essential Resources for Locating and Using Numeric Data
Geospatial and Statistical Data Resources (GSD)
Statistical and Data-Related Resources (HLS) Has Health section
United States Census Data Resources
Getting Started Finding Data (HLS)

Health Oriented Guides

Public Health Resources: Health Data & Statistics (Harvard)

Guide to Finding Data about Racism and Ethnic Bias: Sources and Strategies (International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Data Resources (International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology)

Finding Datasets for Secondary Analysis (Johns Hopkins guide)

Data to Study Racial Inequity: Raw Data Sources (UNC) Subscription databases must be accessed via the Harvard system.

Particular Agencies

NCHS Data on Racial and Ethnic Disparities

Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health Resources for Research

Key Data on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity, by Latoya Hill, Nambi Ndugga, and Samantha Artiga (2023) (KFF (formerly Kaiser Family Foundation))

Literature citing Data

ICPSR Bibliography of Data Related Literature