American Indian Health Information Resources National Network of Libraries of Medicine South Central Region February 6, 2013 Karen Vargas Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator
Agenda General Health Information Specific Health Issues Herbal Information
For Discussion What makes something “American Indian Health Information?”
Website Evaluation Guidelines Accuracy Authority Bias Currency Coverage
Comparison Guidelines Reading level Easy to look at (white space, pictures) Culturally appropriate Respectful Images Language Examples
General Health Information Three Rivers Health Center, Cherokee Nation, Muskogee, OK Photograph by Karen Vargas
American Indian Health /
MedlinePlus Native-American Health
Indian Health Service
National Indian Health Board
National Council of Urban Indian Health
National Congress of American Indians
Research on PubMed “Indians, North American"[MeSH] CAM subset (“or”) Native American traditional medicine traditional medicine traditional indigenous traditional healer herbal medicine medicinal plants
Native Health Database University of New Mexico
Specific Health Topics
American Indian Health – Health Topics
Cancer Native American Cancer Research Native American Education for Survivors
HIV/AIDS National Native American AIDS Prevention Center
Substance Abuse/Mental Health Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Native American Center for Excellence
Children Indian County Child Trauma Center
Teens WE R NATIVE
Aging National Indian Council on Aging
Herbal Information
University of Michigan Native American Ethnobotany
University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden
Dietary Supplement Label Database
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - About Herbs
Thank You! Questions? Suggestions? Karen Vargas Developed by NN/LM SCR staff. This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHSN C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.