The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health (OMH) is the nation's largest repository of information on health issues specific to African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Hispanics, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders.
The OMH resource center collects and distributes information on a wide variety of health topics. These include cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke, diabetes, suicide, unintentional injuries, HIV/AIDS, infant mortality, substance abuse and a host of others. The resource center can provide database searches, funding searches, and current data and statistics on a variety of health conditions and issues affecting racial and ethnic minorities.
All OMH services are free. You may wish to contact them by e-mail at info@omhrc.gov , or by phone or mail at:
Phone: 1.800.444.6472
Fax: 1.301.251.2160
Office of Minority Health
PO Box 37337
Washington, D.C. 20013-7337
Additional contact information is also available.
April is National Minority Health Awareness Month .