Common Book Program: One Person, No Vote

Yagoda N. Addressing Health Disparities Through Voter Engagement. Annals of Family Medicine. 2019;17(5):459-461. doi:10.1370/afm.2441.

Minkler M, Rebanal RD, Pearce R, Acosta M. Growing Equity and Health Equity in Perilous Times: Lessons from Community Organizers
Health Education and Behavior. 2019. 46(1_Suppl):9s-18s. doi: 10.1177/1090198119852995.

"CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same."

"It is the mission of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans. We fulfill that mission by providing for effective health and human services and fostering advances in medicine, public health, and social services."

Provides resources focused on rural health policy.

"The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives."

"The AAMC serves and leads the academic medicine community to improve the health of all." The site contains an advocacy and policy section.

"ACP is a national organization of internists, the largest medical specialty organization, and second-largest physician group in the United States." The website provides a section about state health policy.

This organization is a source for "up-to-date information and advice on health and aging, created by the American Geriatrics Society's Health in Aging Foundation."

"The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy."

"The Rural Health Information Hub is funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to be a national clearinghouse on rural health issues."

"Community Health Vote wants to support as many of the more than 1,200 Federally Qualified Health Center organizations (FQHCs) as possible in establishing non-partisan voter registration as one of the services they provide to their patients and communities on an ongoing basis. America’s Community Health Centers are the health care home for over 22 million people because of the quality, culturally sensitive services they provide." Their website, "provides the resources health centers need to help their patients register to vote."

An online healthcare reform exhibition by the National Library of Medicine.

Use this library guide to find more resources about health care policy.