Health services and access
(Servicios a la salud y acceso)
On this page:
Tools
(Herramientas)
- Community Health Worker Evaluation Tool Kit
A practical and useful guide to program evaluation for community health workers and community health worker programs.
Sponsoring organization: University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
- Why The Difference Initiative
Designed to increase provider awareness about disparities in health care. The website also provides a Speaker's Kit to help physicians talk to patients about cardiovascular care.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
- The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Serves as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate. Provides a combination of cultural competency trainings, interpreter trainings, research projects, and community coalition building.
Sponsoring organization: Cross Cultural Health Care Program
- U.S. - Mexico HIV/AIDS Service Providers
Directory of HIV/AIDS service providers. Information available in Spanish.
Sponsoring organization: Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
- U.S. - Mexico Border Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center
A multi-state evaluation of demonstration projects on various health issues on the border including HIV/AIDS. Data is available on the website.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Insure Kids Now!
Supplies information on free and low-cost health insurance programs for children including Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program).
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
- Guia de programas de salud
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
- Guide to Health Programs
A bilingual resource to help find free or low-cost health-related programs for Californians.
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
- Arizona-Sonora Health Inventory and Resource Guide
Guide created to inform border residents and health providers of the services that are available in their local area and binationally throughout the region. Information available in Spanish.
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Office of Border Health
- Proveedores de Servicios de VIH/ SIDA de los Estados Unidos y México
Sponsoring organization: Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
- Find a Health Center
The Bureau of Primary Health Care Service Delivery Sites tool allows users to search for health centers, including Federally Qualified Health Centers and other Bureau of Primary Health Care service delivery sites, by location. These health centers provide free and low-cost health services. Services include primary medical, obstetrical and gynecological, dental, mental health and substance abuse care, other types of medical and support services.
Sponsoring organization: Bureau of Primary Health Care
- Bringing the Forum to Rural Health Care Providers
An audiovisual three-CD package designed to bring a special selection of sessions from IHI's National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care to rural health care providers. Includes 15 sessions that focus on issues of importance to rural health care providers, and the keynote speeches by Donald M. Berwick and John Wennberg. The cost for the three-CD set is $50.00 and it is available from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
Sponsoring organization: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- CheckPoint
Provides reliable, valid measures of health care in New Mexico to facilitate the selection of quality health care and aid in quality improvement activities within the hospital field.
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Hospital Association
- U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2): Veteran & Military Service Organizations
Offers an annotated list of congressionally chartered and non-profit organizations that support the health care, employment and rehabilitation needs of veterans.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Defense
- HRSA Health Disparities Collaborative
A centralized portal for communication as well as a forum for sharing the challenges, successes, tools, and lessons learned to improve access to high quality, culturally and linguistically competent primary and preventive healthcare for underserved, uninsured, and underinsured Americans.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
- Cal Hospital Compare.org
A website that includes ratings for clinical care, patient safety, and patient experience for 210 hospitals in California that have chosen to participate in this voluntary project.
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
- Su Familia National Hispanic Family Health Helpline
Provides Hispanic consumers free reliable and confidential health information in Spanish and English and helps navigate callers through the health system. Nationwide resources and local referral services are provided depending on the need of the caller.
Sponsoring organization: National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- National Hispanic Prenatal Helpline (NHPH)
Refers Hispanic consumers to a culturally and linguistically proficient prenatal care provider in their community.
Sponsoring organization: National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- HRSA Information Center
Provides publications, information, resources, and referrals about health care services for medically underserved individuals and populations.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Success Stories
(Historias de éxito)
Funding
(Financiamiento)
- 2009 Supporting the Safety Net
Funding to support programs that improve access to quality breast diagnostics and access to breast health care for the medically underserved.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Avon Foundation
- Alliance Healthcare Foundation Grants
Alliance Healthcare Foundation focuses on improving the healthcare delivery system for the medically under-served in San Diego County.
Geographic Coverage: San Diego County California
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- California Endowment Grant Programs
Grants to expand access to affordable, quality health care for the underserved and to improve the health status of all Californians.
Geographic Coverage: California
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: California Endowment
- Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Implementation Funds Program
Funding supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of developing and implementing a community-based child health initiative.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Jan 29, 2010
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics
- Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Resident Funds Program
Grants to support pediatric residents in the planning of community-based child health initiatives.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Jan 29, 2010
Sponsor: American Academy of Pediatrics
- Daniels Fund Grants
Program areas eligible for grants through the Daniels Fund fall under the categories of: Aging, Alcoholism & Substance Abuse, Amateur Sports, Youth Development, Disabilities, Homeless & Disadvantaged, and Education.
Geographic Coverage: New Mexico
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- El Paso Community Foundation Grants
Grant priorities are Health and Disabilities, Human Services (basic human needs) and Public Benefit.
Geographic Coverage: West Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Family Planning Services Grants
Grants to provide family planning services.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Office of Population Affairs
- Komen Foundation Patient Services Grants
Funds to assist not-for-profit institutions and providers of breast cancer care to maintain the continuum of services to breast cancer patients and breast cancer survivors impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and/or Rita.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Grants
Grants for people in need including the elderly, disabled adults and/or children, as well as women, youth and families.
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Sep 8, 2009 Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Regional Community Health Grants Program
This program provides funding focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic populations in eligible geographic areas.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Aetna Foundation
- Service Area Competition Funding for Health Center Program (Areas Served Through Grants with a Project Period Start Date of September 1, 2010)
Funding to provide comprehensive primary health care services to an underserved area or population.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Dec 21, 2009
Sponsor: Bureau of Primary Health Care
- St. Luke's Health Initiatives Community Grants
Grants to provide funding that strengthens the capacity of organizations and communities to improve access to care and better health for Arizona's most vulnerable populations.
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Grants
Grants to programs that support children, older adults, healthcare and medical research,
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Wells Fargo Arizona Grant Program
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas: Human Services, Education and Community Development.
Geographic Coverage: Arizona
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Wells Fargo California Grant Program
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas: Human Services, Education and Community Development.
Geographic Coverage: California
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Wells Fargo New Mexico Grant Program
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas: Human Services, Education and Community Development.
Geographic Coverage: New Mexico
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- Wells Fargo Texas Grant Program
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas: Human Services, Education and Community Development.
Geographic Coverage: Texas
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
- William Randolph Hearst Foundations Health Grants
Provides funding to improve access to quality health care for underserved populations in rural and urban areas.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Publications
(Publicaciones)
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Access to Health Care Among Hispanic/Latino Children: United States, 1998 - 2001
Presents national estimates on access to health care for five subgroups of Hispanic/Latino children in the United States: Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, and other Hispanic. For comparison, estimates are also presented for non-Hispanic white children.
Author(s): Gulnur Scott, Hanyu Ni
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date: 05 / 2004
Format: PDF
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Analysis of the Funding and Provision of Health Care to Immigrants after Welfare Reform: Local Consequences and Variation in New Mexico: Executive Summary
Is the executive summary of a report on a study that addressed the local consequences of the 1996 PRWORA (welfare reform) on the funding and provision of health services to immigrants.
Author(s): Lisa Cacari Stone
Sponsoring organization: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Date: 05 / 2005
Format: PDF
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Arizona Rural Health Plan 2005-2007
Reports on how to strengthen the rural
health infrastructure in the state as well as how to enhance access to health services by rural
residents.
Author(s): Howard J. Eng, Julie Jacobs, Jennifer Peashock
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Rural Health Office
Date: 12 / 2004
Format: PDF
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Border Health Status Report 2002-2003
Examines key health status indicators to provide insight into the significant factors influencing the overall health status of the California/Mexico border region.
Sponsoring organization: California Office of Binational Border Health
Format: PDF
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Border Models of Excellence Compendium
Recognizes the community-based health programs and initiatives along the United States-Mexico
border that have made great strides in improving the health and well-being of communities along either side of the 2000 mile border.
Sponsoring organization: United States - Mexico Border Health Commission
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
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The Border that Divides and Unites: Addressing Border Health in California
Report on the organizational and system-wide needs in border health in California identified from a six month study. The study found that agencies, both public and private, advocate a particular approach to health in the border region. Due to distinctive demographic, ecological, social and cultural factors in the border region, a set of special health indicators has emerged that require a binational approach.
Sponsoring organization: California State University: San Marcos
Date: 10 / 2004
Format: PDF
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Building a Healthy New Mexico!
Identifies the New Mexico Department of Health’s goals for its programs and priorities for through fiscal year 2009.
Author(s): Alfredo Vigil
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
Date: 2007
Format: PDF
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California's Undocumented Latino Immigrants: A Report on Access to Health Care Services
Report on a survey of undocumented Latino immigrants in California that found Latino immigrants cite "looking for work" as the most important reason for immigrating to the U.S. Few cited immigration to obtain social services as a factor and also reported limited use of public benefits such as Medicaid. The majority of undocumented Latinos surveyed were uninsured and had poverty-level incomes.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 05 / 1999
Format: PDF
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Critical Access Hospital Fact Sheet
Provides information about Critical Access Hospital (CAH) providers; CAH designation; CAH payments; reasonable cost payment principles that do not apply to CAHs; election of Standard Payment Method or Optional (Elective) Payment Method; Medicare Rural Pass-Through funding for certain anesthesia services; Health Professional Shortage Area Incentive payments; Physician Scarcity Area Bonus payments; Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 provisions that impact CAHs; and grants to states under the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 04 / 2009
Format: PDF
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Disparities in Health Coverage, Access, and Quality: The Impact of Citizenship Status and Language on Low-Income Immigrants
Examines roles of race/ethnicity, citizenship, and language on insurance coverage, access to care, and quality of care, with a particular focus on the low-income Latino population.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 08 / 2003
Format: PDF
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Exploring California's Rural Health System: From the Redwood Forests to the Baja Border (March 29-31, 2005)
Describes a 3-day site visit to explore California's rural health system. Discusses the financial health of inpatient and outpatient providers and how that affects access to care, telemedicine as a tool for expanding access, and special needs of vulnerable populations such as farmworkers.
Author(s): Eileen Salinsky, Jessamy Taylor
Sponsoring organization: National Health Policy Forum
Date: 06 / 2005
Format: PDF
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Federally Qualified Health Center Fact Sheet
A general summary about FQHCs that includes a list of helpful rural health websites.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 04 / 2009
Format: PDF
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Five Basic Facts on Immigrants and Their Health Care (Summary)
Addresses how immigrants use and affect the health care system, and includes key facts about immigrants and health care.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Date: 03 / 2008
Format: PDF
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The Health of the California Region Bordering Mexico
Discusses the indicators from the Healthy Border 2010 program along the California border region.
Author(s): Alvaro Garza, Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz, India J. Ornelas
Sponsoring organization: Springerlink
Journal citation: Journal of Immigrant Health Volume: 15 Issue: 29 Pages: 137-144
Date: 04 / 2004
Format: PDF
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Healthy Border 2010: An Agenda for Improving Health on the United States - Mexico Border
Provides an overview of a specific set of health indicators on the U.S. - Mexico border.
Sponsoring organization: United States - Mexico Border Health Commission
Date: 10 / 2003
Format: PDF
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Hispanic Health Needs Assessment
Provides communities with tools to self-identify critical health issues and priorities through existing public health data systems as well as community surveys. Written for Hispanic communities, it could be adaptable to other minority communities.
Date: 2001
Format: PDF
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Immigrants and Public Benefits: Health Care
Reports on the study done by a coalition of U.S.-Mexico counties on the costs incurred by those counties in providing uncompensated healthcare.
Sponsoring organization: National Immigration Law Center
Date: 11 / 2002
Format: HTML
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Innovative Approaches to HIV Outreach along the U.S./Mexico Border
Discusses the various outreach efforts of the Border Health Initiative to raise awareness about HIV, make HIV testing more accessible, and bring people living with HIV into care.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Date: 12 / 2004
Format: PDF
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It's Elementary: Expanding the Use of School-Based Clinics
Explores the history of school-based clinics in urban and rural California and the plans to increase these clinics from 146 to 500.
Author(s): Julia Graham Lear
Sponsoring organization: California HealthCare Foundation
Date: 10 / 2007
Format: PDF
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Mexico - United States Migration Health Issues
Describes the volume, trends, and characteristics of Mexican migration to the United States. Addresses specific topics on migrant health, such as the availability of medical insurance coverage, the main ailments this population suffers, access to and use of medical services, and the main political challenges.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Services
Date: 10 / 2005
Format: PDF
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Mexico-U.S. Migration: Health Issues
Presents a general overview of the conditions faced by Mexican residents in the United States concerning their health care.
Sponsoring organization: University of California, Office of the President
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
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Mujer Y Corazon: Community Health Workers and Their Organizations in Colonias on the US-Mexico Border An Exploratory Study
Describes and evaluates a Comprehensive Community Initiative operating in communities on the Texas-Mexico border. The outreach program involves Community Resource Centers and para-professional outreach workers (Promatoras), who work to connect health care to the community.
Author(s): Marlynn May, Ricardo Contreras
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 09 / 2004
Format: Print
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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2005
Comprehensive national overview of disparities in health care. Covers health care quality and health care access issues. Includes a section on health disparities experienced in rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Date: 12 / 2005
Format: PDF
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Proximity of Rural Black and Hispanic/Latino Communities to Physicians and Hospital Services
This brief reports the findings of a study of how the African American and Hispanic/
Latino composition of rural communities relates to local physician concentrations,
and relates to distances to hospitals offering various levels of services.
Author(s): Donald E. Pathman, Thomas R. Konrad, Robert Schwartz
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Cecil G. Sheps Center)
Date: 05 / 2001
Format: PDF
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to and Quality of Health Care
Takes a critical look at the research evidence on racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
Author(s): José J. Escarce,
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 09 / 2007
Format: PDF
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Health Care: A Chartbook
Presents evidence linking racial and ethnic health disparities to the overall performance of local health care systems.
Author(s): Holly Mead, Lara Cartwright-Smith, Karen Jones, Christal Ramos, Kristy Woods, Bruce Siegel,
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Date: 03 / 2008
Format: HTML
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Regional Commissions Meeting Summary, Washington, DC, July 27-28, 2006
Summary of a July 2006 meeting of the leadership of the Federal Regional Commissions to discuss common health and social service issues and to share their specific strategies for improving access to quality health care in their regions. The commissions include the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Denali Commission, and US-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC), and the meeting was hosted by the Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration.
Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
Date: 11 / 2006
Format: HTML
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Rural Health Clinic Fact Sheet
Presents facts about the Rural Health Clinics program that includes the requirements for a facility to become an RHC, Medicare payments for RHC services, and a list of rural health websites.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Date: 04 / 2009
Format: PDF
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Shared Destiny: Shaping a Binational Agenda for Health Priorities in the San Diego - Baja California Border Region
Report highlights existing cross-border health deficits in the San Diego-Baja California border region, particularly in the areas of health care access and disease risks, and identifies existing institutional barriers that are currently inhibiting expanded cross-border health coverage today. Identifies that the need for expanded cross-border health services is more urgent than ever before and this need now goes beyond existing border area residents to the growing number of fixed income Americans now retiring in Baja California due to economic reasons.
Author(s): Robert L. Bach, Richard Kiy
Sponsoring organization: International Community Foundation
Date: 05 / 2006
Format: PDF
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The U.S. Health Care Divide: Disparities in Primary Care Experiences by Income: Findings From the Commonwealth Fund 2004 International Health Policy Survey
Discusses the findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2004 International Health Policy Survey, which studied adults in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Report finds a wide health care divide by income.
Author(s): Phuong Trang Huynh, Cathy Schoen, Robin Osborn, Alyssa L. Holmgren
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Date: 04 / 2006
Format: PDF
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The U.S./Mexico Border: Health Care Access and Resource Profile II
Identifies, describes, and provides statistics on the status of insurance coverage and health resources and access in the U.S. Mexico Border region.
Date: 12 / 2006
Format: PDF
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The Unique Challenges to the Well-Being of California’s Border Kids
Presents indicators of children’s health, education, and economic wellbeing for communities on the California side of the California-Mexico border
Author(s): Heather Barondess, Corey Newhouse
Sponsoring organization: KIDS COUNT
Date: 06 / 2007
Format: PDF
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The United States and Mexico: Forging a Strategic Partnership
A report from the study group on U.S.-Mexico Relations.
Sponsoring organization: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Date: 2005
Format: PDF
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Universal Health Symbols Provide Direction for Many in Hospitals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Hablamos Juntos worked with the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) to develop and test 28 health symbols. These new symbols remove language barriers and provide better access to care.
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 12 / 2005
Format: HTML
Organizations
(Organismos)
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Arizona Rural Health Office
Promotes the health of rural and medically underserved individuals, families, and communities through service, education, and research.
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Baptist Health System, San Antonio, Texas
Dedicated to the Christian mission of providing quality healthcare to all persons seeking medical care, hospitalization and other health related services.
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Bureau of Primary Health Care
Supports access to primary care services. Part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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Buro de Atencion Primaria a la Salud
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California Endowment
Mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians.
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Camino de Vida Center for HIV Services
Provides comprehensive care to persons impacted by HIV/AIDS and to improving the health and awareness of the community through HIV/AIDS prevention.
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Center for Health Equality
Works towards the reduction and elimination of minority health disparities.
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HHS Office of Minority Health
Serves as a national resource and referral service on minority health issues. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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Institute for Hispanic Health
Dedicated to reducing the incidence, burden, and impact of health problems in Hispanic Americans. The Institute works in close partnership with NCLR affiliates, government partners, private funders, and other Hispanic-serving organizations to deliver quality health interventions that focus on the improvement of access to and utilization of health promotion and disease prevention programs.
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Institute for Hispanic Health
Dedicated to reducing the incidence, burden, and impact of health problems in Hispanic Americans. The Institute works in close partnership with NCLR affiliates, government partners, private funders, and other Hispanic-serving organizations to deliver quality health interventions that focus on the improvement of access to and utilization of health promotion and disease prevention programs.
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Investigación y la Calidad del Cuidado de la Salud, Agencia para la
La Agencia para la Investigación y la Calidad del Cuidado de Salud apoya, dirige, y disemina la investigación que mejora el acceso al cuidado de la salud. Esta agencia investiga la calidad, el costo, y los resultados de los servicios del cuidado de la salud para mejorar la organización y la calidad de estos servicios.
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National Alliance for Hispanic Health
Mission is to improve the health and well being of Hispanics. The Alliance informs consumers, supports health and human service providers in the delivery of quality care, improves the science base for accurate decision making by promoting better and more inclusive research, promotes appropriate use of technology, insures accountability, advocates on behalf of Hispanics, and promotes philanthropy. Information in English and Spanish.
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New Mexico Border Health Office
A component office of the Public Health Division, New Mexico Department of Health. Works to improve the overall health status and health services in the New Mexico border region and other border-impact areas of the state.
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New Mexico Hospital Association
Establishes, through membership involvement, a statewide initiative for improving the health status of the citizens of New Mexico.
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New Mexico Outreach Office, U.S. - Mexico Border Health Commission
Mission is to improve health status and health services in the New Mexico border region and other border-impact areas of the state.
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Oficina de Salud para las Minorías
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Salud En Acción: National Hispanic/Latino Health Communication Research
Provides extensive expertise in the fields of public health promotion, health research, health communication and community networking with regard to working with the Hispanic/Latino communities.
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South Texas Center
Provides training in public health, assesses training needs for promotoras, increases access to care for residents, and conducts research on community health.
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Texas Association of Community Health Centers
A private, non-profit membership association that represents safety-net health care providers in the state of Texas.
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