U.S. Health Care Resources

• National Center for Health Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control
  

  Health Data Aging Births Deaths Life Expectancy Growth Charts

  Disease Types Health Care Injuries Medical Treatment Physical Activity/Exercise Drug Use (illegal & Legal) Teen Pregnancy Contraception

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Resource Locator
• Child Well Being Indicators
• U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
  

  Healthcare Issues Medical Expenditures Hospital Statistics Patient Safety

  Healthcare Costs Healthcare Utilization HIV/AIDs Grant Programs

• Programs to Reduce Proverty supported by the National Urban League.

Connecticut Health Data and Resources

• Connecticut Department of Public Health’s Statistics and Research Office and their 2009 Connecticut Health Disparities Report
  

  Healthcare Indicators Chronic Disease Injury Infectious Disease Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  Maternal and Child Health Oral Health Environmental / Occupational Health Access to Health Care

• Community Health Data Scan for Connecticut.pdf from the Connecticut Health Foundation
• http://www.cthealth.org
  

  Healthcare ComponentsHealth Reference Groups Residential Property Valuation

  Poverty Ethnicity College Education Completed

• Health Reference Groups review of issues and correlations
• Connecticut Commission on Aging
• Connecticut Services for the Blind
• Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate
• Connecticut Department of Children and Families
• Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate
• Connecticut Office of Health Care Access
• …More CT Agencies
• CT Health Policy Project

Health Literacy Resources

• National Patient Safety Cost of Low Health Literacy (2007)
  

  Annual Cost of Illiteracy Nationally

  Cycle of Illiteracy Costs

• University of Connecticut Public Health Program’s Improving Health Literacy in Connecticut (2006)
  

  Types of Health Illiteracy

  Costs of Health Illiteracy