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Appendixes

Appendix A
Women’s Health Data

Healthy Women: State Trends in Health and Mortality is the data warehouse on minority and women’s health. The Beyond 20/20^® browser, available by download, makes retrieval and display of tabular information interactive. Users can customize a table, print information or graphics, or transfer data into a variety of other common database or spreadsheet packages.

DATA 2010 is the data system that tracks all 467 Healthy People 2010 objectives.
Data on each objective in all 28 focus areas are available as well as data on specific population groups. Updates are made quarterly.

Tracking Healthy People 2010 is a comprehensive, authoritative guidebook on the statistics used for Healthy People—in effect the analytic framework for the program. This statistical companion greatly enhances the monitoring of progress in achieving the Healthy People 2010 objectives. The document includes descriptions of data sources and operational definitions for each Healthy People 2010 objective.

Measuring Success

A critical part of every Healthy People initiative is measuring success. The midcourse review for Healthy People 2010 is under way and will cover 467 objectives, including 236 targeted for women.

The midcourse review represents the opportunity to assess progress toward reaching the Healthy People goals and objectives. As part of the review, developmental objectives without baseline data will be dropped. Targets will be set for objectives where baseline data have been confirmed. Areas facing challenges will be identified as well. The review will be completed in 2005.

For Focus Area progress reviews completed to date, click here.

Women’s health statistical information is available for a number of health topics and specific population groups. Sources are identified and linked.

Appendix B
Resources on Funding

The information provided in Steps to Healthier Women is intended to stimulate action to improve women’s health. Success requires resources—money, information, samples and examples, training and technical assistance, how-to books, planning guides, and more.

Provided below is a list of key information and funding sources, all of which link to many other resources. Some tips on locating resources and getting started are presented.

Funding Opportunities and Grant Writing

The World Wide Web is an excellent source of information on funding opportunities as well as how to write successful grant applications. For example, the National Institutes of Health publishes opportunities for minority institutions as well as guidance for completing grant applications.

Many other grant-related resources such as the Foundation Center can be found on the Web. The Office of Minority Health Resource Center provides many different resources as well as announcements at (1-800-444-6472).

Grants.gov provides one-stop electronic shopping to find, apply for, and manage grants. It covers over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies and streamlines over $350 billion annually to State and local governments, academia, and not-for-profit organizations.
Key benefits include:

A single source for finding grant opportunities.

A standardized manner of locating and learning more about funding opportunities.

A single, secure, and reliable source for applying for Federal
grants online.

A simplified grant application process with reduction of paperwork.

A unified interface for all agencies to announce their grants opportunities.

Other Federal sources of funding information include:

GrantsNet, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH 2010): Addressing Disparities in Health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

Health Information

For help with health information, including medical databases, go to the National Training Center and Clearinghouse for the National Library of Medicine
(1-800-338-7657).

For health data, including Healthy People 2010 information, go to National Center for Health Statistics. Access the electronic data warehouse on minority and women’s health.

Other Federal Resources

Indian Health Service

National Women’s Health Information Center (1-800-994-WOMAN)
(1-800-994-9662).

Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Women of Color Organizations

Black Women’s Health

California Black Women’s Health Project

National Asian Women’s Health Organization

National Black Women’s Health Imperative (202-548-4000)

National Latina Health Organization (510-534-1362)

Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center (605-487-7072)

National Latina Health Network (202-965-9633)

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (301-402-1366)

Program and Action Planning

Healthy People 2010 resources include an easy-to-use community planning guide and the Healthy People 2010 Toolkit.

Tips for Searching

Finding funding information can be as challenging as finding funding. Be patient and try various search engines, strategies, and terms. For example, search for “grants,” “request for application,” “program announcement,” and, of course, “funding opportunities.” Also search by population group and disease.

	Check each individual funding agency’s Web site (for example, the National Cancer Institute as well as portal pages like Other HHS Agency Funding Opportunities).
	Review regional, State, and local opportunities. Local companies may have foundations with an interest in funding community-based projects.
	Pick up the telephone and call public information, procurement, and grants offices.
	Contact the Office of Minority Health Resource Center (1-800-444-6472).
	Regularly check resources for new postings.
	Ask people who might know about opportunities, including leaders in organizations and professional associations as well as in various State and local health departments and agencies serving minority populations.
	Go back in time. Program announcements often are open ended or have a long submission period.
	Investigate commercial sources such as Federal Business Opportunities.
	Look at award announcements. You might see an opportunity to target the next time. Or identify an organization you can collaborate with.
	Keep looking. Target several potential funders.

Appendix C
Take Action To Improve Women’s Health

In May 1998, actions for improving women’s health were recommended in the first Healthy People live satellite video broadcast. The 3-hour progress review was broadcast to over 150 sites and approximately 3,000 participants.

Twenty panelists lent their expertise, including members of national women’s health and public health organizations. The event was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration and organized by the Office on Women’s Health, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Chairing the discussion were Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher and Wanda Jones, Dr.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health.

Participants noted the challenges and celebrated the successes in women’s health and called for multiple actions listed below. The themes continue into the 21st century:

Increase culturally relevant outreach efforts to inform women about the magnitude of threats to health from smoking, poor diet, and lack of
exercise.

In view of the increasing prevalence of obesity, explore new and
effective ways to influence girls and women to engage in physical
activity, in and out of schools, and to continue being active throughout life.

Encourage the inclusion of women’s health curricula in medical
education and health professionals training. Seek ways to influence
health care professionals toward a more holistic approach to women’s
health and a more proactive role in encouraging the use of preventive
services and the adoption of healthy lifestyles.

Promote cultural and linguistic competency on the part of caregivers
and health care providers through health training that encourages
diversity in enrollment, community practice, and continuing education.

Support partnerships and community coalition development using nontraditional settings and service providers, for example, churches
and beauticians. Focus more research on communities that may be
isolated by poverty or language to identify the most effective means of improving access and efficacy of preventive services.

Increase support for community programs aimed at reducing violence
and promoting safe homes to prevent unintentional injuries.

Seek ways to control and diminish the rising prevalence of depression
in women.

Work with the entertainment industry to reduce inducements to substance abuse and aggression against women conveyed in films, television, and popular music.

Strive to expand women’s access to HIV/AIDS prevention, counseling,
and treatment programs and ensure that these programs take account
of women’s needs, particularly of those in prison.

Develop data collection strategies for capturing population groups
that have not been adequately monitored such as people with disabilities, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, lesbians, and poor and uneducated people.

Take a comprehensive rather than “body parts” approach to women’s
health care.


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