Community Library

Research, studies and references related to community and health

Community Involvement

CDC Community Mobilization Guide [PDF; 1,300KB]
A community based effort to eliminate syphilis in the United States

Health Care

Bureau of Primary Health Care
A federal site for locating low cost health care in local communities

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health

• Issue Paper on Perinatal Disparities [PDF, 185KB]
  A Florida Department of Health issue paper on health disparities of infants and mother and overview of the initiatives to address these disparities



• Infant mortality rates compared to race-adjusted expected rates by state for 2001 [PDF, 155KB]
  A Florida Department of Health paper that analyses the differences between crude and race-adjusted infant mortality rates of the 50 US states

(*in PDF format -- you may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the document).