Select a minimum of three websites from the list below, based on your health-related interests.  (If you have other organizations in mind that are not on this list, that is fine too as long as they focus on any health issue of human populations—let me know which ones in advance you plan to explore.)  Read about the organizations for the purposes of finding research topic(s) that interest you.  Contacting the organizations themselves to discuss your interests is highly encouraged—I can help with that, if needed.

Due 9/2/03, write a 1-page statement identifying your research interests and how they tie into your activist/advocacy goals.  On 9/2/03, I will discuss how to write research questions and hypotheses, which will help you shape and specify your research agenda.

International:
Physicians for Human Rights
www.phrusa.org

Doctors without Borders
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
www.accessmed-msf.org/index.asp

Human Rights Watch
www.humanrightswatch.org

Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org

National:
Physicians for a National Health Insurance Program
www.pnhp.org

No free lunch
www.nofreelunch.org

Families USA (focus on uninsured, Medicare, and Medicaid)
www.familiesusa.org/site/PageServer

Amnesty International USA
www.amnestyusa.org

Institute of Medicine
www.iom.edu

Public Citizen
www.citizen.org

Children’s Defense Fund
www.childrensdefense.org
 

North Carolina
NC Defend Health Care
www.ncdefendhealthcare.org

Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina
www.plannedparenthood.org/ppcnc/index.asp

El Pueblo, Inc.
www.elpueblo.org

NC Access Health Care Coalition
www.ncjustice.org/health

NC Child Advocacy Institute
www.ncchild.org

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in NC
www.naminc.org

Education for Lifelong Service (ELS)
www.fammed.unc.edu/service