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 Resource Links on Racial and Ethnic Health and Healthcare Disparities
researched and compiled by Sarah McCloskey and Erin Kennedy
December 2004
last updated
November 9, 2006
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REPORTS AND AGENDAS FOR ELIMINATING HEALTH DISPARITIES
State Healthy People Plans
www.healthypeople.gov/implementation/stateplans.htm
Healthy People 2010 is the prevention agenda for the Nation. It is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.
NACCHO and ASTHO: Case Studies in State and Local Models Addressing Disparities
www.astho.org/pubs/0301009_ASTHO_Final.pdf
This is a compendium of state and local models addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health. The booklet describes some best practices of state programs that are currently being used to help fight disparities in health among minorities.
Department of Health and Human Services: Closing the Health Gap
www.omhrc.gov/healthgap/index.htm
Closing the Health Gap is an educational campaign designed to help make good health an important issue among racial and ethnic minority populations, who are affected by serious diseases and health conditions at far greater rates than other Americans. This site is available in English and Spanish and promotes healthy eating habits, regular exercise, regular doctor visits, and the dangers of substance abuse.
The Right to Equal Treatment - Physicians for Human Rights
www.phrusa.org/research/domestic/race/race_report/report.html
This site outlines the physicians for human rights four part plan to help eliminate disparities in health care and unequal treatment of minority patients.
Unequal Treatment - Institute of Medicine (IOM)
www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=4475
This is an excerpt from the book Unequal Treatment, which gives a brief overview of the book's purpose. This author found that a consistent body of research demonstrates significant variation in the rates of medical procedures by race, even when insurance status, income, age, and severity of conditions are comparable.
National Healthcare Disparities Report
http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/disparitiesreport/2005/browse/browse.aspx
This report was created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Policy in order to address differences and access to healthcare. The report presents data on the differences in the use of services, access to health care, and impressions of quality for seven clinical conditions, including cancer, diabetes, end-stage renal disease, heart disease, HIV and AIDS, mental health, and respiratory disease as well as data on maternal and child health, nursing home and home health care, and patient safety.
—National Healthcare Disparities Report
Summary - AHRQ and DHHS
www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr03/nhdrsum03.htm
This is a summary of the report above.
A State Policy Agenda to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities--The Commonwealth Fund
www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/mcdonough_statepolicyagenda_746.pdf
This report was issued by the Commonwealth Fund with the purpose of providing state policy makers with a list of programs and initiatives that could be implemented to help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare. This report targets eight specific areas of concentration where the gap between minorities and the majority is the widest.
Cultural Competence in Health Care: Emerging Frameworks and Practical Approaches--The Commonwealth Fund
http://www.orgitecture.com/cwf/grants/grants_show.htm?doc_id=223033
This report spotlights a diverse group of health care organizations striving to improve access to and quality of care for a growing minority and immigrant population. In addition to highlighting these model programs, the study also provides the first comprehensive framework for health care organizations seeking to address cultural barriers in health care delivery.
—The Commonwealth Fund
Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion (IOM)
www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=19723
This is a brief report on health literacy and what it means to understand health literature. Reading is not the only aspect that goes into being health literate; it also includes writing, listening, speaking, arithmetic, and conceptual knowledge. This report goes into the problem of health literacy and the possible solutions.
Report Brief
www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/19/726/0.pdf
This is a brief overview of the issue of health literacy.
National Healthcare Disparities Report
http://www.qualitytools.ahrq.gov/disparitiesreport/2005/browse/browse.aspx
Summary of Report - AHRQ and DHHS
www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr03/nhdrsum03.htm
The National Healthcare Disparities Report , represents the first national comprehensive effort to measure differences in access and use of health care services by various populations. The report includes a broad set of performance measures that can serve as baseline views of differences in the use of services. The report presents data on the differences in the use of services, access to health care, and impressions of quality for seven clinical conditions, including cancer, diabetes, end-stage renal disease, heart disease, HIV and AIDS, mental health, and respiratory disease as well as data on maternal and child health, nursing home and home health care, and patient safety. The report is accessable through a PDF or word document. There is also a summary of the report on the additional website.
For more information, e-mail Eric
Jacobson or call him at 302-831-1711.
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