Disparities in Health and Health Care

Resources on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care

IPA analyzes programs and approaches from six major disparities resources including:

• The Commonwealth Fund
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
• National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
• American Medical Association (AMA)

IPA has also examined a variety of resources from departments of health and offices of minority or multicultural health in particularly progressive states.

Resource Links

• State Offices of Minority/Multicultural Health
• Grants and Funding Opportunities
• National and State Programs for Eliminating Health Disparities
• National Agencies and Organizations
• Conferences and Conventions on Health Disparities and Equitable Health Care
• Reports and Agendas for Eliminating Health Disparities
• Methods of Evaluating and Choosing Programs
• Children's Health Disparities

Additional Resources

Presentation: Pathways to Communities of Color (1.0MB - PDF)

For more information, contact Eric Jacobson (302-831-1711).

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