Minority Health and Health Equity

African American Health

Conversations in equity: A blog devoted to increasing awareness of health inequities and promoting national, state and local efforts to reduce health disparities and achieve health equity

New Blog Post on Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department

Paving the Road to Health Equity - health equity is when everyone has the opportunity to be as healthy as possible

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Health Equity Matters Newsletter

Reaching for Health Equity - Reducing health disparities brings us closer to reaching health equity

Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities

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Minority Health Determines the Health of the Nation – The United States has become increasingly diverse in the last century. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, approximately 36 percent of the population belongs to a racial or ethnic minority group. Though health indicators such as life expectancy and infant mortality have improved for most Americans, some minorities experience a disproportionate burden of preventable disease, death, and disability compared with non-minorities.

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