Eliminating Health Disparities

• Overview
• Resources

 Overview

What is the priority?

• Eliminating the greater burden of death and disease from breast cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other illnesses in minority communities.

Why is this a priority?

• All Americans — regardless of their race, heritage or gender — should have access to good health information, health insurance and health services.

How can we solve/address this priority?

• We must work to increase access to health insurance and health services for the traditionally underserved.
• We must continue to conduct research into the reasons for health disparities and develop appropriate policies and outreach activities to close the gap.

How is the Office of the Surgeon General/HHS helping?

• We are expanding programs like Community Health Centers and the State Children's Insurance Program (S-CHIP).
• We are conducting additional research into the problem of health disparities through our research institutes such as the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the National Cancer Institute.
• We are increasing public awareness and outreach through programs like The Heart Truth Campaign.

Resources

• Specific Populations
• healthfinder Just for You  (healthfinder)
• Office of Minority Health (Office of Minority Health)
• Office on Women's Health  (Office on Women's Health)
• Closing the Health Gap Campaign (Office of Minority Health)
• Office of Minority and Women's Health  (Office of Minority and Women's Health )

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