Other Resources

Health Disparities Definition

• Health disparities are differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of cancer and related adverse health conditions that exist among specific popultion groups in the United States. These population groups may be characterized by gender, age, ethnicity, education, income, social class, disability, geographic location, or sexual orientation. -Source: National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences

Closing the Gap Newsletter (HHS Office of Minority Health)

• National Action Agenda to End Health Disparities for Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations

President’s Cancer Panel

• Voices of a Broken System
• National Dialogue on Cancer

Institute of Medicine

• Unequal Treatment
• Unequal Burden of Cancer

Non-governmental Websites

• Intercultural Cancer Council
• Chronic Disease Directors