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REACH 2010 Goals

REACH 2010 is a federal initiative which includes the goal of eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health by the year 2010. This goal is one of two goals that parallels the focus of Healthy People 2010, which describes the nation's health objectives for the decade. The racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States who are experiencing these disparities include the following:

African Americans

Alaska Natives

American Indians

Asian Americans

Hispanic Americans

Pacific Islanders

REACH 2010 is part of the national initiative to eliminate disparities in health status experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations in the following six priority areas:

Infant Mortality

Breast and Cervical Cancer

Cardiovascular Diseases

Diabetes

HIV Infections/AIDS

Child and Adult Immunizations

REACH 2010 supports community coalitions in designing, implementing, and evaluating community-driven strategies to eliminate health disparities. Each coalition comprises a community-based organization and three other organizations, of which at least one is either a local or state health department or a university or research organization.

REACH 2010 grantees are using local data to implement interventions that address one or more of the six priority areas and targets one or more of the racial and ethnic minority groups mentioned above. The activities of these community coalitions include continuing education on disease prevention for health care providers, health education and health promotion programs that use lay health workers to reach community members, and health communications campaigns.

In 2004, REACH 2010 projects were promoted in two journals. In August, CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published "Health Status of Cambodians and Vietnamese—Selected Communities, United States, 2001–2002" (Vol. 53, No. 33) and "REACH Surveillance for Health Status in Minority Communities—United States, 2001–2002" (Surveillance Summaries, Vol. 53, SS-6).

In addition, the summer supplement of Ethnicity & Disease featured 20 articles about the REACH 2010 program and its projects (Vol. 14, No. 3, Supplement 1). Project grantees contributed most of the articles, which described local projects and action plans, discussed the importance of community focus groups, and documented changes in the targeted communities. One article presented major findings from the REACH 2010 Risk Factor Survey conducted in 21 communities, and CDC provided a guest editorial.

In 2006, the REACH 2010 programs and communities were featured in the following three journals:

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2006 May;17(2Suppl): 1–173

Health Promotion Practice Special Supplement 2006 July;7(3Suppl): 173S–267S

Preventing Chronic Disease E-publication 2006 July;3(3): A72