Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
(REACH U.S.)
Finding Solutions to Health Disparities

REACH Communities, 2007

Action Communities

• ABOR University of Arizona, AZ
• Community Health Councils, CA
• Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA
• Special Services for Groups, CA
• YMCA of the Santa Clara Valley, CA
• Wai’anae District Comprehensive Health and Hospital Board, HI
• City of Chicago, IL
• Southeast Chicago Development Commission, IL
• Health Visions Midwest, Inc, IN
• Center for Community Health, Education, & Research, MA
• Children’s Hospital Corporation, MA
• Intertribal Council of Michigan, Inc, MI, WI, MN, IN
• Brooklyn Perinatal Network, Inc., NY
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, NC
• YMCA of Greater Cleveland, OH
• Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
• To Our Children’s Future with Health, Inc., PA
• The Vernon J. Harris East End Community Health Center, VA
• Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
• Seattle King County Department of Public Health, WA
• West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, WV
• Northern Arapaho Tribe, WY

CEED (Centers of Excellence in the Elimination of Health Disparities) Communities

• University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, AK, KY, LA, MS, TN
• Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance, CA
• Public Health Institute, CA
• The Regents of the University of California
• University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, CO, AZ, NM, SC, WA, AK
• Khmer Health Advocates, Inc, CT, MA, IL, CA, OR, FL
• Morehouse School of Medicine, GA, NC, SC
• University of Hawaii, HI
• University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
• Boston Public Health Commission, MA
• Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, MA, Six New England States
• Genesee County Health Department, MI, WI, IL, MN, IN, OH
• Hidalgo Medical Services, NM
• Institute for Urban Family Health, NY
• The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY
• New York University School of Medicine, NY
• Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Medical University of South Carolina, SC, GA, NC

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African Americans Who Have Had Their Cholesterol Checked

REACH 2010 Communities
2002: 75.9%
2003: 79.0%
2004: 79.3%
2005: 79.9%
2006: 84.0%

National Comparison (BRFSS)†
2002: 77.0%
2003: 77.0%
2004: 76.9%
2005: 77.3%
2006: 77.3%

African Americans (BRFSS)†
2002: 76.3%
2003: 76.3%
2004: 75.9%
2005: 75.3%
2006: 75.3%

* Data are for REACH communities with cardiovascular disease and diabetes projects.
† National comparison data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) include all racial and ethnic groups.
 

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Page last reviewed: March 21, 2008
Page last modified: March 21, 2008
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion