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Programs & Initiatives
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
Across the U.S. (REACH U.S.)
REACH U.S. is a national program that serves as the cornerstone of CDC’s
efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health. REACH U.S.
supports community coalitions that design, implement, and evaluate
community-driven strategies to eliminate health disparities among the
following racial and ethnic groups: African Americans, American Indians,
Hispanics/Latinos, Asian Americans, Alaska Natives, and Pacific Islanders.
Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) Block Grant
The PHHS Block Grant has provided 50 states, the District of Columbia, 2 American
Indian tribes, and 8 U.S. territories with funding to address their own
unique public health needs and challenges in innovative and locally defined
ways.
State-based Epidemiology for Public Health Program Support (STEPPS)
The goal of the STEPPS activity is to assist states in building sustainable
capacity for chronic disease epidemiology. The STEPPS activity answers Healthy People 2010’s call for an increase in “the proportion of Tribal,
State, and local public health agencies that provide or assure comprehensive
epidemiology services to support essential public health services.”
Work Site Health Promotion
National data indicate that women comprise 46% of the 137 million workers in
the United States, with their predicted number to rise as high as 48% by 2008. Blue
collar jobs, such as child care, clerical, or janitorial staff, consist of
high numbers of female workers. Distinctively, female workers are nearly
twice as likely to suffer from a stress-related illness as their male
counterparts.
Page last modified: April 9, 2008
Content source: Division of Adult
and Community Health, National
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