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Last Reviewed:
June 5, 2007
Content Source:
Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (OMHD) |
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Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) |
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Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Breastfeeding-US, 2004
MMWR Weekly, March 31, 2006/55(12);335-339. |
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QuickStats: Percentage* of Children Aged <18 Years with Current Asthma,
by Race/Ethnicity and Sex --- United States, 2001--2004
MMWR Weekly, February 24, 2006/55(07);185. |
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Disparities in Universal Prenatal Screening for Group B Streptococcus
--- North Carolina, 2002--2003
MMWR Weekly, July 22, 2005/54(28);700-703. |
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QuickStats:
Life Expectancy at Birth, by Year --- United States, 1970--2003
MMWR Weekly, April 15, 2005/54(14);363. |
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence and Impact of
Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis --- United States, 2002
MMWR Weekly, February 11, 2005/54(05);119-123. |
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence and Impact of
Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis, United States, 2002
MMWR Weekly, February 11, 2005 / 54(05);119-123 |
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QuickStats:
Percentage of Persons Who Lacked Health Insurance Coverage for More Than
1 Year*, by Race/Ethnicity --- United States, January--June 2004
MMWR Weekly, January 28, 2005/54(03);75. |
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Health
Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans-United States
MMWR Weekly, January 14,
2005 / 54(01);1-3 |
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of
Hypertension-United States, 1999-2002
MMWR Weekly, January 14,
2005 / 54(01);7-9 |
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Racial
Disparities in Nationally Notifiable Diseases-United States, 2002
MMWR Weekly, January 14,
2005 / 54(01);9-11 |
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QuickStats: Percentage of Women Who Reported Ever Having a Mammogram
MMWR Weekly, January 14,
2005 / 54(01);18 |
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Notice to
Readers: National Birth Defects Prevention Month and National Folic Acid
Awareness Week
MMWR Weekly, January 7, 2005/53(51-52);1203. |
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Maps of
National, State, and County Data Now Available on CDC WONDER
MMWR Weekly, November 12, 2004 /
53(44);1051 |
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Blood
Mercury Levels in Young Children and Childbearing-Aged Women --- United
States, 1999--2002
MMWR Weekly, November 5, 2004/53(43);1018-1020. |
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REACH
2010 Surveillance for Health Status in Minority Communities --- United
States, 2001--2002
MMWR Weekly, August 27, 2004/53(SS06);1-36. |
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Health
Disparities Experienced by Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations
MMWR Weekly, August 27, 2004/53(33);755. |
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Diminishing Racial Disparities in Early-Onset Neonatal Group B
Streptococcal Disease-United States, 2000-2003
MMWR Weekly, June 18, 2004 / 53(23);502-505 |
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Health-Related Quality of Life Among Low-Income Persons Aged 45-64 Years
United States, 1995-2001
MMWR Weekly, November 21, 2003 /
52(46);1120 |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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Health Disparities
A Selected Bibliography, CDC, NCCDPHP |
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Obesity, Health Disparities, and Prevention Paradigms: Hard
Questions and Hard Choices
Preventing Chronic Disease, V 2: N 4, October 2005. |
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CDC's Prevention Activities that Target actual causes of Death
CDC Office of Communication (OC) Fact Sheet
May 9, 2004 |
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Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
CDC Office of Communication (OC) Fact Sheet
April 2, 2004 |
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) |
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Secretary
Leavitt Renews HHS' Commitment to Improving Access to Health Care
HHS News Release, Thursday, May 5, 2005 |
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HHS
Secretary Appoints Advisory Committee on Minority Health
HHS News Release, Thursday, April 22,
2005 |
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HHS
Launches African American Obesity Initiative
HHS News Release, Thursday, May 6, 2005 |
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HHS
Announces $95 Million to Improve the Health of Minorities
HHS News Release, April 7, 2005 |
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Statement
by Tommy G. Thompson Secretary of Health and Human Services On the
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003
HHS News Release, Monday, December
22, 2003 |
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HHS Issues
National Reports on Quality and Disparities in the Use of Health Care
Services
The National Healthcare Disparities Report
HHS News Release, Monday, December
22, 2003 |
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HHS Awards
More Than $65 Million to Eliminate Health Disparities.
HHS News Release, Friday, Oct. 10, 2003 |
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President
Bush Names Four to U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission
HHS News Release, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003 |
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HHS Publishes
new guidelines on language service for people with limited english
proficiency.
HHS Press Release Fact Sheet
August 8, 2003 |
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Protecting the Health of Minority Communities
HHS Press Release Fact Sheet
September 24, 2002 |
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Minority Health News & Links
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) |
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United States-Mexico Border
Health Commission |
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Is Hopsital Service Associated with Racial and Ethnic Disparities in
Experiences with Hospital Care?
The Commonwealth Fund, 2006 |
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Providing Language Services in Small Health Care Provider Settings:
Examples from the Field
The Commonwealth Fund, April, 2005 |
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Disparities in Patient Experiences,
Health Care Processes, and Outcomes: The Role of Patient-Provider
Racial, Ethnic, & Language Concordance
The Commonwealth Fund,
July, 2004 |
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A State Policy Agenda to Eliminate Racial and
Ethnic Health Disparities
The Commonwealth Fund, June 2004 |
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New Commission to End Health Care
Disparities Announced Today by AMA, NMA, NHMA
January 31, 2005 |
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Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions
The Sullivan Commission,
September, 2004 |
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Get the Facts: Health
Disparities Fact Sheets for National Public Health Week, April
5-11, 2004
American Public Health Association (APHA), 2004 |
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APHA Community
Solution to Health Disparities Database |
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Cancer Screening in California: Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Persist
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, September
2003. |
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Chronic Disease Notes & Reports
Special Focus: Eliminating Health Disparities
15 (3) Fall, 2002 |
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Cultural Competence in Health Care: Emerging Frameworks and
Practical Approaches
Joseph R. Betancourt, Alexander R. Green, and J. Emilio Carrillo,
October, 2002 |
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Providing Language Interpretation Services in Health Care Settings:
Examples from the Field
Mara Youdelman and Jane Perkins, May 2002 |
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