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Frequently Asked
Questions
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Will REACH 2010 fund additional projects?
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REACH 2010 will not fund additional projects between 1999 and 2006. CDC and
REACH 2010 will continue to assist communities in collecting
local data that will assist in evaluating community-specific
strategies to reduce or eliminate health disparities.
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How did REACH 2010 come to be?
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REACH 2010 was launched in 1999 as a part of a Presidential
Initiative (President Clinton's Race Initiative), and continues
under the Public Health Service Act. Healthy People 2010, which
describes the nation's health objectives for the decade, has as
one of its goals eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in
health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has
a major leadership role in carrying out the goals set forward in
this initiative.
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Does the REACH 2010 program focus on racial and ethnic populations
other than the following: African Americans, American Indians,
Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and Pacific
Islanders?
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The REACH 2010 program focuses only on the above six racial and
ethnic populations as outlined in the guidelines of the
initiative.
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Recently I received a phone call from someone claiming to be
conducting a research survey on behalf of REACH 2010. Is REACH 2010 conducting a telephone survey?
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Yes. REACH 2010 is conducting a telephone survey. The REACH 2010
survey questions are related to physical activity, diet, and
health problems and were taken from the Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS). Please refer to the BRFSS site for
additional information on the survey questions:
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/about.htm.
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Is REACH 2010 data available to the public for research and
analysis?
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Unfortunately, REACH 2010 data is not available to the public at
this time. However, data will be available in the near future.
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Does the REACH 2010 program fund special projects?
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The REACH 2010 program does not fund special projects.
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I am interested in securing REACH 2010 funds for my state, how can
I go about doing so?
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Unfortunately, REACH 2010 will not fund additional projects. CDC
and REACH 2010 will continue to assist communities in collecting
local data that will assist in evaluating community-specific
strategies to reduce or eliminate health disparities.
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What is the purpose of the American Indian/Alaska Native Core
Capacity Building Programs? How is Core Capacity defined?
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The purpose of the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Core
Capacity Building program is for AI/AN communities to build core
capacity and augment existing programs to reduce disparities in
health outcomes in one or more of the following six health
priority areas: infant mortality, deficits in breast and
cervical cancer screening management, cardiovascular diseases,
diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and deficits in child and/or adult
immunizations. Funding for the AI/AN program is provided to
AI/AN communities that demonstrate need based on high prevalence
and related morbidity and mortality and have limited
infrastructure and resources to address health disparities.
"Core capacity" is defined as the development of infrastructure
and support strategies; including networking, partnership
formation, and coalition building, to raise and maintain
community awareness of the health priority area needs of AI/AN
populations. Core capacity programs include basic health
promotion, disease prevention and control functions, ability to
capture data, program coordination related to primary and
secondary prevention, scientific capacity, training and
technical assistance, and culturally competent intervention
strategies for addressing the health priority area needs of
AI/AN populations.
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I am looking for Cardiovascular Disease research materials. Do you
have this information available online?
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Yes. You may locate and download CVD research materials at
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/. Publications include materials such as The
Stroke Atlas, Atlases of Cardiovascular Disease, MMWR, Heart
Disease and Stroke Fact Sheets, etc. Detailed descriptions are
provided on the web-site.
Page last reviewed: July 24, 2006
Page last modified: July 24, 2006
Content source: Division of Adult and Community Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
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