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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
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