Health Disparities

Policy and practice: reports and resources addressing health disparities.

• Guidance for the National Healthcare Disparities Report
  Report from the Institute of Medicine.
  
  
• The Office of Minority Health
  Department of Health and Human Services Office dedicated to improving and protecting the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities. Includes information on the "Closing the Health Gap" campaign and the Minority Health Knowledge Center and database.
  
  
• Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
  Report from the Institute of Medicine.
  
  
• Immigrant Health: A Call to Action Recommendations from the Minnesota Immigrant Health Task Force (PDF)
  Recommendations to promote quality, comprehensive, and culturally competent health care for all recent immigrant communities by effecting change in statewide health care delivery systems.