Health Equity
Purpose/Mission
This task force meets monthly. To find out more about this task
force or to join this task force, contact the Chair.
Agendas
Minutes
Contact Info
Chair of Health Disparities Task Force
Patricia Valverde
Calendar
There are currently no scheduled events for the Health Disparities task force.
Helpful Links
CDPHE Office of Health Disparities
For more information: http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ohd/index.html
Office of Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.omhrc.gov
Healthy People 2010: Midcourse Review
Executive Summary
http://www.healthypeople.gov/data/midcourse/html/introduction.htm
National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=3545
Health Disparities, Office of Minority Health
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=6
Institute of Medicine report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3740/4475.aspx
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Office of Minority Health
http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AboutUs/disparities.htm
National Institutes of Health, National Center on Minority Health
http://ncmhd.nih.gov/default.html
What Is a "Health Disparity"?
http://medschool.umaryland.edu/disparities/PDF/What_is_disparity.pdf
Health Disparities and Resources
National Healthcare Disparities Report (2006)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The 2006 National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) tracks disparities in both quality of and access to health care in the United States for both the general population and for the AHRQ's congressionally designated priority populations. Racial/ethnic group comparison focus on 22 core measures of quality and 6 core measures of access that support reliable estimates for Whites, Blacks, Asians, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Hispanics; income group comparisons highlight 17 core quality measures and 6 core access measures.
For more information: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr06/nhdr06.htm
NCI: Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results
http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/disparities/
Peer-Reviewed Articles on Patient Navigation
Working Documents
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