Tools
Asian American Health
Web site
An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the United States.
Asian/Pacific Islanders and Cardiovascular Diseases: Statistical Fact Sheet
Web site
Outlines the leading causes of death among Asian/Pacific Islander men and women.
Border Health Topic Guide
Web site
Information and resources about US-Mexico border health issues.
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD)
Web site
Cancer statistics for African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native populations. Provides information on NCI (National Cancer Institute) research activities related to cancer health disparities, including those specific to rural communities.
Disparities - RWJF Publications and Research
Web site
Contains resources on health disparities including journal articles and policy briefs.
EthnoMed
Web site
Contains medical and cultural information about immigrant and refugee groups.
FastStats A to Z
Web site
Provides statistical data on various health issues affecting majority and minority populations living in U.S. States and Territories. Browse the list of topics for links specific to racial and ethnic groups.
Final Data Collection Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Primary Language, Sex, and Disability Status Required by Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act
Web site
Provides the published standards for data collection on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status, as required by Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act. Includes explanation and fact sheets regarding these standards.
Got Funding?
Web site
Provides customized funding searches focused on minority health and related issues (1.800.444.6472). Includes information to support grant writing activities and lists links to government and private funding sources.
Health Centers Program: Special Populations
Web site
Information about the health centers programs for special populations, including the Migrant Health Center program, Health Care for the Homeless program, Public Housing Primary Care program, and Native Hawaiian Health Care program.
Health Information in Multiple Languages
Web site
Provides access to consumer health information in languages other than English.
HealthCare.gov
Web site
A consumer website that provides one-stop shopping access for health care information that includes: federal and state public policies, comparison of private coverage and option plans, and personal health tools.
Healthy Roads Media
Web site
Source of health information on several topics in many languages and multiple formats.
HRET Disparities Toolkit
Web site
Provides hospitals, health systems, clinics, and health plans information and resources for systematically collecting race, ethnicity, and primary language data from patients.
HRSA Information Center
Web site
Provides publications, information, resources, and referrals about health care services for medically underserved individuals and populations.
HRSA: Office of Regional Operations
Web site
HRSA’s Office of Regional Operations (ORO) website that includes a directory of the ten regional offices and key staff working to improve health care systems and safety net, increase access to quality care, reduce disparities, and advance public health.
Language and Cultural Access Program
Web site
Established by Asian Health Services to help reduce language and cultural barriers that immigrants face in accessing health care.
National AHEC Organization - AHEC Directory
Web site
Lists contact information for regional AHECs by state. AHEC's (Area Health Education Centers) work to recruit, train and retain health professionals committed to underserved populations.
National Association of State Offices of Minority Health Directors
Web site
Lists contact information for directors of state offices of minority health.
New Americans Health Information Portal (NAHIP)
Web site
Serves as an Internet portal to identified quality multi-lingual health education documents and as a receptacle for health documents created by Heartland's Refugee Health Programs.
Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHD)
Web site
Provides health-related information on all minority populations living within the United States. Resources provide demographic data, health-related statistics, health disparities, and common health issues.
Office of Minority Health Resource Center Information and Referral Services
Web site
A resource center that provides publications, articles, statistics, data, funding sources as well as database searches on minority health topics. Can be contacted by phone at 1.800.444.6472, or by e-mail at info@omhrc.gov.
Provider's Guide to Quality & Culture: Pacific Islanders
Web site
Designed to help health care professionals better understand and more effectively respond to the growing needs of Pacific Islanders in the United States. Includes resources on cultural competency, challenges to health and well-being, and the population's strengths and protective factors.
Race, Ethnicity and Health Care: Access to Care for Vulnerable Populations
Tutorial
Discusses the role of race and ethnicity in health care.
Race, Ethnicity, and Health Care: The Basics
Web site
Contains a reference library with documents regarding demographics; health status; health coverage, access to care, and quality of care; state-level data, and public opinion.
Refugee Health Information Network
Web site
National collaborative partnership managed by refugee health professionals, whose objective is to provide quality multilingual, health information resources for those providing care to resettled refugees and asylees.
Resource Persons Network
Web site
Provides technical and capacity-building assistance to community-based organizations and institutions on behalf of the OMHRC for the purpose of assisting local efforts to improve minority health.
Rural Health Research: Minority health
Web site
Provides summaries of current and completed rural health research projects and related publications addressing the topic of minority health, produced by the Office of Rural Health Policy's funded rural health research centers.
Rural Minority and Multicultural Health Information Warehouse
Web site
Central source for finding information about rural minority and multicultural health. Lists research studies, reports, journal articles, and rural minority population data. Prepared by the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center with funding from the Office of Rural Health Policy.
State Offices of Minority and Multicultural Health Liaison Map
Web site
Provides contact information for state offices of minority and multicultural health through an interactive map. Includes information for the U.S. Commonwealths and Territories.
Think Cultural Health
Web site
Provides culturally competency programs with continuing education credits and other resources for physicians, pharmacists, and nurses to better meet the cultural and linguistic needs of an increasingly diverse patient population. Offers a free online accredited educational program for a variety of health care providers: physicians, PAs, nurses, and emergency & disaster preparedness workers.
Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents
Addressing Racial Disparities in Health Care: A Targeted Action Plan for Academic Medical Centers
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Report focuses on how academic health centers in the United States should commit to the goal of eliminating racial disparities in health care as part of their mission to preparing future generations of physicians to provide the highest quality care for the U.S. population including rural.
Date: 2009
Addressing the Health Care Needs in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
A policy brief identifying the health status and health needs of the U.S. - Mexico border region.
Date: 01 / 2010
Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures: Includes a Special Report on Race, Ethnicity and Alzheimer’s Disease
Provides a statistical resource for United States data related to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia, as well as other dementias. Includes implications for rural residents.
Date: 2010
Assuring Health Equity for Minority Persons with Disabilities: A Statement of Principles and Recommendations
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of Minority Health
HHS Advisory Committee on Minority Health published a report of targeted recommendations for improving the health of minorities with physical disabilities.
Date: 04 / 2011
Black Male: Why the Mid South Cannot Afford to Ignore the Disparities Facing its Black Men and Boys
Author(s): Chris Crothers, Tim Murphy, Bill Rankin
Sponsoring organization: Foundation for the Mid-South
Describes the status of black males ages 16-44 in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to raise awareness to the disparities and difficulties that they are experiencing. This age group tends to reflect large numbers facing multiple disparities including poverty, low graduation rates, high unemployment, poor health, and high incarceration rates, among others.
Building Our Understanding: Culture Insights Communicating with Hispanic/Latinos
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Addresses effective strategies of health communication with Latino/Hispanic audiences.
Date: 2011
California’s Agricultural Workers
Author(s): Sara Watson
Sponsoring organization: California Wellness Foundation
An examination of the possible impacts of reform on farmworkers.
Date: 07 / 2010
Chartbook: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Health of Rural Populations (Executive Summary)
Author(s): Kevin J. Bennett, Bankole Olatosi, Janice C. Probst
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Examines potential disparities among rural populations in health, health behaviors, preventive services and diabetes care.
Date: 06 / 2008
Community Health Workers: Expanding the Scope of the Health Care Delivery System
Author(s): Kristine Goodwin, Laura Tobler
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
Examines how community health workers (CHWs) can connect underserved populations with health and human service providers.
Date: 04 / 2008
Comparative Study of the Status of Minority Populations in America's Poorest Counties: A Pilot Project
Author(s): Rosemary McKenzie, Michael E. Samuels, Elmer T. Whitler
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Reports on a pilot profile of five counties, using county specific data for each of the five USDA rural high poverty groups that include poverty, race/ethnicity, and health outcome measures.
Date: 09 / 2008
Compendium of Rural Best Practices/Models: Communities Along the Border, Including Practices in Clinical Setting
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Representation of NRHA's Border Health Initiative's activities to encourage the development of quality health care services for rural populations along the U.S.-Mexico border. Compendium is intended to highlight communities along the border with models that can be built upon and can be used by federal agencies, states and local health and health-related agencies for setting priorities for rural border communities.
Date: 12 / 2010
Cultural Brokers Help Families and Providers Bridge the Cultural Divide
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Cultural Competence
Defines what cultural brokers are and how they may intervene between patient and health care provider to create a beneficial health care plan. Focus is on children with special needs in rural and underserved areas.
Date: 2011
Disparities in Children’s Health and Health Coverage
Sponsoring organization: Children's Defense Fund
Presents facts and figures regarding the health and health coverage of minority children in the United States – Black, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian.
Date: 2008
Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities across Races, Counties, and Race-Counties in the United States
Author(s): Christopher J. L. Murray, Sandeep C. Kulkarni, Catherine Michaud, Niels Tomijima, Maria T. Bulzacchelli, Terrell J. Iandiorio, Majid Ezzati
Describes a study that used race, location of the county of residence, population density, race-specific county-level per capita income, and cumulative homicide rate to divide the U.S. population into eight distinct groups, in order to explore the causes of the health disparities among these groups. Includes life expectancy comparisons among groups, with several groups specifically identified as rural.
Journal citation: PLoS Medicine Volume 3 Issue 9
Date: 09 / 2006
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: A Business Case Update for Employers
Sponsoring organization: National Business Group on Health
Explores key causes of health disparities in the U.S. and its workforce.
Date: 02 / 2009
Ensuring Equity: A Post-Reform Framework to Achieve High Performance Health Care for Vulnerable Populations
Author(s): Edward L. Schor, Julia Berenson, Anthony Shih, et al.
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Discusses strategies to improve how the health care system serves vulnerable populations— those who are uninsured, low-income, or members of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Date: 10 / 2011
First Results from the 2010 Census
Author(s): Mark Mather, Kevin Pollard, Linda A. Jacobsen
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
Initial report from the 2010 Census identifying population change in rural and metro areas. Includes statistics on the increased diversity and ethnicity in the U.S.
Date: 07 / 2011
Five Basic Facts on Immigrants and Their Health Care (Summary)
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Addresses how immigrants use and affect the health care system, and includes key facts about immigrants and health care.
Date: 03 / 2008
Guidelines for Providing Health Care Services through an Interpreter
Sponsoring organization: Cross Cultural Health Care Program
Basic information to help health care professionals work with an interpreter when providing health care.
Handling the Handoff: Rural and Race-Based Disparities in Post Hospitalization Follow-up Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes
Author(s): Kevin J. Bennett, Robert Chen, Medha Vyavaharkar, Saundra H. Glover, Janice C. Probst
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Provides estimates of hospital admission rates for rural Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, tracks the proportion of patients who receive adequate outpatient care post discharge, and assesses subsequent readmissions to the hospital. It also explores the potential for race-based disparities in care for diabetes.
Date: 09 / 2011
Health Coverage and Access to Care Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Examines the health coverage, access to health care, and health status of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ethnic groups in the United States, and finds that certain subgroups are doing worse than others in terms of health insurance coverage and access to health care.
Date: 04 / 2008
Health Coverage and Access to Care for Hispanics in "New Growth Communities" and "Major Hispanic Centers"
Author(s): Peter Cunningham, Michelle Banker, Samantha Artiga, Jennifer Tolbert
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Describes health insurance coverage and access to health care for Hispanics as the Hispanic population grows and moves beyond urban centers to rural and smaller urban communities. Compares Hispanics with non-Hispanic whites in these communities.
Date: 09 / 2006
Health Reform and Communities of Color: Implications for Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Issue brief examines the key provisions of the 2010 health reform law that will expand health coverage and are likely to improve access to care for people of color, rural communities, and underserved areas.
Date: 09 / 2010
Health, United States, 2011: With Special Feature on Socioeconomic Status and Health.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Uses tables and narrative to present trends and information regarding the Nation's health status, demographic distribution, health insurance coverage and expenditures, health behaviors and risk factors, and the utilization and access to health care.
Date: 05 / 2012
HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of Minority Health
Provides a brief overview of racial and ethnic health disparities and unveils the Department
of Health and Human Services Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
Date: 04 / 2011
Hispanics/Latinos and Cardiovascular Diseases: Statistics: 2011 Update
Sponsoring organization: American Heart Association
Outlines the causes of death among Hispanic/Latino men and women.
Date: 2011
Improving Access to Language Services in Health Care: A Look at National and State Efforts
Author(s): Melanie Au, Erin Fries Taylor, Marsha Gold
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Assesses emerging national efforts to address language barriers and profiles work in three states—California, Minnesota, and New York—to highlight challenges, successes, and implications for future policy and activities related to providing language services.
Date: 04 / 2009
Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity and Medical Care, 2007 Update
Author(s): Cara James, Megan Thomas, Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Rachel Garfield
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
A reference source on the health, health insurance coverage, access and quality of health care of racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
Date: 01 / 2007
Key Health and Health Care Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and State
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Shows variations across states, racial, and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators including rates of infant mortality, diabetes-related mortality, and AIDS cases.
Journal citation: Academic Medicine
Date: 04 / 2009
Low-Income & Minority Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage Plans, 2009
Sponsoring organization: AHIP Center for Policy and Research
Data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) show that Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare’s private comprehensive health plans, are an important source of coverage for low-income and minority beneficiaries in 2009.
Date: 09 / 2011
Modest and Uneven: Physician Efforts to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Author(s): James D. Reschovsky, Ellyn R. Boukus
Sponsoring organization: Center for Studying Health System Change
Reports on a 2008 HSC Health Tracking Physician Survey the steps they and their practices have taken to reduce language and cultural barriers and generate information at the practice level to improve care for minority patients.
Date: 02 / 2010
National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2010
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Comprehensive national overview of disparities in health care.
Date: 02 / 2011
National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2011
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Summarizes health care quality and access among various racial, ethnic, and income groups and other priority populations, such as residents of rural areas and people with disabilities.
Date: 03 / 2012
National Partnership for Action: Toolkit for Community Action
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of Minority Health
Toolkit for community action in order to support community efforts in the goal of ending health disparities and promoting health equity.
Date: 2011
National Plan for Action
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Captures the status of health disparities in our country and proposes 20 strategies for their elimination.
Date: 12 / 2009
National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Provides a common set of goals and objectives for public and private sector initiatives and partnerships to help racial and ethnic minorities - and other underserved groups - reach their full health potential.
Date: 2011
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health Disparities
Author(s): Wom Kim Cook, Corina Chung, Taunu'u Ve'e
Sponsoring organization: Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Provides an overview of NHPA (Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander) health in the United States. Where possible, this health brief also includes data on the health status of NHPAs living in the USAPI (U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands.)
Date: 08 / 2010
New Requirements for Citizenship Documentation in Medicaid
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Provides information on the new federal requirement that all U.S. citizens and nationals applying for or renewing their Medicaid coverage provide documentation of their citizenship status and examines the implications for Medicaid beneficiaries and the states.
Date: 03 / 2007
Profile of American Indians and Alaska Natives and Their Health Coverage
Author(s): Cara James, Karyn Schwartz, Julia Berndt
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Examines the health coverage, access to care and health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives across the country.
Date: 09 / 2009
PTSD Treatment-Seeking Among Rural Latino Combat Veterans: A Review of the Literature
Author(s): Michael R. Duke, Roland S. Moore, Genevieve M. Ames
Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Sociological Association
Contains a review of literature regarding post-traumatic stress disorder treatment faced by rural Latino veterans.
Journal citation: Journal of Rural Social Sciences Volume 26 Issue 3 Pages: 157-180
Date: 2011
Public Health Preparedness and Response for At-Risk Populations: Harnessing the Power of Health Information and Communication Technologies
Author(s): Anne Rader, Margo Edmunds, Joan Bishop
Sponsoring organization: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Outlines the preparedness challenges for people with disabilities and other at-risk groups, describes the information and communications technologies being used by healthcare providers and consumers, and gives examples of ways state governments and local communities are using technology to reach those who are most at risk.
Date: 2010
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Patient Safety Events, 2005
Author(s): C. Allison Russo, Roxanne M. Andrews, Marguerite Barrett
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) on racial and ethnic disparities in rates of hospital patient safety events that are potentially preventable. Sampling stratifiers include hospital region, bed size, ownership, teaching status, and urban/rural location.
Date: 06 / 2008
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Health Care: A Chartbook
Author(s): Holly Mead, Lara Cartwright-Smith, Karen Jones, Christal Ramos, Kristy Woods, Bruce Siegel,
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
Presents evidence linking racial and ethnic health disparities to the overall performance of local health care systems.
Date: 03 / 2008
Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Key Health Equity Provisions
Sponsoring organization: Families USA
Identifies how health reform presents an opportunity to address fundamental inequities in the health care system and among communities by helping to reduce racial and ethnic disparities.
Date: 03 / 2010
Rural Multiracial and Multicultural Committee’s Rural Economic Development Policy Brief
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Articulates the importance of and make recommendations for leveraging health resources to strengthen rural economies—especially in communities with our nation’s most disenfranchised populations: People marginalized by geography, race, culture, and language.
Date: 05 / 2009
Social Determinants of Health Among African Americans in a Rural Community in the Deep South: An Ecological Exploration
Author(s): Alison Scott, Rebecca Wilson
Reports on a study that identified potential social determinants of health among African Americans in a rural community in the Deep South.
Journal citation: Rural and Remote Health Volume 11 Issue Online Pages: 1634
Date: 02 / 2011
Southern California Promotores (Community Health Workers) Needs Assessment, San Diego and Imperial Counties, 2010-2011
Sponsoring organization: California Office of Binational Border Health
Results of a needs assessment to understand and determine existing barriers and challenges employers may perceive and/or experience when utilizing promotores or community health workers.
Substance Use Treatment Need and Receipt Among Hispanics
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Examines the need for and receipt of alcohol and illicit drug use treatment among Hispanics aged 12 or older, based on combined 2002 to 2007 data.
Date: 07 / 2009
Talking With Patients: How Hospitals Use Bilingual Clinicians and Staff to Care for Patients with Language Needs
Author(s): Jennifer Huang, Christal Ramos, Karen Jones, Marsha Regenstein
Sponsoring organization: George Washington University Department of Health Policy
Presents findings from a survey conducted by researchers at George Washington University and supported by funding from the California Endowment to learn more about the individuals in a hospital setting who interact with patients who speak a language other than English.
Date: 08 / 2009
Toolkit for Serving Diverse Communities
Sponsoring organization: Administration on Aging
Highlights a method for providing respectful, inclusive and sensitive services for any diverse community. Consists of a four-step process and a questionnaire that assists professionals, volunteers and grassroots advocates with every stage of program planning, implementation and service delivery for older adult communities, their families and caregivers, including rural populations.
Date: 06 / 2011
U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity
Sponsoring organization: Alan Guttmacher Institute
Provides national teenage pregnancy data for the years 1972 - 2006. Includes pregnancy, birth and abortion rates and abortion ratio by race and ethnicity.
Date: 01 / 2010
Using Professionally Trained Interpreters to Increase Patient/Provider Satisfaction: Does It Work?
Author(s): Ann D. Bagchi, Stacy Dale, Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Sky Andrecheck
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
A study addressing the research suggesting a link between the use of a professional interpreter during ED visits and higher levels of patient and provider satisfaction.
Date: 02 / 2010
Organizations
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
National organization
Influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders living in the United States
and its jurisdictions.
CDC's Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (OMHH)
Federal government
Aims to accelerate CDC’s health impact in the U.S population and to eliminate health disparities for vulnerable populations as defined by race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, geography, gender, age, disability status, risk status related to sex and gender, and among other populations identified to be at-risk for health disparities.
HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH)
Federal government
Serves to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Indian Health Service (IHS)
Federal government
Provides federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. Works to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level. Part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Iowa Division of Latino Affairs
State government
Studies the issues facing Spanish-speaking persons. Offers a newsletter, a directory of Latino resources, interpreter services, and educational opportunities.
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
National organization
Mission is to improve the health and well being of Hispanics. The Alliance informs consumers, supports health and human service providers in the delivery of quality care, improves the science base for accurate decision making by promoting better and more inclusive research, promotes appropriate use of technology, insures accountability, advocates on behalf of Hispanics, and promotes philanthropy. Information in English and Spanish.
National Alliance of Multi-Ethnic Behavioral Health Associations (NAMBHA)
National organization
Promotes the behavioral well-being of people of color and to eliminate disparities in behavioral health services and treatment through policy reform, culturally appropriate research and consumer involvement.
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
State/regional organization
Dedicated to addressing the alcohol, tobacco, and other drug issues of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) populations on the continental U.S., Hawaii, and the six Pacific Island jurisdictions.
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
National organization
Provides services and technical assistance to community, migrant, and homeless health centers.
National Association of State Offices of Minority Health (NASOMH)
National organization
Works to improve the effectiveness of State minority health/health disparity programs. It is a National nonprofit organization that focuses on the development and transference of skill sets to increase awareness of health and service disparities, monitor the progress of State offices; and communicate, document, and champion best practices at the State level in eliminating health disparities.
National Partnership for Action (NPA)
National organization
Mission is to mobilize and connect individuals and organizations across the country to create a Nation free of health disparities, with quality health outcomes for all people.
National Rural Health Association: Minority and Multicultural Affairs
National organization
Focuses on minority health issues in rural areas. This is a committee of NRHA.
