CDC Celebrates National Minority Health Month!
In accordance with this year's Minority Health Month theme: 30 Years of Advancing Health Equity, The Heckler Report: A Force for Ending Health Disparities in America, CDC and HHS are commemorating federal efforts towards eliminating health disparities that were mobilized by the findings from the Heckler Report.
The six recommendations outlined in the report serve as the cornerstone for much of CDC's health equity work today.
Building in part on the findings of the Heckler report and its recommendations, HHS released in 2011 an updated plan for federal initiatives aimed at reducing racial and ethnic health disparities through theHHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
See below for links to and examples of CDC activities advancing health equity, as well as links to HHS Office of Minority Health activities celebrating Minority Health Month!
CDC Actions in support of the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities
During April, we mark National Minority Health Month by raising awareness about the health disparities that continue to affect minority populations. This year's theme, 30 Years of Advancing Health Equity, The Heckler Report: A Force for Ending Health Disparities in America commemorates federal efforts towards eliminating health disparities that were mobilized by the findings from the Heckler Report.
CDC supports several activities as part of the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Some of these activities include:
In collaboration with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) , CDC is leading the HHS-wide "Million Hearts Initiative" to enhance community and clinical interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke among all Americans, including minority populations at greater risk for CVD.
Million Hearts has key minority serving organization partners such as the Association of Black Cardiologists, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, and the South Asian Heart Center. In February 2015, CDC recognized 30 public and private health care practices and systems across the country as Hypertension Control Champions for helping patients achieve blood pressure control.
For more information, see the following:
In the United States, rates of childhood obesity are high overall, but for minority and low-income communities, they are even higher.
The Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) Project seeks to determine whether coordinated approaches in the community that support healthy behaviors, including improving: the healthy eating and physical activity opportunities where children spend time, parenting skills, and utilization of preventive services can improve underserved children's health. Based on an integrated systems model of primary care and public health, CORD includes four key components: health care systems and organizations, community health workers, child care (early care and education centers including Head Start) and schools, and communities. CORD sites include communities with a high proportion of children aged 2–12 years who are eligible for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides low-cost health insurance to more than 7 million children from working families.
For more information, see the following:
CDC supports internship opportunities for qualified undergraduate and graduate students to gain meaningful experiences in public health settings: The CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars (CUPS) program, consists of five internship opportunities that expose undergraduate students interested in minority health to the field of public health research and practice by providing hands-on, project-oriented assignments. It is expected that this exposure to public health programs will heighten interns' awareness of and interest in public health careers. The Dr. James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program is a professional development program that provides hands-on experience for graduate students in medical, dental, veterinary, pharmacy, and public health master's-level graduate programs.
Through grassroots communication and social marketing to promote Influenza immunization to disparate populations, CDC builds partnerships at the grassroots level and across private and public sectors.
The National Influenza Vaccination Disparities Partnership (NIVDP) , supported by CDC, is comprised of multi-sector partners working to promote vaccination among underserved populations including African Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians/Alaska Natives.
The primary goal is to develop long-term partners and promote cross collaboration between community leaders, private sector organizations (e.g., pharmacy chains and health plans), and public sector organizations (medical associations, community-based organizations, and state and local public health departments) to help reduce the impact of influenza among Hispanic, African American, and American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) populations.
For more information, see the following:
CDC continues to partner with states and other grantees to work on reducing tobacco use among racial and ethnic minorities. CDC funds eight National Networks to assist states and communities to identify populations vulnerable to tobacco use and implement best practices for reducing tobacco-related disparities. Four of the eight National Networks serve four racial and ethnic minority groups (i.e., African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asians/Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics). Tips from Former Smokers profiles real people including individuals from various racial and ethnic minority population groups (African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives and Hispanics) who are living with serious long term health effects from smoking and secondhand smoke exposure.
For more information, see the following:
- National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP), Tobacco Control & National Networks
- Tips from Former Smokers Campaign
- Winnable Battles - Tobacco Use
- Vital Signs – Adult Smoking, Focusing on People with Mental Illness
- Vital Signs - Adult Smoking in the U.S.
Examples of Additional CDC Programs Addressing Health Disparities
- Cancer
- Community Health
- Diabetes
- Disability
- National Center on Birth Defects& Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
- Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities
- Disability & Health
- Disability & Health Data System (DHDS)
- Disability & Health, Health Care Data & Statistics
- Public Health Grand Rounds: Understanding the Causes of Major Birth Defects: Steps to Prevention
- Public Health Grand Rounds: Where in health is disability: Public health practices to include people with disabilities
- National Center on Birth Defects& Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
- Environmental Justice & Healthy Homes
- HIV/AIDS
- Injury & Violence Prevention & Control
- National Prevention StrategyElimination of Health Disparities focus area, and ways in which the health sector is working with other sectors to address health disparities:
- Recommendations for Elimination of Health Disparities among national, state, and local partners.
- CDC Feature: NPS: America's Plan for Better Health & Wellness
- Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
- Teen Pregnancy
- Tuberculosis (TB)
National Minority Health Month at HHS
30 Years of Advancing Health Equity The Heckler Report: A Force for Ending Health Disparities in America
HHS OMH Activities this Minority Health Month!
Additional HHS OMH Materials
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