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H.R.7585 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022

(Just Now) WEBHealth Equity and Accountability Act of 2022. This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and others to undertake efforts to reduce health disparities. specified conditions that disproportionately affect racial and ethnic …

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7585

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Minority Health Legislation In The 110th Congress

(Just Now) WEBMinority Health Legislation In The 106th Congress. In November of 2000, the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act (P.L. 106-525) was signed into law. This bill has led

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/minority-health-legislation-110th-congress

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Health Equity Fact Sheet Health Equity CDC - Centers …

(9 days ago) WEBThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is committed to ensuring health equity is embedded in an all-of-public health approach to overcoming persistent health disparities and health inequities across a range of population groups that …

https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/core/fact-sheet/index.html

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NIH Minority Health, Health Disparities Strategic Plan

(Just Now) WEBAnnouncement. March 31, 2021. NIH Releases Minority Health and Health Disparities Strategic Plan 2021-2025. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today charted a path for NIH to advance the science of minority health and health disparities for the next five …

https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/2021/pr-2021-03-31-strategic-plan.html

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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

(6 days ago) WEBScience Collaborative for Health disparities and Artificial intelligence bias Reduction. An innovative cloud computing platform where you can: Access and link population, behavioral, and social determinants of health …

https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/

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National Institute on Minority Health and Health …

(2 days ago) WEB2000 — The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) was established by the passage of the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000, Public Law 106-525, which was signed by the …

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/national-institute-minority-health-health-disparities-nimhd

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Home Page - Office of Minority Health (OMH)

(1 days ago) WEBThe OMH Knowledge Center offers a variety of information resources, including access to online document collections, database and funding searches, and customized responses to requests for information. The mission of the Office of Minority …

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/

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HHS Announces Plan to Reduce Health Disparities Office …

(Just Now) WEBThe Affordable Care Act offers the potential to address the needs of racial and ethnic minority populations, by bringing down health care costs, investing in prevention and wellness, supporting improvements in primary care, and creating linkages between the …

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/news/hhs-announces-plan-reduce-health-disparities

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Minority Health CDC - Centers for Disease Control and …

(5 days ago) WEBThe latest news related to minority health, social determinants of health, and health equity. The Office of Health Equity (OHE) Mission: Advance health equity and women’s health issues across the nation through CDC’s science and programs, and …

https://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/index.html

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The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

(3 days ago) WEBUnderstanding and addressing health disparities in all of their complexity and promoting health equity requires applying a multidimensional research lens. 1 The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) research framework (hereafter …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6356129/

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Understanding and Mitigating Health Inequities — Past, Current, …

(Just Now) WEBIn 2000, the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act established the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, along with a dedicated research budget to

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2008628

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Enhancing Transparency and Accountability for NIH Minority …

(Just Now) WEBThe UNITE N Committee is charged with enhancing the transparency, accountability, and equitable conduct of NIH-supported health disparities (HD) and minority health (MH) research. The goal is to mitigate the impact of structural racism on …

https://www.nih.gov/ending-structural-racism/enhancing-transparency-accountability-nih-minority-health-health-disparities-research

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How History Has Shaped Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - KFF

(4 days ago) WEBCongress passed this Act to support research on minority health and health disparities in addition to medical training for students from underrepresented backgrounds in 2000.

https://www.kff.org/how-history-has-shaped-racial-and-ethnic-health-disparities-a-timeline-of-policies-and-events/

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Minority Health & Health Disparities NIAID: National Institute of

(2 days ago) WEBMinority Health & Health Disparities. Health disparities are gaps in the quality of health and health care that mirror differences in socioeconomic status, racial and ethnic background, and education level. These disparities may stem from many factors, …

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/minority-health-disparities

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Minority Health and Health Disparities Research National …

(8 days ago) WEBNIH is committed to: 1. Improving minority health and reducing health disparities. 2. Removing the barriers to advancing health disparities research. Health disparities are preventable differences in health status and outcomes that adversely …

https://www.nih.gov/ending-structural-racism/minority-health-health-disparities-research

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Health Equity Timeline - Think Cultural Health

(3 days ago) WEBNearly 40 Years of Advancing Health Equity. The Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health (commonly referred to as the Heckler Report) was released nearly 40 years ago and mobilized the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' …

https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/clas/health-equity-timeline

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National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among

(6 days ago) WEBBackground. The intended outcomes of this $2.25 billion grant are to: Reduce COVID-19-related health disparities. Improve and increase testing and contact tracing among populations at higher risk and those that are underserved, including racial and …

https://www.cdc.gov/public-health-gateway/php/funding/covid-19-health-disparities-ot21-2103.html

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Updating NIH Minority Health and Health Disparities Categories to

(Just Now) WEBOur commitment to health disparities and minority health research was the underlying factor prompting us to better understand and improve their reporting. Improving the accuracy and transparency of racial and ethnic equity data was also a primary focus …

https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2024/05/14/updating-nih-minority-health-and-health-disparities-categories-to-improve-accuracy-and-transparency/

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COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by Race/Ethnicity: Current Data and

(3 days ago) WEBContinuing to assess COVID-19 health impacts by race/ethnicity is important for both identifying and addressing disparities and preventing against further widening of disparities in health going

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/covid-19-cases-and-deaths-by-race-ethnicity-current-data-and-changes-over-time/

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NIH Improves MH and HD Research Categories Reporting

(Just Now) WEBThis year, NIH has converted two categories, Minority Health and Health Disparities, into five new categories to better distinguish research funding from workforce development and capacity building funding. This means the first three categories below …

https://nimhd.nih.gov/about/directors-corner/messages/nih-improves-minority-health-and-health-disparities-reporting.html

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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Record Over …

(Just Now) WEBThe funding will build capacity of HBCUs to conduct Black maternal health research to fully understand and address the root causes of disparities in maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/16/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-record-over-16-billion-in-support-for-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-hbcus/

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Newsletters Office of Minority Health

(1 days ago) WEBThe mission of the Office of Minority Health is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities.

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/news/all-newsletters

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Public Law 106–525 106th Congress An Act - GovInfo

(5 days ago) WEBPUBLIC LAW 106–525—NOV. 22, 2000 114 STAT. 2497 to help close the health disparities gap among ethnic minority populations. In addition, there is a shortage of minority behav-ioral science researchers and behavioral health care profes-

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-106publ525/pdf/PLAW-106publ525.pdf

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N.J.’s health system is failing underserved groups. How can the …

(4 days ago) WEBThe Commonwealth Fund analysis showed some promising gains for underserved communities in New Jersey. Black women, for instance, had the highest rate of having mammograms among all groups. But at

https://www.nj.com/healthfit/2021/11/njs-health-system-is-failing-underserved-groups-how-can-the-care-divide-be-bridged.html

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NJSHAD - Health Disparities

(4 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Reducing health disparity among New Jerseyans is an overarching goal of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS). Health disparities are defined as significant differences between one population and another. The Minority …

https://www-doh.state.nj.us/doh-shad/home/HealthDisparities.html

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AACR Releases Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024

(3 days ago) WEBReport features latest statistics and nine compelling patient stories. PHILADELPHIA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today released its Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024.First published in 2020, this biennial report …

https://www.aacr.org/about-the-aacr/newsroom/news-releases/aacr-releases-cancer-disparities-progress-report-2024/

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Higher cancer rates in minoritized communities driven by …

(7 days ago) WEBDespite the overall death rate from cancer in the U.S. falling by 33% between 1991 and 2020, many segments of the U.S. population experience a disproportionate cancer burden, according to the 2024 American Association for Cancer Research …

https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/cancer-articles/2024/may/aacr-cancer-disparities-progress-report

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The Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease …

(4 days ago) WEBPrevention Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-18). With unanimous support in Congress, and under the leadership of Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), the Act amended the Public Health Service Act and became Public Law, authorizing the Secretary of Health and …

https://jdc.jefferson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1639&context=hpn

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OT21-2103: National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health …

(1 days ago) WEBcollaborative approach. Collaborations between recipients and key partners will broadly address health disparities and inequities related to COVID-19. Source: CDC-RFA-OT21-2103 This measure will inform how many new, existing, or expanded partnerships are …

https://www.cdc.gov/public-health-gateway/media/pdfs/2024/05/OT21-2103.Performance.Measure.Guidancev2.0-508.pdf

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Cancer Disparities: The Gaps and Encouraging Progress AACR

(Just Now) WEBTo raise awareness of disparities like these and bring attention to the importance of cancer disparities research in reducing health inequities, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) launched its Cancer Disparities Progress …

https://www.aacr.org/blog/2024/05/15/cancer-disparities-the-gaps-and-encouraging-progress/

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NJSHAD - Health Disparities

(9 days ago) WEBA health disparity is "a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. Health disparities adversely affect groups of people who have systematically experienced greater obstacles to health based on …

https://www-doh.state.nj.us/doh-shad/resources/HealthDisparities.html

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Health Equity and Access Weekly Roundup: May 18, 2024

(7 days ago) WEBThe US Senate hosted a panel addressing physician and health care shortages and efforts to increase minority representation in the medical field. An expert discussed initiatives to prevent senior

https://www.ajmc.com/view/health-equity-and-access-weekly-roundup-may-18-2024

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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities …

(2 days ago) WEBNational Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Initiative for Improving American Indian and Alaska Native Cancer OutcomesThe National Institutes of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of NIH under the …

https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/thro/tribal-consultations/national-institute-minority-health-and-health-disparities-nimhd-initiative-improving-american

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AACR releases Cancer Disparities Progress Rep EurekAlert!

(8 days ago) WEBThe American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) today released its Cancer Disparities Progress Report 2024 . First published in 2020, this biennial report raises awareness of the enormous toll

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1044676

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New York State Department of Health Health Equity Council …

(8 days ago) WEB3. Sickle Cell - S1839A / A2609 - This was an act to amend the Public Health Law 245, under which the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities was created. The amendment is in relation tosickle cell disease detection and education to require the …

https://www.health.ny.gov/community/minority/docs/meeting_minutes/2024/minutes_03-01.pdf

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Large racial disparities in health outcomes remain in NJ - Bergen …

(6 days ago) WEBRacial disparities in health access and outcomes remain 'embedded' in NJ, report finds. 4-minute read

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2023/05/16/large-racial-disparities-in-health-outcomes-remain-in-nj-maternal-care-covid/70183496007/

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