Minority Health and Health Equity Archive

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Welcome to the Minority Health and Health Equity Archive (MHHEA), an electronic archive for digital resource materials in the fields of minority health and health disparities research and policy. It is offered as a no-charge resource to the public, academic scholars and health science researchers interested in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities.

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    The Veterans Health Administration’s Promotion of Health Equity for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
    (2003) Fine, Michael J.; Demakis, John G.
    The Department of Veterans Affairs(VA) Health Services Research and Development Service( HSRD) is proud to collaborate with the Journal to publish this special edition highlighting the Third Annual National Minority Health Leadership Summit. The summit, held in Pittsburgh, Pa, in January 2003, was titled “Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: The Role of Community- Based Participatory Research.” It was organized by the Center for Minority Health at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and was cosponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (Region III) and the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion. During a special VA panel session at the summit, we described the VA’s comprehensive response to the national initiative to eliminate disparities in health and health care among racial and ethnic minorities. The audience, a diverse group of health professionals, public health workers, and community service providers, was largely unaware of the leading role the VA has played in promoting equality in health and health care among these traditionally underserved populations.
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    Advancing Health Disparities Research Within the Health Care System: A Conceptual Framework
    (2006) Kilbourne, Amy M.; Switzer, Galen; Hyman, Kelly; Crowley-Matoka, Megan; Fine, Michael J.
    We provide a framework for health services-related researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to guide future health disparities research in areas ranging from detecting differences in health and health care to understanding the determinants that underlie disparities to ultimately designing interventions that reduce and eliminate these disparities. To do this, we identify potential selection biases and definitions of vulnerable groups when detecting disparities. The key factors to understanding disparities were multilevel determinants of health disparities, including individual beliefs and preferences, effective patient-provider communication, and the organizational culture of the health care system. We encourage interventions that yield generalizable data on their effectiveness, and that promote further engagement of communities, providers, and policy makers to ultimately enhance the application and the impact of health disparities research.