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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    MINORITY HEALTH: Latino/Hispanic diabetes media awareness campaign described
    (2004) Health and, Medicine Week
    A Latino/Hispanic diabetes media awareness campaign is described in a recent issue of Family and Community Health. According to recent research from the United States, "The prevalence rates of diabetes in communities of color are higher than in Caucasian populations. Social marketing can be an effective approach to educating communities and encouraging visits to health care providers. This article describes Thunder and Lightning and Rain, a diabetes media awareness campaign implemented in a five-county area in central Washington State with a large Latino/Hispanic population.
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    HIV/AIDS TRENDS; Attention to AIDS wanes, but illness is still rampant
    (2004) Health and, Medicine Week
    Arkansas' leaders are mistaken if they think the epidemic of acquired immune-deficiency syndrome is under control, according to advocates for AIDS support groups. They expressed concern in an appearance before a legislative committee that authorities have become apathetic about the illness again. The Arkansas AIDS Drug Assistance Program and Jefferson Comprehensive Care Inc. appealed to the joint legislative Minority Health Subcommittee for increased funding and new laws.