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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Item Partnership Perspectives(Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, 2000) UNSPECIFIEDItem Theory of Change: A Practical Tool For Action, Results and Learning(2004) UNSPECIFIEDItem Maryland Chartbook of Minority Health And Minority Health Disparities Data(Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, 2009) UNSPECIFIEDThe Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (MHHD) was established in the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in 2004 by legislation passed in the Maryland General Assembly session of that same year. One of the charges to MHHD is the compilation and distribution of minority health and health disparities data. This Second Edition of our Chartbook is one response to that charge. Adequate and accurate data are essential to any effort to identify and address health problems in general, and health disparities in particular. With regard to health disparities, whether defined by ethnicity/race or other factors (geography, gender, income, education, etc.), data are required to complete three essential tasks: 1. Identify and measure disparities 2. Determine the causes of the disparity and plan interventions 3. Track progress toward eliminating health disparities The compilation of Maryland health disparities data in this Chartbook is intended to enable each of these three critical functions.Item Best Practices in Capacity Building and Disease Management and Prevention to Address Minority Health Disparities(Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, 2007) UNSPECIFIEDEliminating minority health disparities continues to be a goal for state health policymakers, planners, educators, and legislators. They are challenged to identify effective strategies and programs. To this end, we have developed this document to offer examples of promising practices in capacity building and disease management. These practices demonstrate that state and local efforts can be effective in reducing health disparities. This report presents examples of community-based activities, operational procedures or capacity building approaches in addressing minority health disparities. The sections of each entry are program description, innovation (a unique distinction of the program), results/progress (an assessment/evaluation), and sources of further information The phenomenon of health disparity is socioeconomically complex, and often requires intervention at many points to be effective. Therefore, some limitations in selecting ‘Best Practices” must be noted. Overall, it is difficult to qualify any program or practice as "best." Perhaps, “promising” practices is a term that will better serve us. Assessments of efforts to address minority health disparities are constrained by the fact that little validating research is available to prove one approach more effective than another. Consequently, the scope of the literature review and web scan was narrow. Nevertheless, we attempted to select practices that have offered some form of evaluation or an account of results or progress. We hope these examples in this document will be of use to a broad audience of stakeholders interested in improving the availability and quality of approaches addressing minority health disparities. They demonstrate the practical ways in which public and private entities are working together to improve the health of all citizens. A resource list of contacts, resources, and reference documents appears at the end of this report.Item Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health(World Health Organization, 2008) UNSPECIFIEDThe Commission on Social Determinants of Health was set up by former World Health Organization Director-General J.W. Lee. It was tasked to collect, collate, and synthesize global evidence on the social determinants of health and their impact on health inequity, and to make recommendations for action to address that inequity.Item “Syphilis: National Negro Health Week”(1934) UNSPECIFIED“Syphilis: National Negro Health Week”, April 1, 1934. Two leaf fold-over. Fort Worth. Ransom Ransom, R. A., Chairman of Committee on Social Diseases & Chief Surgeon of Fort Worth Negro Hospital. Printed by Bragg Printing Co. This was the 20th meeting of the organization which was started by Booker T. Washington, as noted in the text.Item Healthy Women, Healthy Babies(2008) UNSPECIFIEDTrust for America's Health (TFAH) released Healthy Women, Healthy Babies in conjunction with the release of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT DATABOOK 2008. The report explains why after 40 years of progress, infant mortality rates in the U.S. have stalled since 2000. TFAH finds that the deteriorating health of American women, due in part to wide-spread chronic disease epidemics like obesity and diabetes, is taking a toll on American infants, resulting in stagnated improvement when it comes to infant health. TFAH's report offers recommendations for Congress and the American health system to aggressively improve the health of new-born infants.Item Understanding Clinical Trials(2007) UNSPECIFIEDChoosing to participate in a clinical trial is an important personal decision. The following frequently asked questions provide detailed information about clinical trials. In addition, it is often helpful to talk to a physician, family members, or friends about deciding to join a trial. After identifying some trial options, the next step is to contact the study research staff and ask questions about specific trials.Item Partnering Toward a Healthier Future: 2007 Progress Report, Eliminating Health Disparities in Frederick, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland(2007) UNSPECIFIEDThe purpose of this Inaugural Center on Healthcare Disparities Report is to provide local health providers, community stakeholders, and policy makers with an overview of health disparities affecting communities in the tri-county Maryland region surrounding Washington, DC (Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George’s Counties). This report details demographic trends, cultural infuences on health, analyses of health disparities across a range of health issues, and provides brief descriptions of local community groups working to reduce health disparities.