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 Power and the Promise: Working With Communities to Analyze Data, Interpret Findings, and Get to Outcomes
    (2008) Cashman, S. B.; Adeky, S.; Allen, A. J.; Corburn, J.; Israel, B. A.; Montano, J.; Rafelito, A.; Rhodes, S. D.; Swanston, S.; Wallerstein, N.; Eng, E.
    Although the intent of community-based participatory research (CBPR) is to include community voices in all phases of a research initiative, community partners appear less frequently engaged in data analysis and interpretation than in other research phases. Using 4 brief case studies, each with a different data collection methodology, we provide examples of how community members participated in data analysis, interpretation, or both, thereby strengthening community capacity and providing unique insight. The roles and skills of the community and academic partners were different from but complementary to each other. We suggest that including community partners in data analysis and interpretation, while lengthening project time, enriches insights and findings and consequently should be a focus of the next generation of CBPR initiatives.
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    Challenges To Using A Business Case For Addressing Health Disparities
    (2008) Lurie, Nicole; Somers, Stephen A.; Fremont, Allen; Angeles, January; Murphy, Erin K.; Hamblin, Allison
    The authors consider the challenges to quantifying both the business case and the social case for addressing disparities, which is central to achieving equity in the U.S. health care system. They describe the practical and methodological challenges faced by health plans exploring the business and social cases for undertaking disparity-reducing interventions. Despite these challenges, sound business and quality improvement principles can guide health care organizations seeking to reduce disparities. Place-based interventions may help focus resources and engage health care and community partners who can share in the costs of—and gains from—such efforts.