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| GOALS |
- To eliminate racial ethno-cultural
disparities in health in the United States
- To increase the quality of health
care and access to health care for minority populations
- To provide leadership to develop
private/public partnerships in minority communities to eliminate health disparities
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| OBJECTIVES |
- To develop awareness,
surveillance, and treatment programs targeting major chronic diseases that impact
racial/ethnic disparities in health
° Heart
Disease
° Diabetes
° Chronic Kidney Disease
° Cancer
° HIV/AIDs
° Immunizations
° Mental Health
° Obesity |
To develop
strategies for accessing health care for minority communities
° Insurance
° Cultural Competence
° Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
° Rural areas °
Misdistribution of services |
- To develop strategies to increase
the minority health care workforce
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Recruitment / retention
of students, physicians, faculty and health care providers |
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Research |
- To increase minority community
participation in health
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Community-based
organization outreach and enrollment |
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Media |
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Business |
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Faith based organized
efforts |
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Physicians and other
providers |
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Pharmaceutical industry |
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Insurance industry |
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Health Foundations |
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Asian and Pacific
Physicians' Association
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