GLHLTH 701K: Global Health Challenges: Health Disparities

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Institute of Medicine

Overview, objectives, and interventions and resources from HealthyPeople.gov.

Overview, objectives, and interventions and resources from HealthyPeople.gov.

REACH is a national program that serves as the cornerstone of CDC's efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health.

US Department of Health and Human Services programs, research, and reports on minority health.

Facts, data, reports, and more from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Includes health statistics, disparities, and organizations.

Kaiser Family Foundation

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

From the National Institutes of Health

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU) is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on contemporary health care issues of medically underserved communities.

Spatial overview of access to food at the county level.

Get a spatial overview of low-income neighborhoods with high concentrations of people who are far from a grocery store.

From the US Department of Health and Human Services

From the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health

US Department of Health and Human Services

The 2011 Health Disparities Profiles examines key health indicators at the state level for different racial and ethnic populations in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

CDC, National Center for Health Statistics

National Cancer Institute, Surveillance Research

From the Anne E. Casey Foundation, this resource allows you to search for data by state or topic. Covers US states and territories.

Data from the WHO on several indicators, including life expectancy and risk factors.

The National Healthcare Disparities Report summarizes health care quality and access among various racial, ethnic, and income groups and other priority populations, such as residents of rural areas and people with disabilities.

The State Snapshots provide State-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. The goal is to help State officials and their public- and private-sector partners better understand health care quality and disparities in their State.

NHIS data on a broad range of health topics are collected through personal household interviews (from the CDC).

An annual report on trends in health statistics. A menu allows you to easily access data on particular races/ethnic groups and other selected topics.

A private organization whose mission is to "promote a high performing health care system" by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy.