The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) selected six focus areas in which racial and ethnic minorities experience serious disparities in health access and outcomes:
- Infant Mortality
- Cancer Screening and Management
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Diabetes
- HIV Infection/AIDS
- Immunizations
These six health areas were selected for emphasis because they reflect areas of disparity that are known to affect multiple racial and ethnic minority groups at all life stages. The representative near-term goals within these six areas are drawn from Healthy People 2000, the Nation's prevention agenda; targets for reducing disparities have been developed in consultation with representatives from target communities and experts in Public Health. Reliable national data is also available to track our progress on these near-term goals in a timely fashion. As a public health leader in your community, select one of the above problems and in 300 words of less, summarize an overall assessment strategy to obtain data on that topic from the target population in your community.Post your response at the PH 426 Conferencing Exercise site.
Responses:
PH 426 Conferencing Exercises last updated April 12, 2004 (epowell)