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The Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions was established in October 2002 with a 5-year grant from the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Centers of Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach, Research on Health Disparities, and Training program (Project EXPORT).
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities: In 2005, the CRCHD started the Community Networks Program, which "aims to reduce cancer health disparities through community-based participatory education, training, and research among racial/ethnic minorities and underserved populations."
The Director of the Health Disparities Group, Vence L. Bonham Jr., leads a team that seeks to qualify and better understand the disparities and reduce the gap in access to genetic counseling, inclusion of minority communities in original research, and access to genetic information to improve health.
The Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute grant is one of several large research investments to close disparities in maternal health in the U.S. NC gets millions for ambitious study to ...
These changes aim to increase affordability, expand care coordination and address the health disparities for seniors and those with disabilities while ensuring higher insurer accountability.
The health care industry has always been at the forefront of change and adaptation. ... and this is where addressing health care disparities through building a diverse health care workforce comes ...
NIMHD addresses disparities in minority health in the United States. It defines minority health as "all aspects of health and disease in one or more racial/ethnic minority populations as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, including Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders."
These are "health outcomes, patterns of health determinants, and policies and interventions". [1] A priority considered important in achieving the aim of population health is to reduce health inequities or disparities among different population groups due to, among other factors, the social determinants of health (SDOH).