Looking Through a Glass, Darkly: Eliminating Health Disparities
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Eliminating disparities in health status and access to health services for all U.S. populations is one of the two overarching goals of the Healthy People 2010 national public health agenda, making it a top priority for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the public health community (3). Although health disparities have persisted in the United States for well over 100 years, we find ourselves in a historical moment when our nation can no longer tolerate this growing public health problem. The well-being of the entire nation is at stake. CDC’s Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010 is a cutting-edge, community-based public health program that is effectively eliminating health disparities in 40 communities of color across the nation. This issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, which features culturally appropriate, evidence-based strategies from REACH 2010 community projects, provides the opportunity for us to carry forward the research-to-practice wisdom shared during the 19th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Health Disparities: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities, held in March 2005.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Preventing Chronic Disease
دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006