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Health Equity

Eliminating differences in health status and outcomes among different groups of people

Organizations Concerned with Health Equity and Disparities

Legislation

Health Disparities Legislation Information
From the National Conference of State Legislatures
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148)
Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-525)

Recommended Web Resources

Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts (2021)
Cultural and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Health Equity Resources
Advancing Health Equity in Chronic Disease
Healthy People 2030
Kaiser Health News: Health Disparities
Medline Plus: Health Disparities
Modest and Uneven: Physician Efforts to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities (2010)
National Healthcare Disparities Reports
Reducing Ethnic and Racial Inequities in Health Care: AHRQ Resources for Research [archived]
Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (2003)
Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient- and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals (2010)
Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
National Institutes of Health: Ending Structural Racism
This site focuses on the biomedical research enterprise side of health care, seeing to eliminate barriers to participation of investigators and researchers.

General Resources on Health Equity and Disparities

Health Disparity Tools

Office of Minority Health: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Minority Health and Health Equity Archive
Cancer Health Disparities Calculator (HD*Calc)
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Cancer-related health disparities, based on NCI's SEER data (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results)