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HHS Seeks Public Comment on Draft Strategy

The draft Environmental Justice Strategy will be available for public comment for 60 days, or until 11:59pm EDT on Saturday, December 3, 2011.   Learn more...

NPA Toolkit for Community Action

The NPA Toolkit for Community Action

The NPA Toolkit for Community Action supports efforts to end health disparities and promote health equity.  Learn more...

HHS Announces New, Refined Survey Standards to Examine and Help Eliminate Health Disparities

Standards for Consistent Demographic Measures

HHS published final standards for data collection on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status.  Learn more...

Health Information Technology

Initiative to Stimulate Adoption of Electronic Health Records

OMH, AHIMA and North Shore Medical Labs, Inc., are launching a program to stimulate adoption of electronic health records.  Learn more...
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NPA Case Study Chosen to Guide Conference
As one of only two American case studies selected, the NPA paper was used to inform discussions at this year's WHO World Conference on Social Determinants of Health in Brazil. Learn More Exit Disclaimer.
Read Journal Article about HHS Disparities Reduction Plan
"The Action Plan represents the first federal strategic disparities plan and the most comprehensive federal commitment in this area to date."
Read the article by Howard K. Koh, Garth Graham, and Sherry A. Glied.
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Beat It board. Emeobong E. Martin
Improving African Immigrant Health at Adventist HealthCare
African-born individuals account for four percent of the total population in the United States. In the Washington, D.C. area, African immigrants make up 11% of the total immigrant population, making it one of the largest U.S. metropolitan areas where African immigrants reside Read more ...
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Celebrating National Minority Health Month
By Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE
Fifty years ago this year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial about the truths deeply rooted in our country's creed: freedom, equality, and opportunity. "Now," he declared, "is the time to make real the promises of democracy." Dr. King's words lifted the crowd and electrified the nation – and today, we carry on the work of realizing his dream.
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