National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: Community Resources Toolkit

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by  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health

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Acknowledgments
energy, knowledge, expertise, anddedication tomakingtheSummitasuccess.
Kelly Coleman
AKagyetnucryafFoerliHxeaAlatrhocnare Research and Quality, HHS Office of MMinDority Health, OPHS, HHS
MD Rockville,
Rockville,
Claude Marie Colimon
April ABD-Al-Khaliq HHS
InterculturTalXCancer Council RNeegwioYnorIkI,OfNfiYce of Minority Health,
Houston,
Jennifer Brooks Agwunobi Blake L. Crawford OPHS, HHS
Office of Minority Health,
Florida State University MD
Rockville,
FL
Tallahassee,
Shirley Mereday Dabney
ENraitcioBnaailleCyenter on Minority Health Office ofWomen's Health, OPHS, HHS
HHS Washington, D.C.
NIH,
and Health Disparities,
MD
Bethesda,
Deirdre M. Danahar
New England AIDS Education and Training Center
Sharon E. Barrett MA
Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS Boston,
MD
Rockville,
Nina Darling
OPHS, HHS
Office of Minority Health,
Paul Beasley MD
Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS Rockville,
MD
Rockville,
Allen Dearry
National Institutes of Health, NIH, HHS
Georgia Buggs NC
OPHS, HHS Research Triangle Park,
Office of Minority Health,
MD
Rockville,
Tuei Doong
OPHS, HHS
Office of Minority Health,
Olivia Carter-Pokras MD
OPHS, HHS Rockville,
Office of Minority Health,
MD
Rockville,
Michael Douglas
OPHS, HHS
Office of Minority Health,
Teresa Chapa MD
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Rockville,
HHS
Services Administration,
MD Anthony Duah-Agyemang
Rockville, OPHS, HHS
Office of Minority Health,
MD
Rockville,
Gwendolyn Clark
HHS
Health Resources and Services Administration,
MD Deborah Guadalupe Duran
Rockville, NIH, HHS
National Cancer Institute,
MD
Bethesda,
Sonsiere Cobb-Souza
HHS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
GA
Atlanta,
Epifanio Elizondo Arlene Lester
Region VI Office of Minority Health, HHS Region IV Office of Minority Health, HHS
TX GA
Dallas, Atlanta,
James L. Gray Vesnier Lugo
Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS
MD MD
Rockville, Rockville,
Betty Lee Hawks Imani Ma'at
Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS
MD GA
Rockville, Atlanta,
June Horner Gerrie Maccannon
Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS
MD MD
Rockville, Rockville,
DeLoris Lejames Hunter Rosemary McKenzie
Substance Abuse and Mental Health National Rural Health Association
HHS MO
Services Administration, Kansas City,
MD
Rockville,
Lia Margolis
Mildred Hunter Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Region V Office of Minority Health, HHS Pacific Palisades, CA
Chicago, IL
William Mayfield
HHS
Patricia Ironcloud Region VII Office of Minority Health,
MO
Rapid City, SD Kansas City,
Pamela M. Jackson Sheila P. Merriweather
Intercultural Cancer Council Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS
TX MD
Houston, Rockville,
Deeana Jang Kevin Nash
HHS & HHS
Office for Civil Rights, Centers For Medicare Medicaid Services,
MD
Washington, D.C. Baltimore,
Patrik Johansson Vincent R. Nathan
Office ofMinority Health, OPHS, HHS Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry, HHS
MD GA
Rockville, Atlanta,
Yvonne Johns Lorenzo Olivas
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS Region VIII Office of Minority Health, HHS
GA CO
Atlanta, Denver,
Marilyn L. Johnson Guadalupe Pacheco
National Public Health Forum Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS
MD MD
Columbia, Rockville,
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Edna L. Paisano Esther Sciammarella
Indian Health Service, HHS Chicago Department of Public Health
MD
Rockville, Chicago, IL •
Sibyl Bowie Page Janet Lee Scott-Harris
National Center on Minority Health Region I Office of Minority Health, HHS
and Health Disparities, NIH, HHS Boston, MA
MD
Bethesda,
James H. Simpson
Christina L. Perez Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS
Region IX Office of Minority Health, HHS Rockville, MD
San Francisco, CA
Lauren Steward
Jean Plaschke Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS
Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS Rockville, MD
MD
Rockville,
Nathan Stinson, Jr.
Shirley Ann Poor Thunder Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS
MD
Oglala Sioux Tribe Rockville,
Rapid City, SD
Dong Suh
Adrienne Porter Asian Health Services
Office on Women's Health, OPHS, HHS Oakland, CA
Washington, D.C.
Mary C. Wallace
Suki Ports Food and Drug Administration, HHS •
MD
Family Health Project, Inc. Rockville,
New York, NY
Jessie D. Washington
Marion Primas Office for Civil Rights, HHS
Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS Washington, D.C.
MD
Bethesda,
Robin Weinick
Joan Y Reede Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS
MD
Harvard University Rockville,
MA
Boston,
Nathaniel Wesley
A&M
Brian D. F. Richmond Florida University
Academy for Educational Development Tallahassee, FL
Washington, D.C.
John West
I.
Vincent C. Rogers Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS
MD
Region III Health Resources and Rockville,
HHS
Services Administration,
Philadelphia, PA Walter W. Williams
HHS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
GA
John Ruffin Atlanta,
National Center on Minority Health
and Health Disparities, NIH, HHS
MD
Bethesda,
Jeanean Willis
HHS
Health Resources and Services Administration,
MD
Rockville,
James Wilson
Siouxland Services, Inc.
Rapid City, SD
Violet Ryo-Hwa Woo
Office of Minority Health, OPHS, HHS
MD
Rockville,
Franklin Zavala-Velez
South Florida Deaf and Hard of Hearing Review
North Miami, FL
Acknowledgments
Special
TheDepartmentthanks thefollowingindividualsandorganizationsfortheirhardworkandexceptionalcontributions to
theSummit.
SummitProjectOfficers ProgramSupportCenter
Matthew Murguia Jackie Jones
Howard L. Kelley Nickie McKenna
Ralph Russell
OfficeoftheSecretary
Mirtha Beadle SummitToolkit
Willis Morris Stephanie L. Singleton
Brigette Settles Scott
OfficeofHIV/AIDSPolicy
Miguel Gomez BetahAssociates-SummitContractor
Vernell Henry
OfficeofMinorityHealth Roe Wilson
MD
Sandra Barnes Bethesda,
Monica Farrar
Deborah Hayes HealthManagementResources,Inc.
Annette Nieves Maria D. Lopes
MD
LeeAnn Robinson Landover,
Christine Savannah
Mattie Smith TheHughesGroup
MD
Silver Spring,
OfficeofMinorityHealthResourceCenter
Jose Tarcisio M. Carneiro
Jules Johnson
Ida Miggins
Lajoy Y. Mosby
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Table of Contents
OVERVIEW 9 INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS 107
Summit and OMH Overview HHS Initiatives ofNote 109
Best Practices/Model Programs 113
DATA/STATISTICS 1 Finding HHS Legislation 118
Population Overview 13
African American 15 FUNDING 119
American Indian/Alaska Native 16
Asian American 17 Federal Assistance 121
Hispanic/Latino 18 Federal Funding Information 123
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 19 Types of assistance 128
HHS Grant offices 130
Minority Health 21 Other Federal Funding Sources 132
African American Health 23
American Indian/Alaska Native 35 Non-Federal Assistance 133
Asian American/Pacific Islander 45
Hispanic/Latino 57 Tips for Grant Writing 136
Online Federal Health Data Sources 65 Funding-related Glossary 137
TECHNICALASSISTANCE 141
FEDERALAND STATE INFORMATION toi/n
Overview 143
U.S. Department of Health and Priority Health Concerns 145
Human Services (HHS) 69 Overall Health 151
HHS
Agencies 71
Minority Health Entities 75 RESOURCE DOCUMENTS 161
Federal Health Information Clearinghouses 77 Complete organization list 163
State Contacts 91
State Minority Liaisons 93
Regional Minority Health Consultants 100
State Health Departments 102
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he Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department The U.S. Department of Health and Human Ser-
of Health and Human Services, is excited to be vices' Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Dispari-
sponsoring this first National Leadership Sum- ties in Health employs five overarching strategies to con-
mit. The Summit seeks to draw national attention to ceptualize, direct, strengthen, and integrate action and
the existence of health disparities and to innovative ap- activities in public health:
proaches which address these disparities being imple-
mented in our communities at the local, State, National, ^ Strengthening the science base for decision-mak-
Federal, and Tribal levels. The mission ofthe Summit is ing by fostering data collection efforts, research,
to stimulate action at all levels to enhance program out- demonstrations, and evaluations;
comes and help eliminate health disparities. ^ Engaging in strategic communications to increase
Under the direction of the Deputy Assistant Secre- awareness and understanding of the major health
tary for Minority Health, Dr. Nathan Stinson, the Of- problems confronting Americans, informing, edu-
• fice of Minority Health (OMH) advises the Secretary cating, and empowering people about health and
and the Office of Public Health and Science on public human services;
health issues affecting American Indians and Alaska ^ Establishing, strengthening, and mobilizing part-
Natives, Asian Americans, Blacks/African Americans, nerships to identify and solve health problems;
Hispanics/Latinos, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific ^ Developing, improving, and enforcing policies,
Islanders. plans, laws, and regulations that support individual
The Office ofMinority Health (OMH) was created and community health and human service efforts;
by the U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services and
(HHS) in 1985 as a result ofthe Report ofthe Secretary's ^ Linking people to needed personal health and hu-
OMH
Task Force on Black and Minority Health. works man services, assuring the provision of such ser-
to improve the health ofracial and ethnic minoritypopu- vices when otherwise unavailable, and ensuring
lations through the development ofeffective health poli- an adequate and competent workforce to deliver
cies and programs aimed at eliminating disparities in such services.
health.
Together with HHS divisions and other Federal de- These cross-cutting strategies are key to Federal, State,
OMH
partments, works to improve collection and analy- and local efforts to address health disparities and will be
ses of data on the health of racial and ethnic popula- highlighted throughout the workshops and plenary ses-
OMH
tions. also monitors efforts to achieve the goals of sions organized in three distinctive tracks: Access, Health
HealthyPeople 2010, which has a special focus on elimi- Professions, and Research and Data.
nating, and not merely reducing, racial and ethnic dis-
parities in health.
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While the Summit itselfwill be an important venue Additional information that can easily be added to
to highlight successful programs that are operating at your Took Kit, along with pertinent up-to-the-minute
the local, State, or national levels, Summit planners un- data will focus on specific diseases and cross-cutting is-
derstand the importance of imparting skills with practi- sues. Additional items will be available on-site during
cal application. Workshop sessions are designed with the the Summit. It is our hope by the conclusion of this
goal of providing "hands-on" learning experiences based Summit, you, the participant, will have:
on real life programs, challenges, and examples. Work-
shop presenters have been asked to incorporate "skills ^ Learned about effective programs and strategies
building" as part of the presentations and to make their utilized to address barriers at the local, State and
presentations interactive rather than "sit and listen." Federal levels;
Your Summit planning committee is eager to en- ^ Enhanced your skills to affect change and mobi-
sure that participants leave the Summit with informa- lize resources in order to address health dispari-
tion and resources that can be used in the community. ties;
This "Community Resources Tool Kit" is designed to ^ Engaged in dialogue and information sharing with
serve as a foundation for individuals and organizations key national, State and local experts engaged in
looking to enhance their programs or start newprograms. developing and implementing programs and poli-
This Tool Kit includes: cies addressing health disparities at the commu-
nity level;
^ Data and Statistics; ^ Gained additional insight about the connection
^ Federal and State Information; between health and social/economic factors such
^ Initiatives and Programs; and as employment, housing, education, and the en-
^ Technical Assistance. vironment; and
^ Enhanced your understanding of the need for all
communities to work together as one and how
the health of one community affects the health of
all communities.
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