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Despite great improvements in the overall health of the nation, a disproportionate number of Americans who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups lack access to preventive health services. As a result, African Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Pacific Islanders are more likely than whites to have poor health and to die prematurely. Culturally appropriate, community-driven programs are critical for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health. In FY 2000, Congress appropriated $30 million to support REACH 2010, a 5-year demonstration project that supports community coalitions in designing, implementing, and evaluating community-driven strategies to eliminate health disparities. In FY 2001, Congress appropriated $35 million to continue REACH 2010 projects and add a new emphasis on the American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Currently, there are 33 community projects, which includes two projects funded by the California Endowment. These 33 projects address each of the four areas of disparity mentioned in the Burden of Chronic Disease on Minority Racial Populations.
REACH 2010 Project Sites, FY 2001
= | Funding for American Indian/Alaska Native Core Capacity Building (5 sites) |
= | Funding for Program Implementation (31 sites) |
1. Seattle-King County Department of Public Health (WA) |
2. African-American Health Coalition (OR) |
3. University of Nevada, Reno |
4. University of California, San Francisco |
5. San Francisco Department of Health (CA) |
6. Harbor-UCLA Research & Education (CA) |
7. Community Health Councils of Los Angeles (CA) |
8. Chugachmiut, Inc.(AK) |
9. Hidalgo Medical Services (NM) |
10. Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc. (NM) |
11. Migrant Health Promotion (TX) |
12. Association of American Indian Physicians (OK) |
13. Oklahoma State Department of Health (OK) |
14. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (OK) |
15. National Black Women's Health Project (LA) |
16. University of Alabama at Birmingham (AL) |
17. Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health (TN) |
18. United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (TN) |
19. Fulton County Department of Health & Welfare (GA) |
20. Florida International University (FL) |
21. Medical University of South Carolina |
22. Carolinas Health Care System (NC) |
23. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (NC) |
24. Boston Public Health Commission (MA) |
25. New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition (NH) |
26. Lowell Community Health Center (MA) |
27. Greater Lawrence Family Health (MA) |
28. Center for Community Health Education (MA) |
29. Trustees of Columbia University (NY) |
30. Institute for Urban Family Health (NY) |
31. Genesee County Health Department (MI) |
32. Community Health and Social Services (MI) |
33. University of Illinois, Chicago (IL) |
34. Chicago Department of Health (IL) |
35. Access Community Health Network (IL) |
36. Missouri Coalition of Primary Health Care |
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Reach Out is a Chicago-area collaboration that draws on leadership within African American and Hispanic/Latino churches to encourage low-income African American and Hispanic/Latina women to seek breast and cervical cancer screening. Focus groups of women members of local African American and Hispanic/Latino churches clearly establish that these women want information about how breast and cervical cancer could affect them. Using these results, the coalition began three pilot educational forums in churches to encourage women to seek breast and cervical cancer screening.
Cambodian Community Health 2010, in Lowell Massachusetts, is targeting cardiovascular disease and diabetes among Cambodian refugees. During the planning phase, the project held Community Conversations in seven locations throughout the Cambodian community to involve all community members in developing an action plan. A Cambodian Elders Council was also formed to give a voice to older Cambodian refugees, who are often homebound and isolated by the language barrier.
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