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Goals for 2010
REACH 2010 is a federal initiative which includes the goal of eliminating racial and ethnic
disparities in health by the year 2010. This goal is one of two goals that
parallels the focus of Healthy People 2010, which describes the nation's
health objectives for the decade. The racial and ethnic minority
populations in the U.S. who are
experiencing these disparities include the following:
- African Americans
- Alaska Natives
- American Indians
- Asian Americans
- Hispanic Americans
- Pacific Islanders
REACH 2010 is part of the national initiative to eliminate disparities in
health status experienced by racial and ethnic minority populations in the
following six priority areas:
- Infant Mortality
- Breast and Cervical Cancer
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Diabetes
- HIV Infections/AIDS
- Child and Adult Immunizations
REACH 2010 supports community
coalitions in designing, implementing, and evaluating community-driven
strategies to eliminate health disparities. Each coalition comprises a
community-based organization and three other organizations, of which at
least one is either a local or state health department or a university or
research organization.
REACH 2010 grantees are using local data to implement interventions that
address one or more of the six priority areas and targets one or more of
the racial and ethnic minority groups mentioned above. The activities of
these community coalitions include continuing education on disease
prevention for health care providers, health education and health
promotion programs that use lay health workers to reach community members,
and health communications campaigns. |
