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Healthy Workplace Initiatives
“Health Disparities are differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States.”
National Institute of Health
“..racial or ethnic differences in the quality of healthcare that are not due to access related factors or clinical needs, preferences, and appropriateness of intervention.”
National Institute of Medicine Unequal Treatment
In 2003 the Institute received a $1 million grant from the American Legacy Foundation to establish the On The Ground Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program. The organization brought together three Historically Black Colleges and Universities to address tobacco prevention and cessation on the campuses of the institutions and their surrounding communities. That success coupled with the strong commitment of the Institute to continually address the needs of the minority community, oftentimes beyond business development led it to undertake the On The Ground Project Smoking Cessation and Prevention Project.
In addition to the smoking habits of college age students, The On the Ground Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Project identified the tremendous health care issues and disparities now plaguing minority communities; hypertension, diabetes, cancer and obesity all have a tremendous impact on the economic vibrancy of a community.
The Institute is engaged in several initiatives associated with addressing the differences in health outcomes based on ethnicity, income and other psycho-social issues. Current projects include:
For more information on health disparities explore these resources:
Links:
Publications:
- Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care National Institute of Medicine
- Health Issues in The Black Community 2nd Edition Ronald L. Braithwaite and Sandra Taylor
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