This free, monthly update synthesizes news coverage from hundreds of print and broadcast news sources related to health and health care issues affecting underserved and racial and ethnic communities.  The update also summarizes recent journal articles and other research developments in the field and features a data slide from a relevant Kaiser Family Foundation publication.

This data note examines public opinion among Washington, D.C.’s black residents about HIV/AIDS through a new analysis of the findings of the May 2011 Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation 2011 Survey of District of Columbia Residents.

State-based health insurance exchanges are a mechanism to buy private insurance beginning in 2014 under the health reform law. Through panel discussions with state leaders and stakeholders, this briefing explored progress on the exchanges and identified next steps.

This Today's Topics in Health Disparities webcast examines the new Department of Health and Human Services’ Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. The program will address the contents of the strategy and its timeline for implementation as well as its implications for providers. Panelists will also discuss how the new strategy relates to other federal efforts and to health reform implementation.

This new Data Note, using data from The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University Race and Recession Survey, conducted Jan. 27-Feb. 9, 2011, examines racial and ethnic disparities in the shares who report seeking out health information online, and explores the broader question of how disparities in Internet access might impact the abilities of different groups to access health care information available on the web as part of the Affordable Care Act.

The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program: Application Process

This issue brief examines the key provisions of the 2010 health reform law that will expand health coverage and are likely to improve access to care for people of color, as well as some of the other provisions that will likely have either a direct or indirect impact on health disparities.

12 Selected as 2010 Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars

This report assesses how disparities in access to care in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program compare with disparities among privately insured and uninsured children.

This Today's Topics In Health Disparities webcast examines aspects of the current Senate and House health reform bills that particularly impact women of color. The panelists will discuss provisions such as those that would preclude insurance companies from gender rating, remove barriers to care for pre-existing conditions, and improve access to preventive services.