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Resources Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Women at the State Level
This package of resources, including a comprehensive study and interactive data tables, provides a rare state-level look at disparities among women of different races and ethnicities on a broad range of indicators of health and well-being.

Today's Topics In Health Disparities Webcast Series
A series of live, interactive webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and health care disparities in the United States. Each discussion features a panel of experts tackling current issues in health disparities and answering questions from webcast viewers.

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Health Reform and Communities of Color: How might it Affect Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities? -- November 2009
This issue brief examines some of the key provisions of health reform legislation that are likely to have a significant impact on people of color and also highlights the specific provisions that focus on health disparities.

The Role of Health Coverage for Communities of Color -- November 2009
This brief examines variations in health coverage by race and ethnicity and explores the role coverage plays in improving access to health care services for communities of color.

Today’s Topics In Health Disparities: Is the Health Care System Ready for Health Reform? -- October 2009

This Today's Topics In Health Disparities webcast examines how ready the health care system is for the influx of newly covered individuals that health reform aims to deliver. The panelists discuss provisions in the bills that address the need for increasing the health care workforce and maintaining the safety net, as well as potential gaps in the legislation, and the possible impact on racial and ethnic health disparities.

A Profile of American Indians and Alaska Natives and Their Health Coverage -- September 2009
This brief examines the health coverage, access to care and health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives across the country.

Immigrants’ Health Coverage and Health Reform: Key Questions and Answers -- September 2009
This issue brief provides an overview of key questions related to immigrant health care and health reform, addressing subjects such as how immigrants receive health coverage, how many of the uninsured are non-citizen immigrants and what would happen to coverage for non-citizen immigrants under current health reform proposals.

Fact Sheet: Black Americans and HIV/AIDS -- September 2009
This updated fact sheet highlights the epidemic’s impact on Black Americans, providing current data and trends over time.

Fact Sheet: Latinos and HIV/AIDS -- September 2009
This updated fact sheet highlights the impact of HIV/AIDS on Latinos in the United States, providing current data and trends over time.

The Effects of the Economic Recession on Communities of Color -- August 2009
This issue brief focuses on the challenges facing racial minorities, who tend to be disproportionately affected by economic recessions.

CHIP TIPS: New Federal Funding Available to Cover Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women -- July 2009

This brief, the fifth in a series, examines a new option under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 that allows states to receive federal funds for providing Medicaid and CHIP coverage to lawfully residing immigrant children and pregnant women regardless of when they entered the country.

Survey Brief: Views and Experiences with HIV Testing Among African Americans in the U.S. -- June 2009
This survey brief, based on the 2009 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS, examines African Americans' reported views and experiences with HIV testing.

This issue brief examines some of the key provisions of health reform legislation that are likely to have a significant impact on people of color and also highlights the specific provisions that focus on health disparities.

This brief examines variations in health coverage by race and ethnicity and explores the role coverage plays in improving access to health care services for communities of color.

This Today's Topics In Health Disparities webcast examines how ready the health care system is for the influx of newly covered individuals that health reform aims to deliver. The panelists discuss provisions in the bills that address the need for increasing the health care workforce and maintaining the safety net, as well as potential gaps in the legislation, and the possible impact on racial and ethnic health disparities.

This brief examines the health coverage, access to care and health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives across the country.

This issue brief provides an overview of key questions related to immigrant health care and health reform, addressing subjects such as how immigrants receive health coverage, how many of the uninsured are non-citizen immigrants and what would happen to coverage for non-citizen immigrants under current health reform proposals.

This updated fact sheet highlights the epidemic’s impact on Black Americans, providing current data and trends over time.

This updated fact sheet highlights the impact of HIV/AIDS on Latinos in the United States, providing current data and trends over time.

This issue brief focuses on the challenges facing racial minorities, who tend to be disproportionately affected by economic recessions.

This brief, the fifth in a series, examines a new option under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 that allows states to receive federal funds for providing Medicaid and CHIP coverage to lawfully residing immigrant children and pregnant women regardless of when they entered the country.

This survey brief, based on the 2009 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS, examines African Americans' reported views and experiences with HIV testing.

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Minority Health

A substantial and growing body of research indicates that race/ethnicity continues to matter in the U.S. health care system. Racial/ethnic background affects health status, health insurance coverage, and health care access and quality. The aggregate data used to produce national averages often mask disparities for people of color — especially those who are poor or near poor.

This section provides data and information on Latinos, African Americans, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Natives, who together make up nearly a third of the U.S. population. The fact sheets, chart packs, reports, surveys and webcasts gathered here can help to inform efforts to reduce disparities in health care access and quality.

The Foundation seeks to improve knowledge and understanding of the relationship between race/ethnicity and health care, through policy research and analysis, and media and public education activities. The Foundation also supports the development of new leadership in health policy through the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program, which annually provides talented college students of color the opportunity to work in a congressional office with major health policy responsibilities.