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Analysis Reveals Wide Disparities in Health Coverage Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders This analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum finds that certain subgroups of the nation’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations are doing much worse than others in terms of health insurance coverage and access to health care.		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.

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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.

Resources Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Women at the State Level -- June 2009
This package of resources, including a comprehensive study, state fact sheets 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.

Video: Women at Risk: A View from the Safety Net -- June 2009

This video provides a snapshot of the Arlington (Va.) Free Clinic where, twice a month, medical personnel provide care and screenings exclusively to women. The video explores the hurdles that uninsured women face in accessing health care and the social issues, including work and family responsibilities, that create challenges for them. It is a companion to the report, "Putting Women's Health Care Disparities On The Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level."

Putting Women's Health Care Disparities On The Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level -- June 2009
This study provides a rare and comprehensive state-level look at disparities among women of different races and ethnicities on a broad range of indicators of health and well-being.

Key Health and Health Care Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and State -- April 2009
This data update shows variation This updated fact sheet shows variations across states and racial and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators.

Today's Topics In Health Disparities -- March 2009

The Kaiser Family Foundation presents a series of live, interactive webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and health care disparities in the United States.

Today's Topics In Health Disparities: The Effect of the Economic Downturn on the Health of Communities of Color -- March 2009

This live, interactive webcast in the Today's Topics In Health Disparities series examined how the recession is affecting communities of color in the areas of health care coverage, access to care and health outcomes, and housing and employment and whether the economic recovery legislation will help states respond to the rising demand for programs such as Medicaid.

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

This package of resources, including a comprehensive study, state fact sheets 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.

This study provides a rare and comprehensive state-level look at disparities among women of different races and ethnicities on a broad range of indicators of health and well-being.

This data update shows variation This updated fact sheet shows variations across states and racial and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators.

The Kaiser Family Foundation presents a series of live, interactive webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and health care disparities in the United States.

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Minority Health: Racial Disparities

Numerous studies over the past two decades have documented racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care. Surveys of the public and of health care providers have revealed little awareness of these disparities. In addition to raising awareness, the challenge facing researchers, policymakers and health care providers is to identify and disentangle the many complex factors that account for racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care, so that the sources of inequity can be addressed.