Collaborating to End Health Disparities in Our Lifetime
Garth N. Graham, MD, MPH and
Robert F. Spengler, ScD
Garth N. Graham is with the Office of Minority Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Robert F. Spengler is with the Office of Public Health Research, Office of Chief Science Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Correspondence: Correspondence should be sent to Garth N. Graham, MPH, MD, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health, 1001 Wootton Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852 (e-mail: garth.graham@hhs.gov). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking on the "Reprints/Eprints" link.
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INTRODUCTION
The issue of health disparities has national implications bothretrospectively and prospectively. In 1985, the Department ofHealth and Human Services released a report from the Secretary'sTask Force on Black and Minority Health.1 This report was oneof the first federal documents to extensively highlight theexistence of disparities in health and health care for racialand ethnic minority populations. Since then, minority populationshave grown. Recent US Census Bureau data indicate that the minoritypopulation of the United States totals more than 100 million,or 34% of the US population, and this group will likely becomethe majority . . . [Full Text]
