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Asthma Disparities

Additional Resources

 

LEARN MORE ABOUT ASTHMA & other Health DISPARITIES


Health Disparities:
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
http://www.ahrq.gov/research/minorix.htm
• United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
http://www.omhrc.gov/
• The Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/index.cfm
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health
http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/About/about.htm
• Center for Health Care Strategies
http://chcs.org/
Asthma Disparities/Research:
• American Lung Association State of Lung Disease in Diverse Communities: 2007 http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=308853
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences- asthma research page
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/disparity/asthma.htm
California-Specific Information:
• California Department of Health Services, Office of Multicultural Health-General and
Publications Page
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/director/omh/default.htm
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/director/omh/html/publicat.htm
• California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, Stats & Charts
http://cpehn.org/healthcharts.php
Reference Publications:
Health Disparities:
• The Connection Between Race, Class, & Health http://www.healthpolitics.com/media/class_race_health/brief_class_race_health.pdf
• Institute of Medicine “Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care”
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10260#toc
• Commonwealth Fund “State Policy Agenda to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities”
www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/McDonough_State_Policy_Agenda_Eliminate_Racial.pdf
Asthma Disparities:
• The National Pharmaceutical Company & Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America "Ethnic Disparities in the Burden and Treatment of Asthma"
http://www.aafa.org/pdfs/disparities.pdf
• Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies “Breathing Easier: Community-Based Strategies to Prevent Asthma”  http://www.policylink.org/pdfs/JointCenter-Asthma.pdf
 

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