Reports

The Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) reports on its coordination of CDC activities for White House and Departmental Initiatives aimed at improving the ability of educational institutions to serve racial and ethnic minorities and addressing the health and human service concerns of racialand ethnic minorities.

Office of Minority Health & Health Equity (OMHHE) Reports

Annual Performance Reports

FY 2009
Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) Report

FY 2009
Tribal Budget & Consultation (TBC) Report

FY 2008
Tribal Colleges & Universities (TCU) Report

FY 2008
Tribal Budget & Consultation (TBC) Report

(FY) Fiscal Year

Annual Plans

FY 2010
Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) Plan

FY 2009
Historically Black Colleges & Univerisities (HBCU) Plan

FY 2009 - FY 2011
Tribal Colleges & Universities (TCU) Plan

For Reports & Plans dated 2007-2002,
Please see the OMHHE Report Archives.

CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities Report (CHDIR)

2011 CHDIR
CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities Report - United States, 2011

The CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report - United States, 2011, is the first in a series of periodic, consolidated assessments that highlight health disparities by sex, race, and ethnicity, income, education, disability status and other social characteristics in the U.S.

The report provides analysis and reporting of the recent trends and ongoing variations in health disparities and inequalities in selected social and health indicators, both of which are important steps in encouraging actions and facilitating accountability to reduce modifiable disparities by using interventions that are effective and scalable.

For more information,
including the 2011 Report, an Executive Summary, Report Fact Sheet, 22 Topic Specific Fact Sheets, and related materials, see CDC's Minority Health, Health Disparities & Inequalities Report Website.

For just the report, it can be found directly at MMWR Supplement, January 14, 2011, Vol. 60, pg.1-116.

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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

National Partnership for Action (NPA)
National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity
HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities
Measuring Healthcare Quality 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
Summarizes health care quality and access among various racial, ethnic, and income groups and other priority populations, such as children and older adults.
HHS OMH Culturallly and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care Sponsored by HHS OMH, CLAS includes recommendations for national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health care.
Making Cancer Health Disparities History A Report of the Trans-HHS Cancer Health Disparities Progress Review Group.

For more, please see HHS OMH Reports

Other Health Disparities & Related Reports

Healthy People 2020
Meeting on Health Care Disparities U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,
Washington, DC
June 12th, 2009
HHS in the 21st Century: Charting a New Course for a Healthier America Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM)
December 9th, 2008
Minorities in Medicine: An Ethnic and Cultural Challenge for Physician Training, An Update Council on Graduate Medical Education,
17th Report, 2005
Disparities in Lung Health Series American Lung Association,
2010

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The 1985 HHS Heckler Report

CDC's Office of Minority Health was established by the CDC Director on August 8, 1988 as a small coordination office, set up in response to Secretary Heckler's 1985 landmark report on minority health. To view the full report, see the links below:

The Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black & Minority Health

Margaret M. Heckler, HHS Secretary
October 16, 1985.