REACH Program Impact

Hear how local communities have taken action to improve the health of their residents and reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Addressing several chronic health conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular health, asthma, cancer, and obesity, these innovative programs met local health needs and have demonstrated positive impact.

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REACH in Action

Visit REACH in Action to discover what changes are happening in REACH communities and learn about health outcomes from REACH programs.

REACH Publications

REACH Publications by year that focus on priority areas like cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, and diabetes.

REACH Resources

Atlas of Stroke Mortality: Racial, Ethnic and Geographic Disparities in the United States CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report – United States, 2011

The Power to Reduce Health Disparities: Voices from REACH Communities

Promoting Health Equity—A Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health[PDF–4.68MB]

REACHing Across the Divide: Finding Solutions to Health Disparities

Past REACH Program Video and Vignettes

REACH: Improving Lives, Inspiring Hope
Hear how local communities take action to improve the health of their residents and reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Addressing several chronic health conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular health, asthma, cancer, and obesity, innovative programs meet local health needs and demonstrate positive impact.

Medical University of South Carolina — Community Diabetes Education

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma — Heart Healthy

The Institute for Urban Family Health, New York — Promotion of Skim Milk in Public Schools

Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance, Inc., California — Cancer Screening

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Massachusetts — Community Diabetes Education Program

University of Alabama at Birmingham — Community Health Advisors and Mammography

Boston Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts — Community Asthma Initiative

Society for Public Health Education, Washington, DC — Diabetes Prevention and Management

New York University School of Medicine, New York — Hepatitis B Education

UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, California — Workplace Physical Activity

Schenectady County Public Health Service, New York — Prevention and Control Type 2 Diabetes