Health Disparities Project

The Health Disparities project is designed to identify and examine mental health disparities of minority populations and to conduct strategic planning for the improvement of mental health services. The project is funded by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. Its long term goal is to improve the mental health outcomes for all members of minority populations, regardless of age. Resources either generated by the project or related to health disparities are listed below. 

• Alliance for Health Reform: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Cultural Effectiveness and Health Disparities Resources
• A State Policy Agenda to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2004)
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health: Eliminate Disparities in Mental Health
• Disparities in Patient Experiences, Health Care Processes, and Outcomes: The Role of Patient-Provider Racial, Ethnic, and Language Concordance (2003)
• Health Affairs: Special Issue Section: Racial and Ethnic Disparities
• National Health Plan Collaborative: Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities and Improving Quality of Health Care
• U.S Office of the Surgeon General: Fact Sheets from the Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health, David Satcher
  • African American
  • Asian American/Pacific Islanders
  • Latinos/Hispanic Americans
  • Native American Indians