ELIMINATING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN CT A 10 YEAR ANALYSIS
In 1999, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH)
released its Multicultural Health Report—the state’s first
comprehensive health disparities surveillance. In 2000, the
federal Department of Health and Human Services released
Healthy People 2010, a set of 10-year national public health
objectives, which made eliminating racial and ethnic health
disparities by 2010 an aspirational goal.
Today, over a decade after the 1999 state report and on the eve
of the release of Healthy People 2020, the question must be
asked: During 10 years of increased awareness and efforts to
close racial and ethnic health disparities gaps, how has the
needle moved in Connecticut?
In 1999, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH)
released its Multicultural Health Report—the state’s first
comprehensive health disparities surveillance. In 2000, the
federal Department of Health and Human Services released
Healthy People 2010, a set of 10-year national public health
objectives, which made eliminating racial and ethnic health
disparities by 2010 an aspirational goal.
Today, over a decade after the 1999 state report and on the eve
of the release of Healthy People 2020, the question must be
asked: During 10 years of increased awareness and efforts to
close racial and ethnic health disparities gaps, how has the
needle moved in Connecticut?
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