Good evening,
Today, The UConn Health Disparities Institute in partnership with the CT Department of Public Health releases its inaugural 2018 CT Report Card on Health Equity among Boys and Men of Color (BMoC). Boys and men of color (BMoC) have considerable untapped potential for contributing to Connecticut’s economic growth, vitality, competitiveness, and social innovations. Unleashing the full potential of Connecticut’s BMoC requires a focus on advancing health equity. Like its U.S. counterparts, BMoC in Connecticut has some of the most disparate health outcomes as a result of broad, social factors operating where they live, play, pray, get educated, and receive healthcare. The production of this report card furthers the achievement of our legislative mandate to reduce health disparities among CT’s medically underserved populations.
The report card monitors key health outcomes across nine multisector indicators of health and well-being, life expectancy and mortality rates in the following census defined populations: Black/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asians, and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders. The report card release comes at a time of renewed commitment to enhancing health equity and opportunities for upward socioeconomic mobility among boys and men of color across the nation.
This report card is designed to serve as a resource for policy decision-makers, program evaluators, researchers, funders, service providers, and community members. Recognizing that what gets measured, gets done, the goals of the report card are to:
1. Raise awareness and signal a call to action for the collection of disaggregated data especially among medically and systemically underserved population groups (Black/African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, Hispanic/Latinos and Asians);
2. Stimulate policy action, transparency, research, interventions, and public awareness;
3. Promote multisector collaboration on statewide initiatives designed to advance health equity; and
4. Create a healthier and more economically vital CT for boys and men of color.
To download the full #CTBMoCReportCard, visit www.health.uconn.edu/health-disparities/bmoc-report-card or view each of the indicators on the CT Dashboard. https://health.uconn.edu/health-disparities/bmoc-report-card-dashboard/ In the near future, HDI also plans to release a report card on health equity for girls and women of color and other medically underserved populations in CT.
About the Health Disparities Institute (HDI)
UConn established HDI in 2011 as part of the Bioscience Connecticut initiative to enhance research and the delivery of care to minority and underserved populations in the state. The HDI is committed to producing evidence-for-action and implementing strategies designed to eliminate health disparities and advance health equity among Connecticut’s minority and medically underserved populations.
About the CT Boys and Men of Color Multi-Sector Alliance
The CT Boys and Men of Color Multi-Sector Alliance is a group of state leaders working collectively to increase and coordinate investments, design and implement innovative programs, and promote youth-centered strategies for advancing health equity. Alliance members include intergenerational representatives from cultural, spiritual and community organizations, along with private, public and academic sectors.
We look forward to working in sustained collaboration with you on advancing health equity in CT and our nation. Thank you for your continued support.
UConn Health Disparities Institute Team
241 Main Street 5th Floor, Hartford, CT 06106
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