The “HHS Action Plan to Reduce Health Disparities” outlines goals and actions HHS will take to reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities.
HHS also released the “National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity”, a common set of goals and objectives for public and private sector initiatives and partnerships to help racial and ethnic minorities and other underserved groups reach their full health potential.
Goals of the HHS Action Plan include transforming healthcare and expanding access, building on the provisions of the Affordable Care Act related to expanded insurance coverage and increased access to care. The plan also calls for more opportunities to increase the number of students from populations underrepresented in the health professions, train more people in medical interpretation to help serve patients with a limited command of English and train community workers to help people navigate the system. The plan additionally calls for HHS to set data standards and upgrade collection and analysis of data on race, ethnicity, primary language and other demographic categories in line with new provisions of the ACA.
Local groups can use the National Stakeholder Strategy to identify which goals are most important for their communities and adopt the most effective strategies and action steps to help reach them.
Read the HHS release on health disparities.
Read more coverage on health disparities:
– HHS to Announce Plan for Reducing Health Disparities Among Minorities, Underserved
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