Disparities Action Plans

Utah Office of Health Disparities Strategic Plan National Partnership for Action Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities

Utah Department of Health, Office of Health Disparities Strategic Plan

• GOAL 1: Partnerships & Collaborations
• GOAL 2: Data & Research
• GOAL 3: Outreach and Media Intervention.
• GOAL 4: Cultural and Linguistic Competency

OHD Strategic Plan printable version
http://health.utah.gov/disparities/aboutCMH/OHDSTRATEGICPLAN2011-13.pdf

National Partnership for Action (NPA)

In 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled the first, comprehensive national plan to address health disparities among racial, ethnic and other underserved populations, called the National Partnership for Action to address health disparities.

Utah News about the NPA

What is the Utah Department of Health, Office of Health Disparities Reduction doing to contribute to the NPA?

How is the NPA different from previous approaches to address health disparities?

Contribute to the national plan to address health disparities with information technology.

Read the Plan

• NPA Homepage
• HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
• National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity

Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities

In May, 2012, the President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children released this plan to reduce the burden caused by asthma, especially among children — in particular, minority children and children with family incomes below the poverty level. http://www.epa.gov/childrenstaskforce/index.html