HEDU 5300: Diversity and Health

This site provides statistical numerical data as well as contextual information on the health status of Utahns and the state of Utah's health care system.

*As of June 19, 2024, these refugee profiles no longer exist on the CDC website. We added PDFs of the content to the library's Canvas course that we found using the Internet Archives' Wayback Machine. Available refugee health profiles include: Bhutanese Refugees; Burmese Refugees; Central American Refugees; Congolese Refugees; Iraqi Refugees; Somali Refugees; Syrian Refugees.

From the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)'s Office of Health Equity

Covers: African Americans; American Indians/Alaska Natives; Asian Americans; Hispanics/Latinos; Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders.

"The Office of Minority Health (OMH) was created in 1986 and is one of the most significant outcomes of the 1985 Secretary's Task Force Report on Black and Minority Health. The Office is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities. OMH was reauthorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148)."

NIMHD’s mission is to lead scientific research to improve minority health and reduce health disparities.

Data Portal characterizes the health disparities burden in a standardized manner to motivate action, integrate surveillance into public health planning, characterize areas and demographic groups, and expose health disparities. The focus is on diseases with evidence based control interventions. Interactive graphics and maps provide support for deciding where to focus public health efforts.

From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), provides data on diseases, maternal and child health, mental health and substance abuse, lifestyle modification. etc. Also provides information on patient safety, patient centeredness, and timeliness of care.

NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.

" ...explores diverse Native Peoples’ concepts of health and illness, past and present."

Health, United States is an annual report on trends in health statistics.

Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For 4 decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time. For the next ten years, the Healthy People initiative will have an "increased focus on health equity, social determinants of health, and health literacy — with a new focus on well-being."

From the US Census Bureau. These reports ended in 2011.

Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

From the University of Chicago and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

From the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Our mission: To improve health for all by advancing science, accelerating health equity, and providing independent, authoritative, and trusted advice nationally and globally.

RAND advances understanding of health and health behaviors, and examines how the organization and financing of care affect costs, quality, and access. Our body of research includes innovative studies of health insurance, health care reform, and health information technology, as well as obesity, substance abuse, and PTSD. RAND findings also help inform policies that aim to improve the health of seniors and the care they receive.

Some reports have been updated and there is archived information (2007-2015) on refugee populations from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bosnia, Burma, Congo, Darfur (region in western Sudan), Hmong, Iraq, Syria, and other areas

An agency of the United Nations

We work with partners worldwide to tackle critical problems in five program areas. Our Global Health Division aims to reduce inequities in health by developing new tools and strategies to reduce the burden of infectious disease and the leading causes of child mortality in developing countries.