Understanding and Addressing Health Disparities and Health Needs ofJustice-Involved Populations

摘要

In the early 1980s, former US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) SecretaryMargaret M. Heckler convened the first federal group of experts to conduct a comprehensivestudy of the health status of racial/ethnic minority populations. The 1985 , also known as , helped place minority health on thenational stage. For the past 30 years, the report has served as a driving force for monumentalchanges in research, data, policies, programs, and legislation to address health disparities.For example, as a result of , HHS established the Office ofMinority Health (OMH) in 1986 and charged it with improving the health of racial/ethnicminority populations through the development of health policies and programs that eliminatehealth disparities.