Building Coalitions Among Communities of Color: A Multicultural Approach

摘要

Winds of change are gaining momentum. In 2000, the Department of Health and Human Services, joined by other government, business and community leaders, set a date 2010 for the nations racial and ethnic groups to reach parity in health. In 2002, the Institute of Medicine issued the landmark Unequal Treatment, another urgent call to action. That report, subtitled Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, confirmed beyond any doubt, that race and ethnicity matter in health status and treatment. The Healthcare Disparities Report of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, released in 2003, offers further evidence that health is color-coded in America, to the detriment of racial and ethnic minorities.