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| 07-2893 | State Partnership Grant Program to Improve Minority Health | Notice | This announcement is made by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department), Office of Minority Health (OMH) located within the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS), and working in a "One Department" approach collaboratively with participating HHS agencies and programs (entities). OMH is authorized to conduct the State Partnership Grant Program to Improve Minority Health under 42 U.S.C. 300u-6, section 1707 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. The mission of the OMH is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of policies and programs that address disparities and gaps. OMH serves as the focal point within the HHS for leadership, policy development and coordination, service demonstrations, information exchange, coalition and partnership building, and related efforts to address the health of racial and ethnic minorities. OMH activities are implemented in an effort to address Healthy People 2010, a comprehensive set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for the Nation to achieve over the first decade of the 21st century (www.healthypeople.gov). This funding announcement is also made in support of the OMH National Partnership for Action initiative, an outgrowth of OMH's 2006 National Leadership Summit for Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. The mission of the National Partnership for Action (NPA) is to work with individuals and organizations across the country to create a Nation free of health disparities, with quality health outcomes for all by achieving the following five objectives: Increasing awareness of health disparities; strengthening leadership at all levels for addressing health disparities; enhancing patient-provider communication; improving cultural and linguistic competency in delivering health services; and improving coordination and utilization of research and outcome evaluations. OMH conducted a study to assess the minority health infrastructure within selected states and territories, and to examine their capacity to address racial and ethnic health disparities in their jurisdictions. A finding of the Assessment of State Minority Health Infrastructure and Capacity to Address Issues of Health Disparities (final report-- September 2000) was that, despite many challenges, state and/or territorial offices of minority health are an organized and visible presence at the state policymaking level and provide opportunities for shaping and creating initiatives that could affect the health status of minority populations and serve as pivotal points for federal, state, and local efforts to improve the health status of minority populations. In addition, these offices serve an important information dissemination function--providing information on minority health issues to policymakers, health professionals, community-based organizations, and the general public. Based, in part, on the results of this study and activities supported under the initial state partnership initiative, the Department announces the availability of FY 2007 funding for the State Partnership Grant Program to Improve Minority Health to continue HHS' efforts to improve the health and well being of racial and ethnic minorities. This program is intended to ascertain the effectiveness of state office of minority health-led interventions, including systems change, in addressing the elimination of health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations. Although the overall health of the nation has improved, racial and ethnic minority groups continue to experience disparities in health care and are disproportionately affected by chronic disease and health conditions.\1\ Eliminating the disproportionate health care disparities is an HHS priority, and the second goal of Healthy People 2010, a systematic approach to health improvement on a national level. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2007-06-11 | 2007 | 6 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/06/11/07-2893/state-partnership-grant-program-to-improve-minority-health | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-06-11/pdf/07-2893.pdf | Health and Human Services Department | 221 | This announcement is made by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department), Office of Minority Health (OMH) located within the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS), and working in a "One Department" approach... |