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| Community Health Centers (CHC) |
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- Program to eliminate SES disparities
- To qualify for federal funds, a health center must be located in a medically underserved area, operate as nonprofit, provide primary and preventive care, and provide services regardless of ability to pay.
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| National Health Service Corps (NHSC) |
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- Program to eliminate SES disparities
- Works w/communities & HC facilities to provide HC to individuals living in underserved areas too far from facilities.
- The NHSC recruits students to serve in shortage areas by rewarding scholarships, etc.
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| Public Housing Primary Care Program (PHPCP) |
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- Program to eliminate SES disparities
- Supports health centers and other community providers to deliver care, either on-site or a nearby location, to residents of public housing, low-income individuals living near public housing, etc.
- Services include direct primary care, dental & preventive care, prenatal, health screenings, and so on.
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| Health Care for the Homeless Program (HCH) |
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- Program to eliminate SES disparities
- Has sole federal responsibility for addressing the primary health care needs of homeless persons
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- Program to eliminate SES disparities
- Provides grants to local public and private nonprofit and for-profit agencies to provide child development and education services to economically disadvantaged children and families. Ex: Helping preschoolers develop early reading.
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| Strengths and Weakness of Programs Addressing SES Disparities |
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- They tend to overlook even greater contributors to disparities in health, such as education, occupation, and community social cohesion factors. (Weakness)
- (+) Head Start is probably most effective b/c it affects education
- (+) CHC program is by far the largest safety net.
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| U.S. Office of Minority Health (OMH) |
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- Federal initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities
- Advises the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on public health issues affecting minorities.
- Collects and analyzes data on the health of racial and ethnic minority populations and monitors national efforts to achieve the goals in Healthy People 2020. It also continues to regularly fund cooperative agreements and grants that support many research and demonstration programs.
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- Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the United States
- Federal initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities
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| National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities |
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- Federal initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities
- The center focuses on minority health research and promoting the development of minority researchers but explicitly recognizes the multi-factorial basis of disparities, by including work on genetics, SES, health insurance coverage, and access and quality of care.
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