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Resources by Topic: Racial and ethnic groups

2023 Scorecard on State Health System Performance
Evaluates state health systems on a state-by-state basis. Enables comparison between state health systems across 58 measures, such as access and affordability, prevention and treatment, reproductive care and women's health, and racial and ethnic equity, among others.
Author(s): David C. Radley, Jesse C. Baumgartner, Sara R. Collins, Laurie C. Zephyrin
Date: 06/2023
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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How a Black Community Brought Affordable Health Care and Clean Water to Rural South Carolina in the 1970s
Reports on a predominately Black rural community in South Carolina that worked together to provide indoor plumbing, build a health center, and improve health outcomes of their citizens in the 1970s.
Author(s): Olivia Lewis
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
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Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Mexican-Origin Adults in a Community Sample at the US Mexico Border Region
Evaluated 206 Mexican-origin adults at risk for chronic diseases in 3 U.S.-Mexico border counties in Arizona for factors associated with depressive symptoms. Discusses protective factors and includes recommendations to local healthcare and other community officials for education to reduce health disparities.
Author(s): Mario Morales, Maia Ingram, Kiera M. Coulter, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(11), 6017
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start Eligibility through Tribal TANF: Overview of ACF-IM-HS-23-02 and FAQs
A recorded webinar that provides information on eligibility and tribal control related to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children in Head Start programs. Includes a webinar, transcript, frequently asked questions, resources, and webinar slides.
Additional links: Transcript, Webinar Slides
Date: 06/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Building Trust and Visibility Through Community-Based Participatory Research At Rural Minority-Serving Institutions
Examines some of the driving forces and conditions ensuring a rural voice in design and action, the alignment of rural fields and actors, and an accurate rural narrative. Explores rural Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and approaches to community-based participatory research that can be used to better understand MSIs' nature and practices.
Author(s): Marybeth Gasman, Alice Ginsberg, Levon T. Esters
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group
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Expansion of Telehealth Availability for Mental Health Care After State-Level Policy Changes From 2019 to 2022
Explores mental health access associated with state-level telehealth policy changes due to COVID-19. Highlights disparities in mental health via telehealth access before and after COVID-related policy changes and details access rates in counties based on race and rurality, among other measures.
Author(s): Ryan K. McBain, Megan S. Schuler, Nabeel Qureshi, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 6(6), e2318045
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
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STI Federal Implementation Plan for the United States: 2021-2025
Outlines federal actions aimed at reducing the burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States through 2025. Covers federal partners' commitments to programs, policies, research, and other activities during fiscal years 2021–2025 to meet the goals of the Sexually Transmitted Infections National Strategic Plan for the United States: 2021–2025. Includes action steps related to tribal communities.
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Maniilaq Health Center: Providing High-Quality Obstetric Care to American Indian/Alaska Native People in Rural Kotzebue, Alaska
Results of a case study highlighting a hospital providing care to rural American Indian and Alaska Native patients in Alaska. Examines the maternity care context with attention to the intersection of race and geography with social determinants of health to inform clinical and policy efforts to improve rural maternal health and health equity in Alaska and beyond.
Author(s): Hailey A. Baker, Katy Backes Kozhimannil, Bridget Basile Ibrahim
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Evaluation of the Cherokee Nation Hepatitis C Virus Elimination Program — Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, 2015–2020
Reports results for the first five years of the Cherokee Nation Health Services hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination program, which includes universal HCV screening, primary HCV workforce expansion, and harm reduction services.
Author(s): Whitney Essex, Molly Feder, Jorge Mera
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 72(22), 597-600
Date: 06/2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Trauma-Informed Supervision in Tribal Child Welfare (Part 2 of 2): The Essential Need for Adaptive Leadership and Reflective Practice
The second in a webinar series focused on trauma-informed supervision in tribal child welfare. Focuses on how trauma-informed leadership informs supervision and offers practical strategies to implement adaptive and reflective practices.
Author(s): Kimee Wind-Hummingbird, Lisa Stark
Date: 05/2023
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Capacity Building Center for Tribes
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