The overall goal of the Health Disparities Education Core is to develop, implement and evaluate health information and materials that stimulate proactive approaches toward reducing and eliminating disparities in health status among the nation’s ethnic and racial minority groups and other underserved populations, especially those in rural communities using collaborative, participatory processes.

This goal is being accomplished through the following specific aims:

  1. To construct a set of planning and assessment activities to foster inclusion of health disparities information and materials into Project EXPORT Center activities for both internal and external audiences;
  2. To develop information and materials promoting a transdisciplinary approach to addressing health disparities;
  3. To implement and evaluate the effectiveness of information and materials on the intended audiences’ knowledge and attitudes concerning health disparities particularly with regard to health literacy and cultural competency; and,
  4. To disseminate and share information and materials about health disparity using a variety of methodologies and techniques to multiple audiences.

Healthy People 2010 is a set of health objectives for the Nation to achieve over the first decade of the new century. It can be used by many different people, States, communities, professional organizations, and others to help them develop programs to improve health. The goals of Healthy People 2010 are to increase the quality and years of healthy life and to eliminate health disparities among different segments of the population. By increasing health promotion and disease prevention awareness and knowledge, people and communities can become empowered to take action to meet the goals of Healthy People 2010.

Interested in learning more about health disparities or developing health disparities information and materials? Check out our Health Disparities Problem Space http://ncrhp.uic.edu/healthdisparities.

Want to discuss health disparity issues with others? Please visit our web log and post your questions and comments. http://healthdisparitiesinfo.blogspot.com/

For more information about health disparity topics, please see visit our Reports and Monographs (http://www.ncrhp.uic.edu/researchevaluation/reports.htm) or Publications (http://www.ncrhp.uic.edu/researchevaluation/publications.htm) pages

For more information please contact our Project Coordinator:

Genevieve Werner
Project Coordinator
Health Disparities Education Core
EXPORT Center of Excellence in Rural Health
University of IL College of Medicine at Rockford
1601 Parkview Ave
Rockford, IL 61107
Phone: 815-395-5912
Email:wernerg@uic.edu