{"id":9994,"date":"2025-03-01T14:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/minority\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:43:10","slug":"minority","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/mh\/minority\/","title":{"rendered":"mh\/minority ~  DPH Services: Minority Health Services  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/mh\/minority.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Minority Health Services<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n\n \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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and<\/li>\n\n\n\n <li>actively seeking opportunities to provide consultation in the areas of minority health and health disparities to individuals and organizations statewide to better inform minority groups of available treatment and preventive health services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Goal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure that state, local and private policies, programs and implementation strategies are tailored to significantly reduce the mortality and morbidity rates of members of minority groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Definitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/2008dredreportcard.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover of 2008 Delaware Racial and     Ethnic Disparities Health Status Report Card\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive pull-right\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/2008dredreportcardcover.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3>Health Disparities:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n <li>All differences among populations in measures of health and health care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n <li>A higher burden of illness injury, disability or mortality experienced by one population group in relation to a reference group.<\/li>\n\n\n\n <li>A health care disparity can be described as differences in coverage, access or quality of care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3>Minority Health Disparities:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n <li>Differences in the incidence, mortality and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions of minority groups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>For more information regarding minority health, visit these pages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"minorityhwell.html\">Health &#038; 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