Health Disparities

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="05bfd523.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community Action, Inc.</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Services"><U><B><IMG SRC="04e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>    </B><A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Empowerment"><U><B><IMG SRC="04d0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prison Outreach"><U><B><IMG SRC="04f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.capefearregionalbureauforcommunityactioninc.org/mf.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.capefearregionalbureauforcomm"><U><B>Click Here For Site Map</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="23fd2993.jpg"> <div> <B>The American Medical Association (AMA) is concerned about recent studies that show differences in the medical treatments and outcomes of different racial and ethnic groups. These differences persist even when comparing patients of the same gender, condition, age, income, and insurance.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Health Disparities</B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Click and Find</B></div> <div> <B><U> <A NAME="health_disparities"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7659.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category"><U><B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What are Health Disparities?</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/7983.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category"><U><B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">American Medical Association Plan to Eliminate Health Disparities</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.communityhealth.dhhs.state.nc.us/minority.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.communityhealth.dhhs.state.nc"><U><B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">North Carolina Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.omhrc.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.omhrc.gov/"><U><B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">National Office of Minority health and Health Disparities</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.healthdisparities.net/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.healthdisparities.net/"><U><B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Health Disparities Collaboratives</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/releases/02news/healthimpr.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/releases/02news/"><U><B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Findings in Health Improvements for Most Racial, Ethnic Groups But Disparities Remain Same in Some Areas</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jul2002/nia-22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jul2002/nia-2"><U><B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Study Offers New Insights Into Overcoming Disparities in Health</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://obssr.od.nih.gov/Activities/HealthDisp.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://obssr.od.nih.gov/Activities/Healt"><U><B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Strategic Plan for Health Disparities Research</U></B></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>