Florida Health Disparities Strategic Plan 2008-2011

UNSPECIFIED (2008) Florida Health Disparities Strategic Plan 2008-2011.:1-40.

Abstract

The Florida Health Disparities Plan was commissioned to determine the extent of Florida's health disparities and to present a framework for reducing them. Disparities in cancer mortality, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and infant mortality are symptomatic of deeper problems that some minorities face. Conditions such as poor access to quality care, poverty, and low health literacy plague some minority communities - like the proverbial "troubled waters" of old. Lack of culturally competent healthcare providers and low English proficiency remain additional obstacles. Without proactive measure, it may take decades to close the gap between good health outcomes and increased mortality for Florida's growing minority population. That gap is the Office of Mimority Health's (OMH) primary challenge.