ENGL 1020: Health Disparities (Harrison): Web Resources

The purpose of this report is to compile data and pertinent information from a variety of sources within Alabama’s Public Health and Mental Health Departments. The information provides a description of the health, lifestyle, and social and economic conditions which often can be attributed to health disparities which affect multi-cultural populations in Alabama.

Selected Indicators of Health Status in Alabama.

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, works to improve health outcomes for all and to close the health disparities between those with the most and least opportunities for good health. This work is rooted in a deep belief in health equity, the idea that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, income, location, or any other factor.

Healthy People 2030 objectives are organized into intuitive topics so you can easily find the information and data you’re looking for. Pick a topic you’re interested in and explore the relevant objectives.

The Rural Health Information Hub, formerly the Rural Assistance Center, is funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to be a national clearinghouse on rural health issues. We are committed to supporting healthcare and population health in rural communities.

Health disparities are the unequal distribution of the incidence, prevalence, mortality and burden of disease or adverse health conditions, that arise from the social conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age1,2. According to Healthy People 2020, health disparities reflect “a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. Health disparities adversely affect groups of people who have systematically experienced greater obstacles to health based on their racial or ethnic group; religion; socioeconomic status; gender; age; mental health; cognitive, sensory, or physical disability; sexual orientation or gender identity; geographic location; or other characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion.”