Disparities Quotes

And now I hope the Health Partnership and the community will ... continue to provide health programs, ... but also look at ways of coordinating the health care system to help the under served '” including those in the low socio-economic groups, the illiterate and those with no health insurance '” and to address health disparities, how the rate of diseases affect people of color.

Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down.

I first became aware of this gross inequity when I was a San Jose City Council, and I have been working to resolve pay disparities ever since.

Expanding eligibility of family planning services to low-income women will maximize cost-savings to both federal and state governments, reduce the disparities in access to family planning services for low-income women, and decrease the incidence of abortion in the U.S.

I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston.

(In a report titled) City Distress, Metropolitan Disparities and Economic Growth, ... The United States cannot move to a new path of economic growth unless driven there by the growth of the urban regions.... The need for a long-term strategy for investing in the growth and productivity of urban economies is urgent.

Our hope is that these funds will help catapult the (project) into one of the nation`s leading efforts to eliminate health disparities among minority populations,