PMID- 31045866
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20191118
LR  - 20191118
IS  - 1538-9847 (Electronic)
IS  - 0029-6562 (Linking)
VI  - 68
IP  - 5
DP  - 2019 Sep/Oct
TI  - Addressing Health Disparities in America: Analysis of Community Health 
      Improvement Plans.
PG  - 405-412
LID - 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000364 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Healthy People 2020 has made achieving health equity one of its 
      overarching goals; another goal is increasing the number of accredited local 
      agencies that have Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIPs). Community Health 
      Improvement Plans are meant to serve agencies as guiding documents for multiple 
      years. OBJECTIVES: This study investigates the prevalence with which health 
      disparities are addressed within CHIPs and the specific health disparities 
      targeted by these objectives. METHODS: Researchers analyzed 4,094 objectives from 
      CHIPs of 280 local Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB)-accredited and 
      nonaccredited public health agencies in the United States. RESULTS: Despite the 
      PHAB's focus on addressing health equity, not all PHAB-accredited agencies 
      addressed health disparities (85.4% of CHIPs analyzed). However, more accredited 
      than nonaccredited agencies (73.9%) contained at least one objective focused on 
      health disparities. DISCUSSION: Findings indicate that if health equity is truly 
      a goal of national initiatives, agencies' planning documents (e.g., CHIPs) can do 
      a better job addressing commonly ignored populations.
FAU - Inderstrodt, Jill
AU  - Inderstrodt J
AD  - Jill Inderstrodt, PhD, is Graduate Student, Brian Lamb School of Communication, 
      Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Evan K. Perrault, PhD, is Assistant 
      Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, 
      Indiana. Elizabeth A. Hintz, MA, is Graduate Student, University of South Florida 
      Department of Communication, Tampa. At the time the research was completed, she 
      was Graduate Student, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, West 
      Lafayette, Indiana. Grace M. Hildenbrand, MA, is Graduate Student, Brian Lamb 
      School of Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
FAU - Perrault, Evan K
AU  - Perrault EK
FAU - Hintz, Elizabeth A
AU  - Hintz EA
FAU - Hildenbrand, Grace M
AU  - Hildenbrand GM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Nurs Res
JT  - Nursing research
JID - 0376404
SB  - IM
MH  - Accreditation/statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Community Health Planning
MH  - Female
MH  - Goals
MH  - Governing Board
MH  - Health Equity/*organization & administration
MH  - *Health Status Disparities
MH  - Healthy People Programs
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Public Health Administration
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2019/05/03 06:00
MHDA- 2019/11/19 06:00
CRDT- 2019/05/03 06:00
PHST- 2019/05/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/11/19 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/05/03 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000364 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nurs Res. 2019 Sep/Oct;68(5):405-412. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000364.