This report was created as part of the Mobilizing for Access through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) project, to be used as a resource for the Community Health Status Assessment. It is intended to give the reader a sense of the “big picture” concerning racial and ethnic health disparities in Miami-Dade County by utilizing readily available data from the FloridaCHARTS Web site, the Living Healthy, Living Longer Survey (2007), and Prevention Quality Indicators from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with comparisons to Healthy People 2010 targets.

To view Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Miami-Dade County, click here.

Black Community Health Forum

On July 21, 2008 the Miami-Dade County Health Department, in partnership with a wide variety of healthcare and community-based organizations, hosted a Black Community Health Forum. The event featured a presentation on the causes and effects of health disparities in our Black communities, followed by several speakers who discussed community-based approaches to improving Black health.  Rev. Dr. Ted Greer, from the South Dade Children's Resource Network, discussed the role of faith-based organizations, and Chelsea Hall, from the American Cancer Society, talked about their public/private partnerships to reduce breast and prostate cancer.  Participants had the opportunity to ask questions and make comments or suggestions.  As the event concluded, everyone was asked to pledge to take action-such as adopting healthier lifestyles, scheduling an annual exam, starting a worksite wellness program, or encouraging their elected officials to support public policies that increase access to care and reduce health disparities. 

Click here to view the featured presentation.