Minority Health Status Report
The Minority Health Status Report (MHSR) is produced biennially in odd-numbered years in compliance with KRS 216.2929, Section 4. The MHSR aims to provide a quantifiable overview of the current health outcomes for minority groups in Kentucky as compared to the population at large and offers recommendations to meet the identified health needs of minority populations.
The CDC Office of Health Equity Mission: The Office of Health Equity exists to ensure health equity is embedded in an all-of-public health approach to overcoming persistent health disparities and health inequities across a range of population groups that disproportionately experience poor health outcomes.
- Health Equity is when everyone in society has the same opportunity to achieve and sustain optimal health.
- Health Disparities are measurable differences in the incidence and prevalence of health conditions, health status, and outcomes between groups.
- Health Inequalities result when Health Disparities are the systematic and unjust distribution of these critical conditions (social determinants).
- Social Determinants are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, which govern health.
- Racial Equity is the transformation of society to eliminate racial hierarchies and advance collective fair, equitable opportunities and outcomes for all.