The CHDR is a research center within the UNLV School of Public Health.

Our mission is to conduct academic and community-based participatory research that will guide public policy, program development and data collection throughout the state in an effort to reduce, and ultimately eliminate health disparities.

In addition to research activities, the Center provides opportunities and support for faculty and graduate students in the MPH program to develop and conduct health disparities research.

What are Health Disparities?

Health Disparities are population-specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcomes, or access to health care. The biggest disparities for preventable conditions often exist among racial and ethnic minority populations. In the U.S. racial and ethnic minoritie have higher rates of disease morbidity and mortality.

These differences and the resulting health disparities result from socioeconomic, environmental and systemic gaps in the quality of health and health care across groups. Disparities also result from:

   
    Operation of health care systems
    Legal and regulatory climate
    Discrimination, bias, stereotyping
    Uncertainty in clinical communication and decision making.

To eliminate health disparities in Nevada and the nation we need to understand where disparities exist and address the inequalities in systems and services that perpetuate disparities in health status.

This Center was established through a grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

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