The long road to health equity in America

Presented by
The Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, MD
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989-1993
President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine

Learning Objectives:
Attendees of this session will be able to:

1. Compare the health status of minority populations in the United States to that of the white population.
2. Understand the reasons for these disparities in health status and in access to health care.
3. Identify strategies being proposed to eliminate disparities in health status and in access to health care, including the contributions of academic health centers.