About the Cover
Cover. This month's cover presents a detail from a poster used in the Take a Loved One to the Doctor initiative, part of the Closing the Health Gap educational campaign. The campaign is a response to the marked health disparities between racial/ethnic groups in the United States and aims to help make good health an important issue among racial/ethnic minority populations. In 2002, the US Department of Health and Human Services and ABC Radio Networks launched the campaign with a series of health messages for African American communities. In 2003, the campaign expanded its focus to bring health information to Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, and Alaska Native communities. Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day took place on September 21, 2004, and will recur every year on the third Tuesday in September. This initiative aimed to improve preventive health and treatment access by encouraging individuals to visit a health professional or to help someone else do so. Information on Closing the Health Gap can be found at www.omhrc.gov.
Poster detail courtesy of Office of Minority Health Resources Center, Department of Health and Human Services. Cover concept and selection by Aleisha Kropf, Robert Sember, and Stephen B. Thomas.
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