,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dbh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april    
#bi1 #bjad ,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,schatz1 and ,mr4 ,menendez7       
submitted the following resolution2     
which was considered and agreed to      
,,resolution  ,promoting minority health
 awareness and supporting the goals and 
ideals of ,national ,minority ,health   
,month in ,april #bjad1 which include   
bringing attention to the health        
disparities faced by minority           
populations of the ,united ,states1 such
 as ,american ,indians1 ,alaska         
,natives1 ,asian ,americans1 ,african   
,americans1 ,hispanic ,americans1 and   
,native ,hawaiians or other ,pacific    
,islanders4  ,whereas through the       
,national ,stakeholder ,strategy for    
,achieving ,health ,equity and the ,,hhs
 ,action ,plan to ,reduce ,racial and   
,ethnic ,health ,disparities1 the       
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services has set goals and strategies  

to advance the safety1 health1 and      
well-being of people of the ,united     
,states2 ,whereas a study by the ,joint 
,center for ,political and ,economic    
,studies1 entitled ,the ,economic       
,burden of ,health ,inequalities in the 
,united ,states1 concludes that1 between
 #bjjc and #bjjf1 the combined cost of  
8health inequalities and premature death
 in the ,united ,states0 was            
#a1bdj1jjj1jjj1jjj2 ,whereas the        
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services has identified #f main        
categories in which racial and ethnic   
minorities experience the most disparate
 access to health care and health       
outcomes1 including infant mortality1   
cancer screening and management1        
cardiovascular disease1 diabetes1       
,,hiv_/,,aids1 and immunizations2       
,whereas ,african-,american women are   
more than twice as likely to die of     
cervical cancer than ,white women and   
are more likely to die of breast cancer 
than women of any other racial or ethnic

 group2 ,whereas the death rate from    
stroke is #ej percent higher among      
,african ,americans than among ,whites2 
,whereas ,native ,hawaiians living in   
,hawaii are #e4g times more likely to   
die of diabetes than non-,hispanic      
,whites living in ,hawaii2 ,whereas in  
#bjaa1 ,asian ,americans were #b4i times
 more likely than ,whites to contract   
,hepatitis ,a2 ,whereas among all ethnic
 groups in #bjaa1 ,asian ,americans and 
,pacific ,islanders had the highest     
incidence of ,hepatitis ,a2 ,whereas    
,asian-,american women are #a4e times   
more likely than non-,hispanic ,whites  
to die from viral hepatitis2 ,whereas   
,asian ,americans are #e4e times more   
likely than ,whites to develop chronic  
,hepatitis ,b2 ,whereas in #bjaa1 #hb   
percent of children born infected with  
,,hiv belonged to minority groups2      
,whereas the ,department of ,health and 
,human ,services has identified diseases
 of the heart1 malignant neoplasm1      
unintentional injuries1 and diabetes as 

some of the leading causes of death     
among ,american ,indians and ,alaska    
,natives2 ,whereas ,american ,indians   
and ,alaska ,natives die from diabetes1 
alcoholism1 unintentional injuries1     
homicide1 and suicide at higher rates   
than other people in the ,united        
,states2 ,whereas ,american ,indians and
 ,alaska ,natives have a life expectancy
 that is #d4b years shorter than the    
life expectancy of the overall          
population of the ,united ,states2      
,whereas marked differences in the      
social determinants of health1 described
 by the ,world ,health ,organization as 
8the high burden of illness responsible 
for appalling premature loss of life    
that arises in large part because of the
 conditions in which people are born1   
grow1 live1 work1 and age01 lead to poor
 health outcomes and declines in        
longevity2 and ,whereas community-based 
health care initiatives1 such as        
prevention-focused programs1 present a  
unique opportunity to use innovative    

approaches to improve health care       
practices across the ,united ,states and
 sharply reduce disparities among racial
 and ethnic minority populations3 ,now1 
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate     
supports the goals and ideals of        
,national ,minority ,health ,month in   
,april #bjad1 which include bringing    
attention to the severe health          
disparities faced by minority           
populations in the ,united ,states1 such
 as ,american ,indians1 ,alaska         
,natives1 ,asian ,americans1 ,african   
,americans1 ,hispanic ,americans1 and   
,native ,hawaiians or other ,pacific    
,islanders4