IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 171 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Awareness Month 
in April 2011 in order to bring attention to the severe health disparities 
faced by minority populations such as American Indians and Alaska 
Natives, Asians, Blacks or African-Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and 
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2011 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
MEEKS, Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. HONDA, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. HINOJOSA, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. PASTOR 
of Arizona, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. AL GREEN of Texas) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Minority Health 
Awareness Month in April 2011 in order to bring atten-
tion to the severe health disparities faced by minority 
populations such as American Indians and Alaska Na-
tives, Asians, Blacks or African-Americans, Hispanics 
or Latinos, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Is-
landers. 
Whereas many of these populations experience a dispropor-
tionate lack of access to healthcare, exposure to environ-
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mental hazards, mortality, morbidity, behavioral risk fac-
tors, disability status, and unique social determinants of 
health at the national level; 
Whereas the expected increase in these populations in the 
near future will impact the entire United States health 
system, making their collective improved health even 
more critical to the entire Nation; 
Whereas the Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS) has identified six main categories in which racial 
and ethnic minorities experience the most disparate ac-
cess and health outcomes, including infant mortality, can-
cer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, 
diabetes, HIV/AIDS infection, and immunizations; 
Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), African-American, American Indian, 
and Puerto Rican infants have higher death rates than 
White infants; 
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 group; 
Whereas the rate of death from coronary heart disease was 
20 percent higher among African-American adults than 
among White adults older than 44, and the death rate 
from stroke was 48 percent higher in 2006; 
Whereas in 2008, African-American adults were 6 times more 
likely to have medically diagnosed diabetes compared with 
non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanics were 1.5 times more 
likely, and Asians were 1.2 times more likely; 
Whereas African-Americans and Hispanics represented only 
27 percent of the United States population in 2008, but 
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accounted for an estimated 68 percent of adult AIDS di-
agnoses and 71 percent of estimated pediatric AIDS di-
agnoses in that year; and 
Whereas in 2008, Hispanics and African-Americans age 65 
and older were less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to 
report having received influenza and pneumococcal vac-
cines: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 
the goals and ideals of National Minority Health Aware-
ness Month in order to bring attention to the severe health 
disparities faced by minority populations such as Amer-
ican Indians and Alaska Natives, Asians, Blacks or Afri-
can-Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, and Native Hawai-
ians and other Pacific Islanders. 
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