• CDC Health Disparities: Minority Cancer Awareness Site

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created the Office of Minority Health in 1985 as a result of the Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, which revealed large and persistent gaps in health status among Americans of different racial and ethnic groups. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created its own Office of Minority Health (OMH) in 1988 in response to the same report. Congress passed the Disadvantaged Minority Health Act of 1990 to improve the health status of underserved populations, including racial and ethnic minorities. During 2006, the Office of Minority Health became the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities.