FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Health Disparities: Concepts, Measurements, and Understanding -- 3 Development and Availability of the Strategic Plan -- 4 Budget and Finances -- 5 The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities -- 6 Management of the Strategic Plan and the Health Disparities Research Program -- References -- Appendixes -- A PUBLIC LAW 106-525-NOV. 22, 2000 -- B Agendas of Open Meetings -- C List of Participants Providing Testimony or Written Commentary to the Committee -- D Overview of Health Disparities--Nancy E. Adler, Ph.D. -- E Schematic Diagram Showing Differences, Disparities, and Discrimination in Health Care -- F National Institutes of Health NIH Health Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2004-2008, Volume I -- G Public Communications and Its Role in Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities--Kasisomayajula Viswanath, Ph.D. -- H NIH Committee on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Definitions and Application Methodology -- I Acronyms -- J Centers of Excellence Funded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, 2005 -- K NCMHD Endowment Program Awardees -- L Summary of Recommendations -- M Committee and Staff Biographies -- Index.