In response to studies documenting widespread failings in access to care and quality of care for millions of minority children, Senior Program Officer Anne C. Beal, M.D., published a Health Affairs article outlining federal interventions that may reduce racial disparities in pediatric care.⁽¹⁴⁾ These policies include broadening health care coverage, adopting common quality improvement efforts, improving the training of health care providers, and boosting the ranks of minority clinicians. The recommendations from this paper have been reported to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health and the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust.

In addition, John McDonough, Ph.D., of the consumer health advocacy organization Health Care For All prepared a Fund report⁽¹⁵⁾ that provided state policymakers with a menu of disparity-reduction policy interventions implemented at the state or local level. He identified a number of key strategies that should be considered, from establishment of minimum standards for culturally competent health services to greater minority representation within the health care workforce. The New England Coalition for Health Equity sponsored a symposium focused on implementation of McDonough's recommendations.