Towards Health Equity
Provided by the Office of Minority Health Resource Center
February 2, 2012
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April Is National Minority Health Month
 April Is National Minority Health Month
Theme: Health Equity Can't Wait. Act Now in Your CommUNITY!Stop Bullying Now! Prevent youth violence Donate the Gift of Life! Promote organ donation Walk it off! Fight Obesity Watch your mouth! Promote oral health April 2012 marks the first anniversary of the launch of the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities and the National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity. To celebrate this anniversary, let's highlight the work of our communities: Monday April 2, 2012 - Health Equity Day of UNITYOrganize a Town Hall in your community: HHS Action Plan - A Year on the Road to Health Equity Saturday, April 21, 2012 - Health Equity Day of Action Organize a Youth Festival: Young. Healthy. YouNITED!
Check out the Black History Makers in Health
Vaccine Website now available in Spanish
Are Americans Aware of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities?
HHS Launches First Consumer Health IT Video Challenge of 2012
OMH Disparities Reduction Efforts
Research Corner
Research Corner: GlaucomaDifferences in Rates of Glaucoma among Asian Americans and Other Racial Groups, and among Various Asian Ethnic Groups. Joshua D. Stein MD, MS, , Denise S. Kim BS, Leslie M. Niziol MS, Nidhi Talwar MS, Bin Nan PhD, David C. Musch PhD, MPH, Julia E. Richards PhD. Ophthalmology. V. 118, Issue 6, June 2011, Pages 1031-1037 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0161642010011000  Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adherence to Glaucoma Follow-up Visits in a County Hospital Population. Yohko Murakami, MD, MA; Bradford W. Lee, MD, MSc; Martin Duncan, BA; Andrew Kao, MD; Jehn-Yu Huang, MD;Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH; Shan C. Lin, MD. Arch Ophthalmol. 2011;129(7):872-878. http://archopht.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/129/7/872 The Direction of Research into Visual Disability and Quality of Life in Glaucoma. Fiona C Glen, David P Crabb and David F Garway-Heath. BMC Ophthalmology. 2011, 11:19 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2415/11/19 Natural History of Glaucoma. Ying Pan and Rohit Varma. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2011 January; 59(Suppl1): S19-S23. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038509/
Southern California Preconception Peer Educators Conference
Southern California Preconception Peer Educators ConferencePreconception Peer Educator students from California State University, Northridge, and the other PPEs sites in Southern California are getting together to bring attention to the issues of infant mortality and maternal and child health. They will also share how you can bring the PPE Program to your campus. Dr. Flojaune Griffin, the Preconception Health Coordinator for California, will be this year's guest speaker. February 18, 2012, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. California State University, Northridge. Northridge, CA. Contact: ppe@my.csun.edu
SAVE THE DATE 2012 Summit: Science of Eliminating Health Disparities
SAVE THE DATE 2012 Summit: Science of Eliminating Health DisparitiesIntegrating Science, Policy and Practice
Building a Healthier SocietyThe 2012 Summit will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland, on October 31 - November 3, 2012. For more information, please contact 2012summit@mail.nih.gov
Health Equity Focused Professional Development Workshop Series
New! Search OMH Library Catalog Online
New! Search OMH Library Catalog Online OMH has launched a new online catalog search tool. Now you can find books, reports, journals, media, articles, and organizations related to the health status of racial and ethnic minority populations. Contact the Knowledge Center if you need guidance on searching the content. Start searching.
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