FYI: Weekly Health Resources - Special Summer Edition

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FYI: Weekly Health Resources - Special Summer Edition

Every Monday in August, the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) is bringing you an extra edition of its FYI: Weekly Health Resources newsletter to help you catch up on OMH’s health equity-promoting activities and resources you may have missed so far in 2023. You will continue to receive the regular FYI: Weekly Health Resources every Wednesday. 

Did you know that OMH supports its mission to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations by convening its partners to share and disseminate information? In this week’s special edition newsletter, we’re highlighting the webinars and virtual events hosted by OMH this year that focus on healthy equity-promoting programs, resources, and best practices.

2023 Webinars and Virtual Events

OMH Resource Center: Knowledge Center Resources and Services Webinar

OMH Resource Center: Knowledge Center Resources and Services Webinar

In February, in honor of Black History Month 2023, OMH partnered with the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities to host a webinar that focused on increasing awareness about the OMH Resource Center and the various publicly available resources, including access to online document collections, databases, and funding searches, literature reviews, it provides.

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Better Health Through Better Understanding: Promoting Heath Equity & CLAS Webinar

Better Health Through Better Understanding: Promoting Heath Equity & CLAS Webinar

In April, OMH held a webinar in honor of National Minority Health Month 2023 highlighting federal and local efforts in promoting health equity, culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS), and implementing evidence-based health literacy strategies to tackle disparities among vulnerable populations and communities.

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Emerging Practices in Promoting Health Equity Facebook Live

Emerging Practices in Promoting Health Equity Facebook Live

OMH also hosted a Facebook Live in honor of National Minority Health Month 2023. OMH joined its partners from the National COVID-19 Resiliency Network to discuss effectively organizing an inclusive national network; best practices for communicating accurate information to patients; and strategies for outreach that are culturally competent and inclusive of diverse populations.

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