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Towards Health Equity

November 20, 2012

Towards Health Equity

Provided by the Office of Minority Health Resource Center

November 20, 2012

Nave American Heritage Month Resources

Each November, we honor the culture and contribuons of the American

Indian/Alaska Naves during Nave American Heritage Month. Although

oen referred to as one group, American Indians and Alaska Naves have

diverse cultures, languages and customs unique to each community.

Health challenges, however, have not been as unique, with many

American Indian/Alaska Naves communies experiencing the harsh

impact of diabetes, HIV, heart disease, substance abuse and infant

mortality. During Nave American Heritage Month, the Office of Minority

Health is sharing informaon and resources designed to empower,

educate and inform. Check out our website and follow OMH on Twier to

get the latest informaon.

View the Presidenal Proclamaon

Read HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' statement

Resources

Campaigns and events around the country

Sample tweets

Health and data stascs

HIV/AIDS Online Training Modules from the Indian Health Service

Indian Health Service Diabetes Program

See more on the OMH website

Features and Mulmedia

HIV Assessment Tool Helps Nave Communies Take Acon

Chickasaw TV, raising awareness about diabetes and obesity in

Nave communies

We R Nave, a health resource for Nave youth

Loving Your Heart ... in Red - the Heart Truth Campaign

Tribal Iniave on HIV/AIDS (TIHA) awardees

See more on the OMH website

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Naonal Diabetes Month Resources

Nearly 26 million people have diabetes in the United States, and pre-diabetes is far more common than

previously believed. About 35 percent of U.S. adults, 20 years and older, or 79 million people, currently have

pre-diabetes. Racial and ethnic minority groups are disproporonately affected by diabetes, especially the

elderly among these populaons. Each year in November, the American Diabetes Associaon joins with health

care organizaons, praconers and advocates in raising awareness about the disease. 

View the Presidenal Proclamaon on Diabetes Awareness Month

Read the statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Naonal Diabetes Month

Visit the AANHPI Diabetes Coalion webpage , hosted by NCAPIP

Learn more: Diabetes 101 | Promoonal materials from diabetes.org | Screening and risk informaon

from NIDDK

Get diabetes data and stascs and research info from the Office of Minority Health

Test your knowledge and take this quiz on gestaonal diabetes

CA7AE, Colorado State HIV Assessment Tool

CA7AE, Colorado State HIV Assessment Tool Helps Nave Communies Take Acon 

Underreporng and lack of data sharing can be a challenge for Nave groups working on HIV issues. The

Community Readiness Model, developed at Colorado State University, provides a tool designed to help

communies develop and implement prevenon and intervenon efforts in line with their readiness level and

their specific culture. The model, which has received naonal and internaonal recognion, integrates the

culture of the community and uses community input. Read the full story.

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Improving African Immigrant Health through Empowerment

Washington, DC, is home to one of the largest concentraons of African immigrants in the naon. Many health

care providers struggle to idenfy resources and understand the unique health needs of their African-born

paents, and African immigrants themselves may be hindered by communicaon barriers. Enter an innovave

pilot project – BEAT IT! (Becoming Empowered Africans through Improved Treatment of Diabetes, Hepas B

and HIV/AIDS), which is working to close those gaps and promote improvements in disease self-management.

Read the full story. | Watch the video on YouTube . 

More HIV/AIDS Resources

Find out about HIV/AIDS technical assistance and capacity building services available to community-based

organizaons through the Office of Minority Health Resource Center

HIV 101

HIV Data and Stascs

HIV/AIDS Prevenon Bilingual Glossary

World AIDS Day: Posters and resources | Plan an event (from AIDS.gov)

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What's New in the Knowledge Center

The Knowledge Center at the Office of Minority Health Resource Center is the largest repository of health

disparies informaon in the world, with a collecon of 10,000 documents, reports, books, journals, media and

more than 30,000 arcles related to the health status of racial and ethnic minority populaons. The library

collecon also includes sources of consumer health material in more than 35 languages.

As health care workers respond to the devastaon of Hurricane Sandy, managers of disaster response

efforts may benefit from these resources in the Knowledge Center.

Search the online catalog.

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Upcoming Events and Conferences

Rescheduled: 2012 Science of Eliminang Health Disparies Summit, December 17-19, Naonal Harbor, MD

Good news: If you previously registered for the 2012 Science of Eliminang Health Disparies Summit, you do

not need to register again. Your exisng registraon will transfer. This includes any sessions that you selected.

You will need to rebook your hotel. Contact the hotel directly at 301-965-4000 and reference the code SCM

or Health Disparies, or register online with the group code SCMSCMA. The deadline for hotel reservaons is

December 7.
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The program schedule will remain the same. Please refer to the program-at-a-glance on the Summit

website.

New registraons will be handled on-site. The 2012 Science of Eliminang Health Disparies Summit is the

leading scienfic gathering on health disparies. Visit the summit website to learn more about sessions and

topics.

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Text4baby Partners with Feel Rich, R&B; Singer Tyrese to Reach New &

Expecng Moms

Text4baby announced a new partnership with mul-planum recording arst Tyrese Gibson and Feel Rich ,

the first ever mulcultural health and fitness media company. The partnership, Feel Rich Moms, will raise

awareness of text4baby and encourage moms to sign up for this crical service. The central piece of this

partnership will be a contest; the grand prize winner will receive a customized lullaby for her baby wrien and

recorded by Tyrese and produced by QD3. One runner-up will receive a year's supply of Johnson's Baby

products, courtesy of text4baby founding sponsor, Johnson & Johnson. To enter the contest for free, text the

word "BABY" to 511411, and when prompted, enter the parcipant code FEELRICH or enroll through the online

form . 

The Office of Minority Health, text4baby and the Naonal Healthy Start Associaon congratulate Ashley P.,

winner of the 2012 State Enrollment Contest! Read her story .

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Research Corner

This month, Research Corner provides scholarly resources on diabetes.

Diabetes Report Card. Center for Disease Control & Prevenon. 2012.

hp://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/DiabetesReportCard.pdf [PDF | 1.4MB]

The Live Well, be Well Study: A Community-based, Translaonal Lifestyle Program to Lower Diabetes Risk

Factors in Ethnic Minority and Lower-socioeconomic Status Adults. Kanaya, A. M.; Santoyo-Olsson, J.; et al.

American Journal of Public Health, v. 102, #8 (August), p. 1551-1558, 2012.

hp://ajph.aphapublicaons.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300456

Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Diabetes Care / Adeola, M. Minority Nurse, (Summer), p. 36-42, 2012

hp://www.minoritynurse.com/hispanic-lano-health/racial-and-ethnic-disparity-diabetes-care

African Americans

Independent Associaon of Waist Circumference with Hypertension and Diabetes in African American

Women, South Carolina, 2007-2009. Warren TY; Wilcox S; et al. CDC - Prevenng Chronic Disease, v. 9, 2012:

11_0170.

hp://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110170

BMI–Mortality Paradox and Fitness in African American and Caucasian Men With Type 2 Diabetes. Peter

Kokkinos, PHD; Jonathan Myers, PHD; et al. Diabetes Care. May 2012 vol. 35 no. 51021-1027.

hp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc11-2407

Hispanics/Lanos

Effects of Acculturaon on a Culturally Adapted Diabetes Intervenon for Lanas. Barrera, M. Jr; Toobert,

D.; et al. Health Psychology, v. 31, #1 (January), p. 51-40, 2012.

hp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0025205

Food Insecurity and Low Self-Efficacy are Associated with Health Care Access Barriers among PuertoRicans with Type 2 Diabetes. Kollannoor-Samuel, G.; Vega-López, S.; et al. Journal of Immigrant and Minority

Health, v.14, #4, p.552-562, 2012.

hp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-011-9551-9

Asians/Pacific Islanders

Understanding and Addressing Unique Needs of Diabetes in Asian Americans, Nave Hawaiians, and

Pacific Islanders. George L. King, MD, Marguerite J. McNeely, MD, MPH; et al. Diabetes Care May 2012 vol. 35

no. 5 1181-1188.

hp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc12-0210

The ARIC predicve model reliably predicted risk of type II diabetes in Asian populaons. Calvin WL Chin,

Elian HS Chia; et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2012, 12:48.

hp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-48

American Indians/Alaskan Naves
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The Costs of Treang American Indian Adults with Diabetes within the Indian Health Service. O'Connell, J.

M.; Wilson, C.; Manson, S. M.; et al. American Journal of Public Health, v. 102, #2 (February), p. 301-308, 2012.

hp://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300332

Genec Histories: Nave Americans' Accounts of Being at Risk for Diabetes. Puneet Chawla Sahota Social

Studies of Science. August 20, 2012.

hp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306312712454044

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