Find: Find

OMH Home | En Español

FYI ...

Money & More

Keep Informed!

Join Our Mailing List

Need Help?

Contact Us

HIV/AIDS Prevention

Bilingual Glossary

(English / Spanish)

Share this widget

We're in!

We support health equity for

all Americans.

Take the pledge

Learn about NPA

OMH Content

Content Index > Publications > OMH Publications > OMH e-Newsletters > Previous e-Newsletters

Towards Health Equity

April 18, 2012

Email Updates

Act Now#

April 21, 2012,

Washington, DC

Towards Health Equity

Provided by the Office of Minority Health Resource Center

April 18, 2012

April Is National Minority Health Month

April Is National Minority Health Month

Health Equity Can't Wait. Act Now in Your CommUNITY!

Attend the Youth Health Festival: Young. Healthy. YOUnited!

Saturday, April 21, 2012 from 12 pm - 4 pm - Health Equity Day of Action

Washington, DC

Mobilize on your Social Networks: #ActNow #MinorityHealthMonth

Follow Us on Twitter

Check Out our Blog

Partners give voice to the work in the communities, and Directors from the

Offices of Minority Health in HHS agencies introduce their offices.

Just a sampling:

 SAMHSA's Office of Behavioral Health Equity Teams Up with Community

Partners to Reduce the Impact of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders,

by Larke Nahme Huang, PhD. Read the blog

 Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), by Leandris Liburd, PhD, MPH, MA. Read the blog

Download NMHM Poster and other Event Tools

Register a Minority Health Month Event

Get in touch with your Regional Minority Health Consultant

A Word from the OMH Director

A Word from the OMH Director

Celebrating National Minority Health Month, by J. Nadine Gracia,

MD, MSCE This April, as we commemorate National Minority

Health Month, we also celebrate another milestone in health

equity: the one-year anniversary of the Department of Health and

In This Newsletter ...

April Is National Minority

Health Month

A Word for the OMH

Director

Did You Know?

Sexually Transmitted

Diseases Awareness

Month

National Donate Life

Month

Research Corner

Are Americans Aware of

Racial and Ethnic Health

Disparities?

OMH Disparities

Reductions Efforts

SAVE THE DATE 2012

Summit

Search OMH Library

Catalog Online

Be a follower, to be a

leader!

Keep Up with Weekly

Minority Health Updates?

Monthly Updates

Got Funding?

Building Capacity, Creating

Community

Search

Towards Health EquityApril 18, 2012 - The Office of Minority Health - OMH Page 1 of 3

http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=9393&lvl=4&lvlID=217 06/21/12
Human Services' (HHS) first-ever Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health

Disparities. Read the blog.

Did You Know?

With the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, offices were created in

agencies across the United States Department of Health and Human Services to

focus specifically on the issues of minority health. Find out the goals of each of

these new offices and how their work will relate to the overall work of each agency.

Offices of Minority Health in HHS Agencies

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Food and Drug Administration

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health Resources and Services Administration

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

April Health Observances

go to top

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Awareness Month

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Awareness Month

This STD Awareness Month, we are focusing our outreach on healthcare providers, and their influence to

promote sexual health and STD testing among young people.

Healthcare providers can make a difference by educating young patients about sexual health and STD

prevention. STD Awareness - Reaching Young People

Get involved!

go to top

National Donate Life Month

National Donate Life Month

With compassion and generosity, organ and tissue donors leave an indelible mark on the lives of countless

Americans. Read the rest of the 2012 Presidential Proclamation here. Become a donor .

go to top

Research Corner

Research Corner: Achieving Health Equity

Collective Action to End Health Disparities. Beadle, M. R.; Graham, G. N. American Journal of Public Health, v.

101, Supplement 1 (December), p. s16-s18, 2011.

http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300372

Enhancing Measurement of Primary Health Care Indicators Using an Equity Lens: An Ethnographic Study.

Wong, S. T.; Browne, A. J.; Varcoe, C.; Lavoie, J.; Smye, V., et al. International Journal for Equity in Health, v. 10,

#38. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182883/pdf/1475-9276-10-38.pdf [PDF | 545KB]

From Politics to Parity: Using a Health Disparities Index to Guide Legislative Efforts for Health Equity. Webb,

B. C.; Simpson, S. L.; Hairston, K. G. American Journal of Public Health, v. 101, #3 (March), p. 554-560, 2011.

http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2009.171157

Indian Health Service Innovations Have Helped Reduce Health Disparities Affecting American Indian and

Alaska Native People. Sequist, T. D.; Cullen, T.; Acton, K. J. Health Affairs, v. 30, #10 (October), p. 1965-1973,

2011. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/10/1965.full.pdf [PDF | 235KB]

The NCHHSTP 2010-2015 Strategic Plan and the Pursuit of Health Equity: A Catalyst for Change and a Step in

the Right Direction. Allen, J.; Jennings, R.; Taylor, R. S.; Shipp, M. Public Health Reports, v. 126, Supplement #3

(September-October), p. 31-37, 2011.

http://www.publichealthreports.org/issueopen.cfm?articleID=2724 [PDF | 1MB]

go to top

Are Americans Aware of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities?

Are Americans Aware of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities?

Only modestly, it seems. Read the article Awareness of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Has Improved Only

Modestly over a Decade . Also, Awareness of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Study Brief [PDF | 112KB]

2010 General Population [PDF | 257KB]

2009 General Population [PDF | 254KB]

go to top

OMH Disparities Reduction Efforts

Learn about OMH Disparities Reduction Efforts

Bookmark Health News

Daily!

Knowledge Center Library

Acquisitions

Check out New Resources

in Flu.gov

Comment!

Towards Health EquityApril 18, 2012 - The Office of Minority Health - OMH Page 2 of 3

http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=9393&lvl=4&lvlID=217 06/21/12
You will need Adobe Acrobat® ReaderTM to view PDF files located on this site. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat®

ReaderTM, you can download here for free.

Content Last Modified: 4/18/2012 1:32:00 PM

See how the work of the Office of Minority Health lines up with the goals of the HHS Action Plan to Reduce

Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. How are your efforts lining up? Share your story.

go to top

SAVE THE DATE 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities

SAVE THE DATE 2012 Summit on the Science of Eliminating Health Disparities

Integrating Science, Policy and Practice

Building a Healthier Society

The 2012 Summit will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor,

Maryland, on October 31 - November 3, 2012.

Contact: 2012summit@mail.nih.gov

go to top

Search OMH Library Catalog Online

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.

go to top

Be a follower, to be a leader!

Be a follower, to be a leader!

Follow Us: @MinorityHealth

OMH is Using Twitter Keep up with minority health updates, resources, funding and

more.

go to top

Keep Up with Weekly Minority Health Updates?

Want to Keep Up with Weekly Minority Health Updates? Get Our FYI!

Check out the latest edition of FYI: Minority Resources...Money & More Now, subscribe to it here!

go to top

OMH Home | HHS Home | USA.gov | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | HHS FOIA | Accessibility | Plain Writing Act | Site Map | Contact Us | Viewers & Players

Office of Minority Health

Toll Free: 1-800-444-6472 / Fax: 301-251-2160

Email: info@minorityhealth.hhs.gov

Provide Feedback

Towards Health EquityApril 18, 2012 - The Office of Minority Health - OMH Page 3 of 3

http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/content.aspx?ID=9393&lvl=4&lvlID=217 06/21/12