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Towards Health Equity Newsletter

December 11, 2012

Towards Health Equity

Provided by the Office of Minority Health Resource Center

December 11, 2012

The Office of Minority Health wishes you warmest greengs this season

and all the best for a happy new year! Thank you for your partnership and

support, and we looking forward to working together in 2013 to realize

our shared vision of a world without health disparies.

#WAD2012: Marking World AIDS Day in Pictures and

Words

On December 1, millions around the world celebrated World AIDS Day by

remembering those lost, and raising awareness about the ongoing fight

against the disease. Because a major factor in decreasing the rates of AIDS

is related to HIV tesng, educang the public about the facts regarding

HIV is crical to reducing sgma. This work is parcularly crucial in

minority communies, which have experienced disproporonately higher

rates of HIV/AIDS. 

Henry Ocampo, Capacity Building Specialist in the

Office of Minority Health Resource Center, talks

about OMHRC's efforts to reduce sgma and

share the powerful stories of those affected

through digital storytelling. Read the Q & A

"Fighng Sgma."

Senior Program Analyst Evonne Benne-Barnes of

the Office of Minority Health Resource Center

discussed the role the provider experience plays in

HIV care and treatment. Read the Q & A "Raising

Awareness."

Margaret Korto, Senior Program Analyst at OMHRC, recently interviewed

Ijeoma Ogbuo of the Montgomery College AIDS Awareness Resource

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Center about breaking down the myths and

misconcepons that challenge prevenon and treatment efforts. Read the Q&A;

"Breaking Down Myths."

The HIV/AIDS Prevenon Bilingual Glossary provides linguisc

support to individuals and organizaons working with Spanishspeaking populaons in the United States. The terms included

here are commonly used in public health and HIV/AIDS prevenon

in the U.S.

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Search for HIV tesng sites near you

Get the Facing AIDS App for your phone

Get data and stascs on HIV/AIDS

More informaon and resources on HIV and AIDS:

White House Honors World AIDS Day

Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius

Progress on the Naonal HIV AIDS Strategy, a conversaon with Assistant Secretary for Health Howard Koh,

MD, MPH, on the AIDS.gov blog

Images from the Office of Minority Health's World AIDS Day event

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"A Nave Way That's Ours"

"A Nave Way That's Ours"

The Nave Generaons Iniave aims to raise awareness and reduce infant deaths.

For every 1,000 American Indian and Alaska Nave babies born in U.S. cies, as many as 15 die before their first

birthday. The Urban Indian Health Instute recently launched Nave Generaons to raise awareness and

share valuable health and prevenon messages with Nave American families, 70 percent of whom live in urban

and suburban areas. UIHI's Nave Generaons video captures the experiences of several families in Detroit and

Seale, and highlights organizaons bringing expectant and new parents together to offer support, educaon

and informaon. Watch the video .

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Innovave Lactaon Lounge Offers Comfort and Support to Nursing Moms

Northern Manhaan Perinatal Partnership's Lactaon Lounge is a first-of-its-kind resource for nursing moms in

New York City, where less than 14 percent of mothers breaseed exclusively for the recommended six months.

Providing a safe, comfortable place for women who are nursing, the lounge also serves to support and educate

women of childbearing age on the benefits of breaseeding exclusively. Read the full story.

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Public Comments

The U.S. Prevenve Services Task Force has released dra recommendaons calling for roune HIV screening for

all Americans 15 to 65. The new recommendaons are based on evidence showing the benefits of early HIV

tesng and treatment. The dra Recommendaon Statement is available for public comment unl December

17, 2012, at 5 pm EST.

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Upcoming Events

Webinars

Disaster Preparedness and Response (Naonal Instute of Environmental Sciences)

December 13 | 1 pm EST

Engineering an Exchange: A Look at State Blueprints and Decisions (Naonal Academy for State Health Policy)

December 13 | 3 pm EST

Who's Leading the Leading Health Indicators? Environmental Quality (Healthy People 2020)

December 17 | 12 pm EST

Conferences

CityMatCH 2012 Conference
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December 12-14 | San Antonio, TX

Stop by our booth in the exhibit hall! 

Science of Eliminang Health Disparies Summit

December 17-19 | Naonal Harbor, MD

Speakers include Office of Minority Health Acng Director Dr. J. Nadine Gracia

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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.

View the latest Knowledge Center acquisions list, with resources on HIV/AIDS.

Search the online catalog.

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Research Corner

This month, Research Corner provides scholarly resources on HIV/AIDS.

Minority HIV Paents' Percepons of Barriers and Facilitators to Parcipaon in Clinical Research. Wolak,

Caitlin; B. Bass, Sarah; et al. Current HIV Research, Volume 10, Number 4, June 2012 , pp. 348-355(8). View

Report

HIV/AIDS-Related Instuonal Mistrust Among Mulethnic Men Who Have Sex With Men: Effects on HIV

Tesng and Risk Behaviors. Hoyt, Michael A.; Rubin, Lisa R.; & et al. Health Psychology, Vol 31(3), May 2012,

269-277. View Report

HIV/AIDS in Women and Racial/Ethnic Minories in the U.S. Valerie E. Stone. Current Infecous Disease

Reports. February 2012, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp 53-60. View Report

Foreign Born Status and HIV/AIDS: A Comparave Analysis of HIV/AIDS Characteriscs Among Foreign and

U.S. Born Individuals. Crawford, Tim; Caldwell, Glyn; et al. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. February

2012, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp 82-88. View Report

High-Risk HIV Minories in the United States: Who Gets Tested and Where? Robinson, Keisha T.; Sanders,

Salvatore A.; et al. American Journal of Health Behavior, Volume 36, Number 3, May 2012 , pp. 348-359(12).

View Report

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