Towards Health Equity Newsletter

[Ajay Puri]

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Towards Health Equity Provided by the Office of Minority Health Resource Center November 8, 2011     In This Newsletter ... National American Indian Heritage Month Standards for Consistent Demographic Measures Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities NPA Blog: Improving Health Disparities Research HHS Office of Minority Health Supports Mobile Health Clinic Study Read Journal Article about HHS Disparities Reduction Plan Lifelines Videos Tackle Cancer, Disparities and Minority Impact OMH Disparities Reductions Efforts Research Corner NPA Toolkit for Community Action! Care for Cultural Competency? Check Out New Website! New! Search OMH Library Catalog Online Rendezvous with the History of Health Disparities in the U.S. Be a follower, to be a leader! Keep Up with Weekly Minority Health Updates? Monthly Updates Got Funding? Building Capacity, Creating Community Bookmark Health News Daily! Knowledge Center Library Acquisitions Check out New Resources in Flu.gov Comment! National American Indian Heritage Month   National American Indian Heritage Month   During the month of November the nation   officially recognizes the contributions and   influences of American Indians to the country   and American culture. Learn about health issues impacting the community and opportunities for involvement.   Standards for Consistent Demographic Measures   HHS Releases Standards for Consistent   Demographic Measures   HHS on October 31, 2011, published final   standards for data collection on race, ethnicity,   sex, primary language and disability status,   as required by Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act [PDF | 1.6 MB]. Final Standards  |  Explanation of the Standards  |   Press Release  |  Fact Sheet   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 . Awareness of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Study Brief [PDF | 112KB] 2010 General Population [PDF | 257KB] 2009 General Population [PDF | 254KB] go to top NPA Blog: Improving Health Disparities Research Read the latest NPA Blog by Dr. Howard Koh, HHS Assistant Secretary for Health. "Today, we are achieving yet another milestone, by implementing an important provision of the Affordable Care Act that will improve the collection of data on HHS-sponsored surveys." Read the Blog Post go to top HHS Office of Minority Health Supports Mobile Health Clinic Study HHS Office of Minority Health Supports Mobile Health Clinic Study The HHS Office of Minority Health has announced support for a project that endeavors to document the spread and contributions of mobile health clinics across the United States.  Read the Press Release. go to top Read Journal Article about HHS Disparities Reduction Plan Read Journal Article about HHS Disparities Reduction Plan "The Action Plan represents the first federal strategic disparities plan and the most comprehensive federal commitment in this area to date".   Read More. go to top Lifelines Videos Tackle Cancer, Disparities and Minority Impact Lifelines Videos Tackle Cancer, Disparities and Minority Impact These videos from the National Cancer Institute provide quick tidbits of info as experts discuss the issue of cancer disparities among minorities and federal initiatives to eliminate disparities. go to top OMH Disparities Reduction Efforts Learn about OMH Disparities Reduction Efforts 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 Research Corner Research Corner: American Indian Health Community-Based HIV Testing among American Indians in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 2008-2009. Friend, T.; Reilly, B.; Giberson, S.; Redd, J. The IHS Primary Care Provider, v. 36, #4 (April), p. 65-67, 2011 http://www.ihs.gov/provider/documents/2010_2019/PROV0411.pdf [PDF | 2.5MB] "Friending" Sexual Health: Harnessing Media Technologies to Reach Native Youth. Stephens, D.; Leston, J.; Craig-Rushing, S. The IHS Primary Care Provider, v. 36, #4 (April), p. 76, 2011 (Articles; Newsletter Article) http://www.ihs.gov/provider/documents/2010_2019/PROV0411.pdf [PDF | 2.5MB] Getting into Trouble: Perspectives on Stress and Suicide Prevention among Pacific Northwest Indian Youth.Strickland, C. J.; Cooper, M. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, v. 22, #3 (July), p. 240-247, 2011 (Articles; Journal Article) 30736 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21519060 Implementation of a Mandatory Employee Influenza Vaccination Program in a Rural Tribal Health Care Facility. Farrell, D.; Kraft, M.; Oski, J. The IHS Primary Care Provider, v. 36, #6 (June), p. 117-121, 2011 (Articles; Newsletter Article) 31114 http://www.ihs.gov/Provider/documents/2010_2019/PROV0611.pdf [PDF | 2.2MB] Innovation in Indian Healthcare: Using Health Information Technology to Achieve Health Equity for American Indian and Alaska Native Populations. Carroll, M.; Cullen, T.; Ferguson, S.; Hogge, N.; Horton, M.; Kokesh, J. Perspectives in Health Information Management, v.8, (January), 1d, 2011 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21307987 go to top NPA Toolkit for Community Action! More than 100K Downloads of The NPA Toolkit for Community Action! Did you get your copy? OMH has released the toolkit to support community efforts in the goal of ending health disparities and promoting health equity. go to top Care for Cultural Competency? Check Out New Website! Care for Cultural Competency? Check Out New Website! If you think cultural health, have we got a site for you? Check out OMH's enhanced cultural competency web portal, a one-stop shop for all cultural competency resources and training opportunities: http://www.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov. go to top 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. go to top Rendezvous with the History of Health Disparities in the U.S. Rendezvous with the History of Health Disparities in the U.S. Read the 1985 Heckler Report NOW Online! The Heckler Report, which defined the issue of health disparities in the United States when it was published in 1985, is now available online in electronic format. 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

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