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Minority Health Month
In accordance with this year's Minority Health Month theme: Health Equity Can't Wait. Act Now in Your CommUNITY!, CDC and HHS are focused on highlighting strategies and actions leading to Health Equity.
Minority Health Month at CDC
In celebration of Minority Health Month in April, CDC's Office of Minority Health & Health Equity (OMHHE) will host several events at CDC's Atlanta Campuses, bringing awareness to and highlighting several efforts towards the advancement of health equity. Below are links to the highlighted topics.CDC Actions in support of the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities include targeted efforts in promotion of influenza vaccination, tobacco cessation, and community actions aimed at reducing chronic disease.
Examples of activities include:
Achievements of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities
- Related Report: Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities (Workshop Summary)
Health Disparities component of the National Prevention Strategy and ways the health sector is working with other sectors to address health disparities
- Recommendations for Elimination of Health Disparities among national, state, and local partners.
- CDC Feature: NPS: America's Plan for Better Health & Wellness
- Healthy Places: NPS: The Importance of Community Design in Improving Public Health
- Environmental Justice
Examples of CDC Programs Addressing Disparities
- HHS Million Hearts Initiative at CDC
- Diabetes Public Health Resource (DPHR)
- National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
- National Program to Eliminate Diabetes Related Disparities in Vulnerable Populations
- Native Diabetes Wellness Program
- Vaccines & Immunizations
- Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Print Materials
- Youth Violence Prevention
- Teen Dating Violence Prevention
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (TPPI)
- National Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP)
- Expanded & Integrated HIV Testing
- Take Charge. Take the Test
- National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP), Tobacco Control & National Networks
- Tuberculosis (TB) Patient and General Public Materials
- Tuberculosis (TB) in the African American Community
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), Spina Bifida
- in Spanish
- Disability and Health, Health Care Data & Statistics
- Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW)
- Racial & Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the US (REACH US)
- Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Resources
- The Public Health Reports August/September 2011 supplement (V 126, suppl 3)
focuses on data systems and their use in addressing social determinants of health.
- The Public Health Reports August/September 2011 supplement (V 126, suppl 3)
- Native American Road Safety
Minority Health Month at HHS
Heath Equity Can't Wait. Act Now in Your CommUNITY!Secretarial Statement on National Minority Health Month 2012
Disparities Reduction Efforts
Offices of Minority Health
Health Equity Day of UNITY
Highlights on the Work of Our Communities!
Communities in Action
Health Equity Day of Action
Saturday, April 21, 2012 - Young. Healthy. YouNITED! Stop bullying now!
Prevent youth violenceStop Bullying.gov
CDC Links:
- Injury Center: Violence Prevention Electronic Aggression
- LGBT Health: LGBT Youth, Experiences with Violence
Donate the Gift of Life!
Promote organ donation
Donate Life America -
Multicultural Perspectives
Presidential Proclamation - National Donate Life Month, 2012
Walk it off!
Fight obesity
Let's Move
- Overweight and Obesity Recommendations
- Childhood Obesity Strategies and Solutions
Watch your mouth!
Promote oral health
HHS Oral Health Initiative
- Division of Oral Health Resources
HHS National Partnership for Action (NPA)
April 2012 marks the 1st Anniversary of the Launch:
- HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities
- National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity
More Information
- CDC Minority Health
- CDC's Office of Minority Health & Health Equity (OMHHE)
- CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities Report (CHDIR)
- Farmworker Health
- Women's Health
- Office of the Associate Director for Program (OADPG)
- Tribal Support
- Healthy People 2020
- HHS OMH Minority Health Month Act Now in Your CommUNITY!
- HHS National Partnership for Action (NPA)
- AHRQ National Healthcare Disparities Report
- Pandemic Influenza & Vulnerable Populations (AJPH Suppl)
- Public Health Reports Supplement on Data Systems and Social Determinants of Health
CHDIR Report
CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities ReportContact Us:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Atlanta, GA 30333 - 800-CDC-INFO
(800-232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348 - cdcinfo@cdc.gov
