Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2001

P.O Box 142001

Phone: 1-888-222-2542

Fax: 801-538-6591

www.health.utah.gov/cmh

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Connection

 

Production Editor:

Dulce A. Dνez

 

The Connection is published monthly

 

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Global Eating

 

 What can we learn from other cultures about food and nutrition? Some countries share our love for food and yet manage to avoid our epidemic of obesity.  How do they do it?  By studying how they eat, we can gain some useful (and tasty) ideas to adapt to our own needs.

 

Duration: 60 minutes (it includes the DVD presentation followed by a brief discussion)

 

Location:room 125, Utah Department of Health (288 N 1460 W,  Salt Lake City.) No registration required.

 

Date: April 7, @ 12:00 pm

 

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Voices of Utah Minorities:

17 Community Discussions about Public Health

 

In 2008, the Center for Multicultural Health and other Utah Department of Health partners sponsored 17 focus groups about public health with members of Utah minority communities. This presentation highlights some of the findings of this study.

 

Duration: 60 minutes (it includes a presentation followed by a brief discussion)

 

Location:room 125, Utah Department of Health (288 N 1460 W,  Salt Lake City.) No registration required.

 

Date: April 23, @ 12:00 pm

 

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SEMINAR

 Health Literacy in the Public Health Arena

 

Duration: 3 hours

 

Location:room 125, Utah Department of Health (288 N 1460 W,  Salt Lake City.) Video conference available for local health departments.

 

Date: April 8, from 1:30 -4:30 pm

 

 Registration required. Contact Christine cespinel@utah.gov or Dulce ddiez@utah.gov (if you work for a local health department)

 

 

 

 

For more events visit our calendar

http://my.calendars.net/multicultural

ABOUT THE CMH

   The Center for Multicultural Health (CMH) is the Utah office of minority health. It is part of the Utah Department of Health, Division of Community and Family Health Services.

    Our mission is to promote accessible and high-quality programs and policies that help all racial and ethnic minorities in Utah achieve optimal health. We accomplish our mission by increasing public and health professional awareness of persistent race/ethnic disparities and by developing effective health policies and culturally competent programs that lead to better access and utilization of quality health care services in Utah.

www.health.utah.gov/cmh

 

 

 

 

WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU

 

Please submit: feedback, suggestions, ideas, news, events or articles to: ddiez@utah.gov

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