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October 2006 Issue #4 |
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Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2001 P.O Box 142001 Phone: 1-888-222-2542 Fax: 801-538-6591
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The Connection
Production Editors: · Dulce A. Díez · April Y. Bennett · Owen Quiñonez · Matt Montoya The connection is published monthly |
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If you work for the Utah Department of Health, Local Health Departments, or Community Organizations, we would like to hear from you. Please submit feedback, suggestions, ideas, or articles to:
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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.
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- Weber State University will host the Eight Annual Diversity Conference, “Diversity Conference to Focus on Health Disparities: Issues, Disparities and Challenges in the 21 st Century” When: Oct.5 & 6 Where: WSU campus, Ogden. The keynote speaker for this year’s event will be former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard H. Carmona who will present” Eliminating Health Disparities and Increasing Health Literacy.” Other topics to be discussed at the conference include panels focused on community health concerns, student health care, alternative to traditional medical treatment, minority health care, health care reform and issues facing health care providers. Public health information booths also will be available. All events are free and open to the public. For more information on the conference, contact the Diversity Office of WSU (801) 626-6196.
-The Utah Multicultural Youth Coalition will be holding a Youth Leadership Conference Oct. 28th & 29th. This event will focus on empowering youth through education in order for them to be conscious participants in their communities. We are inviting multicultural youth (ages 16-30) with the capacity to learn and take leadership roles in their social environments. Participants will learn how to effectively use community resources, and how to effectively communicate with the media as well as local leaders and organizations in order to create social change and community improvement. For more information on this event, call us at (801) 566-6191 (days) or (801) 842-2333 (evenings).
- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is presenting the State Conference on October 06, 2006 from 9:00 to 5:00 at the Ogden Eccles Convention Center, if anyone wants to attend or any non-profit organization wants to present their program, please call us or register online at ww.namiut.org/conference2006.htm. This event will bring a lot people together it is a great opportunity to share ideas and see how we can unite in order to keep helping the community.
- Health Conference "Nursing in Mexico" When: 0/4/06 12:00PM - 1:30PM
KUED 7 and HealthInsight invite you to a statewide conversation focusing on change driven by providers and patients working together to improve healthcare Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2006, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Location: Salt Lake City Main Library Auditorium RSVP: 801-892-6655 Continental breakfast provided
For more information go to www.healthinsight.org and click on Remaking American Medicine |
