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Minority and Multicultural
Affairs
The National Rural Health Association
is uniquely positioned to represent
the interests of minority individuals living in rural areas.
11th Annual Rural Minority and
Multicultural Health Conference
"State
of the States' Rural Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities:
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
May 18, 2005
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
Download
the Call for Presentations
Deadline for the Call for Presentations
is September 13, 2004
For additional information,
contact Rosemary McKenzie at: rmckenzie@NRHArural.org
or (816) 756-3140
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History of Racial and Ethnic
Minority and Multicultural Health
Since 1988, the NRHA has worked through its Rural Minority Health
Advisory Committee, representing rural and minority-responsive national
associations and professional organizations to respond to health care
services and access to rural minority populations. This committee
representation included African American, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino,
and Native American. The NRHA is committed to playing a leading role
in developing and carrying out a national rural minority health policy
statement and action strategy to improve the health status of rural
minority populations.
For a synopsis of NRHA's Racial/Ethnic Activities, click the link
below: (PDF Format)
HISTORY OF
RACIAL/ETHNIC ACTIVITIES
Since 1991, the NRHA has offered minority-focused sessions
at the annual national conference and other educational programs.
Beginning in 1993, the NRHA has held annual rural minority health
conferences.
The Face
of HIV/AIDS in Rural Minority and Multicultural Communities—
The Federal Landscape an NRHA teleconference—January
28, 2004 . Take a few minutes to download and read the transcript
and the final report including a list of resources from the teleconference
call. These materials will provide you with a better understanding
of the impact of HIV/AIDS in rural minority and multicultural communities,
as well as a deeper knowledge of federal initiatives created to address
the problem.
Download the Transcript
Here (PDF 105k)
Download the Final Report
Here (PDF 83k)
NEW RURAL RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY
HEALTH PUBLICATIONS/RESOURCES
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Rural
Minority Health Resource Book
This resource book is for health
professionals and others working with and serving rural racial
and ethnic minority communities. This book is a compilation
of important statistical, factual and anecdotal information
regarding rural minority health issues such as access, transportation,
barriers to care, cultural competency, health status indicators,
and disparities concerns.
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Cultural
Competency Awareness and Training Materials
To ensure the availability and
accessibility of culturally competent health care services to
rural racial and ethnic minorities, this two part manual is
awareness raising/training materials about cultural competency
in health care. These materials are to be used in a health care
setting with staff, providers, board members and other volunteers
to explain what culturally competent care is, why it's important
and how to provide this care.
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Order these two NRHA publications in the NRHA Country Store
by clicking on the logo below
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Contextual Health Profile for
Rural Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations
This computer/Internet-based tool is to guide the health
planner toward culturally competent health programming. The profile
is a comprehensive description of the health status of a specific community,
and includes community health status information that is typically included
in a community health needs assessment. In addition, it captures cultural
and environmental information about a specific community to help the
health planner reach a more informed decision or set of decisions regarding
appropriate health interventions.
[Click Here] to go to the
Contextual Health Profile.
New!
Information Warehouse:
Rural Minority Health Web site
This warehouse was developed to ensure that health data
and information are appropriately applied for the benefit of rural racial
and ethnic minority communities. The warehouse will provide an access
point to useable data and information to assist program planning and
implementation, policy development and research to community-based organizations,
policy makers, researchers, program planners and others. [ Click
Here] to check out the Information Warehouse
Other Minority and Multicultural
Resources:
Journey
to Wellness (journeytowellness.com) African American
Health Radio
Radio Broadcasts, in both audio
and text format, specific to the health concerns of African Americans
To visit the site,
[Click Here]
NRHA Rural Minority
Health Committee
(click on the name to e-mail) |
Chair,
Romeo J. Guerra
Clyde Barganier
David E. Berry
Angeline Bushy, PhD,
RN, CS, FAAN
Kim C. Byas
Rene’ Cabral-Daniels
Ann Chester,
PhD
Esther M. Forti, PhD, RN
Linda Frizzell, PhD
Roland Gardner
Jeffrey J. Guidry, PhD
Loretta Heuer,
Ph.D., R.N.
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James
T. Howell, M.D., M.P.H.
Alice M. Jackson,
PhD
Stephen Jiang
Beth Landon
Stephanie Launiu
Meryl S. McNeal,
Ph.D
Wagih Michael, PhD
Gregory
Reed
Beth Hudnall
Stamm, Ph.D.
Ex-Officio
Frances E. Ashe-Goins,
R.N., M.P.H.
Blanca Fuertes
D. David Sniff
NRHA Staff Contact: Rosemary
McKenzie
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