JUNE HEALTH DATA TASK FORCE MEETING Date: Friday, June 26, 2009 Time: Noon – 2pm EST Location: OMO/SHIRE 1776 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 615 Washington DC 20036 Conference call in will also be available. Lunch will be provided. Please call SHIRE: 202-371-0277 if you need assistance on the day of the meeting. Email Angela (alee@outofmany1.org) [...]
Dear Friend, Out of Many, One (OMO) is a national multicultural coalition that has been advocating for health equity and parity for communities of color since 2000. OMO works to assure that every ethnic and racial group, regardless of its size or immigration status, has equal access to health care coverage, access and treatment, and [...]
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009 Time: 12:00 – 2:00 PM EST Location: OMO/SHIRE 1776 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 615; Washington DC 20036. Conference calling will also be available. Lunch will be provided. Please call SHIRE: 202-371-0277 if you need assistance on the day of the meeting. Email Angela (alee@outofmany1.org) for more information or to RSVP.
Commenting on Healthy People 2010 objective in the process of developing Healthy People 2020 From our colleagues at REHDC… We invite you to give us your comments and suggestions as part of the collaborative process of building Healthy People 2020 <http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/default.asp> . In 2008, feedback was collected on various conceptual aspects and proposals for specific [...]
CAPAC to Hold National Census Teleconference: Engaging Asian and Pacific Islander Communities for the 2010 Decennial Census This coming Monday, please join the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) for a national census teleconference on ensuring an accurate count of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for the 2010 census. The call provides an opportunity for [...]
OMO Testimony at IOM Public Workshop
Deeana Jang from the Asian & Pacific Islander Health Forum testified on behalf of the OMO Health Data Task Force (HDTF) at a public workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine’s Subcommittee on Standardized Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement and Committee on Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
HDTF members Mara Youdelman from the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and Kalahn Taylor-Clark from the Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform at the Brookings Institute also testified on behalf of their respective organizations.
Also available for download are the powerpoint presentations.
On February 4, 2009, several members of the OMO Governing Body and the Health Data Task Force were present at the signing of the SCHIP bill by President Obama. Mara Youdelman (National Health Law Program) took these pictures and generously shared them with us.
A recent New York Times article (Feb 13, 2009) describes a new colon cancer screening tool developed by the National Cancer Institute that omits minorities. “The new screening tool, developed by the National Cancer Institute and available at www.cancer.gov/colorectalcancerrisk, asks roughly 20 questions, the first two about race and ethnic background. If the user answers [...]
Date: Friday, February 20, 2009 Time: 12:00 – 2:00 PM EST Location: OMO/SHIRE 1776 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 615; Washington DC 20036. Lunch will be provided. Please call SHIRE: 202-371-0277 if you need assistance on the day of the meeting. Email Angela (alee@outofmany1.org) for more information or to RSVP.
OMO Executive Committee & HDTF member Dave Baldridge was featured in a recent article of New America Media entitled, “Advocates for Ethnic Elders Look Beyond Inaugural Euphoria” published Jan 25, 2009. “David Baldridge, a champion of Native American elders for two decades, lamented, “It’s seemingly always about the dollars—and America’s political will (or lack of [...]