NHMA 14th Annual Conference

“Health Care Transformation to Improve Prevention and Health Promotion for the Hispanic Community”

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC

March 25-28, 2010.

Join Hispanic physicians, medical students, nurses, policymakers, and healthcare industry representatives at our annual conference. This year, NHMA celebrates its 14^th Conference with partners from the Federal and State governments and the private sector. The conference brings together experts from across the nation to share their experience in eliminating health disparities for Hispanics.

CME accreditation will be provided.

Hispanics have become the largest ethnic group in the United States and there is a great need to understand how to deliver culturally competent health care services to them. Learn from experts from across the country on how to enhance academic programs, community-based research, medical practices, and health policies targeting Hispanics.

The conference will be held October 18-21, 2010 in Baltimore, MD. The theme for the conference is “Improving health care for culturally diverse populations: A new place on the national health agenda.” They are currently requesting presentation proposals for this nationally acclaimed conference, which attracts over 600 participants every two years.

Health care professionals, community representatives, advocates, policymakers, researchers and others from the U.S. and around the world can submit brief proposals on good practices and innovative approaches related to the following thematic categories: language access, culturally competent care/disparity reduction, cultural competence/disparity reduction education and training, organizational cultural competence, policy, and research.

Proposals are due February 1, 2010. Full details on the Call for Proposals is available at www.diversityrxconference.org/proposals.

2009 Disparities Conference

HEALTH EQUITY: Through The Cancer Lens

July 28-29, 2009

Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

www.TheCancerLens.org

The Office of Health Disparities of the American Cancer Society is pleased to present its third conference on health disparities, Health Equity: Through the Cancer Lens.

This year we move beyond description to action, as we continue to save lives. We’ll begin our conference with a combined general plenary session, in which we will present consensus recommendations on cancer disparities in underserved populations as part of our collaboration with the National Medical Association (NMA). From there, we will combine research, practice, academia, and community efforts to focus on best practices from an advocacy, community intervention, and communication perspective.