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Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

2007 Health Disparities Conference and Public Health Forum

April 23 and 24

 

 

Selected Handouts 

Available handouts for April 23 & 24, 2007 are listed below.  Click on the title of the handout to access a PDF version of the document or a Web link to the document. 

April 23, 2007Cultural Competency:  An Agenda for Ending Health Disparities in Maryland

 

Title:  Maryland Health Disparities Initiative and Legislation This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  • MHHD Program Description  (pgs.1-2)      
  • MHHD Accomplishments  (pgs. 3-4)
  • 2007 Maryland Health Disparities Legislative Summary  (pgs. 5-6)
  • 2006 Maryland Health Disparities Legislative Summary  (pgs. 6-7)
  • MHHD and Disparities Prevention Statutes  (pgs. 9-14)
  • Maryland Plan Fact Sheet  (pgs.15-16)
  • Maryland Plan Data Chapter  (pgs. 17-38)
  • MHHD Website  (pgs. 39-40)

Date:  April 2007          

Author:  Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities 

 

Title:  Health Disparities Websites This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Date:  April 2007

Author:  Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities 

 

Title:  Selected Health Disparities Publications This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Date:  April 2007

Author:  Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities 

 

Title:  Culturally Competent Health Care:  Selected References

Date:  March 2007

Author:  Robert Like, MD, MS Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity, Department of Family Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 

 

Title:  Developing Effective Interuniversity Partnerships and Community-Based Research to Address Health Disparities

Date:  November 2005

Author:  Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH; Daniel L. Howell, PhD; Moses Goldmon, EdD; James T. Roberson, PhD; Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD; Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD 

 

Title:  Health Information Technology in the United States:  The Information Base for Progress (pgs. 1-16)

Date:  2006      

Author:  The George Washington University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 

 

Title:  Disparities and HIT (pgs. 17-20) This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Date:  Unknown

Author:  Strategies for Tomorrow 

 

Title:  Perspectives on the HIT/Health Disparities Connection (pgs. 21-30) This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Date:  March 2007

Author:  Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc. 

 

Title:  National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Date:  2000

Author:  Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 

 

Title:  Improving Quality and Achieving Equity:  The Role of Cultural Competence in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care  (pgs. v-viii and 1-3)

Date:  October 2006     

Author:  Joseph R. Betancourt and The Commonwealth Fund 

 

Title:  Cultural Competence Standards in Managed Care Mental Health Services:  Four Underserved/Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups (Introduction)

Date:  January 2001

Author:  Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 

 

Title:  Transforming the Face of Health Professions through Cultural and Linguistic Competence Education:  The Role of HRSA Centers of Excellence  (pgs. 1-14)

Date:  Unknown            

Author:  Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 

April 24, 2007 – Workforce and Cultural Diversity:  A Public Health Forum 

 

Title:  The Role and Relationship of Cultural Competence and Patient-Centeredness in Health Care Quality  

Date:  October 2006

Author:  Mary Catherine Beach, Somnath Saha, and Lisa A. Cooper 

 

Title:  National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health Care This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Date:  2000

Author:  Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 

 

Title:  Culturally Competent Health Care:  Selected References

Date:  March 2007

Author:  Robert Like, MD, MS Center for Healthy Families and Cultural Diversity, Department of Family Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 

 

Title:  Second Language and Cultural Competency Training for Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credit  (pgs. i-xi)

Date:  November 2005

Author:  Anna-Nannie S. Pond, MPA, The California Endowment

 

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