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Program Activities
Office of Minority Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 407
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: (401) 222-2901
Fax: (401) 273-4350
Carrie Bridges

 

 

Office of Minority Health

Office of Minority Health

Past Events

OMH 15 th Year Anniversary & Diversity Dialogues 2007: featuring Dr. Gloria WilderBrathwaite, MD, MPH
What: Diversity Dialogues 2007
Where: Airport Radisson Hotel 2081 Post Road, Warwick
When: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
RSVP by April 23, 2007
* Invitation pdf
* Registration form pdf

Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities by 2010: Moral and Economic Imperatives
April 2-4, 2007
Foxwoods Conference Center
39 Norwich Westerly Road
Mashantucket, CT
Co-hosted by the State of Connecticut- Department of Public Health and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
www.nermhc.com
* Call for Abstracts pdf

Diversity Dialogues: Building Culturally & Linguistically Competent Healthcare Services
April 24, 2006
8:30 am–1:30 pm
Radisson Airport Hotel Providence
2081 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886
"" Save the Date pdf
"" Invitation pdf
"" RSVP Card pdf
"" Agenda pdf

Racial and Ethnic Minority Women in the Health Professions Roundtable
April 24, 2006
2:30 pm–5:00 pm
Radisson Airport Hotel Providence
2081 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886
Tiempo Social Ad pdf
English, Spanish
""Event Overview pdf

Implementing the CLAS Standards: Lessons from Temple University Health System
May 8, 2006
8:00 am–10:00 am
Radisson Airport Hotel Providence
2081 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886
For more information, Contact Us.

Jim Vincent TV Show
Carrie Bridges from the OMH was interviewed along with Dr. Amanda Wiredu, Health Chair of the Providence NAACP, for the Jim Vincent TV show, a local show about local issues. The topic of the show was Minority Health with special emphasis on health disparities and the Refugee Health Program.

Initial Broadcast
March 26, 2006
11:00am
UPN 28 (COX 9)

Re-broadcasts
March 26, 2006
9:30pm.
COX 18 (Prov and Kent counties)

March 27, 2006
7:30pm
COX 13 (statewide)

 

 

Upcoming Events

NATIONAL MINORITY HEALTH MONTH
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
April 2008
pdf

April is National Minority Health Month, a nationally-recognized campaign to raise awareness of racial and ethnic health disparities and to launch year-round initiatives to eliminate these disparities. The Rhode Island Department of Health is joining this public education effort, reinforcing the state’s commitment to eliminate health disparities.

past events