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Thursday, May 17, 2012
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- Researches health care across minority populations.
Dayton Council on Health Equity
The Dayton Council on Health Equity (DCHE) is Montgomery County’s Local Office of Minority Health. The program is funded by a grant from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, in partnership with Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County.
DCHE’s goal is to improve the health status of Montgomery County’s minority populations by eliminating health disparities.
The program is accomplishing its goal by utilizing available health data, and examining the diverse factors that contribute to poor health outcomes, such as behavior and lifestyle choices, access to healthy foods and health care; adverse living conditions; poverty and unemployment; educational attainment; lack of awareness of cultural differences; and language barriers.
The Dayton Council on Health Equity is working with an Advisory Council comprised of a cross-section of community partners, to develop and implement a community-based strategic plan to address individual, community/environmental, and systems factors, in order to bring about equal access to and quality of care, for all residents, regardless of race or socioeconomic status.
Target Populations: African-Americans, Asians, Latinos, Native Americans
Focus Areas: Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention
Core Competencies
- Monitor minority health status; improve data availability
- Inform, educate and empower people to understand the impact of health disparities
- Examine root causes of poor health outcomes; build community partnerships; link minority populations with services and resources
- Examine or develop policy and facilitate community engagement to eliminate health disparities
Additional Resources
- Strategy For Achieving Health Equity
- The National Stakeholder Strategy For Achieving Health Equity provides a roadmap for eliminating health disparities through cooperative and strategic actions. The report includes five over-arching goals and 20-related strategies for eliminating disparitie
- Community Toolkit for Community Action
- An NPA Community Toolkit for Community Action has been developed for use by individuals and community organizations, for guidance in developing and implementing action steps to address factors related to health disparities.
- Asian American Council
- Works to promote full participation in democratic process, develop awareness and appreciation of the diversity of Asian American cultures and the roles of Asian Americans in American history.
Contact Us
Phone: (937) 225-4962
Fax: (937) 496-3071
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National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)
April 21st-28th is National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW).
The goal of the Immunization Program is to increase awareness about immunizations across the life span, from infants to the elderly. NIIW is the perfect time to remind family, friends, co-workers, and those in the community to immunize their children, as well as catch up on their own vaccinations.
Public Health-Dayton & Montgomery County holds outreach clinics for children each month.
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Dayton, OH 45422-1280
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