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The Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations
September 21-24, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
Since the first national meeting in 1998, this conference series has emphasized a public-private blend of community advocacy, service delivery, policy-making, civil rights enforcement, research and leadership development to improve the health of diverse populations. The theme for the Sixth National Conference will be “Partnerships for the future: Supporting practitioners and advancing the field through innovation, policy, and research.” Starting with a look at the national and global trends in health care and immigration, the conference will use plenary sessions, workshops, and moderated dialogues with conference participants to:
- Address the needs and concerns that affect day-to-day practice of culturally appropriate care at the clinical, organizational and community level
- Develop a vision for advancing the field
- Continue the integration of cultural competence/disparity reduction in mainstream health care priorities.
For more information, please visit www.DiversityRxConference.org.
Latino Hertage Month Event - DSC/MAO Film Series
October 7th, 2008
5-7 PM
Thier Conference Room, Massachusetts General Hospital
The Disparities Solutions Center and the MGH Multicultural Affairs Office is co-hosting a film series in 2008 to raise awareness of the issues of disparities and cross-cultural care through the screening of popular and documentary films, followed by panel discussions and question-and-answer periods. We would like to invite you to join us for our third event in this series, which will take place on the 7th of October from 5-7 PM in the Their Conference Room at Massachusetts General Hospital. In celebration of Latino Heritage Month, we will show "Becoming American," one of the seven episodes in the PBS documentary series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick, which highlights the positive aspects of health and culture that newly arriving Latino immigrants bring to the US. Dr. Byron Garcia, Medical Director at Westwood Lodge Hospital and Staff Psychiatrist at MGH and Dr. Enrique Caballero, Director of Latino Diabetes Initiatives at the Joslin Diabetes Center, will then comment on the issues depicted in the film. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP today to reserve your spot.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Keeping Current Seminar Series
October 8, 2008
12:30-1:30
Sweet Conference Room, Massachusetts General Hospital
We are pleased to announce the next event in the Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Keeping Current Seminar Series. This series features informative presentations from experts in the field; context, perspectives and opinions from key health care stakeholders; and opportunity for discussion from all participants. All series events are free and open to the public. Our next event will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 on Wednesday, October, 8th and the featured topic will be disparities in diabetes care. Dr. Thomas Sequist, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Health Care Policy at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, will present his paper "Physician Performance and Racial Disparities in Diabetes Mellitus Care." This event will be held in the Sweet Conference Room, Gray/Bigelow 432, at Massachusetts General Hospital and members of local health care and research communities are encouraged to attend. Lunch will be served. RSVP to reserve your spot.
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