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Videos & Additional Resources

Below you will find a series of videos and additional resources related to our work on health disparities.

Additional Resources

The following is a listing of health care disparity related resources, organizations, and links:

Presentation Materials

Presentation	Date
Keynote Address (Video) Benjamin Carson, M.D., Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Pediatric Neurosurgeon and New York Times Best-Selling Author	October 8, 2012
Striving for Social Justice through Community Engagement Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, LifeBridge Health, Inc.	October 8, 2012
Inova Community Affairs Division Childhood Obesity Campaign Inova Health System	October 8, 2012
Project BEAT IT! Becoming Empowered Africans Through Improved Treatment of Diabetes, Hepatitis B & HIV/AIDS Adventist HealthCare Center on Health Disparities	October 8, 2012
2011 Annual Conference Proceedings (Interactive Edition \| Downloadable PDF) Center on Health Disparities 2011 Conference - Rockville, MD	Summer 2012
The Health Promoter Program: A Community Model Addressing the Unmet Needs of the Asian American Community in Montgomery County, Maryland Perry Chan, Senior Program Coordinator, Asian American Health Initiative Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services	November 2, 2011
Hospital Community Benefits: Community Partnership to Reduce Health Disparities Donna Folkemer, Director, Hospital Community Benefit Program, The Hilltop Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)	November 2, 2011
Nueva Vida: A Comprehensive Cancer Support Network for Latinas Florencia Gonzalez, MPH, Research & Evaluation Program Manager, Nueva Vida	November 2, 2011
Community Health Empowerment through a Community-Campus Collaborative with Georgetown University and Port Towns Community Health Sarah Kureshi, MD, MPH; Kim Bullock, MD; Lois Wessel, RN, MS, CFNP	November 2, 2011
Behavioral Health and Linguistically Appropriate Care: A Case Study Byron Maldonado, Adventist Behavioral Health Hospital	November 2, 2011
Community Health Workers Bridging the Gap Between the Community & The Healthcare System Msache Mwaluko, African American Health Program	November 2, 2011
Local HIEs as a Mechanism to Address Health Disparities Jeremy Wong, Center on Health Disparities, Adventist HealthCare	November 2, 2011
2010 Annual Conference Proceedings (Interactive Edition \| Downloadable PDF) Center on Health Disparities 2010 Conference - Rockville, MD	Summer 2011
Opening Remarks Margaret O'Bryon, President and CEO, Consumer Health Foundation Center on Health Disparities 2010 Conference - Rockville, MD	November 3, 2010
"Building Stronger Communities for Better Health" Brian Smedley, PhD, VP and Director, Health Policy Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Center on Health Disparities 2010 Conference - Rockville, MD	November 3, 2010
"The Harlem Children's Zone: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty" Betina Jean-Louis, PhD, Director of Evaluation, Harlem Children's Zone Center on Health Disparities 2010 Conference - Rockville, MD	November 3, 2010
State of Maryland Leading in Health Care Reform Efforts to Eliminate Disparities Health Care Reform Coordinating Council - Annapolis, MD	October 15, 2010

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Organizations

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Minority Health & Health Disparities

Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services

Minority Health Initiatives/Programs

Prince George’s Health Department

Multicultural Affairs Division

Frederick County Health Department

Minority Health and Health Disparities

Diversity Rx

The Joint Commission

Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient-and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals

Americans with Disabilities Act

National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities

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