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OMHHE's e-newsletter to promote awareness of minority health and health equity issues, support the achievement of our goals to eliminate health disparities, and foster ongoing communication and collaboration.

News You Can Use

The More Rural the Area, the Higher the Risk of Crash Deaths
National Native American Heritage Month Resources for Advancing Health Equity
Learn about Language and Cultural Diversity in Health Communication
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Has Launched a New Health Equity Hub
Monograph 22: A Socioecological Approach to Addressing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities
New App Helps Parents Track Child’s Developmental Milestones
Telehealth Interventions Recommended for Improving Chronic Disease

Features

More than 46 million Americans, or 15 percent of the U.S. population, live in rural areas. Learn more about CDC's MMWR Rural Health Series and take a look at the science as well as a perspective from the field.

Leadership Spotlight

This edition of Health Equity Matters features Health Equity Champion Paula Braveman, MD, MPH, Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Director at the Center on Social Disparities in Health and University of California, San Francisco.

Science Speaks

During 2017, CDC published several Surveillance Summaries on topics that highlight rural health issues. Learn more about the summaries.

Announcements

The American Journal of Public Health and CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Call for Papers
Funding Opportunities
Conferences and Meetings