At a glance
This April, celebrate National Minority Health Month (NMHM) by being the source of better health. NMHM is a time to raise awareness of the importance of improving the health of people in minority groups. The 2024 theme focuses on understanding how our cultures, communities, and connections impact our overall health. Learn more about social determinants of health (SDOH) and take action within your communities to Be the Source for Better Health!
Working Together to Address Disparities
CDC's Office of Minority Health (OMH) launched a webinar series featuring topics that address emerging public health issues, health equity research, communication, and training. This series showcases the power of partnerships to help reduce health disparities and advance health equity. Through the webinar series, we have shared best practices to improve health equity communication materials, practical applications from the Principles of Health Equity Science for Public Health Action and explain the importance of equitable data practices for various population demographics.
Everyone can play a role in reducing health disparities. A few key highlights from the series:
- "Deploying appropriate information to Latino communities through multimedia channels" has helped inform communities, build trust and confidence in vaccines, fight misinformation, and increase vaccine access in Latino communities.
- "Disability is an intersectional issue that affects all communities, including already marginalized communities, and has the power to unite diverse identities and lived experiences."
- "Equity in health communications goes beyond translating documents into multiple languages. [It includes] making sure that content is appropriate and relevant for the focus population and scripted in a language or format that is relevant and relatable [which] is sometimes missed if we don't have the right voices at the table."