Innovative technological applications can be important tools to supporting our ultimate goal of achieving health equity. We recognize that the inequities and disparities in health are the derivatives of racial, ethnic, and linguistic disparities that are complicated by structural impositions such as the social and physical determinants of health. We also understand that it is [...]

From April 26th to April 30th, in commemoration of April as Minority Health Month, the Connecticut Multicultural Health Partnership’s (CMHP) Consumer Initiatives Committee in partnership with the Commission on Health Equity and the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission distributed a one-page fact sheet to state legislators. The purpose of the fact sheet was to [...]

On April 27, the Connecticut Multicultural Health Partnership (CMHP), the City of Hartford, and the YWCA Hartford Region partnered together to host a Stand Against Racism event at City Hall.  The local event was part of the YWCA’s national campaign to raise awareness that racism continues to exist in communities across the country.  Twelve CMHP [...]

The Connecticut Multicultural Health Partnership (CMHP) is committed to providing awareness and outreach about health disparities.  To engage community members, health professionals, and students, the CMHP’s Awareness and Outreach Committee has been offering facilitated viewings of Faces of Disparity and Unnatural Causes: Is Inequity Making us Sick?  Each training event includes: a discussion of health [...]

Each year the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Minority Health designates April as Minority Health Month. This year’s theme, Health Equity Can’t Wait. Act Now in Your CommUNITY!, is a call to action for state and local offices of minority health, health departments, community organizations and individuals across the country [...]

Recognizing that mobile phone adoption has increased exponentially around the globe,  mobile health (mHealth) —or use of mobile devices for health purposes— has positioned itself for framing both policy and the business case for health equity in the twenty-first century. This past December 5th – 7th, The Foundation for the National Institute of Health held [...]

The CT Multicultural Health Partnership (CMHP) held its’ third Semi-Annual Meeting last December at the Pond House in West Hartford. The theme of the meeting was ‘Strengthening the CT Multicultural Health Partnership through an Informed and Active Membership’. The purpose of the meeting was to facilitate engagement among CMHP members and guests by providing a [...]

Strengthening the CT Multicultural Health Partnership Through an Informed and Active Membership

The enhancement of the Data Collection Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Primary Language, Sex, and Disability Status Required by Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act has been published

Language Services committee Co-Chairs, Francesco Pagano and Maritza Rosado and committee member Marisa Gillio will be attending the Praxis Project Learning Circles upcoming three day training being held in Maryland from October 13-16th at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Maryland.