Partnerships

Faith and Health Partnerships
The Office of Minority Health address health disparity issues in minority communities by engaging the faith community as partners in improving community health.

IMARA Woman Magazine Partnership
OMH has expanded its partnerships to include IMARA Woman Magazine, a personal lifestyle and growth magazine, targeting women of color. OMH provides health promotion advertisements in each issue and coordinates the development and inclusion of articles, which address health disparity issues. OMH promotes and is a co-sponsor of the annual IMARA Woman Lifestyle Empowerment Tour. This is an educational outreach initiative, which provides, in addition to other lifestyle and growth issues, interactive health related workshops and health screenings.

National Minority Health Month
In April 2001, the National Minority Health Month Group, in partnership with the federal Office of Minority Health, launched National Minority Health Month (NMHM) in response to and in support of Healthy People 2010, the national health promotion and disease prevention agenda promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  A National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month was officially established in 2002 by a congressional resolution to bring a national focus of the health status of minorities as an essential component of national policy.  SC DHEC Office of Minority Health observes, promotes and celebrates NMHM.

 

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