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| The goal of the Cleveland Office of Minority Health (COMH) is to identify local health disparity needs with an emphasis on informing, educating and empowering at risk communities. The office is responsible for activating efforts to educate citizens and professionals on imperative health care issues and seeks to provide minority health data and technical assistance to local agencies working to improve the health status of minority populations. The Cleveland Office of Minority Health will work with private and public partners to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our collective efforts. |  |
The Cleveland Office of Minority Health is funded through generous support from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health. The Cleveland Office of Minority Health is housed in the Cleveland Department of Public Health and is part of a national initiative to localize the concept of racial and ethnic health equity.
Why We Are Needed
Cleveland is a city well known for ethnic diversity and a unique blend of rich cultural heritages. Within the city limits are neighborhoods that are distinct in that residents take care to preserve cultural and ethnic identities.
Cleveland has much to offer in the way of diversity, but despite the strengths of these differences, minorities still face a number of disadvantages and inequalities when it comes to health and healthcare.
What We Do
The Cleveland Office of Minority Health seeks to serve as a “clearinghouse” for the coordination of community health efforts targeting Cleveland’s African-American/Black, Asian, Hispanic/Latino and Native American populations.
The Office’s priorities in its first year include:
- Coordinating and overseeing the Ohio Commission on Minority Health’s activities in Greater Cleveland
- Enhancing data collection and reporting on minority health in Cleveland
- Identifying and addressing local health disparity needs
- Mobilizing the community to collaborate on minority health related issues
- How Stressed Am I? Everyday Stress Tests
- https://www.psycom.net/stress-test
- https://psychcentral.com/quizzes/stress-test#4
- Top Five Regrets:
https://www.amazon.com/Top-Five-Regrets-Dying-Transformed/dp/1401956009/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JVC70GDNO3DQ&keywords=top+five+regrets+of+the+dying&qid=1584733795&sprefix=top+five+regret%2Caps%2C393&sr=8-1 - Selected Articles
- Broken Brain Syndrome:
https://drhyman.com/search/Bronnie+Ware+ - Every Day Crazy Blog:
https://jennifermcclellanjohnson.wordpress.com/page/2/ - Race related Stress
http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J135v06n02_02 - STRESS IN AMERICA 2021: ONE YEAR LATER, A NEW WAVE OF PANDEMIC HEALTH CONCERNS Hispanic adults most likely to report physical impacts of stress; Black Americans concerned about life after the pandemic
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2021/one-year-pandemic-stress-people-of-color - Stress in America 2021: Pandemic impedes basic decision-making ability
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2021/10/stress-pandemic-decision-making - Racial Trauma
https://www.mhanational.org/racial-trauma - Impact of COVID-19 on Public Health workers in US
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7026e1.htm?s_cid=mm7026e1_x. - Now is the Time to Incorporate the Construct of Structural Racism and Discrimination in Health Research
https://www.ethndis.org/edonline/index.php/ethndis/article/view/1578 - Structural Racism: A Call to Action Health and Health Disparities Research
https://www.ethndis.org/edonline/index.php/ethndis/article/view/1549/2189 - Acknowledgement of the Legacy of Racism and Discrimination
https://www.ethndis.org/edonline/index.php/ethndis/article/view/1579 - Structural Racism: The Rules and Relations of Inequity
https://www.ethndis.org/edonline/index.php/ethndis/article/view/1542 - Impact of COVID 19 on Ohio’s Latinx Community
effects of COVID19 on Latinos in Ohio
https://www.ochla.ohio.gov/Portals/0/OSU-CC-COVID-Report_May%202021.pdf?ver=3OOGe9FNqEZIjWOjuHs1Xg%3D%3D&fbclid=IwAR3vX7XV2iLa9MyH6GeTGNQOFqG6p5jVEix8ql7NxLg35qpUwMVFoI95bPA - The Importance of Community Health Workers
https://nihcm.org/publications/community-health-workers-infographic - Impact of COVID-19 on Maternal Health
https://nihcm.org/publications/the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-maternal-health - Children’s Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://nihcm.org/publications/the-impact-of-the-pandemic-on-the-mental-health-of-children-youth - Foster Care, LGBTQ Youth and Increased Risk of Suicide
https://nihcm.org/publications/foster-care-lgbtq-youth-increased-suicide - Why Critical Race Theory is Controversial
https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/why-critical-race-theory-crt-is-controversial-da90c8daa67b - Ohio’s COVID -19 Populations Needs Assessment:
https://cph.osu.edu/inequitable-burdens-covid-19 - Impact of COVID 19 on ACES:
https://www.healthpolicyohio.org/the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-adverse-childhood-experiences - Transit and Health Equity:
https://www.healthpolicyohio.org/fact-sheet-transit-and-health-equity/ - Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America
https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/suicidetaskforce/ - State of Obesity 2020
https://www.tfah.org/report-details/state-of-obesity-2020/ - The Impact of Chronic Underfunding of America’s Public Health System.
https://www.tfah.org/report-details/publichealthfunding2020/ - Forward Movement Project III LGBT Cancer Related Needs
https://case.edu/cancer/patientscommunity/community-outreach/community-advisory-board - Forward Movement Project III Hispanic/Latinx Cancer Related Needs
https://case.edu/cancer/patientscommunity/community-outreach/community-advisory-board - Proyecto Movimiento Adelande III Spanish Version: Hispanic Related Needs
- Ruqaiijah Yearby and Seema Mohapatra, Law and Structural Racism and the COVID-19 Pandemic, J. of LAW AND THE BIOSCIENCES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHkKSK0SbLE - Report Card: State of the Black Child in Ohio
https://www.nbcdi.org/nbcdi-state-black-child-ohio-report-card - Native American Health Disparities
https://www.ideastream.org/news/clevelands-native-americans-face-heart-disease-stroke-health-disparities - Best and Worst Cities to Live for Black Women
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2020/01/best-cities-black-women/604384/ - American Academy of Pediatrics Policy on Racism
https://medium.com/@drgcchristopherblog/aap-policy-on-racism-raises-bar-for-clinicians-and-health-care-workers-7296ed3b2fdd - Suicide rates for Kids 10-14
https://www.christianpost.com/news/suicide-rate-kids-ages-10-to-14-nearly-tripled-last-decade-cdc-233530/ - Suicide in the Black Community
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/ - Suicide Among African American Youth
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/suicide-mental-health-crisis-among-african-american-youth-n1063276 - Life Expectancy, Race and Poverty In Cuyahoga County
MDPI https://www.communitysolutions.com/research/life-expectancy-race-ohio/ - Understanding Multilevel Factors Related to Urban Community Trust in Healthcare and Research
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
MDPI https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/18/3280?type=check_update&version=1 - Counting a Diverse Nation: Disaggregating Data on Race and Ethnicity to Advance a Culture of Health
PolicyLink https://www.policylink.org/resources-tools - Convening Ideas and Actions: Creating Food Opportunities for the Future
2019 Convening Findings
Case Western Reserve https://case.edu/swetland/node/501 - Let’s Talk Universal and Targeted Approaches to Health Equity;
National Centre for Determinants http://www.nccdh.ca/ - A Blueprint for Changemakers:
Achieving Health Equity Through Law & Policy; ChangeLabSolutions http://www.changelabsolutions.org/ - Racial Equity: Getting to Results;
Government Alliance on Racial Equity https://www.racialequityalliance.org/ - A Toolkit for Achieving Success and Sharing Your Story;
American Hospital Association/Equity of Care http://www.equityofcare.org/ - Bridging The Gaps in Ohio 2018;
Policy Matters Ohio https://www.policymattersohio.org/ - Changes in Midlife Death Rates Across Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States: Systematic Analysis of
Vital Statistics;
BMJ https://www.bmj.com/ - Culturally Competent Care: Understanding Differences, Improving Outcomes;
Kaiser Permanente https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/ - Finding Leverage Over the Social Determinants of Health: Insights from a Study of 33 Health Conversion Foundations:
Department of Social Sciences & Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine
http://www.gih.org/files/FileDownloads/Easterling%20%20McDuffee-Finding%20Leverage%20over%20SDOH.pdf - Equity of Care: A Toolkit for Eliminating Health Care Disparities;
Health Research & Educational Trust in Partnership with American Hospital Association http://www.hretdisparities.org/ - Racial Equity Toolkit: An Opportunity to Operationalize Equity;
Government on Race & Equity https://www.racialequityalliance.org/ - Health Care Equity Tool Kit for a Winning Policy Strategy;
Sylvia Castillo, Castillo Consulting Group https://www.thepraxisproject.org/ - Local Health Department Organizational Self-Assessment for Addressing Health Inequities;
Bay Area Health Inequities Initiative http://barhii.org/ - Public Sector Jobs: Opportunities for Advancing Racial Equity;
Racial Equity Alliance https://www.racialequityalliance.org/
- Equity Policy Brief
https://www.healthpolicyohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/PolicyBrief_Equity.pdf - Ohio 2017 Infant Mortality Report
https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/know-our-programs/infant-and-fetal-mortality/reports - New Strategies to Address Infant Mortality in 2018
https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odh/know-our-programs/infant-and-fetal-mortality/reports/New-Strategies-Infant-Mortality-Ohio-2018 - Beyond the Clinic: A National Health Equity Review
http://www.hmprg.org/wp-content/themes/HMPRG/backup/PDFs/2018/National%20Health%20Equity%20Research%20Paper.%20March%202018.%20Updated.pdf - Mental Health, Suicidal Ideation and Opioid Use Disorders among Hispanic and Latinos in Ohio.
- Defining Adverse Childhood Experiences: Trauma, Toxic Stress, the Impacts and Ways in Which We Assess Them.
https://www.communitysolutions.com/research/trauma-toxic-stress-impact-defining-adverse-childhood-experiences/ - Racial Disparities in Cleveland: Center for Community Solutions
https://www.communitysolutions.com/research/racial-disparities/ - 2018 Community Health Needs Assessment
http://hipcuyahoga.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018CuyahogaCountyAssessmentFinal.pdf
- Addressing Infant Mortality through Positive Youth Development Opportunities for Adolescent Girls Ohio Data Sheet:
https://csw.osu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-5-May_Ohio-Data-Sheet_FINAL.pdf - Addressing Infant Mortality through Positive Youth Development Opportunities for Adolescent Girls
Cuyahoga County Report:
http://cayci.osu.edu/projects/community/adolescent-girls-ohio-department-of-health/ - Ohio Diabetes Action Plan:
- OPAS Pregnancy Assessment Survey:
- State of Obesity 2018: Trust for American Health:
https://www.tfah.org/ - Ohio Annual Cancer Report 2017:
- Ohio Comprehensive Cancer Plan:
- Making the Diabetes Heart Connection:
http://mih.ohio.gov/Portals/0/Resources/Diabetes%20Heart%20Connection%20Infographic%20FINAL%20one%20pager.pdf - American Heart Association “Cardiovascular Health in African Americans:
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2017/10/20/CIR.0000000000000534 - Cuyahoga County Conducts Supermarket Assessment. See the Supermarket Access Report at:
http://www.ccbh.net/cuyahoga-county-supermarket-assessment/ - Cuyahoga County District Profiles:
http://www.communitysolutions.com/council-district-profiles - State of Healthcare Access in Black America:
https://www.blackaids.org - For information on public health equity efforts visit:
https://healthequityguide.org/ - Getting to the Root of Childhood Obesity among Hispanics:
https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/Blog/BlogPost.aspx?BlogID=211 - A comprehensive analysis of the mortality experience of hispanic subgroups in the United States: Variation by age, country of origin, and nativity:
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Click Here! - Ohio Commission on Minority Health Releases Medical Expert Panel White Paper on Diabetes that summarize the findings of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health’s Medical Expert Panel (OCMHMEP). The OCMHMEP’s sole purpose is to offer insight and recommendations to eliminate disparities in chronic diseases that disproportionately impact racial and ethnic minorities. To locate this information, click on the link below:
- 2016 State Health Assessment and Improvement Plan:
http://www.healthpolicyohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SHA_Snapshot_08042016.pdf - Healthcare Transparency Basics:
http://www.healthpolicyohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TransparencyBasics2016.pdf - The Health Policy Institute of Ohio recently released statewide information on tobacco and food access. Please see their Evidence Based Fact Sheets by clicking on the link below:
- Tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure:
http://www.healthpolicyohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/TobaccoEvidenceSummary.pdf - Food security and healthy food access:
- Tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure:
- The National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care (The National CLAS Standards) aim to improve health care quality and advance health equity by establishing a framework for organizations to serve the nation's increasingly diverse communities. Healthcare and health serving organizations are required to provide effective, equitable, understandable and respectful quality care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, health literacy and other communication needs. Click the link to see organizational requirements:
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlid=53 - Hispanics and Diabetes: Centers for Disease Control Release statistics on Hispanics and Diabetes. See the most recent data at:
http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=4&lvlID=63 - Demographics and Health Characteristics of African American Males:
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/Assets/PDF/BLACK_MALES_110515_FINAL2.pdf - Demographics and Health Characteristics of African American Females:
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/Assets/PDF/BLACK_FEMALES_110515_FINAL2.pdf - Demographic and Health Behaviors of Latino Males:
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/Assets/PDF/Hispanic_Males_ENGLISH_Data_Brief_052915.pdf - 2015 Report to Congress on Minority Health Activities:
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/Assets/pdf/2015_0916_Report_to_Congress_on_Minority_Health_Activities_FINAL.pdf - Diabetes Report Card 2014:
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/library/reports/reportcard.html - Health Ohio Population Domain:
http://www.healthpolicyohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/PopulationHealth_DomainProfile.pdf - The Economic Burden of Health Inequalities in the United States
- Estimating the Cost of of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities