In April, we recognize National Minority Health Month. All month CDC's Office of Health Equity will share CDC's efforts to advance health equity and improve health outcomes for racial and ethnic communities. 
End of
Translation
Learn about CDC’s role in advancing #healthequity https://bit.ly/3U0ngPF. #NMHM24
CDC's Office Health Equity
Government Administration
Atlanta, Georgia 5.907 followers
Reducing and eliminating health disparities is fundamental to reaching health equity and building a healthier nation.
About us
The Office of Health Equity (OHE) aims to accelerate CDC’s health impact and eliminate health disparities. OHE does by facilitating implementation of science, programs, and policies across CDC to reduce health disparities and achieve health equity; advancing CDC’s research, policy, and prevention initiatives to improve women’s health; and ensuring a diverse CDC workforce that enhances population health outcomes. Contributions: While we encourage fans to share thoughts and opinions on CDC’s social media pages, we expect that this will be done in a respectful manner. CDC does not agree with or endorse every comment that individuals post on our pages. Our goal is to share ideas and information with as many individuals as possible and our policy is to accept the majority of comments made to our profiles. Therefore, a comment will be deleted if it contains: •Hate speech, •Profanity, obscenity or vulgarity, •Nudity in profile pictures, •Defamation to a person or people, •Name calling and/or personal attacks, •Comments whose main purpose is to sell a product, •Comments that infringe on copyrights, •Spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly on a profile, •Other comments that the CDC Social Media team deems inappropriate. All links posted as comments on CDC posts will be reviewed and may be deleted. Repeated violations of the CDC comment policy may cause the author to be blocked from the CDC’s social media profiles. We understand that social media is a 24/7 medium; however, our moderation capabilities are not. We may not see every inappropriate comment right away, and we are trusting in the maturity of our community to ignore personal attacks and negative speech or respond politely. Please contact SocialMedia@cdc.gov if you have any questions.
- Website
-
https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/
External link for CDC's Office Health Equity
- Industry
- Government Administration
- Company size
- 10.001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1988
- Specialties
- Minority Health, Health Equity, Health Disparities, Women's Health, Diversity, Inclusion, Fellowships, Internships, and Mentors
Locations
-
Primary
Get directions
4770 Buford Hwy NE
Mail Stop TW-3
Atlanta, Georgia 30341, US
Employees at CDC's Office Health Equity
Updates
-
-
National Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Awareness Month is an annual observance held in June to increase awareness of CMV, the most common infectious cause of birth defects. Learn more about who is at risk for CMV and ways to prevent it. https://bit.ly/3VGgf7t
-
-
CDC's Office of Health Equity shares a new #HealthEquityinAction project about enhancing existing asthma home visiting programs by delivering evidence-based asthma strategies in Illinois. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4eesoZA
-
✨Join us for the National Research Symposium: "A Seat at the Table - Shaping the Health Equity Narrative" on Friday, June 7, 2024. 📅 🕛 12 PM-2 PM (EDT) 🕚 11 AM-1 PM (CDT) 🕙 10 AM-12 PM (MDT) 🕘 9 AM-11 AM (PDT) 💻🔗Register at tinyurl.com/58yttc6d. Don't miss this opportunity to be part of an important conversation about health equity. For more information, please visit Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF)’s website: https://lnkd.in/eNDj-fNk #HealthEquity #ResearchSymposium #JoinAllofUs #AllofUsDREF #HealthDisparities #DSTinc1913 #DREF
-
-
Pride Month commemorates the ongoing pursuit of equality among the LGTBQ+ community. Lane Shaffer authors new Conversations in Equity blog highlighting the work in receiving grant funding to launch podcast, All in My Head, dedicated to suicide prevention and promoting mental health resources for young LGBTQ+ individuals. Read the blog today! https://bit.ly/455IhNV #PrideMonth
-
-
Today is #WorldNoTobaccoDay! Quitting tobacco benefits your health and the environment. Support tobacco users in quitting by sharing these helpful tips. https://bit.ly/3ndPFon
-
-
Learn more about improving Black maternal health. CDC's Office of Health Equity shares info on preventing pregnancy-related deaths and improving maternal health outcomes. https://bit.ly/3DHaKfb #MaternalHealth
Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality | Health Equity Features | CDC
cdc.gov
-
Lupus is sometimes considered an “invisible illness” because its symptoms can be hard for others to recognize. May is #LupusAwarenessMonth and CDC and partners are working to make lupus visible. Learn more in CDC's Office of Health Equity article. https://bit.ly/3yvFrFA
-
-
Want to advance health equity in your work, but don’t know where to begin? CDC’s Office of Health Equity is pleased to share the Foundations of Health Equity Training Plan. It provides trainings to facilitate foundational knowledge and skill development on health equity, structural and social determinants of health, health disparities, and related topics. Access the training plan today. https://bit.ly/3ZA2Lvl
-
-
Learn more about CDC Foundation scholarship program below.
The CDC Foundation has created a scholarship program called the Voices Today for Change Tomorrow to support relatives of the Black men who were subjected to the Tuskegee Experiment, also known as the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. A critical part of the new scholarship program is an effort to raise a $5 million endowment to support scholarships offered by the Voices For Our Fathers Legacy Foundation. This will help provide $100,000 in annual merit scholarships to the descendants of the study’s participants. The CDC Foundation’s commitment to remembering this experiment and offering support to the families affected is an important part of the healing process. The #Tuskegee Study, a haunting reminder of systemic injustice, exploited more than 600 Black men in Alabama. Despite having the ability to treat those who were known to have syphilis, researchers refused to provide treatment in order to see how untreated syphilis affected the human body. This is one of the gravest examples of Black Americans being used for unethical medical experiments. The victims’ pain and suffering resonates today and continues to echo through disparities in healthcare access and outcomes. Though often faced with adversity, our community shows resilience; through initiatives like Voices Today for Change Tomorrow, we can pave the path toward reconciliation and empowerment. Let’s stand together to amplify voices, dismantle barriers and forge a future where every individual receives the #dignity and #care they deserve. Read more. https://bit.ly/3V0FQbL
The CDC Foundation Launches Scholarship Fund for Descendants of Black Men in the Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee