14 Ohio communities to host ‘local conversations’ on health-care disparities

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health has scheduled  meetings in 14 Ohio communities as part of a national effort to address health-care disparities for blacks, Asian-Americans, Native Americans and Latinos. The meetings are designed to elicit public input on the issue (Source: “Why do minorities die so young?” Akron Beacon-Journal, July 5, 2008).

According to officials with the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, which also will participate in the “local conversations,” the results from the meetings are expected to be compiled into a report that will be shared, along with all other state reports, at a national meeting in January.