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Billings Area Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)/ Infant Mortality (IM) Reduction
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1. Native Women’s Health and MCH ConferenceAugust 15, 2007
2. Billings Area Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)/ Infant Mortality (IM) Reduction “Closing the Gap” Initiative Purpose:
National campaign designed to help improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations, who are affected by serious diseases and health conditions at far greater rates than other American groups in the Nation.
African Americans
Hispanic Americans
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, and
American Indians/Alaska Natives
3. Health Disparity Focus As part of the initiative to eliminate disparities of
Health the Department of Public Health and Human
Services (DPHHS) focused on Six (6) major areas:
Diabetes
Heart Disease and Stroke
Cancer screening and management
Infant Mortality
Child and adult immunizations
HIV/AIDS
4. Interagency Funding Agreement Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Office of Minority Health (OMH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Indian Health Service (IHS)
5. Approaches Research coordination
Tribal epidemiology centers
Risk reduction efforts in communities
Campaign to improve awareness of factors that contribute to infant mortality
Intended to strengthen and expand existing education, awareness and outreach activities that would result in helping to “Close the Health Disparities Gap” on Infant Mortality.