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Greetings from Oakland

2013 Conference

Announcing the 8th National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations. March 11-14, 2013 in Oakland, California.

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DivRx Conference

March 11-14: Health Care
for Culturally Diverse Populations

Full Dining Room

 

It's coming right up in the beautiful Bay Area and it won't happen again for another two years. There will be many opportunities to learn from experts, meet your peers, and talk to the exhibitors. The whole conference is geared toward helping you to connect, learn, and create change. Learn More >>

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Register Now for March DivRx Conference

Regular registration rates are available until 02/15/13, so register now! More information is available on the Registration Page.

Latest Resources

'Activated' Patients Incur Lower Costs: Study

According to a Commonwealth Fund–supported study in Health Affairs, patients at a large care delivery system in Minnesota who were identified as the most "activated" ,--that is, participated in treatment decisions and took part in managing their own care--had significantly lower costs than those who were the least activated.

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How Race is Lived in America

Two generations after the end of legal discrimination, race still ignites political debates — over Civil War flags, for example, or police profiling. But the wider public discussion of race relations seems muted by a full-employment economy and by a sense, particularly among many whites, that the time of large social remedies is past.

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Blood Thinner Info in Spanish and English

Healthy Roads has updated blood thinner info in a nine part series (English and Spanish). This update reflects the fact that, in addition to Coumadin (Warfarin), several other oral anticoagulants have been FDA approved.  These free patient education materials are available in English and Spanish in several formats (web-video, iPod video and handouts).

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Our Mission

The purpose of DiversityRx is to improve the accessibility and quality of health care for minority, immigrant, and indigenous communities. We support those who develop and provide health services that are responsive to the cultural and linguistic differences presented by diverse populations. Read more...

Events

3rd Cross-Cultural Health Care Conference: Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Interventions

Fri, 02/08/2013
Ala Moana Hotel Honolulu, O`ahu, Hawai‛i February 8-9, 2013

Disparities Leadership Program

Fri, 02/08/2013
Opening Meeting in Boston. Balance of year-long program conducted via web technologies. Applications are due Friday, February 8, 2013.

Domestic Violence in Refugee Families: Webinar

Tue, 02/26/2013
Online Webinar
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Are you interested in health equity research?

Sun, 06/09/2013 - Fri, 06/14/2013
Madison, WI