Fourth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Integrating Community Needs into the National Health Agenda

The State University of New York Downstate Medical Center at Brooklyn, Resources for Cross Cultural Health Care, and the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health are holding the Fourth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations: Integrating Community Needs into the National Health Agenda on September 28-October 1, 2004 at the Washington Hilton & Towers, Washington, DC.

Since the first national meeting in 1998, this conference series has emphasized a public-private blend of service delivery, community advocacy, policymaking, research and leadership development to improve the health of diverse populations. The objectives of the Fourth National Conference are to showcase the best of culturally competent health care to national health organizations and leaders, disseminate research and expertise to advance promising interventions, and develop partnerships to improve access to effective care for all Americans.

SUNY Downstate Medical Center and USDHHS invites innovators in culturally competent health care to submit proposals for training and workshop presentations. For more information about the conference and proposal guidelines, please visit www.diversityRx.org/ccconf , email [email protected] , or call 718-270-7727.

The Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health sponsors events on a variety of topics from safe motherhood to heart disease.

View the Webcast from our "Preventing Heart Disease in  Women: An Agenda for Change" Congressional Briefing. Along with the webcast, speaker bios, transcripts, speaker presentations and related resources will be available. www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/jacobs/9sep03

Contact Jessie Stadd at for additional information.

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) spoke at the "Preventing Heart Disease in Women: An Agenda for Change" Breakfast Briefing on Capitol Hill on September 9th.