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HHS Office of Minority Health Resource Center

Information Resources for American Indian/Alaska Native Populations

Faye Williams, Knowledge Center Manager

Office of Minority Health Resource Center

Mission of the Office of Minority Health

The Office of Minority Health was created in 1986. It was one of the most significant outcomes of release of the 1985 Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health (The Heckler Report).

The Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC) was established in 1987 by the new Office of Minority Health as one of its initial efforts to respond to recommendations of the Heckler Report.

First authorized by statute in 1990, it was most recently reauthorized along with the OMH by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (42 USC 300u-6). It is the nation's largest repository of information on health disparities issues.

OMHRC Supports the OMH Mission

The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and

protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through

the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate

health disparities.

OMH Resources and Products

Information ServicesBilingual Information Specialists are available from 9 – 5 EST and via email to provide:

Customized responses to inquiries on all minority health issues

Free mailing of print materials in limited quantities

Customized funding searches – scholarships and grants

Clients include CBOs, state and local health departments, individuals and congressional offices

(800) 444-6472 (English/Spanish)info@minorityhealth.hhs.gov

HHS Office of Minority HealthResource Center & Database – Materials in More Than 40

Languages

Exhibits and Outreach

Capacity Building Team

Capacity Building Team continued

Guam – Education Resource Center

The OMH Knowledge Center Collection

The Knowledge Center at the Office of Minority Health Resource Center is the nation’s largest dedicated repository of health disparities information  

Library collection of over 50,000 records currently includes:• 10,000 Books, documents and audiovisuals• 38,000 Indexed journal articles• 2,500 National & community organization records • Consumer brochures in 40 different languages• Resources historically used by scholars, writers, students,

filmmakers, federal staff, grantees, members of Congress, healthcare professionals, and private citizens

Public access points:• OMH website – Search the online catalog• Visitors – Open to the public by appointment only• Phone or email to the Knowledge Center

Knowledge Center Program Services

Free Online Access To Digital Archives on Minority Health

http://archive.org/details/minorityhealth

• Digitization & scanning project • Public documents sent to the Library of Congress FedScan service• Since April 2011, over 570 documents have been added to this unique online

collection on the Internet Archive • These documents have been downloaded over 60,000 times by the public• Collection includes consumer health materials• “The Heckler Report”, by the Task Force on

Black and Minority Health (1985), has been downloaded over 2,000 times

Online and Print Holdings

Statistical Profiles

AI/AN Health Research Advisory Council

Stay Connected with Social Media

Twitter https://twitter.com/minorityhealth

YouTube Webinars https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficeMinorityHealth

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OMH Blog http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/BLOG/

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Knowledge Center Online Catalog

• http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/opac

Office of Minority Health Resource Center Knowledge Center

Contact Information:

Website: http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/opac

Email: KnowledgeCenter@minorityhealth.hhs.gov

Phone: (800) 444-6472

Faye Williams, Knowledge Center Manager