The Pinellas County Health Department’s Office of Minority Health (OMH) was established in 2000 as a result of HB 2339, The Patient Protection Act signed by Governor Jeb Bush, the creation of the “Reducing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Closing the Gap Grant Program” and the spearhead the formation of a community partnership to “Close the Gap”.

The mission of OMH is to address racial and ethnic disparities in public health issues affecting Florida’s minority communities. OMH seeks grant opportunities to further the cause of eliminating racial and health disparities. For example, The Growing Older Well (GrOW) program was developed to work with partners throughout Pinellas County, Florida to address cardiovascular disease. Cancer, and immunization health disparities between African Americans/Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians and Pacific Islanders and their White counterparts over 45 years of age.

For more information, please call our hotline: (727) 824-6999 or email us at: CHD52_MinorityHealthInfo@doh.state.fl.us

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	Community Environmental Health Advisory Board (CEHAB)
	Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
	PinCHD General Revenue Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Project (GR CTG)
	Information Line
	Teaching Everyone the Elements for Teeth to be Healthy (TEETH)

Collaborative Partners:

• All Nations Community Association, Inc.
• Community Health Centers of Pinellas, Inc. http://www.fachc.org/Community_Health_Centers_of Pinellas.htm
• Greatness, Attitude, and Potential Program http://www.1gapp.org
• Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, Inc.
• Pinellas County Urban League, Inc.http://www.pcul.org/
• Sanderlin Neighborhood Family Center
• Sickle Cell Disease Association, Inc.
• St. Petersburg Chapter National Black Nurses Association, Inc.
• St. Petersburg Free Clinic, http://www.stpetersburgfreeclinic.org
• St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.
• St. Petersburg Pregnancy & Family Resource Center

Additional Information:

• http://www.1gapp.org
  The Gapp Program is dedicated to improving life chances and self-sufficiency of African-American youth through abstinence education, mentoring, tutorial services, social and life skills development.
• http://www.doh.state.fl.us/equopp/ctg/indexctg.html
  The Florida Department of Health, Equal Opportunity and Minority Health
• http://www.omhrc.gov
  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• http://www.doh.state.fl.us/minority/
  The Office of Minority Health
• http://www.cdc.gov
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• http://www.hrsa.gov
  Office of Minority Health
• http://health.gov/healthypeople
  Healthy People 2010
• http://www.nih.gov
  The National institutes of Health Office of Research on Minority Health
• http://www.cancer.org
  The American Cancer Society