The local Office of Minority Health (OMH) was created in 2000 right after Governor Jeb Bush signed the Patient Protection Act at the Pinellas County Health Department. This historical and important act created the Closing the Gap program, which aims to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in Florida communities. As a result of the Closing the Gap program, we are able to work together with local partners to carry out our mission to successfully address the health disparities affecting our local community.

For more information, please call: (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)
	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