Region VIII - Mountain States RHEC
Mission: To improve conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play through innovations and coordination of shared action, knowledge, and resources, working with new and existing partnerships
Vision: Optimal health for all to achieve health equity Priority Areas: - Increase awareness about RHEC VIII initiatives and efforts to reduce health disparities, promote health equity, and increase understanding of the social determinants of health
- Provide education and awareness of cultural and linguistic competency within the region
- Serve as a clearinghouse of information on individual tribes’ activities related to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (93-638, or ISDEAA)
- Engage youth as emerging leaders in region-wide efforts to promote health equity
- Increase access to health care
- Build capacity by sharing implementation models to support community health worker (CHW) programs
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Recent Announcements
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April 26 Webinar: Strategies for Building and Strengthening the CHW Effort
The Mountain States Regional Health Equity Council Community Health Worker (CHW) Subcommittee will share strategies and pathways for building and strengthening CHW efforts in the community. The April 26 webinar ...
Posted Mar 28, 2018, 3:40 PM by Tech Support
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ASTHO Webinar: Integrating Health Equity into Funding Opportunity Announcements
Date: Tuesday, February 20 Time: 2 p.m.–3 p.m. EST The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), with support from the HHS Office of Minority Health ...
Posted Jan 24, 2018, 7:16 AM by Tech Support
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Abstracts Sought by January 12 for Atlanta BRFSS Training Workshop
The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Conference Committee is encouraging the submission of abstracts for a presentation or poster for the BRFSS Training Workshop, April 9–13 in Atlanta ...
Posted Jan 8, 2018, 9:51 AM by Tech Support
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Recording Now Available: Watch the July 31 Mountain States RHEC’s Native American cultural competency webinar on cultural needs assessments
Learn more about tribal communities and how to best serve American Indians and Alaska Natives by watching Independent Senior Strategist and Tribal Health Consultant Tom Anderson’s presentation on the ...
Posted Aug 3, 2017, 1:26 PM by Camila Santos
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Recording Now Available For The Mountain States RHEC (RHEC VIII) Native American Cultural Competency Webinar
Did you miss the April 20, 2017, Native American Cultural Competency webinar hosted by the Mountain States RHEC (RHEC VIII)? The webinar, which focused on addressing cultural sensitivity when collecting ...
Posted Jun 20, 2017, 8:38 AM by Tech Support
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