EVENTS

Briefing on Multicultural Health (For Legislative Staff Only)

The workshop was held at the following location:

  • February 10, 2006 - Sacramento at Eureka Dining Room, Capitol Basement, 11:00 am -1:00 pm

The California Medical Association Foundation, the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network and the Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations invites you to a LUNCH briefing on health issues impacting communities of color.

Join us for panel discussions on issues that will be facing the legislature this year that impact our diverse communities. Learn who the ‘go-to’ experts are on these issues, including doctors and community organizations. We will give you tools to help you understand emerging health issues and contacts for building community support for solutions to improve our health.

Roundtable participants will include CPEHN’s ethnic partner organizations, the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, the California Black Health Network, the California Rural Indian Health Board, and the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, as well as distinguished doctors in the Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations. Topics will include:  Health care financing, Medi-Cal, pay for performance, workforce diversity, language access, and the obesity/diabetes epidemic.

This multicultural health briefing is endorsed by:

Senate Health Committee Chair Deborah Ortiz
Assembly Health Committee Chair Wilma Chan
Assembly Health Committee Member Mervyn Dymally

For more information, please contact Martin Martinez, Policy Director of CPEHN at (510) 832-1160 or Doretha Williams-Flournoy of the Network of Ethnic Physicians at (916) 551-2543.

 

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