california black health network, inc. denise adams-simms, m.p.h. executive director april 2, 2008
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California Black Health
Network, Inc.
Denise Adams-Simms, M.P.H.
Executive Director
April 2, 2008
The California Black Health Network
Mission Statement
“To Improve the Health Status of People of African Descent in California by
Influencing Policies and Developing Programs that Promote Health and
Prevent Disease”
History and Mission of CBHN
Founded in 1978 First statewide conference in 1980 Instrumental in creating Office of
Multicultural Health Co-Founder of the California Pan-Ethnic
Network (CPEHN) Currently CBHN is comprised of 6
chapters and 2 affiliate organizations
Overview Previous and current grant projects
– Quality Assurance Project– Sweet Heart Project– African American Tobacco Education Network/
African American Tobacco Education Partnership– Smoke Free Living for African Americans– Personal Health Record– Tobacco Related Diseases Research Project
The Message
How to Reach African Americans in Community
Advocacy for Culturally Competent Outreach
Utilization of Data and Research to Promote Social Marketing
Partnership Opportunities
Quality Assurance Project Funded by the California Healthcare
Foundation Purpose: to develop an Afrocentric
framework for defining health care quality and to establish capacity to educate consumers about ensuring high quality medical services
San Diego and Inland Empire service areas
Quality Assurance Activities
Completed approximately 250 knowledge attitude and behavior surveys defining health care quality and documenting health care experiences of African Americans
Conducted Training of 40 persons as health advocates in San Diego and Inland Empire in 2003.
Sweet Heart Project REACH 2010 Grant from Center for Disease
Control (CDC) Foundation, funded by The California Endowment
Designed interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease and diabetes among African Americans in Central San Diego
Partners with CBOs, faith-based organizations, Community Health Center and health professionals.
Sweet Heart Interventions
Disease Management, what to do, when to do it and why. How to live with the disease, not die from it!
Nutrition Education Classes Physical Activity Education Classes and
Groups
Sweet Heart American Diabetes Association
Tour De Cure Team
African American Tobacco Education Network (AATEN)Partnership (AATEP)
Funded by CDHS - Proposition 99 Originally there were four ethnic
networks evolved into six Priority Population partnership
Networks consist of administrative agency, advisory committee, other subcommittees and general membership
AATEN /AATEP Goals and Activities Build leadership Provide training and technical
assistance Assess Health Education materials for
cultural appropriateness Disseminate ethnic-specific information Community Education campaigns Mini-grant program
“Not in Mama’s Kitchen”
Advocacy campaign to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke
Participants commit to smoke free environments
Campaign ran Mother’s Day to Father’s Day each year
Solicited recipes and personal stories for inclusion in a cookbookl
Smoke Free Living for African Americans (SLAA) Funded by the County of Sacramento through
Tobacco Settlement Monies To reduce second hand smoke in the cars
and homes of African Americans in Sacramento
To Provide Services and Support resources to help African Americans in Sacramento Stop Smoking
To Conduct a Social Marketing Campaign to reduce second hand smoke exposure for children
Tobacco Related Disease Research Program
Funded by UC Regents Collaboration between CBHN and San
Diego State University Conducting Surveys to assess the
health needs of African Americans in six areas of California and assist in tobacco use prevention and cessation.
Personal Health Records for African Americans
Planning Grant funded by The California Endowment
Encourage African Americans to utilize electronic personal health records
To improve health status of persons with chronic illness such as diabetes
Looking for 250 persons willing to be diligent record keepers.
Networking OpportunitiesCBHN Chapters
African American Health Consortium – Beverly Jones-Wright (909) 473-3002
Bay Area Consortium for Quality Health Care Inc. – Gwen Rowe-Lee (510) 763-1872
Black Health Leadership Council of Los Angeles – Donzella Lee (323) 299-2227
North County African American Health Consortium - Natasha Riley - 760-407-1220 ext 167 -
Networking OpportunitiesCBHN Chapters
Sacramento Black Health Network - Rhonda West-Peters - (916) 448-7900
San Diego Black Health Associates -Lottie Harris - President - 619-299-0411 ext,7420,
Contact Us www.cbhn.org
Email: [email protected]
Executive Office 7851 Mission Center Court # 260San Diego, CA 92108Phone (619) 295-5413/Fax (619) 295-5749
Sacramento Office1330 21 st Street #205Sacramento, Ca 95814Phone (916) 448-7900Fax (916) 448-7977
30th Anniversary CelebrationSymposium and Dinner
Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel5711 West Century Blvd.
Los Angeles
September 25, 2008
Another Thought for Today
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people”.
Martin Luther King, Jr.