Institute for Disability Studies
Family Health Notes
Special Edition – April 16, 2015
Minority Health Disparities Awareness Fair
Thursday, April 30
8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Jackson Medical Mall/First Floor Community Room
350 West Woodrow Wilson, Jackson, Miss.
Empower yourself. Improve you health.
April is National Minority Health Month. Join the Mississippi Family to Family Health and Information Center and LIFE of Mississippi at the Jackson Medical Mall Community Room for the 2015 Minority Health Disparities Awareness Fair and community forum. This event will feature exhibitors, health resources, health trivia and distinguished speakers in a community forum.
8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Exhibitors, Health Resources and Information – Walkways
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. – Speakers and Statewide Parent/Professional Advisory Council – Community Room
Speakers
Dr. Gail Smith, Mississippi Sickle Cell Foundation Board Member; Retired Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Sarah Abraham, Program Coordinator, Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi
Mark Dixon, Assistant Director of Programs, Walter Payton Health and Wellness Complex
For more information, contact Shawn Smith, F2F family specialist, at 601.432.6929 or ksmith@ihl.state.ms.us.
The Minority Health Disparities Awareness Fair is sponsored by the Family to Family Health Information and Education Center and the AmeriCorps project of LIFE of Mississippi.
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The Family-to-Family Health Information and Education Center (F2F) is a family-focused, family managed resource center that empowers families of Mississippi children with special health care needs to be partners in the decisions made concerning the health of their children. F2F is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (GR#H84MC07948).
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