Office of Minority Health

Grantee Information

Wyoming Department of Health

The mission of the Wyoming Department of Health Office of Multicultural Health is to minimize health disparities among underserved populations in the state through collaboration, advocacy and education and to promote culturally competent programs aimed at improving access to health care.

Grant Project InformationFY10 State Partnership Grant Program to Improve Minority Health
$140,000
Lillian Zuniga
(307) 777-5601
Lillian.zuniga@health.wyo.gov

Abstract

The purpose of this State Partnership project is to reduce health disparities in the minority populations in Wyoming by addressing access to health care, obesity and overweight. Many minority communities, particularly Native American and Latino communities, lack access to health care. Within these communities there is a lack of awareness and knowledge about the connections between diet, exercise and obesity. In order to address these issues, the project will update the Wyoming Heath Disparity State Plan and Wyoming-related information about health disparities, build a greater awareness about health disparities in Wyoming communities and among health care service providers. A toolkit will also be developed and disseminated to Wyoming service providers in order to improve culturally and linguistically appropriate service. After implementing these interventions, the project hopes to improve planning, coordination, collaboration and linkages among partners in the state, as well as increase state efforts to improve minority health. In addition, the project hopes to eliminate health disparities through the support of community programs that promote science-based health promotion and disease prevention research.

OMH objective(s) toward which the project's results most contribute (check all that apply):

• Increased awareness, education, and outreach to address racial/ethnic minority health and health disparities problems
• Improved access to, and appropriate utilization of, health and other community-based services and systems through user-centered design for racial/ethnic minorities (e.g., health IT, culturally/ linguistically appropriate services, service provider education/ training, workforce diversity)
• Strengthened leadership and coordination to leverage resources and enhance effectiveness and efficiency of individual and collective efforts (including, but not limited to, research and data)

Key Healthy People 2010 objectives or subobjectives toward which your project's results most contribute (see Appendix 3 of OMH's Evaluation Planning Guidelines):

Healthy People objectives were not identified.