Minority Health Month

By Jameson Roth, Communications Intern Each April marks the beginning of Minority Health Month at UMMC, when we strive to celebrate and acknowledge the initiatives in place to reduce health disparities among minority groups in the greater Baltimore area. UMMC also seeks to honor the service of the individuals who work tirelessly to bring these initiatives to deserving communities across the city. One of these hardworking individuals is Anne Williams, DNP, RN, whose current role is director of community health improvement at University of Maryland Medical Center. Williams perfectly sums up her mission at UMMC, “I am committed to trying to decrease the levels of health disparities across West Baltimore communities.” Thanks to the contributions of dozens of full time staff, UMMC can facilitate multiple community outreach programs designed to decrease health disparities of minority groups. These widely acclaimed programs include: Stork’s Nest , a series of perinatal education classes for low-income, minority women Violence Intervention Program, an R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center initiative that aids victims of violent injuries MD Health Men program, a citywide health initiative to decrease rates of hypertension in African American males Breathmobile, a custom-built asthma and allergy clinic that provides preventive asthma care to over 500 children in 2016, increasing access to critical evaluations, testing and ongoing treatment “We are able to offer care to individua...
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