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		<title>Healthy Lives &#8211; Healthy Communities Conference: Presentations available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Healthy Lives, Healthy Communities: Building Health Equity in Missouri, One Community at a Time,&#8221; was a one-day conference with leading researchers, program planners, health care advocates and more. The conference covered racial and ethnic health disparities, newcomer and immigrant health disparities, health disparities for individuals with mental health conditions and LGBT health disparities. Keynote speakers: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mohec.org/2012/04/30/healthy-lives-healthy-communities-conference-presentations-available/</link>
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		<title>Still time to sign up for the Healthy Lives &#8211; Healthy Communities conference!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Healthy Lives, Healthy Communities: Building Health Equity in Missouri, One Community at a Time&#8221; DATE: Friday, April 27, 2012 &#124; TIME: 8 a.m. &#8211; 4 p.m. LOCATION: Garden Conference Center at the Hilton Garden Inn, Columbia, MO Join us this spring for &#8220;Healthy Lives, Healthy Communities: Building Health Equity in Missouri, One Community at a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mohec.org/2012/04/09/6041/</link>
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		<title>Developing Multilingual Prescription Instructions for Patients with Limited English Proficiency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and the Underserved describes the development of a set of patient-centered prescription medication instructions and their translation into Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Challenges and lessons learned from this process are reported to inform future efforts to develop easy-to-understand, multilingual materials for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mohec.org/2012/03/02/developing-multilingual-prescription-instructions-for-patients-with-limited-english-proficiency/</link>
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		<title>New Effective Patient-Centered Health Care Resources from AHRQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trying to make more informed decisions about health care for your family, yourself or your patients? The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released new materials on effective, patient-centered health care to help. Overview of AHRQ Effective Health Care Program AHRQ consumer guides AHRQ consumer and clinician guides AHRQ tools and resources (including continuing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mohec.org/2012/03/01/new-effective-patient-centered-health-care-resources-from-ahrq/</link>
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		<title>The Complex Process of Getting Health Care in America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Accessing health care in this country can be a complex process for many of us. The first question we often ask ourselves is, “Do I need to see a doctor?” We tend to answer that question with a series of other questions. How much will it cost (especially if I don’t have insurance)? Will my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mohec.org/2012/02/28/the-complex-process-of-getting-health-care-in-america/</link>
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		<title>The Affordable Care Act and LGBT Americans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new federal fact sheet now outlines how LGBT Americans will have better access to stable, affordable health insurance and high quality health care under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Read more&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mohec.org/2012/02/13/the-affordable-care-act-and-lgbt-americans/</link>
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		<title>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS &#8211; 2012 Healthy Lives- Healthy Communities, Health Equity Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Call for Abstracts Healthy Lives &#8211; Healthy Communities: Building Health Equity in Missouri One Community at a Time Friday, April 27, 2012 Garden Conference Center at Hilton Garden Inn Columbia, Missouri The poster session is targeted toward high school, undergraduate and  graduate students conducting basic, clinical, translational, and community based participatory research related to understanding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mohec.org/2012/02/02/call-for-abstracts-2012-healthy-lives-healthy-communities-health-equity-conference/</link>
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		<title>Save the Date: Healthy Lives &#8211; Healthy Communities: Building Health Equity in Missouri One Community at a time!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Healthy Lives- Healthy Communities: Building Health Equity in Missouri One Community at a time&#8221; conference will take place on April 27, 2012, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Columbia.  The keynote speaker will be Dr. Thomas LaVeist from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, one o the most known health disparities researchers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mohec.org/2012/01/04/save-the-date-healthy-lives-healthy-communities-building-health-equity-in-missouri-one-community-at-a-time/</link>
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		<title>Missouri Rural Health Biennial 2011 Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Missouri DHSS, the 2010-2011 Missouri Rural Health Report is rich with data related to Missouri&#8217;s underserved, rural populations. Download the most recent report or archives at http://health.mo.gov/living/families/ruralhealth/publications.php.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mohec.org/2012/01/04/missouri-rural-health-biennial-2011-report/</link>
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		<title>Think Cultural Health from the Office of Minority Health, DHHS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services through the Office of Minority Health Think Cultural Health Program has a section of tools and resources that your organization may find useful in addressing some of the major challenges in providing cultural effective care. If you are interested, please see the links below: Think-Speak-Act Cultural Health: Part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mohec.org/2012/01/03/think-cultural-health-from-the-office-of-minority-health-dhhs/</link>
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