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We proclaim the month of April to be minority health month and April 5-11, 2004 as National Public Health Week in the City of Columbus.
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WHEREAS, over the past 50 years, the United States has achieved significant increases in life expectancy and reductions in the incidence of injury, disability and disease; and
WHEREAS, the public health approach is credited with the majority of improvements in our health status and expanded life expectancy; and
WHEREAS, the gap between the health status and death rates for Caucasians and racial and ethnic minority population groups has not decreased; and
WHEREAS, April is Minority Health Month and the local theme is - Wellness: The Right Choice, The Healthy Route; and
WHEREAS, the National Public Health Week theme for 2004- Eliminating Health Disparities: Communities Moving from Statistics to Solutions- seeks to educate our community about disparities in health and highlight efforts to eliminate and reduce health disparities; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council does hereby proclaim the month of April to be minority health month and April 5-11, 2004 as National Public Health Week in the City of Columbus.