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To declare April 2013 to be Minority Health Month in Columbus.
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WHEREAS, in 1989 the Ohio Commission on Minority Health developed the concept of a high-visibility campaign designed to focus on heath awareness and disease prevention; and
WHEREAS, the resulting thirty-day campaign would become Minority Health Month, which became a national celebration in 2000; and
WHEREAS, the five goals of Minority Health Month are to provide information for individuals to practice disease prevention; to promote healthy lifestyles; to showcase the resources for and providers of grassroots healthcare and information; to bring attention to the disparate health conditions between Ohio's minority and non-minority populations; and to gain support for on-going efforts to improve minority health year round; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Office of Minority Health provides leadership to reduce health inequities in minority communities of Columbus and its surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Minority Health is working with more than thirty community partners to present programming throughout April that will bring attention to health issues in our community; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That we hereby declare April 2013 to be Minority Health Month in Columbus.