Friday, April 21, 2000
African-American health group sets up
Goal: Close gaps between populations
BY Tim Bonfield
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The African-American Health Network, formed in 1997 to promote the health needs of Cincinnati's African-American residents, elected a board of trustees Thursday at its first meeting as a formal nonprofit organization.
The network has been using a $118,000 planning grant from the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, awarded in May 1999, and a $150,000 grant from the city of Cincinnati, awarded in January, to get organized.
The network plans to:
ãComplete a report on the health status and health attitudes of African-Americans.
ãConsult on black health issues with local hospitals and insurers.
ãLaunch health-awareness campaigns through area businesses and organizations.
The network's overall goal is to reduce long-standing gaps in health status and health services between minority and majority groups, said Dr. Camille Graham, president of the Cincinnati Medical Association and chairwoman of the network's board of trustees.
The idea for forming an African-American health network emerged in April 1997 at a Black Nurses' Association conference.
At the time, the closing of Jewish Hospital in Avondale and the privatization of University Hospital in Corryville had raised concerns about medical services leaving heavily African-American neighborhoods while expanding in mostly white suburbs.
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