Priorities

Women's Health Community Engagement Committee

Care of African-born women: Improving Health Care Access

Who's our partner: UHAI: Health Care to Kenyan women in Worcester and Kenya

What we're doing:

• UMass Memorial Medical Center, in partnership with UHAI for Health Inc. and local community organizations, presents the African Women’s Health Fair, Sunday, April 3, 1:30 to 5:30 pm, YWCA. This free event features a fashion show, traditional African dancing groups, African cuisine, and health information and activities. At the event Tiffany Moore-Simas, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, presents “Planning for a Healthy Pregnancy and Baby: Having a Baby in Your 20s, 30s and 40s,” and a Ronald McDonald Care Mobile dental hygienist promotes preventive dental care and access to services. Learn more.

Preconception Health: Increasing Public Awareness

Who's our partner: NP Working Group; Research coordinator/ liaison: Tiffany Moore Simas, MD

What we're doing:

• Preconceptual Weight Management
• Obesity Prevention

GLBTQ Community

• Improving access to care
• Rainbow ribbon pins purchased and available to department members at grand rounds and to medical students during core
• Bathroom Signage Change
• Grand Rounds: January 2010

HPV Vaccination

What we're doing:

• Increasing knowledge, decreasing barriers to access
• Grand Rounds
• Community Presentations