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Beckley conference on minority health disparity
BECKLEY -- The Fourth Minority Health Disparities in Rural Appalachia Conference is scheduled to take place Aug. 7 and 8 in Beckley.
The conference will be held on the Mountain State University campus, with events and workshops in Carter Hall and the John W. Eye Convocation Center.
The conference will begin each day with registration at 8 a.m. and end by 5 p.m.
The conference will provide information on awareness, prevention and treatment of chronic diseases that affect rural and under-served communities in southern West Virginia and across the state.
Conference keynote speaker Delegate Cliff Moore, D-McDowell County, will lecture at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, in the John W. Eye Convocation Center.
Conference topics include women's health and minority disparities, HIV testing and prevention, culture competency in minority health, access to prescription medication, racial disparities in perinatal care, and an overview of minority health in the state.
More information is available by calling Darryl Cannady at 304-325-6105.
