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Office of Minority Health and Equity

Vision and Mission

Per NRS 232.475 the vision of the Nevada Office of Minority Health and Equity (NOMHE) is to achieve optimal levels of health and wellness for all minority groups and marginalized communities across the state.

NOMHE’s mission is to avoid and/or reverse disproportionately experienced, health-related disparities among the state’s most vulnerable, high-risk populations. The mission is supported by the input of an advisory committee and subcommittees.

To learn more about NOMHE’s Advisory Committee and its meeting schedule: General Advisory Committee Meeting Information

Cultural Competency Training for Health Facilities

Ensuring a culturally competent health care system in Nevada with facilities that provide diverse and socially appropriate services to all patients can reduce health disparities. Doctors, nurses and other facility staff who have effective interpersonal and working relationships that supersede cultural differences are essential to successful health care outcomes for patients and residents.

Evidence shows that cultural competency training improves knowledge of health care staff, raises attitudes of the client population and, ultimately, accelerates patient satisfaction through acceptance from their providers and environment. To help improve health care delivery in the state, licensed health facilities must provide cultural competency training for all staff.

Minority Health Reports

The state of Nevada, through the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Analytics with assistance from NOMHE, produces a biannual Minority Health Report. Versions of this biennial report may be viewed and downloaded using the links below. The most recent Minority Health Report is from 2023. It features vulnerability and health equity indexing, a powerful tool that enables public officials to identify communities that are most vulnerable to vital factors that impact socioeconomic status, household composition, minority status and language, housing and transportation. New health indicators included in the 2023 Report are: access to health; maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity; COVID-19 related; drug poisonings; juvenile arrests and detentions; and colorectal cancer.

Click below to read a report.

Clinical Trials Brochure.pdf

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Contact Us

Tina Dortch, MPA
Program Manager
Phone: 702-486-2151
Email: tdortch@dhhs.nv.gov