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Arkansas Minority Health Commission outlines FY22 efforts on screening, workforce and mental health
Summary
The Arkansas Minority Health Commission presented its FY22 report to the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, detailing expanded screening programs, education outreach, workforce scholarships (38 in fall 2021; 45 in spring 2022) and a summit focused on minority mental health.
Kenya Eddings, the new director of the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that the commission’s fiscal year 2022 work centered on six goals to reduce health disparities in minority communities. "My name is Kenya Eddings and I am the new director of the Arkansas Minority Health Commission," Eddings said as she opened the presentation.
Eddings said the commission used a mobile health unit to provide free screenings for conditions that disproportionately affect minority Arkansans, naming diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and HIV/AIDS. She cited partnerships with statewide providers and groups — including…
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