"....because every community deserves to be healthy."
Our Firm, est. 2018
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For over a decade, the Principle of our firm has been working in public health ensuring that minority communities receive health equity, equality, and access. Minority Health Consultants expertise ranges from providing health education into communities, health program technical assistance and development, training staff on cultural competence/humility/sensitivity & C.L.A.S., connecting stakeholders to minority communities, and planning/implementing/hosting minority health focused events.
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Minority Health Consultants is one of few health consulting firms in Nevada that specialize in serving communities of color, vulnerable populations, and communities that have disproportionate numbers in regards to chronic diseases and HIV in Nevada. We are determined to bring health equity to these communities. By combining our expertise, experience and passion for people. Our dedication to high standards, effectiveness, hiring of trained health professionals, and work ethic is the reason our client base hires us.
Vision: To ensure minority communities. receive equity and equality in public health.
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Mission: To serve as the conduit between stakeholders and minority communities in order to improve health outcomes in these communities.
Our Principal, Alisa Howard
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Alisa Howard is a 12-yr Public Health professional and Community Health Worker Instructor & Equity Strategist. She’s worked as an CHW Instructor for both the College of Southern Nevada and the NV CHW Association.
in her Public Health tenure she has served as a 1st Vice Chair for the Advisory Board of The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program at the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), a proxy to the Chair of the Nevada Office of Minority Health, and former Governing Board Member of UCHAPS (Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services).
Today, she is Governing Board member for the Nevada Certification Board, as well as a member of several coalitions and associations such as: the Nevada Minority Health & Equity Coalition, Nevada Community Health Worker Association, and the National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW) Alisa believes that you have to be a part of the decision making process if you really want to effect change.
Alisa's public health career consists of working for the State of Nevada in the Tuberculosis Elimination Program in the Office of Public Health/Informatics & Epidemiology (OPHIE), the HIV & STD Surveillance Department and the STD Clinic at the Southern Nevada Health District, and implementing the Minority Health Services Programming at the Las Vegas Urban League where she ran a Ryan White Part-B HIV Prevention & Early Intervention Program as its Director.
Through all of her work in HIV since 2012, Alisa has assisted with modernization of outdated criminalization HIV laws in Nevada and across the country. She has hosted and co-hosted annual National Black HIV Awareness events for Black communities since 2014.
Alisa believes education is key, as a CHW Instructor and Workforce Developer, she has been instrumental in developing innovative CHW programming.in the state of Nevada. She originated the concept for Faith-based CHWs in 2020 and worked with NOHME (NV Office of Minority Health), University of Nevada Reno, School of Public Health and NV Faith & Health Coalition to implement the first Faith-based CHW program that ran from 2022-2024.
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An updated Resume/CV can be sent upon request.
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2015.
AFAN (AIDS for AIDS of Nevada) Annual Event.
Event and fundraiser hosted by Alisa Howard and staff.
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2015.