2009 National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health ABSTRACTS & DISCLOSURE FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY BY NOVEMBER 18, 2008. The Office of Minority Health (OMH), Department of Health and Human Services, issues this Call for Abstracts for oral and poster presentations as part of the Third National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (http://www.omhrc.gov/npasummit2009/). The Summit will include sessions which highlight progress, challenges, and opportunities for improving the health of minority populations since the release of the 1985 “Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health." As part of OMH's broader initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities, this 2009 Summit will: 1. Build a renewed sense of leadership and partnerships across communities, 2. Share success stories and methods, 3. Demonstrate how model programs can be replicated or tailored for greater impact, and 4. Create methods, tactics, and ideas that support more effective and efficient action. Results of the Summit will become part of the National Blueprint for Action, which will guide OMH and its public and private partners. The National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA) was developed by OMH as a means of strategically executing that blueprint effectively. For more information about the NPA, please visit http://www.omhrc.gov/npa. Read the full Call for Abstracts. http://www.omhrc.gov/npasummit2009/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=20