Women’s Health Program Manager
Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition
Timaima "Tima" Clawson is a Community Health Worker & Women's Health Program Manager at the Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition (UPIHC). In this role, she supports the "It Takes a Village: Giving Our Babies the Best Chance (ITAV)" project, a 4-workshop community education and engagement series that raises awareness about maternal and infant health in the context of Pacific Islander cultural beliefs and practices. provides knowledge and resources on infant and maternal health to all caregivers, and the "Embrace Project Study", a Community-based participatory research study that was awarded to UPIHC by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Health Equity, to focus on addressing health in maternal mortality and morbidity and diabetes among childbearing age Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) women residing along Utah’s Wasatch Front in Salt Lake, Weber, Davis and Utah counties.
Tima attained a Bachelor's Degree in Health Science as a Public Health major from Brigham Young University-Idaho. Her passion is serving underserved communities, minority, immigrant, indigenous/tribal populations; and particularly the NHPI communities.
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E7 - Systems Insights to Local Action: Creating & Applying the Birth Equity Action Map
Monday, April 15, 2024
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PT