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June 10, 2015
June is Men's Health Month
Federal Grants
- HHS/Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR): Refugee Technical Assistance Program (RTA). The RTA program assists ORR funded refugee-service providers in their response to specific challenges or needs in refugee resettlement. Deadline is July 6, 2015. Learn more.
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HHS/ACF, Office of Family Assistance (OFA): Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility. Deadline is July 7, 2015. Learn more.
- HHS/ACF, OFA: New Pathways for Fathers and Families. Deadline is July 7, 2015. Learn more.
- HHS/ACF, OFA: Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grants. Deadline is July 7, 2015. Learn more.
- HHS/ACF, OFA: National Center for Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education. Deadline is July 7, 2015. Learn more.
- HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Methodologies to Enhance Understanding of HIV-Associated Social Determinants (R01). Deadline for letter of intent is July 19, 2015. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
- The Dammann Fund: Mental Health and Teen Parenthood Grants. Open to organizations in New York City, Southwestern Connecticut and Charlottesville, VA. Deadline is June 30, 2015. Learn more.
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Healthy Eating Research Program: New Connections Grants. This grant supports research by early-career investigators from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented communities, including ethnic or racial minority or lower-income communities. Deadline is July 1, 2015. Learn more.
- National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM). 2015-2016 Research Grants. Projects must advance the existing knowledge base in the areas of health care financing, delivery, management and/or policy. Deadline for letter of intent is July 13, 2015. Learn more.
Challenges
- Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS): Super-Utilizer Health Innovation Challenge. CHCS invites software developers to design applications that address the challenges faced by low-income individuals with multiple medical, behavioral health, and social needs. Deadline is July 15, 2015. Learn more.
- HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Offender Reintegration Toolkit Challenge. Individuals and organizations are invited to submit an innovative tool or app to help individuals reentering their community after incarceration. Deadline is July 30, 2015. Learn more.
Events
- National Urban League (NUL): Registration now open for the 2015 NUL Conference, Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs & Justice. July 29-August 1, 2015 in Ft Lauderdale, FL. Register.
- HHS/Indian Health Service (IHS): New report. Trends in Indian Health: 2014 Edition. Contains tables and charts describing the Indian Health Service program and the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Learn more | Read full report (PDF, 14mb).
Events
- Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP): Registration now open for the 44th Annual Meeting & National Health Conference, AAIP Homecoming 2015: Coming Back to the Heart of Medicine - A Legacy of Wisdom, A Future of Excellence. Early bird deadline is June 14, 2015. Learn more.
- Johns Hopkins/Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for American Indian Health (CAIH): Training. CAIH Institute Courses - Summer Institute 2015. A limited number of scholarships are available. Deadline is July 12, 2015. Learn more.
Events
- Capacity Building Assistance Provider Network (CPN) and HealtheKnowledge: Online course. Introduction to Grant Writing. During this pilot phase, CPN are looking for participants with grant writing experience as well as novice grant writers to complete the course and provide valuable feedback to help identify areas of the course for improvement. Deadline is June 26, 2015. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Call for abstracts for the Symposium on Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine. Deadline is July 1, 2015. Learn more.
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- Morehouse School of Medicine/National Center for Primary Care: Registration open for the Partnership for Diabetes Health Equity Learning Collaborative. Deadline is June 12, 2015. Register.
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Mississippi State University/National Technical Assistance Center on Blindness and Visual Impairment (NTAC-BVI): Training. Continuing Education Courses. Offers Certified Rehabilitation Counselor or Continuing Education Units credit. Learn more.
- HHS/OMH: Webcast replay. Health Equity Summit - 30 Years of Advancing Health Equity; The Heckler Report: A Force for Ending Health Disparities in America. This webcast is available for on-demand viewing until July 27, 2015. Learn more.
- US Department of Commerce/US Census Bureau: New report. Disparities in Private Health Insurance Loss in the Wake of the Great Recession. Learn more | Read full report (PDF, 1.1mb).
- US Department of Commerce/US Census Bureau: New report. Health Insurance Disparities and the Affordable Care Act: Where Could Inequality Decline? Learn more | Read full report (PDF, 1.0mb).
Events
- University of Connecticut/Institute for Clinical and Translational Science: Registration now open for the National Health Disparities Elimination Summit. June 12-13, 2015 in Farmington, CT. Register.
- HHS/OMH, National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA): Webinar. Promoting Excellence for All: Addressing Wisconsin's Achievement Gap. June 18, 2015, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
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Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH)/Alabama Public Health Training Network (ALPHTN): Training. Addressing Stigma Related to HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections. This program describes ways in which stigma and discrimination related to HIV and other STIs can discourage people from using needed health services, and have negative effects on both mental and physical health. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/NIH, Caribbean American Planning Committee: Caribbean American Heritage Month Commemorative Scientific Lecture. HIV Latency in Perinatal Infection: Opportunities and Challenges Towards an HIV Cure. To register, please contact Dana M. Sampson. June 15, 2015, 2:00 - 4:00 pm ET in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
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- The Latino Commission/Nuevo Comienzo: Registration now open the 3rd Annual Central Valley Latino Conference, Strengthening the Roots. August 27-28, 2015 in Visalia, CA. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): New Spanish-language website / Nueva página web en español del Instituto Nacional de Salud Infantil y Desarrollo Humano Eunice Kennedy Shriver (NICHD, por sus siglas en inglés). Learn more (Spanish) | Aprenda más.
- HHS/OMH: New resource. OMH Hispanic Health Data Brief: Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors among a Diverse Group of Adult Hispanic/Latino Males (Ages 18 to 64 years) in the United States. A new men’s health data brief provides insight into how demographics and health behaviors can vary among Hispanic/Latino groups in the US. Read full brief (PDF, 441kb).
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- HHS and the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recognize June as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. For further information, printable and electronic materials, social media messages, and other resources, please visit the VA's National Center for PTSD.
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Events
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HHS/NIH, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR): Define Your Career in Behavioral and Social Sciences. Offered as part of the OBSSR 20th Anniversary events. June 24, 2015 in Bethesda, MD. Register.
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HHS/NIH: Request for Information (RFI). NIH Precision Medicine Cohort - Strategies to Address Community Engagement and Health Disparities. Deadline is June 19, 2015. Learn more.
- HHS/IHS: RFI. IHS seeks broad public input as it begins efforts to advance and promote the health needs of the American Indian/Alaska Native Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community. Deadline is July 6, 2015. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): RFI. NIH Science Vision for Health Disparities Research. Deadline is July 31, 2015. Learn more.
- HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office on Smoking and Health, in partnership with Prevent Blindness: New website. Vision Professionals: Help Your Patients Quit Smoking. This site offers free materials and resources in both English and Spanish for patients/clients. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/NIH, OBSSR: Webinar. Advances in GxE Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences – Harnessing Precision Medicine to Reduce Smoking. June 15, 2015, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
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Prevent Blindness: Live webcast. Focus On Eye Health National Summit: Game Changers in Vision. June 17, 2015, 8:30 am ET. Register.
Events
- Morehouse School of Medicine: Registration now open for the 20th Annual HeLa Women's Health Conference, Precision Medicine & Health Equity. September 18–19, 2015 in Atlanta, GA. Register.
- President Obama declared June to be LGBT Pride Month, and in honor of that decision the Resource Center would like to highlight a book published by the American Public Health Association. A Public Health Approach to Bullying Prevention serves as a practical, sustainable, and cost-efficient strategy to tackle bullying in the United States. It presents a chapter on developing school climates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered students and provides advice on specific facets of school-based bullying. To find
this document and additional information, search our online catalog.
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