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July 30, 2014
In This Issue:
Funding
Federal Grants
- HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Tuberculosis Elimination and Laboratory Cooperative Agreement (CoAg). Deadline is August 20, 2014. Learn more.
- HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Research Demonstration and Disseminations Projects (R18). Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants. Deadline is September 25, 2014. Learn more.
Non Federal Grants
- Delta Dental of New Jersey: Oral Health Programs for Underserved Populations Grant. Deadline is August 11, 2014. Learn more.
- Healthcare Georgia Foundation: Direct Services Grant Program. The Program supports healthcare services and health promotion programs that address health disparities. Deadline is August 21, 2014. Learn more.
- Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children (HSHC): Access to Care Grants. These grants support community-based initiatives that provide dental care to underserved/limited access children. Deadline is August 18, 2014. Learn more.
- HCA Foundation: Health and Well Being Grants. Accepting applications from nonprofit community organizations based in middle Tennessee. Deadline is September 12, 2014. Learn more.
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- Texas Health Institute (THI) and the San Francisco Foundation: New report. Marketplace Consumer Assistance Programs and Promising Practices for Enrolling Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities. Read full report.
Events
- HHS/SAMHSA: Webinar. Engaging the Diversity of the Black Community in ACA Outreach and Enrollment Efforts. July 30, 2014, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm ET. Register.
- HHS/SAMHSA: Webinar. What Immigrants and Refugees Need to Know About the Affordable Care Act (ACA). July 31, 2014, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET. Register.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the US-México Border Health Commission: Webinar. Got Covered - Now What? Health Insurance Literacy Webinar: Understanding How Insurance Works. This webinar will be presented in Spanish / Esta presentación se ofrecerá en español. August 1, 2014, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET. Learn more.
Cancer
Events
- Purdue University's French School of Public Health/International Breast Cancer & Nutrition: Call for abstracts for the 4th International Breast Cancer Prevention Symposium: Genes, the Environment and Breast Cancer Risk. Deadline is August 31, 2014. Submit.
Capacity Building
Events
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Training. Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar. This 3-day seminar provides tools for career advancement in academic medicine, developing key professional competencies, and building skills in grant writing. September 5-8, 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Learn more.
Cultural Competency and CLAS
- The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM): New article. Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services - Advancing Health with CLAS by Dr. Howard Koh, Dr. Nadine J. Gracia, and Mayra Alvarez. This article discusses OMH's development and release of the enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. Please contact your local library for full-text access. Learn more.
Events
- Cross Cultural Health Care Program: Registration now open for Connecting to Care: Patient Guide Training. This training expands an interpreter’s knowledge base to include patient education, patient navigation and cultural competency. October 15-18, 2014 in Seattle, WA. Learn more.
Diabetes
- National Diabetes Education Program: New resource. Working Together to Manage Diabetes: A Toolkit for Pharmacy, Podiatry, Optometry, and Dentistry (PPOD). This enhanced toolkit was designed to help medical professionals work together to recognize the early danger signs of diabetes, decrease the risk of complications, and manage medication therapy. Learn more.
Disability and Rehabilitation
Events
- Americas Caribbean Incapacitates Organization (ACIO): Health fair. Educational Festival of Health. Event will feature health screenings and education. August 23-24, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA. For further information, please contact Norma Ortega.
Environmental Health
Events
- HHS/NIH, Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH): Registration open for the 2014 PEPH Meeting, Communication Research in Environmental Health Sciences: Environmental Health Literacy. September 22-24, 2014 in Triangle Park, NC. Learn more.
Healthcare
- HHS/Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the ICD-10 Implementation Guide to help health centers in the process of transitioning to the Tenth Edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) by October 1, 2014. Learn more.
Events
- Missouri Health Equity Collaborative (MOHEC) and AHRQ: Web conference. Improving Health Care Decision Making: Effective Health Care Program. This conference will review the role of comparative effectiveness research (CER) in improving patient outcomes and introduce free evidence-based clinician and patient resources created by AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program. August 13, 2014, 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm CT. Register.
Health Disparities
Events
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHHD): Call for abstracts for the 2014 Grantees' Conference, Transdisciplinary Collaborations: Evolving Dimensions of US and Global Health Equity. Deadline is August 15, 2014. Submit.
- MOHEC: Meeting. Sikeston Regional Meeting. MOHEC will discuss health equity and the social determinants of health, as well as the latest news, research, and promising practices in addressing health inequity. September 25, 2014, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm CT in Sikeston, MO. Register.
Immigrant Health
Events
- OMHRC: Call for abstracts for the 2nd United States Conference on African Immigrant Health (USCAIH 2014), Health Behaviors of the African Diaspora: Culture, Integration, Migration. Abstracts are invited for poster and oral presentations, related to all health issues that affect African immigrants and refugees, especially in the context of their culture, migration and integration context. Deadline is August 8, 2014. Submit.
Latino/Hispanic Health
- National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), in partnership with CDC and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO): Survey. Physician Survey for Hispanic Adult Immunizations. Feedback will help develop a provider education toolkit to support and improve adult vaccination uptake in the Hispanic/Latino community. Deadline is August 1, 2014. Learn more.
Public Health
Events
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the New England Regional Health Equity Council: Webinar. Community Health Workers: Part of the Solution for Advancing Health Equity. August 5, 2014, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET. Register.
- Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services (NE-DHHS): Accepting applications for the 2014 Fall Class of the NE-DHHS Community Health Worker Training. This course is designed for members of the general public who want to be trained as Community Health Workers (CHW) to conduct safe and effective outreach to vulnerable populations. Deadline is August 8, 2014. Learn more.
Rural Health
Events
- Remote Area Medical (RAM) Volunteer Corps: RAM Clinic. Offers free dental, vision, general medical, prevention, and education services. August 4-8, 2014 in Mission and Brownsville, TX. Learn more.
Job Opportunities
Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC)
- OMHRC (HeiTech Services Inc.) is recruiting for an experienced Capacity Building Program Analyst for American Indian/Alaska Native Populations. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years’ experience in developing and implementing awareness and outreach programs with a focus on AI/AN communities. Knowledge of public health, health education and the impact of health disparities on tribal populations is required. The ideal candidate will be able to think strategically, collaborate effectively, and manage operations efficiently. S/he should be a strong communicator with training skills who understands program development and operations and organizational strategy in progressive nonprofit environments. Open until filled. Apply.
@ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading
- Research shows that frequent sugar-sweetened beverage consumption can be harmful because of its contribution to weight gain, obesity, diabetes, and other health problems. The Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption on Black Americans' Health, a research brief by the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network, discusses why the potential harm from frequent sugar-sweetened beverages consumption is of special concern for Black Americans, who are more likely to be regular sugar-sweetened beverage drinkers and are at a higher risk for obesity and related chronic diseases. Search our catalog.
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