FYI: Weekly Health Resources for December 31, 2014

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December 31, 2014

In This Issue:

Funding

Federal Grants

  • Department of Education/Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), in collaboration with HHS and the Department of Labor: Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth. Deadline for letters of intent is January 8, 2015. Learn more. 
  • HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): High Priority Immunology Grants (R01). Deadline is February 5, 2015. Learn more. 

Non-Federal Grants

  • Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation: Community Action and Care for the Medically Uninsured Grants. Deadline for letters of intent is January 15, 2015. Learn more.
  • The Advisory Board Company, deBeaumont Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: BUILD Health Challenge - Community Health Collaborations. Invites collaborative proposals that will identify, highlight, and advance new models for improving community health and health equity. Deadline is January 16, 2015. Learn more.
  • Community Tool Box: Out of the Box Prize. This prize honors innovative and promising approaches to promoting community health and development. Deadline is April 30, 2015. Learn more. 

Scholarships / Fellowships

  • HHS/NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Biomedical Research Training Program for Individuals from Underrepresented Groups (BRTPUG). Deadline is January 15, 2015. Learn more. 
  • HHS/NIH: Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP). Students in their 3rd and 4th year of medical, dental and veterinary programs with a strong interest in biomedical research are encouraged to apply. Deadline is January 31, 2015. Learn more.
  • Health Career Connection (HCC): Summer 2015 Internship Program. Deadline is February 9, 2015. Learn more.

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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  • Open Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace is underway. More than 1.3 million consumers have selected plans since November 15. More issuers this year means more choices for individuals and families to find the plan the best suits their budget and health care needs. Open enrollment ends February 15. Have questions or need help? Call 1-800-318-2596 or visit HealthCare.gov or CuidadodeSalud.gov.
  • HHS/Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HealthCare.gov: New video. Helen Troncoso - Health and Wellness Expert/Experta en Salud y Bienestar. Dr. Helen Troncoso explains the Health Insurance Marketplace in this PSA. English | Spanish.

Events

  • HHS/Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid (CMS), CuidadoDeSalud.gov: Webinar en español. Seguros de salud para los trabajadores agrícolas y sus familias. El seminario explicará cómo obtener un seguro médico en el Mercado de Seguros Médicos durante el período de inscripción abierta que termina el 15 de febrero. El 8 de enero del 2015, 3:00 pm ET. Regístrese. 

Aging

Events

  • HHS/Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP): Call for abstracts for the 2015 Healthy Aging Summit. Event to be held in Washington, DC. Deadline is February 2, 2015. Learn more.

American Indian/Alaska Native Health

  • HHS/OMH: Request for nominations. American Indian and Alaska Native Health Research Advisory Council (HRAC). Nominations are requested for the following Areas: Nashville, Phoenix, and National-at-Large. Deadline is December 31, 2014. Please submit nominations to Rick Haverkate. 

Asian/Pacific Islander Health

  • Action for Health Justice (AHJ): New resource. Action for Health Justice Health Insurance Enrollment Glossary. The glossary is available in Traditional Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Hindi, Khmer, Laotian, Burmese, Tongan, Chuukese and Marshallese. Read full report | PDF. 

Capacity Building

Events

  • Administration for Native Americans (ANA)/Pacific Region Training and Technical Assistance Center: Training. ANA Pre-Application Training. Learn how to put together a strong ANA grant application. January 12-13, 2015 in Tamuning, Guam. Register.   
  • Maryland Nonprofits, in collaboration with Brighter Strategies, the Center for Nonprofit Advancement, Nonprofit Roundtable, et al: Registration now open for the Nonprofit Capacity Conference, Building Organizational Capacity. April 2, 2015 in Crystal City, VA. Register. 

Children's Health

Events

  • Academic Pediatric Association (APA), in partnership with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Call for abstracts for the 5th Annual Advancing Quality Improvement Science for Children’s Health Care Research Conference. Event to be held in San Diego, CA. Deadline is January 6, 2015. Learn more. 

Cultural Competence and CLAS

  • HHS/OMH, National Partnership for Action (NPA): New blog post. Culturally Appropriate Approaches to Health Education in Long Beach’s Khmer Community. Read full blog.


Events

  • International Medical Interpreters Association (IMIA): Registration now open for the International Congress on Medical Interpreting, United We Are Stronger! April 24-26, 2015 in Rockville, MD. Register. 

Health Disparities

Events

  • Columbia University/Mailman School of Public Health, Center for the Study of Social Inequalities in Health, in partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Webinar. Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Health Inequalities: Theory and Evidence. January 6, 2015, 12:00 pm ET. Register.
  • Families USA: Registration now open for the 20th Health Action Conference, Health Action 2015: Building Real Progress. January 22-24, 2015 in Washington, DC. Register.
  • Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH): Registration now open for the 6th Annual Global Health Conference, Mobilizing Research for Global Health. March 26-28, 2015 in Boston, MA. Register. 

HIV/AIDS

Events

  • Community Health and Awareness Ministry, in collaboration with Gilead Sciences, the New York City Council Faith Based HIV/AIDS Initiative, and the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS of NYC: Seminar. A Teaching Moment: Inflammation and HIV. This seminar will teach attendees how to verbalize what is inflammation and its importance to HIV management. Event is for HIV Health Providers/Peer Educators only. Event to be held in New York, NY. Registration deadline is January 16, 2015. Please contact Rev. Londro B. Wilson.

Maternal and Child Health

Events

  • Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CityMatCH: Training course. Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology. June 1-5, 2015 in Baltimore, MD. Register. 

Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

  • HHS/NIH, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS): New resource. A Year of Health 2015 Health Planners. Pre-order planners with tailored health advice for African Americans, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders, Asian Americans, and Hispanics/Latinos. Learn more.  

Opportunity for Public Comment

  • HHS/Office of the Secretary (OS): Information Collection Request (ICR). National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care: Evaluation of Awareness, Adoption, and Implementation. Deadline is January 20, 2015. Learn more.

Public Health

Events

  • American Public Health Association (APHA): Call for abstracts for the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, Health in All Policies. Deadline is February 9-13, 2015. Learn more.  

Smoking and Tobacco Use

  • National Behavioral Health Network: Request for applications for the 2015 Tobacco & Cancer Control Community of Practice (CoP). Open to any organization that provides direct services to individuals with mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Deadline is January 8, 2015. Learn more. 

Vision

  • Prevent Blindness/National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health (NCCVEH), National Expert Panel (NEP): New resource. Vision Health Systems for Preschool-Age Children - Recommendations of the NEP of the NCCVEH. These recommendations provide an evidence-based approach to vision screening in children ages 3 through 5. Read full reports. 

Job Opportunities

Federal Government

  • Department of Justice/Grant Monitoring Division and Grant Operations Directorate is recruiting for two FT Recent Graduate - Grant Monitoring Specialist (PRG-COPS-15-1253647(DC)DEU) positions in Washington, DC. Deadline is January 3, 2015. Apply. 

@ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading

  • Health literacy has evolved into a common idea that people need to understand information to help them maintain good health and have easier access to health care systems. Health Literacy (subtitled Improving Health, Health Systems, and Health Policy Around the World) is a workshop summary held by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Search the online catalog. 
  • Read the latest article on Knowledge Center services in the FDLP Newsletter from the GPO!