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March 18, 2015
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As we approach National Minority Health Month in April, we are pleased to announce this year’s theme, 30 Years of Advancing Health Equity - The Heckler Report: A Force for Ending Health Disparities in America. You can learn more about the Heckler Report and find tools and resources for celebrating National Minority Health Month by visiting www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/NMHM.
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Federal Grants
- HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH): The Heart Truth Community Action Program Grants. Deadline is March 25, 2015. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR): Mobilizing Research: A Research Resource to Enhance mHealth Research (U2C). Deadline for letters of application is April 8, 2015. Learn more.
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US Department of Justice (DOJ)/National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP): FY 2015 Research and Evaluation Examining Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Domestic Violence, Homicide, Intimate Partner Violence, Sex Trafficking, Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Teen Dating Violence. Deadline is April 15, 2015. Learn more.
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HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Capacity Building Initiative for Substance Abuse (SA) and HIV Prevention Services for At-Risk Racial/Ethnic Minority Youth and Young Adults (HIV CBI). Deadline is April 23, 2015. Learn more.
- HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Partner Support for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. Deadline is May 11, 2015. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
- American Dental Association (ADA) Foundation: Samuel D. Harris Fund for Children’s Dental Health Grant Program. Deadline is April 10, 2015. Learn more.
- Hep B United/Hepatitis B Foundation: 2015 Mini‐Grants. Eligible applicants should be able to demonstrate that they have in place an active, local coalition focusing on hepatitis B education, screening and linkage to care activities. Deadline is April 13, 2015. Learn more.
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Missouri Foundation for Health: Special Projects Funding Program. The program encourages nonprofits to propose solutions that can have measurable impact on their community’s health in a defined period of time. Deadline is April 20, 2015. Learn more.
Scholarships / Fellowships
- National Congress of American Indians (NCAI): Native Graduate Health Fellowship. Applicants should be members of an American Indian or Alaska Native tribal nation. Deadline is March 23, 2015. Learn more.
- OMHRC will be at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2015 Conference, March 25-28 in Portland, OR. Come visit us at booth 293!
- HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE): New report. Health Insurance Marketplace 2015 Open Enrollment Period - March Enrollment Report. This report provides summary data for enrollment-related activity in the individual Marketplaces during the 2015 Open Enrollment period for all 50 states and DC, including data relating to individuals who qualified for an “in-line” or other Special Enrollment Period (SEP). Read full report (PDF).
Events
- Commission to End Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF): Meeting. Arizona Public Meeting. Commission members will explore key issues related to addressing and preventing child abuse and neglect fatalities in Indian Country. Event to be held in Scottsdale, AZ. Registration deadline is March 23, 2015. Learn more.
Events
- Maryland Nonprofits: Webinar. Getting Started with Standards for Excellence. This webinar will provide an overview of the nonprofit best practices model provided by the Standards for Excellence Institute, a project of Maryland Nonprofits. March 25, 2015, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
- Casa de Esperanza/National Latin@ Institute for Healthy Families and Communities, in partnership with the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC) and the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV): Training. Regional Training, Atlanta - Are You Ready for Federal Funding? Capacity Building for Community-Based and Culturally-Specific Organizations. For more information, please contact Maritza Valdez. Application deadline is March 31, 2015.
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HHS/CDC: New toolkit. Community Health Worker (CHW) Toolkit. This resource includes information state health departments can use to train and further build capacity of their CHWs in communities, as well as helpful resources that CHWs can use within their communities. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH): Webinar. Risk Communication - Addressing the Needs of Your Community. March 20, 2015, 1:00 pm ET. Join.
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- University of Illinois/Family Support Research & Training Center, in collaboration with the Easter Seals: Virtual town hall. Family Support - Tell Us What We Need to Know. A national dialogue will be available for family caregivers, individuals with disabilities, providers and researchers to provide feedback on the topic they think family support researchers should explore further. Deadline is March 30, 2015. Learn more.
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As we approach National Minority Health Month in April, we are pleased to announce this year’s theme, 30 Years of Advancing Health Equity - The Heckler Report: A Force for Ending Health Disparities in America, in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health (also known as the Heckler Report). This theme reflects our collective efforts to accelerate momentum towards achieving a nation free of disparities in health and health care and the ways in which the Heckler Report has served as a driving force for the monumental changes in research, policies, programs and legislation to advance health equity.
- HHS/CDC: New resource. Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) 2015 Web Application. CHSI 2015 is an interactive web application that produces health profiles for all US counties, including key indicators of health outcomes such as health care access and quality, health behaviors, social factors and the physical environment. Learn more.
- American Enterprise Institute (AEI), the Center for American Progress, and the Brookings Institution: New resource. States of Change - Demographics and Democracy. This interactive map presents data on the evolving characteristics of each state's population by racial composition, age group, generation, voting eligibility, marital status and educational attainment. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/OMH, National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA): Webinar. Hayward Promise Neighborhood - Wrapping Children in Coordinated Educational & Health Supports from Cradle to College to Career. March 19, 2015, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
- HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Webinar. Addressing Health Disparities through the National Prevention Strategies and Partnerships Presented by Region VIII Federal Partners - The Role of Community and Non-Profit Organizations. March 19, 2015, 4:00 pm ET. Register.
- Institute of Medicine (IOM)/Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Office of Minority Health: Workshop. Strategies for Ensuring Diversity, Inclusion, and Meaningful Participation in Clinical Trials. April 9, 2015 in Washington, DC. Register.
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- National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD): Webinar. Using Virtual Human Technology to Build Skills that Drive Behavior Change in Chronic Disease Patients. March 24, 2015, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
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- Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC): Webinar. SDOHForward - Collaborating to Overcome Barriers and Create Solutions. This webinar will identify the barriers to addressing social determinants of health, while proposing a variety of solutions, focusing in particular on the role of academic health centers. March 18, 2015, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
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- HHS recognizes March 20 as National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD). For further information, statistics, social media messages, testing centers, events, and other resources, please visit NNHAAD, the Indian Health Service (IHS), AIDS.gov, AIDSinfo, and the CDC.
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Events
- University of Washington (UW)/Northwest AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC): Training. NNHAAD - What We Need to Know About PrEP. March 20, 2015. Register.
- UW/Northwest AETC: Training. NNHAAD - Keys to Increase American Indian Adherence to HIV Treatment. March 20, 2015. Register.
- HHS/NIH, National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) recognizes March as National Kidney Month. For further information, social media messages, nutrition guides, events, and other resources, please visit NKDEP, the National Kidney Foundation, and the American Kidney Fund.
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- HHS/SAMHSA: New mobile app. Suicide Safe. This app is based on the nationally recognized Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) card, and is designed to help primary care and behavioral health providers integrate suicide prevention strategies into their practices and address suicide risk among their patients. Available for Android and iOS operating systems.
Events
- HHS/FDA, OMH: Webinar. The FDA Docket. This webinar will offer information on how and why to comment to a docket—a public record of information about an FDA action. March 25, 2015, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
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- Minnesota Department of Health (MDH): Webinar. Public Health Checkup - How Public Health Teams Promote Services and Increase Public Awareness. March 25, 2015, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
Academic
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East Carolina University/Brody School of Medicine is recruiting for an Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion (#002260) position in Greenville, NC. Open until filled. Apply.
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Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention by the Institute of Medicine Committee on Accelerating Progress Obesity Prevention discusses the causes of the nation’s obesity epidemic as well as the changes needed to prevent obesity. The report, subtitled Solving the Weight of the Nation, provides recommendations, strategies, and actions to the five critical environments that need changes: physical activity, food and beverages, messages, health care and work, and schools. Search our online catalog.
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