FYI: Weekly Health Resources for April 22, 2015

Office of Minority Health sent this bulletin at 04/22/2015 12:00 PM EDT
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April 22, 2015

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In This Issue:

Funding

Office of Minority Health (OMH) FY 2015 Funding Opportunity Announcements

OMH at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) administers grant programs to support projects that implement innovative models to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. OMH currently has four funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) for which applications are being accepted: 

  • HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), OMH: National Health Education Program on Lupus Grant. Deadline is May 18, 2015. Learn more.
  • HHS/OASH, OMH: National Workforce Diversity Pipeline Program. Deadline is May 18, 2015. Learn more.
  • HHS/OASH, OMH: Partnerships to Increase Coverage in Communities (PICC) II Initiative Grant. Deadline is May 22, 2015. Learn more.
  • HHS/OASH, OMH: State Partnership Initiative to Address Health Disparities Grant. Deadline is May 24, 2015. Learn more.

Federal Grants

  • HHS/Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE): Family Strengthening Scholars Grant. Deadline for letters of intent is May 8, 2015. Learn more.
  • HHS/Office of the National Coordinator: Community Interoperability and Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program. Deadline for letters of intent is May 15, 2015. Learn more.
  • HHS/Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight: Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces. Deadline for letters of intent is June 3, 2015. Learn more. 

Non-Federal Grants

  • Action for Healthy Kids: Breakfast for Healthy Kids Program. This program awards grants to schools to support school breakfast and physical activity programs. Deadline is May 1, 2015. Learn more. 

Internships / Mentoring

  • Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU): Fall 2015 National Internship Program (HNIP), Opening Doors of Opportunity - Abriendo Puertas de Oportunidad. Deadline is June 12, 2015. Learn more.  

National Minority Health Month

Events

  • HHS/National Institute of Health (NIH), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR): Webinar. Fighting Fire with Fire - Using Implicit Means to Combat Implicit Bias. April 22, 2015, 2:00 pm ET. Learn more.  
  • HHS/NIH, NIMHD: NIH Minority Health Promotion Day - Health Disparities Science Café. April 30, 2015, 11:00 am ET in Bethesda, MD. Learn more. 

Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Events

  • Families USA: Webinar. Outreach Opportunities in 2015 - Reaching the Justice Population. This webinar explores innovative ways to reach and enroll justice populations, including inmates and re-entry populations, in health coverage. April 22, 2015, 2:00 pm ET. Register. 

Capacity Building

Events

  • HHS/OMH, OMHRC: Training. Tribal Grant Writers Workshop - Vision, Design, and Capacity (VDC). April 23-24, 2015 in Albuquerque, NM. To register, please contact Karen Perez. 

Children's Health

  • HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau: New report. Child Health USA 2014. Includes the latest data on the health status and service needs of America’s infants, children, and adolescents. Learn more | Read full report (PDF, 7.04MB). 

Cultural Competence and CLAS

Events

  • National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare (NCIHC): Registration now open for 2015 NCIHC Annual Membership Meeting, Language Access for the Whole Person - Body, Mind, and Spirit. June 5-6, 2015 in Minneapolis, MN. Register.

Diabetes

Events

  • Morehouse School of Medicine/National Center for Primary Care: Registration now open for the Partnership for Diabetes Health Equity (PDHE) Learning Collaborative. Clinic + Outcomes + Communities - The Three-Element Model. Deadline is May 1, 2015. Learn more. 

Healthcare

Events

  • National Council for Behavioral Health, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit: Training. Trauma-Informed Primary Care Initiative. Primary care organizations will explore the degree to which the adoption of trauma sensitive screening, assessment and treatment practices supports primary care settings in their efforts to successfully support high need patients. Deadline is April 24, 2015. Learn more.

Health Technology

Events

  • HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Webinar. Assessing Patient Health Information Needs for Developing Consumer Health IT Tools. May 7, 2015, 1:30 pm ET. Register.  

HIV/AIDS

Events

  • Forum for Collaborative HIV Research: Registration now open for the 2015 National Summit on HCV and HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care. June 4-6, 2015 in Arlington, VA. Register.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health

Events

  • HHS/HRSA, Office of Health Equity: Webinar. Addressing the Healthcare Needs of the Transgender Patient. April 30, 2015, 1:00 pm ET. Register. 

Mental Health

  • HHS and the Autism Society recognize April as National Autism Awareness Month (NAAM). For further information, research, online and local events, social media messages, and other resources, please visit the Autism Society, Autism Speaks, the National Autism Association, and the CDC.
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Events

  • National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH)/Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI): Webinar. MSPI 101 - Suicide Prevention & Postvention. April 29, 2015, 3:00 pm ET. Register. 

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health

Events

  • Healing Our Spirit Worldwide, in partnership with Te Rau Matatini: Call for abstracts for The Seventh Gathering - Mauri Ora. Event to be held in Hamilton, New Zealand. Deadline is May 1, 2015. Learn more.

Nutrition

  • US Department of Education, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS): The 4th Annual Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. Children aged 8-12 are invited to join a parent or guardian in creating an original MyPlate-inspired recipe that is healthy, tasty, and affordable. Deadline is April 30, 2015. Learn more.

Opportunity for Public Comment

  • HHS/Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Minority Health (OMH): Request for Information on Specific Areas of Public Health Concern Related to Racial/Ethnic Demographic Subgroups for Additional Research by the Office of Minority Health. Deadline is April 27, 2015. Learn more.

Prenatal Health

Events

  • HHS/OMH, OMHRC, in collaboration with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF): PPE Webinar. Promoting Healthy and Safe Relationships - Addressing and Preventing Dating Violence, Sexual Violence on College Campuses. This webinar will equip Peer Health Educators (PPE) with a background on intimate partner and sexual violence (IPV) and healthy relationships, as well as tools and resources that they can use to start conversations with students around these issues. April 30, 2015, 3:00 pm ET. Register.  

Public Health

Events

  • HHS/The Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Let's Move Faith and Communities: Webinar. Promoting Community Health and Safety with the Medical Reserve Corps. April 23, 2015, 12:30 pm ET. Register.

Sickle Cell Disease

Events

  • Howard University Hospital/Center for Sickle Cell Disease: 4th Annual Roland B. Scott Memorial Symposium. Pain in Sickle Cell Disease: Pain - Myths, Facts, and Stigma. May 7, 2015, 2:30 pm ET in Washington, DC. Learn more. 

Women's Health

Events


  • American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Registration now open for the 2015 ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting, Teaming Up for Women's Health. May 2-6, 2015 in San Francisco, CA. Register.  

Job Opportunities

State / Local Government

  • Washington State Department of Health/Division of Environmental Public Health, Office of Environmental Health & Safety is recruiting for a Public Health Advisor 3 – Illness Prevention Coordinator (DOH2713) in Tumwater, WA. Deadline is April 26, 2015. Apply.

@ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading

  • Black & Blue, also subtitled The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism, discusses the way racism within the medical field has developed through the years. It also looks at how this issue affects the treatment of African American patients by relying on racial identities and interpretations. This book argues that physicians and medical institutions do not take into account historical or current information regarding medical racism, and consequently will not cultivate better understanding of African American patients unless institutional and professional changes are made. To find this document and additional information, search our online catalog.