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APHA 2022 Interview with CEAL
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 Check out this interview featuring Gary Gibbons, M.D., NHLBI director, and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., NIMHD director. Recorded during this month’s American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo, the CEAL co-chairs discuss the creation of the Alliance and how they called on partners to help address COVID-19 health disparities and deliver trusted information to local communities.
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HHS Vaccination Weeks of Action social media toolkit
As people spend more time indoors and travel for the holidays, you can take action to protect yourself and your community by participating in Vaccination Weeks of Action, an effort led by HHS. Share messages from this social media toolkit to encourage everyone to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
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Celebrating Native American culture and contributions to science
Join the NIH Tribal Health Research Office in observing Native American Heritage Month. The recent lecture, “Protecting the Health of Future Generations Through Community-Based Research and Actions: Working in Partnership with the Tribes of Sivuqaq, Alaska,” highlights decades of experience conducting community-based participatory research with local Tribes. It includes a discussion of how the work has been informed by traditional and community knowledge, a summary of findings, and policy actions and interventions to protect health.
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Dr. Amelie Ramirez selected as a “Cycle Breaker” for Latino health
TV personality Oprah Winfrey has selected Amelie Ramirez, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., as a “Cycle Breaker” for her work in building health equity in the Hispanic/Latino community. Dr. Ramirez, co-chair of the CEAL Inclusive Participation Work Group, is highly regarded for her work as a health disparities researcher at UT Health San Antonio and has developed communication and research models to improve Hispanic/Latino health at the local and national levels for over 30 years.
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NIMHD’s strategies to advance health disparities science
Learn more about NIMHD’s 30 specific research strategies to stimulate research for improving minority health and close the gaps in health disparities. Research strategies across the three pillars that guided the science visioning — methods and measurement, etiology, and interventions — establish a new paradigm to stimulate research that will help more people have healthier lives.
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Addressing the Challenges of COVID-19: The Current State of the Pandemic
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On Nov. 2, the Florida CEAL team at Mayo Clinic partnered with the HHS Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiative, AltaMed Health Services, and others to host a panel of health education experts, faith leaders, and mental health experts to answer questions related to the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic. They also discussed how to care for mental health and how faith plays a role in health decisions. The event was held in Spanish and includes CEAL Scientific Pathway member, Ilan Shapiro, M.D.
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