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November 9, 2016
Submit
your events for Native American Heritage Month to our Events Calendar!
In This Issue:
Read President Barack Obama's Presidential Proclamation of
National Native American Heritage Month, 2016.
Events
- Northwest
Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB), in partnership with OMHRC:
Webinar. Healthy Native Youth: Offering Engaging, Relevant, Effective
Health Resources. This webinar will share tips for navigating the
Healthy Native Youth website, highlight a few of the health curricula
available on the site, and encourage participants to submit their own
programs for inclusion. November 22, 2016, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
- National Indian Health Board (NIHB): Tribal Health Presidential Transition Summit. This summit will discuss how to develop and advance the Tribal health agenda in 2017 and beyond. December 8, 2016, 8:30 am ET in Washington, DC. Register.
- Center for Healthy Communities, in partnership with NPAIHB: Training. Native STAND (Students Together Against Negative Decision Making). Native STAND is a positive youth development program that builds decision making skills on healthy relationships, STD/HIV prevention, and reproductive health. Tribes and AI/AN organizations that serve high school age AI/AN youth are encouraged to apply. Training to be conducted in Portland, OR. Deadline for application is March 1, 2017. Learn more.
Funding
- NIHB, with support from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Climate and Health Program: Building Tribal Capacity for Climate Change Resilience and Public Health Programs. Provides up to three Tribes with funding to increase the level of programming, research, and/or coordination and communication between the Tribal programs, community, and key partners involved in addressing the health consequences of climate change. Deadline is November 30, 2016. Learn more.
- A pre-application webinar for this NIHB funding opportunity will be held November 9, 2016, 4:00 pm ET. Register.
Resources
- Learn
about American Indian/Alaska Native health. See what's new in the
Knowledge Center online catalog.
Federal Grants
- HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship (NAT) Program. Grants are awarded to accredited institutions that educate registered nurses to become nurse anesthetists. Deadline is December 5, 2016. Learn more.
- HHS/National Institures of Health (NIH): Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions among Immigrant Populations (R01) Research Project Grant. Deadline is February 5, 2017. Learn more.
- HHS/NIH: Addressing the Etiology of Health Disparities and Health Advantages among Immigrant Populations (R01) Research Project Grant. Deadline is February 5, 2017. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
- County of Los Angeles Community and Senior Services (CSS): Elderly Nutrition Program Services Grant. Provides funds for quality meals and related services to older individuals residing in Los Angeles County (excluding the City of Los Angeles). Deadline is December 9, 2016. Learn more.
- American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation: Healthy Living Grant. Provides grants for grassroots public health projects that encourage healthy lifestyles in communities across the nation. Deadline is December 16, 2016. Learn more.
Scholarships / Fellowships
- Morehouse School of Medicine/Satcher Health Leadership Institute: Health Policy Leadership Fellowship Program. This fellowship is a multi-disciplinary training program designed to prepare physicians and postdoctoral professionals for leadership roles promoting policies and practices to reduce disparities and advance health equity. Deadline is January 13, 2017. Learn more.
Loan
Repayment
- HHS/NIH,
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
(NIMHD): Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities
Research (LRP-HDR). Deadline is December 1, 2016. Learn more.
- HHS/NIH: Extramural
Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from
Disadvantaged Backgrounds (LRP-IDB). Deadline is December 1, 2016. Learn more.
- HHS/Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Minority Health:
Campaign. Health Insurance Marketplace Open
Enrollment season runs from November 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017. Follow
CMS's Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign
on Twitter. Re-tweet and share messages by
using #Enroll365 and/or #KidsEnroll in your posts.
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HHS/Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships: Faith and Community Weekend of Action. Ladies Wear Blue. To highlight the importance of encouraging men to sign up for affordable health
insurance, HHS encourages all women to wear
blue at services in faith and community settings during the weekend of November
11-13. Help spread the word about the importance of men’s
health and enrolling by taking a picture that weekend wearing blue and sharing
your photo on social media using the hashtag #LadiesWearBlue.
Events
- Allergy & Asthma Network: Advances in Allergy & Asthma webinar series. Severe Asthma: Evaluation, Management and New Advances. November 15, 2016, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
Events
- Maryland
Governor's Grants Office: Registration open for the Maryland
Governor's Grants Training Conference. November 14, 2016 in Hyattsville, MD. Register.
- HHS/NIH, National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR): Study of the Effects of Blackcurrant Extract and Omega-3 Fats on the Health of the Heart and Blood Vessels. NIH researchers seek healthy volunteers, ages 55-75 years old. Trial to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
- HHS/NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Effects of Roflumilast on Insulin and Blood Sugar Levels in Prediabetic Overweight and Obese Individuals. NIH researchers seek overweight or obese volunteers, ages 30-65 years old. Trial to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/Federal Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Women’s Health (OWH), in partnership with the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP): Webinar. FDA BIMO Compliance and Enforcement of Drugs and Devices. This webinar will review the purpose of FDA's Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) program, including compliance classifications, drugs and devices, study design, and regulatory requirements. November 16, 2016, 12:00 pm ET. Register.
Events
- HHS/FDA's Office of Minority Health: Lecture. Toward Improved Diabetes Prevention and Treatment. Join Griffin Rodgers, Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) as he provides an overview of NIDDK's research priorities in diabetes and population health. November 9, 2016, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
Events
- HHS/Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)/Healthy People 2020: Webinar. Who's Leading the Leading Health Indicators? Environmental Quality. November 17, 2016, 12:00 pm ET. Register.
- HHS/OMH, National Partnership for Action to End
Health Disparities (NPA): Webinar. Heart Disease Disparities in the
Heartland: Recent Report Review. The Heartland Regional Health Equity Council (Heartland
RHEC) is hosting a webinar to inform stakeholders about heart disease
disparities in Region VII (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska). November 17,
2016, 1:30 pm CT. Register.
- HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Updated resource. Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care: The Hospital Guide to Reducing Medicaid Readmissions. Based on a series of coaching and feedback calls with hospitals, the second release of this guide has been updated to provide updated tools and clearer guidance on who should use the tools. Learn more | Download full guide (PDF, 1.35 MB).
Events
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Public session. Ensuring Patient Access to Affordable Drug Therapies. November 14, 2016, 10:30 am ET in Washington, DC. Register.
 Events
- HHS/OMH,
OMHRC, in partnership with the Veteran's Health Administration (VHA):
Fighting Hepatitis and HIV Co-infection in Minority Communities webinar
series. Veterans & Hepatitis C: Test, Treat, Cure. This
webinar will provide an overview of VHA's viral hepatitis program,
including efforts in hepatitis C birth cohort testing and linkage to care.
November 10, 2016, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
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- World Health Organization (WHO): New health education campaign. Depression: Let’s Talk. Campaign includes free handouts and posters in English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, French, and Russian. Learn more.
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- US Preventive Services Task Force: Request for comments on the Draft Evidence Review for Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening. Deadline is November 28, 2016. Learn more.
- US
Department of Justice (DOJ)/Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), Criminal Justice Information Services Division: Request for
comments on the National Use-of-Force Data Collection Program.
The FBI seeks comments from all interested parties, including local,
state, tribal and federal law enforcement, civil rights organizations and
other community stakeholders. Deadline is December 5, 2016. Learn more.
- California
Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR): Request for comments on DPR 16-004 Pesticide Use Near Schoolsites.
The proposed action would require growers to notify public K-12 schools,
child day care facilities, and county agricultural commissioners when
certain pesticide applications near a school site are planned in the
coming year. Deadline is December 9, 2016. Please submit comments to dpr16004@cdpr.ca.gov.
- Urban Institute, in partnership with the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Center on Society and Health: New report. Health of the States. Analyses state rankings on 39 health outcomes, and correlations between those health outcomes and determinants of health such as: health care, health behaviors, social and economic factors, the physical and social environment, and public policies and spending. Learn more | Download full report (PDF).
- Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition: Free presentations. The Magnolia Project. Provides presentations to local businesses, churches and organizations that would like to learn about social determinants of health and toxic stress. Learn more.
Events
- Healthy Schools Campaign: Webinar. Healthy and Ready to Learn: State Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plans to Support Student Health and Wellness. November 17, 2016, 11:00 am CT. Register.
OMH
- HHS/OMH
is recruiting for a FT, permanent Supervisory Public Health Advisor
(GS-0685-15/15) position within its Division of Policy and Data.
Position is based in Rockville, MD. Deadline is November 17, 2016. Apply as a Status Candidate | Apply as a US Citizen.
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A Generation Removed, written by Margaret Jacobs, discusses how government authorities in the post-World War II era separated thousands of American Indian children from their families and placed them with non-American Indian families. International in scope, this book covers similar policies that existed in Canada and Australia. Subtitled The Fostering and Adoption of Indigenous Children in the Postwar World, this book examines the resilience of Indigenous families as they worked to reclaim their children. To view this title and find additional information, search our online catalog.
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