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November 16, 2016
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your events for Native American Heritage Month to our Events Calendar!
In This Issue:
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.
- University of Washington/Indigenous Wellness Research Institute: Training. Lauhoe - Indigenous HIV/AIDS Research Training 2 (IHART2) Program. This program aims to develop a network of scholars dedicated to culturally grounded research that will contribute to ameliorating health disparities among American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN), Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Deadline is December 15, 2016. Learn more.
Opportunities for Public Comment
- National Indian Health Board (NIHB): Online survey. Oral Health in Indian Country. The survey will allow Tribal members, Tribal leaders and others to provide feedback on oral healthcare access and patient satisfaction in Indian Country. Learn more.
Resources
- Learn
about American Indian/Alaska Native health. See what's new in the
Knowledge Center online catalog.
- HHS/OMH, OMHRC: Online curriculum. Circle of Life. This multimedia tool is a sexual risk-reduction program designed specifically for AI/AN youth ages 10-12 years. It teaches skills such as goal setting, decision making, and standing up to peer pressure. Learn more.
- Montana State University (MSU): Community-based health initiative. Messengers for Health. This program seeks to improve chronic illness management among Apsáalooke (Crow) Indians in Montana through community-based interventions. Learn more.
- The Library of Congress, in partnership with the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Gallery of Art, the National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Website. Native American Heritage Month. This site compiles events, resources, trails, and exhibits that highlight AI/AN culture and history. Learn more.
OMHRC Funding
- HHS/OMH, OMHRC: HIV/AIDS among Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Project - Health Information Campaign Subcontracts. The goal of this project is to implement an HIV/AIDS health information campaign that supports increased awareness of HIV/AIDS and increased HIV testing with referral to care of minority and hard-to-reach communities. Deadline is January 6, 2017. Learn more | OMHRC will conduct an Informational Webinar on November 30, 2016, 4:00 pm ET. Register.
Federal Grants
- HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Regional Collaboratives Program. Deadline is January 13, 2017. Learn more.
- HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute (NHLBI): Training Program for Institutions That Promote
Diversity (T32) Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA). Deadline
for Letter of Intent (LOI) is January 18, 2017. Learn more.
- HHS/HRSA: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program National Training and Technical Assistance Programs for Resource Dissemination, Improved Data, and Organizational Development. Deadline is January 19, 2017. Learn more.
- HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Research Using Linked Data to Understand Motor Vehicle Injury among Older Adults. Deadline is February 13, 2017. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
- County of Los Angeles Community and Senior Services (CSS): Elderly Nutrition Program (ENP) 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 | CSS will conduct a Cost Allocation Training for prospective ENP respondents. To participate, please RSVP to contractcompliance@css.lacounty.gov by November 16, 2016, 5:00 pm ET.
- Hawai'i Medical Service Association (HMSA) Foundation: Health Disparities Grants. Provides funds for projects designed to reduce health disparities between Native Hawaiians and other racial/ethnic groups in Hawai'i through school-based projects, community-based projects, and healthcare-setting approaches. Deadline is January 1, 2017. Learn more.
Events
- Asian Women for Health (AWFH), in partnership with the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA): Training. Achieving Whole Health: Balancing Body, Mind and Spirit. This is an interactive, one-day training for healthcare providers and community members that seeks to create bilingual and bi-cultural Wellness Coaches who understand the relationship between physical health and mental health. December 10-11, 2016 in Boston, MA. For further information, please contact DJ Ida or Janet SooHoo.
- HHS/NIH, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): The Neurophysiological Effects of Intravenous Alcohol as Potential Biomarkers of Ketamine's Rapid Antidepressant Effects in Major Depressive Disorder. NIH researchers seek healthy adults, 21-65 years old. Trial to be conducted for 4-7 weeks at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
Events
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD): Registration open for the AUCD 2016 Conference, Navigating Change - Building Our Future Together. December 4-7, 2016 in Washington, DC. Register.
- HHS/OMH, National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA): Social media campaign. Health Equity What Does It Mean to You? To join the conversation: download the graphic, fill in your response, take a picture, and post to social media using the hashtag #Im4HealthEquity. Learn more.
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- The National Academy of Medicine, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Social media campaign. Culture of Health. This online campaign includes a
series of video interviews with people working to build a culture of health in
their own communities and for the nation. Follow the conversation with @theNAMedicine
and @NASEM_Health using #CultureofHealth and #PromoteHealthEquity. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/OMH, 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.
Events
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Webinar. Teaching Population Health through Student-Run Clinics. Join AAMC as they highlight student-run, population health clinic models from the University of California's San Diego School of Medicine and Rowan University's Cooper Medical School. December 13, 2016, 2:30 pm ET. Register.
- Cancer Care of Western New York and Western New York Urology Associates: Slam Dunk to Good Health: PSA Men's Health Screening Event. This health and wellness fair will feature prostate cancer screening. The first 100 men screened will receive a pair of tickets to a Harlem Globetrotters game. November 17, 2016, 3:00 pm ET at the Frederick Douglass Community Center in Buffalo, NY. For further information please call (716) 859-8045.
Events
- HHS/HRSA: Webinar. Cultural Competencies for an Aging LGBTQ Population. December 13, 2016, 1:00 pm ET. Register.
- 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.
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.
- The third edition of Tiller’s Guide to Indian Country, edited by Veronica Tiller, creates a complete picture of more than 568 Native American tribes across 33 different states. Subtitled, Economic Profiles of American Indian Reservations, this extensive reference book profiles each tribe’s history and culture, including detailed information about their communities, environmental concerns, and tribal enterprises. To view this title and find
additional information, search our online catalog.
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