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November 15, 2017
 In This Issue:
Federal Grants
- HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): FY 2018 Addiction Technology Transfer Center Program: American Indian and Alaska Native Support Center - Cooperative Agreement. Deadline is December 4, 2017. Learn more.
- HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Advancing Systems of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs - Cooperative Agreement. Deadline is January 16, 2018. Learn more.
- HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH): Mechanisms of Disparities for HIV-Related Co-morbidities in Health Disparity Populations (R01 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Grant. Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is January 21, 2018. Learn more.
- HHS/NIH: Addressing Health Disparities through Effective Interventions among Immigrant Populations (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) Grant. Deadline is February 5, 2018. Learn more.
Scholarships / Fellowships / Internships / Mentoring
- University of Utah School of Medicine/Department of Pediatrics: Native American Research Internship. Open to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) junior and senior undergraduate students. Deadline is February 23, 2018. For further information and to apply, please contact Scott H. Willie.
 Events
- HHS/OMH, Office of Minority
Health Resource Center (OMHRC) and the Northwest Portland Area Indian
Health Board (NPAIHB): Webinar. Healthy Native Youth: A One-Stop-Shop for
Culturally-Relevant Health Curricula. This webinar will explore trends in
health information-seeking by AI/AN teens and young adults, and will introduce
viewers to Healthy Native Youth, a one-stop-shop for
health advocates who want to expand learning opportunities for Native youth.
November 16, 2017, 1:00 pm ET. Register.
- Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for American Indian Health: Registration open for Water is
Life: Native American Leaders at the Forefront of Environmental Health. November 20, 2017 in Baltimore, MD. Register.
- HHS: Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month observance. Partnering Across
Nations and Generations: Supporting Healthy, Sustainable and Thriving Native
Communities. November 21, 2017, 10:00 am ET in Washington, DC. To watch live, please access HHS Live Streaming.
Resources
- Seattle Indian Health Board/Urban Indian Health Institute: New report. Urban Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit 2012-2016. This report summarizes trends in diabetes services and clinical outcomes among AI/AN patients at the 33 Urban Indian Health Programs participating in the Diabetes Audit. Learn more.
- HHS/NIH, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK): Interventional study. Therapeutic Targets in African-American Youth with Type 2 Diabetes. NIH researchers seek African American youth, ages 12-21 (parents/guardians must give consent for minors to participate), who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes less than 3 years ago. Study to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
- HHS/NIH, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Observational study. Studies of Blood Flow to the Brain During Thought. NIH researchers seek healthy adults aged 18 to 65 years. Study to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
Events
- HHS/Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP): Healthy People 2020 webinar. Who’s Leading the Leading Health Indicators? Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. November 16, 2017, 12:00 pm ET. Register.
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Resources
- El Centro de Educación de Trabajadores, in partnership with Pride for Youth, Circulo de la Hispanidad, and The Prevention Collaborative: Spanish-language resource. Amigos Y Amantes. This is an interactive online educational intervention about HIV prevention for at-risk Spanish speaking members of the Latinx community. It includes animated content, as well as Spanish language information sheets about HIV prevention, PrEP, testing, and linkage to care. Learn more.
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Capacity Building
- HHS/SAMHSA, Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS): Training. 2018 Capacity Building Opportunity. This is an intensive technical assistance opportunity for peer-run organizations, recovery community organizations, family-run organizations, and youth- and young adult-run organizations. Deadline is November 27, 2017. Learn more.
Resources
- HHS/Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH), in partnership with SAMHSA: New From
Coverage to Care guide. The Roadmap to Behavioral Health. This guide
offers important information about mental health and substance use disorder
services, finding a behavioral health provider, defining behavioral health
terms, receiving services, and following up on care. Learn more | Download the full guide (PDF).
Events
- HHS/HRSA: Rural Health Twitter Relay. Join HRSA, the National Health Service Corps, and OMH today November 15 at 3:00 pm ET, for a chat on Behavioral Health in Rural Communities and share information, best practices and resources. Participate in the chats by using #OurRural in your tweets.
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The Social Determinants of Health of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity, published for the Notah Begay III Foundation’s Native Strong: Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures Program, examines the root causes of obesity and type 2 diabetes in Native American children. In addition to reflecting on common factors such as the lack of access high quality food or safe places to exercise, the research framework also recognizes the effect of certain determinants on Native American populations, such as historical trauma and unstable living conditions. The report also explores gaps that generally occur in data collection. To view this title and find additional information, search our online catalog.
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