FYI: Weekly Health Resources for January 31, 2018

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January 31, 2018

National Minority Health Month 2018: Partnering for Health Equity

OMH Director Dr. Matthew Lin announces 2018 theme for National Minority Health Month

Partnering for Health Equity

In This Issue:

Funding

OMH

  • HHS/Office of Minority Health (OMH): Youth Health Equity Model of Practice (YHEMOP) Summer 2018 Health Equity Fellowship. As part of YHEMOP, OMH supports the placement of Health Equity Fellows to assist in meeting the needs of diverse organizations by completing short-term health equity projects.
    Deadline is February 19. Learn more.

  • HHS/OMH: National Lupus Training, Outreach, and Clinical Trial Education Program Grant.
    Deadline is March 30, 6:00 pm ET. Learn more.
    Technical Assistance webinar, February 7, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
    Evaluation Basics webinar, February 8, 3:00 pm ET. Register.

    Federal Grants

    • HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): Research on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to Prevent HIV in Health Disparity Populations (R01) Grant.
      Deadline is February 28. Learn more.

    • HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Minority AIDS: Integration of HIV-related Mental Health and Primary Care.
      Deadline is March 5. Learn more.

    • HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Capacity Building Program.
      Deadline is March 27. Learn more.

    • Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program.
      Deadline is April 17. Learn more.

    • HHS/NIH: Marijuana, Prescription Opioid, or Prescription Benzodiazepine Drug Use among Older Adults (R01) Grant.
      Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is May 5. Learn more.

    • HHS/NIH: Understanding Factors in Infancy and Early Childhood (Birth to 24 months) That Influence Obesity Development (R01) Grant.
      Deadline is June 5. Learn more.

    Scholarships / Fellowships / Internships / Mentoring

    • University of Utah/School of Medicine: Native American Research Internship. This is a 10-week, paid summer internship for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) junior or senior undergraduates interested in biomedical or health science research.
      Deadline is February 23. Learn more.

    • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Clinical Scholars Program 2018 Cohort. This is a leadership development opportunity for practitioners from diverse fields of health care who seek to tackle complex health problems in their communities.
      Deadline is March 14. Learn more. 

    Informational Webinars

    • HHS/HRSA, National Health Service Corps (NHSC), in collaboration with the Indian Health Service (IHS): 101 Webinar on IHS and the NHSC Scholarship and Loan Repayment Opportunities. Learn about eligible disciplines for health care providers interested in practicing in American Indian Health Facilities, award specifics, service commitments and more. February 6, 2:30 pm ET. Join.

    Webinars, Trainings and Conferences

    Webinars

    • The National Native Network, in collaboration with IHS: Cancer Risk Reduction in Indian Country webinar series. Nicotine Cessation Services Access Workgroup Introduction and Update.
      January 31, 3:00 pm ET. Register.

    • National Network for Oral Health Access: Webinar. Calories, Cavities, and Kids: The Role of Dental Professionals in Addressing Childhood Obesity.
      February 5, 2:00 pm ET. Register.

    Over 470,000 African Americans living with HIV. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, 7 February.
    • In observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), the Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC) will host a webinar, Fact or Fiction: Debunking HIV Myths in the Black Community. African Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. While African Americans only represent 12% of the population, they make up 44% of HIV diagnoses. This webinar will explore the facts and misconceptions about HIV/AIDS in the African American community and provide community health workers and public health professionals with an overview of the current challenges and evidence based solutions. February 6, 12:30 pm ET. Register.

      Training

      • HHS/OMH, OMHRC: University Vision, Design and Capacity (U-VDC) Technical Grant Writing Workshop. Learn to write winning grants for minority serving institutions of higher education and build sustainable partnerships to improve minority health. March 22-23 at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, LA. Register.

      University Vision, Design and Capacity (UVDC) grant writing workshop. Xavier University, New Orleans, March 22-23.

      Resources

      • HHS/NIH, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): Announcement of outreach stipends for Tribes and organizations serving AI/AN communities to have customized materials with Safe to Sleep Campaign messages printed by NICHD, utilizing the Healthy Native Babies Project Toolkit Disk. The Toolkit Disk allows individuals to design culturally appropriate and regionally specific materials with phrases translated into Native languages as well as photographs of Native families taken across the country. For further information, please contact largo@namsinc.org.

      • HHS/NIH: Call for ideas for the All of Us Research Program. NIH seeks ideas for important research questions that could be addressed by the All of Us program to inform future updates that would be of most benefit to participants, researchers, and the broader community. Submitted ideas will be considered at a Research Priorities Workshop in March 2018 and will help the program identify new features to add to support research across a range of health topics. Deadline is February 23. Learn more
      		NIH All of Us Research Program

      Job Opportunities

      OMHRC

      • AMTIS is recruiting for a FT Senior Media and Communications Specialist at the Office of Minority Health Resource Center in Rockville, MD. Open until filled. Apply. 

      @ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading

      OMHRC Knowledge Center: See our newest acquisitions
      • Communities in Action, subtitled Pathways to Health Equity, is a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report focuses on how an individual’s health is not only determined by their behaviors, but also by factors within their community such as unemployment, violence, poverty, and lack of safe, affordable housing. Moreover, the report shares past and present policies that have impacted community health and health inequity. In addition to focusing on what communities and their stakeholders can do to support health equity, Communities in Action also highlights programs that communities have successfully implemented. To view this title and find additional information, search our online catalog.