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It’s Black History Month, and We Have a Toolkit!
February
is Black History Month and American Heart Month. The Office of Minority Health (OMH) and the NPA are partnering to provide
resources, sample messages for social media, and graphics to help increase
awareness of Black History Month, childhood obesity, and the importance of
heart health. See and download the toolkit at http://bit.ly/2F5F055
Hashtags: #BlackHistoryMonth
#npa4health
NHLBI Heart Truth Program
The HHS/National
Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and OMH
recognize February as American Heart Month. Join NHLBI and its The Heart Truth program in encouraging everyone to move more and to #MoveWithHeart.
African
American History Month Luncheon
VA/Center for Minority
Veterans, in partnership with the Center
for Women Veterans and Women In
Military Service for America Memorial Foundation: Registration is open for the African American History Month Luncheon. The guest speaker will be Ms. Verna Jones, Executive
Director of the American Legion, Washington DC, National Headquarters. February 27, 11:30 am ET in
Arlington, VA. Register.
NPA-Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Partnership Announcement
This year, the NPA is partnering with RWJF to host six FIHET webinars featuring Culture of Health Prize winners. Each webinar will feature a different Culture of Health Prize
winner community with compelling stories of how local leaders and community
members together are transforming neighborhoods, schools, businesses, and more.
State and Local
Health Innovation Prize
The Milbank Memorial Fund and AcademyHealth have
developed the State
and Local Innovation Prize to both reward and draw attention to the
contributions state and local governments are making to improve health and
healthcare delivery. For more information, go to http://bit.ly/2Fg6xAI
2017 Annual
Review & Planning Sessions
Throughout Fall 2017, ARPS meetings were held in Baltimore, MD (Region
III); Tampa, FL (Region IV); Omaha, NE (Region VII), and Los Angeles (Region IX).
To see what the RHECs accomplished and are planning, as well as their regional
make-ups, visit http://www.npa-rhec.org/.
NPA Emerging Professionals
Internship Program (EPIP)
The NPA welcomes our new
Emerging Professionals (EPs)! These rising juniors and seniors are enrolled at
accredited colleges or universities and are interested in communications or
marketing as a career. This month, the EPs began working closely with a
Communications Specialist at Professional and Scientific Associates, Inc. (PSA)
and the RHEC Co-Chairs to establish, plan, and execute communications and
marketing goals for the NPA and the RHECs.
Follow Our New Handle and Hashtag
We have a new handle and hashtag for our social media. As we
continue to build the NPA brand, look for our Facebook and Twitter handle – @npa4health
– for the pages that cover the NPA across RHECs I-X. We will tag all our posts
moving forward with: #npa4health
The National Academy of Medicine discussion paper, A
Population Health Strategy for Diabetes: New Partners, New Opportunities,
examines complications that can occur from diabetes and ways in which the
disease can be controlled in the US population. To view this title and find
additional information, search our online catalog.
#npa4health
In a two-part series,
we interview US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Social
Science Analyst and FIHET Member Veronica Helms. In part 1, Ms. Helms discusses
collaborative research partnership across federal agencies and findings from a
report which presents an overview of the health characteristics of HUD-assisted
adults. In part 2, we interview Ms. Helms about the link between housing and
health. To read the blog post, go to http://bit.ly/2C1EPJu.
Did you
miss an NPA Blog post by an RHEC member? Find them in the recent announcements.
Check back soon!
Integrating
Health Equity into Funding Announcements
On February 20,
the Association
of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), with support from OMH, hosted Integrating
Health Equity into Funding Announcements, a webinar for public health professionals
involved in programming to advance health equity or in the grant-making
process. During the webinar, speakers provided
specific examples of how a state agency has incorporated health equity language
into funding announcements and will describe a new guide that ASTHO and OMH
developed for integrating health equity language into funding announcements.
HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) Law Enforcement
and Behavioral Health Partnerships for Early Diversion Grants
The purpose of this program is
to establish or expand programs that divert adults with a serious mental
illness or a co-occurring disorder from the criminal justice system to
community-based services prior to arrest and booking. Deadline is March 5. Learn
more.
HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Improving Student Health and Academic
Achievement through Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Management of Chronic
Conditions in Schools
Eligibility is limited
to state education agencies. Deadline is March 5. Learn
more.
HHS/SAMHSA: Treatment for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, Serious
Emotional Disturbance, or Co-Occurring Disorders Experiencing Homelessness
Deadline is March 9. Learn more.
From the @Knowledge Center: The book Heart-Sick, subtitled The
Politics of Risk, Inequality, and Heart Disease, studies disparities based
on class, race, and gender that impact the mortality rates of people with heart
disease. To view this title and find additional information, search
our online catalog.
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