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August is National Immunization Awareness Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
(NIAM) is an annual observance in August designed to highlight the importance
of immunizations. Read Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Girior’s post
on the importance of immunizations.
August is National Breastfeeding Month
The New Mexico Department of Health’s San Miguel County
Women, Infants, Children (WIC) program will host its annual World Breastfeeding
Celebration on Friday, August 24, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm. This event will be held at
the San Miguel Public
Health Office, 18 Gallegos Road, Las Vegas, NM.
NPA-hosted Webinars Continue to Gain Momentum
The National Hispanic Medical
Association (NHMA) and the NPA hosted Workforce Diversity for Health Equity, a
one-hour webinar on diversifying the workforce for health equity,
on August 16. The webinar had 590 registrants and 189 attendees. Since 2014, the NPA has been producing successful webinars.
Recent data show that the number of NPA-hosted health equity webinars is growing
and that there has been a significant increase in the number of participants
who join in over the course of each year.
Update on the NPA Emerging
Professionals
The NPA’s Summer 2018 Emerging
Professionals (EPs) ended their tenure in mid-August. The EPs did an
outstanding job working with the RHECs and the NPA caucuses. They served as
support to the RHECs on their social media and other communications tasks, and
they helped further the outreach with other influencers in the field. Stay
tuned for news on the EPs.
New Report on Suicide
A new report from
CDC shows that suicide rates
are rising across the US and issues a call to action to prevent suicide and
help those at risk.
NPA Blog Post: American Indian/Alaska Native Mental Health
Disparities
In Culturally
Appropriate Mental Health Care to Address American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN)
Mental Health Disparities, Sean A. Bear, BA, CADC, University of Iowa National
American Indian and Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center Co-Director
and AI/AN Caucus member, discusses the greater risk non-Hispanic American
Indian and Native American (AI/AN) adults and children have over all other
racial groups of experiencing poor mental health outcomes and unmet medical and
mental healthcare needs. For instance, suicide rates for
AI/AN adults and youth are higher than the national average.
NPA Blog Post: Mental Health
Disparities Among Communities of Color
As part of the commemoration
of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, NPA partner SAMHSA Office of
Behavioral Health Equity Senior Public Health Analyst Roslyn Holliday Moore and
OMH Division of Policy and Data Public Health Advisor Juliet Bui posted Mental Health Awareness Among Communities of
Color: A Cornerstone of Health and Wellness. Ms.
Moore and Ms. Bui discuss mental health disparities among racial and
ethnic minorities, and policies and strategies at the federal, state, and
community levels to address such disparities.
NPA Blog Post: Collaborative Health Equity Efforts
in Region VII
The Heartland
Regional Health Equity Council (RHEC VII) recently signed a
memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Region VII Midwestern Public
Health Training Center (Region VII MPHTC)to advance health
equity across the region. In a new
blog post, we interview RHEC VII’s Partnership Committee
Co-chair Janelle Ali-Dinar, PhD about the committee and the MOU. She discusses
why and how this partnership was developed and what the partners hope to
achieve.
National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) Funding Opportunities and Technical Assistance Webinar
ASD Services Research announces the release of two new funding
opportunities to support experienced investigators seeking to redirect or
expand their research programs to address autism services research for adults
and transition-age youth
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Systems for Action (S4A): Systems and Services Research for a Culture
of Health
Studies conducted through the S4A program test
mechanisms for aligning the delivery and financing systems for medical, social,
and public health services with a focus on estimating their impact on health
and health equity. Deadline for Letters of Intent (LOI) is September
12. Learn more.
American Psychological Foundation: Drs. Rosalee G. and Raymond A. Weiss Research and
Program Innovation Grants
These grants support research, education, and
intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social
problems. Application deadline is September 15.
Learn more.
National Academy for State Health Policy
The State Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for People
Living with HIV toolkit is now
available. Supported through a cooperative agreement with HRSA, this
toolkit is intended provide state officials with the tools and
resources—including issue briefs, webinars, and presentations—they need to
improve rates of sustained virologic suppression. Learn more.
Clinical Research: NIH ‘All of Us’
Study
The All of Us
Research Program is taking its show on the road all summer. Check to see if it
is coming to your city. Learn how to enroll here and here.
Duke University School of Nursing: Online randomized intervention study: The
TICAA Study
Funded by the NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI),
the purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of the technology-based information
and coaching/support program for Asian American breast cancer survivors (TICAA)
in enhancing the women's breast cancer survivorship experience. Duke
researchers seek Asian American women, 21 years or older, living with
breast cancer. Learn more. #npa4health
Community Health Workers
The Community Preventive Services Task
Force (CPSTF) recommends interventions
that engage community
health workers to prevent cardiovascular disease or to
prevent and control diabetes. In addition to improving health and saving money,
these interventions can be used to improve health and enhance health equity.
CDC has issued resources and information on the work of community health workers.
Read them here.
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