FYI: Weekly Health Resources for November 21, 2018

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November 21, 2018

Native American Heritage Month 2018

In This Issue:

FYI Spotlight

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  • HHS/Office of Minority Health (OMH): The OMH Youth Health Equity Model of Practice (YHEMOP) Summer 2019 Placement Site Application is now available! The YHEMOP program provides short-term health equity fellowships to students enrolled in higher education studies. If you are an organization interested in hosting a fellow in the summer of 2019, please email OMHYHEMOP@atlasresearch.us or see below. 
    Deadline is December 7. Learn more
    Technical Assistance webinar, November 28, 3:00 pm ET. Register

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  • HHS/US Food and Drug Administration, Office of Minority Health (FDA OMH): Health Equity lecture series. The Impact of Commercial Tobacco on Tribal Communities: A Report Card. In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, FDA OMH is organizing a webinar looking at the public health impact of commercial tobacco use.
    November 29, 1:00 pm ET. Register.

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  • HHS/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)2019 CMS Health Equity
    Award. This award recognizes organizations that are actively working to reduce disparities in health care quality, access, or outcomes for a priority population, including: racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, sexual and gender minorities or individuals living in rural areas.
    Deadline is December 7. Learn more.

Funding

Federal Grants

  • HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Planning Cooperative Agreement.
    Deadline is January 15, 2019. Learn more.
    Technical Assistance webinar, December 7, 2:00 pm ET. Join.

  • HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Surveillance for Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Other Viral Respiratory Infections Among Native Americans/Alaska Natives Cooperative Agreement.
    Deadline is February 1, 2019. Learn more.

  • HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR): Strategies to Provide Culturally Tailored Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Seriously Ill American Indian/Alaska Native Individuals (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant.
    Deadline is February 16, 2019. Learn more.

Non-Federal Grants

  • American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Warren H. Pearse Women's Health Policy Research Award. Supports research that explores an aspect of healthcare policy that assists, defines or restricts the ability of a physician to deliver health care to women in either the general population or a specific area.
    Deadline is December 15. Learn more

  • Virginia Health Care FoundationHealth Safety Net Grants. Supports free clinics, community health centers, and other organizations that increase access to primary care for uninsured Virginians and those who live in areas with limited access to care.
    Deadline is January 18, 2019. Learn more.

  • National Indian Health BoardCommunity Changemaker Grants. Provides small amounts of money that can help supercharge a youth-led health event. Eligibility is limited to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth age 14-24 years old.
    Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more.

Scholarships / Fellowships

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthBloomberg American Health Initiative 2019 Fellows. Awards scholarships to earn an MPH or DrPH degree in one of five focus areas: addiction and overdose, environmental challenges, obesity and the food system, adolescent health, and violence.
    Deadline is December 1. Learn more.

  • Burroughs Wellcome FundPostdoctoral Enrichment Program. Supports career-development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada.
    Deadline is January 16, 2019. Learn more.

  • Udall Foundation, in partnership with the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy: Native American Congressional Internship. Provides AI/AN students with the opportunity to gain practical experience with the federal legislative process in order to understand first-hand the government-to-government relationship between Tribes and the federal government.
    Deadline is January 31, 2019. Learn more

Loan Repayment

  • HHS/HRSA, National Health Service Corps (NHSC)Students to Service Loan Repayment Program. Provides loan repayment assistance to students while in their last year of medical or dental school in return for a commitment to provide primary health services in eligible communities of need designated as health professional shortage areas.
    Deadline is December 20. Learn more
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Webinars and Other Events

Webinars

  • US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/Office of Research and Development, and the Office of Water: Small Systems monthly webinar series. Tribal and Very Small Systems. This webinar will feature a presentation on the National Tribal Water Center and its partnerships with AI/AN Tribes, as well as a presentation on low-cost treatment technologies for small rural water systems in Puerto Rico.
    November 27, 2:00 pm ET. Register.   

  • National Black Women’s HIV/AIDS Network: SYNChronicity 2019 webinar series. Toward Intersectionality and Resilience in Addressing HIV/AIDS Disparities among Black Women. Join speaker Dr. Michele Andrasik, Director of Social Behavioral Sciences and Community Engagement at the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, for an exploration of how the intersection of multiple devalued social identities places Black women and girls at increased risk for HIV.
    November 28, 11:00 am ETRegister.
     
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  • Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE): The Healthy Brain Initiative: Improving Dementia Outcomes for African American and Asian American Pacific Islander Populations. Webinar participants will learn about health education and health promotion initiatives that implement the CDC's Healthy Brain Initiative 2018-2023 Road Map actions and aim to improve outcomes among African Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and AI/ANs.
    December 7, 12:30 pm ET. Register.

Conferences

  • AcademyHealth: Registration is open for the 2019 National Health Policy Conference. This event brings together policy experts, advocates, consumers, patients and researchers to share the latest evidence and discuss the most critical issues and immediate policy priorities in United States health care.
    February 4-5, 2019 in Washington, DC. Learn more.
    Deadline for Early Bird registration is December 3. Register.

  • Southern Plains Tribal Health Board and the 7th Generation Conference: Registration is open for the Tribal Public Health Conference 2019, Strength in Community, Power in Connection.
    April 9-11, 2019 in Tulsa, OK. Register

Resources

Investing in STD Prevention: Making the Case for Your Jurisdiction sample template
  • Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the National Coalition of STD Directors: Customizable factsheet. Investing in STD Prevention: Making the Case for Your Jurisdiction. This factsheet can be used to present outputs from CDC's STD Prevention Allocation Consequences Estimator in an accessible format that can be customized with an organization's logo and local data to describe the health impacts of STD program budget changes in a particular jurisdiction. Learn more

Clinical Trials

  • The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in collaboration with the NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the University of Southern California: Observational study. Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Phenotypes: Neuropsychology and Neural Networks (EOAD-Subtype). Researchers seek volunteers age 40-85 years old who meet criteria for AD, typical amnestic AD, variant phenotypes of early-onset AD or mild-moderate dementia severity. Study to be conducted at the UCLA Department of Neurology in Los Angeles, CA. Learn more.

  • Oak Crest Institute of Science, in collaboration with the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Miriam Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, UCLA, University of California, San Diego, Vanderbilt University and the University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonPrEP-Pod-IVR (TDF-FTC/Placebo IVR 28 Day Crossover Study) (PrEP-Pod-IVR). Researchers seek healthy female volunteers age 18-45 years old for a 28-day assessment period of an HIV prevention treatment. Study to be conducted at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. Learn more

@ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading

Sex Trafficking in Indian Country: Victim/Survivor Resource Book is a directory of information about the sex trafficking epidemic in American Indians/Alaska Native communities. It covers issues such as domestic violence and other risk factors, as well as legal and nonlegal needs of victims/survivors. Additionally, the book contains a substantial appendix of services for trafficking victims/survivors that are available in several states.

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