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December 26, 2018
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HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Training. National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED) Learn 2019. The goal of NNEDLearn is to develop NNED members' skills in evidence-supported and culturally appropriate mental illness and substance use prevention and treatment practices and to support practice implementation.
March 31-April 3, 2019 in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.
Deadline for application is January 7, 2019. Apply.
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Federal Grants
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HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Cooperative agreement. Increasing Influenza and Tdap Vaccination of Pregnant Women in Obstetric/Gynecologic Practices in Large Health Systems through Quality Improvement Interventions.
Deadline is January 29, 2019. Learn more.
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HHS/CDC: Cooperative agreement. Improving Detection and Management of Glaucoma and Other Eye Diseases Among High Risk Populations. Supports strategies to engage, detect, and manage glaucoma and other eye diseases among vulnerable populations, including African Americans over age 40, Asians, and older Hispanics.
Deadline is February 11, 2019. Learn more.
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US Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office on Violence Against Women (OVW): Grant. Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence and Stalking Program. Supports projects that address the unique challenges and barriers to assistance for sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in rural jurisdictions.
Deadline is February 14, 2019. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
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American Academy of Pediatrics: Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Planning and Implementation Grants and CATCH Resident Grants. Supports community-based child health initiatives developed by pediatricians, fellowship trainees, and pediatric residents.
Deadline is January 31, 2019. Learn more.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Health and Climate Solutions. Supports approaches that improve community health by addressing environmental determinants of health such as health systems, air quality, energy sources, transportation or mobility design, food and water systems, and housing.
Deadline for brief proposals is February 8, 2019. Learn more.
Webinars
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The Dibble Institute: What Do We Really Know About “The Cycle of Violence”? Research and Practical Implications. Join speaker Megan Haselschwerdt (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) for a discussion on what factors can increase or decrease adolescents' risk of dating violence.
January 9, 2019, 4:00 pm ET. Register.
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Government Printing Office (GPO)/Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP): Hepatitis C in Indian Country and Associated Indian Health Service Efforts. Join speakers Rick Haverkate (Indian Health Service), and Jessica Leston and Brigg Reilley (Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board) for a presentation on how the Indian Health Service is intervening and pro-actively working to screen and treat hepatitis C in American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
January 15, 2019, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
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HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Action Planning for the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Surveys. This webinar will highlight the SOPS Action Planning Tool, which can be used by hospitals, medical offices, nursing homes, community pharmacies, and ambulatory surgery centers to develop action plans to improve patient safety culture.
January 17, 2019, 12:00 pm ET. Register.
Conferences
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The National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) and the Hispanic Dental Association (HDA): Call for posters for the 2019 Hispanic Health Conference.
April 11-14, 2019 in Crystal City, VA. Register.
Deadline for posters is March 8, 2019. Learn more.
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United States National Sexual Health Conference: Call for abstracts for workshops, roundtables and poster sessions for the 2019 National Sexual Health Conference.
July 10-12, 2019 in Chicago, IL.
Deadline for abstracts is February 1, 2019. Learn more.
Capacity Building
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George Washington University Cancer Center: Together, Equitable, Accessible, Meaningful (TEAM) Training. The TEAM Training is a no-cost training program to help organizations that provide cancer care services to implement quality improvements to advance equitable, accessible and patient-centered cancer care.
Deadline is January 9, 2019. Register.
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Virginia Tech: Advancing Diversity Workshop 2019. This symposium will address topics such as advancing diversity within STEM academic disciplines and outreach to White men as full diversity partners.
January 15, 2019 in Blacksburg, VA. Register.
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The US Surgeon General has released an Advisory on E-cigarette Use Among Youth. The advisory calls on health care providers, family, and other stakeholders to take action to protect the health of our nation's young people. For further information and resources, please visit Know the Risks | Download the Surgeon General's full advisory (PDF).
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The HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) has created the All of Us Community Engagement Network to provide high quality health information to communities underrepresented in biomedical research. The program seeks to raise awareness of precision medicine and the importance of the NIH All of Us Research Program. Learn more.
The Business Case for Racial Equity: A Strategy for Growth report emphasizes the significance of working towards racial equity in terms of social justice, in addition to utilizing racial equity to contribute to economic growth. It describes the composition of the increasingly diverse workforce in the United States, along with five areas of opportunity for increasing success for minority groups: housing, education, health, criminal justice, and employment-entrepreneurship.
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