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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Minority Health

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April 3, 2019

National Minority Health Month 2019: Active & Healthy

In This Issue:

FYI Spotlight

Active & Healthy Tip of the Week

Regular physical activity is one of the most important things people can do to improve their health.
Adults should get at least 150-300 minutes a week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

Join the Active & Healthy Challenge and download this sharable image to let others know you accepted the Challenge.

National Minority Health Month. We accepted the Active & Healthy Challenge! #ActiveandHealthy

Funding

OMH Grants

  • HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH): Grant. OMH Hepatitis B Demonstration Grant Program. OMH seeks to develop model comprehensive hepatitis B programs that include strategic partnerships between: community-based organizations servicing communities-at-risk; departments of health; perinatal hepatitis B programs; safety net providers; research centers; and healthcare facilities.
    Deadline is April 13. Learn more.

  • HHS/OASH: Grant. Youth Engagement in Sports: Collaboration to Improve Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition (YES Initiative). Support projects that address the HHS priority to expand youth participation in sports and encourage regular physical activity, especially for youth populations with lower rates of sports participation and communities with limited access to athletic facilities or recreational areas.
    Deadline is May 31. Learn more

Federal Grants

  • HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Cooperative agreement. Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country. Supports efforts by American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities to implement holistic and culturally-adapted approaches to reduce tobacco use, improve physical activity and nutrition, and increase health literacy.
    Deadline is May 15. Learn more.

  • HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH): Research project grant. Fundamental Science Research on Mind and Body Approaches (R01 Clinical Trial Optional). Supports research to investigate the fundamental science of mind and body approaches, including meditative exercise such as yoga, tai chi and qi gong. 
    Deadline is June 5. Learn more.

  • HHS/NIH, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): Research project grant. Diet and Physical Activity Assessment Methodology (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). Supports research to enhance the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity, including assessment tools for culturally diverse populations.  
    Deadline is June 5. Learn more.

  • HHS/NIH: Phased innovation award. Developing Interventions for Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (R21/R33 Clinical Trial Optional). Supports research aimed at developing multi-level physical activity intervention programs acting on at least two levels of the socioecological model and designed to increase health-enhancing physical activity.
    Deadline is June 16. Learn more.

Non-Federal Grants

  • Seva FoundationAddressing Unmet Vision Needs of Native Communities in the United States. Provides funding to primary eye care clinics, training to build local capacity and sustain eye service delivery, pediatric eye care and screening programs, and technology to leverage resources and extend the reach of eye care services. Eligibility is limited to organizations with established relationships and/or programs with AI/ANs. 
    Deadline for Letter of Intent is April 26. Learn more.

  • Daniel's Fund: Amateur Sports Grants. Supports youth sports and amateur sports competitions in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
    Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more

  • Modell's Sporting GoodsCommunity Sponsorship. Supports programs that make sports accessible to everyone and encourage kids to be more physically active. Eligibility is limited to communities where Modell's has a local retail presence.
    Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more.

Webinars and Other Events

Webinars

  • HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Hispanic Employee Resource GroupNew Perspectives to Advance Minority Health and Health Disparities Research. Join speaker Dr. Eliseo Perez-Stable (Director, NIH NIMHD) for this presentation
    to celebrate National Minority Health Month.
    April 11, 12:00 pm ET. Join.
     
FDA OMH Precision Medicine and Minority Health webinar, April 23, 1 pm ET
  • HHS/Food and Drug Administration, Office of Minority Health (FDA OMH)Precision Medicine and Minority Health. Join speaker Dr. Latrice Landry (Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School) for a lecture on the relationship between nature and nurture in health disparities and how health disparities research can be translated into clinical practice.
    April 23, 1:00 pm ET. Register.

Conferences

  • Asian American Mental Health Forum: Registration is open for the 10th Annual Conference, Recognizing Our Value: Forging Solutions to Combat Stigma and Internalized Racism. Participants will hear from expert presenters and have an opportunity to inform strategies and learn how best to serve culturally and linguistically diverse Asian populations, including immigrants, refugees, and the Asian LGBTQ community.
    May 18 in Malden, MA. Register.

Capacity Building

  • Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): Workshop. Grant Writers Coaching Group for NIH Awards. Part of the AAMC Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, this program is designed for minority faculty who are working on a K or R NIH grant proposal, to support critical writing skills and increase diversity in medicine.
    Deadline for application is April 11. Register.
    June 27 in Atlanta, GA

Resources

Go4Life logo
  • HHS/NIH, National Institute on Aging (NIA): National campaign. Go4Life. This is an exercise and physical activity campaign designed to help older adults fit exercise and physical activity into their daily life. Visit Go4Life for information, exercises, workout videos, publications, social media resources and more.

Move Your Way logo
  • HHS/Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP): National campaign. Move Your Way. Everyone needs physical activity to stay healthy. But it can be hard to find the time in your busy routine. The Move Your Way tools, videos, and fact sheets have tips that make it easier to get a little more active. Learn more.  

  • Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the International Association for Indigenous Aging: Communicating in Indian Country: Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain. This series of health communication materials have been developed to improve the quality, availability and accessibility of public health resources to address the connection between brain health and heart health. It including posters, flyers, a provider guide and radio public service announcements geared towards an AI/AN audience. Learn more.

Clinical Trials

  • Arizona State University, in collaboration with the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): Behavioral study. Smart Walk: A Physical Activity Program for African American Women. The purpose of this project is to test an 8-month, culturally relevant, Smartphone-delivered physical activity program to improve and maintain high physical levels and reduce cardiometabolic disease risk among obese, African American women age 24-49 years old. Study to be conducted in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more.

  • Washington University School of Medicine, in collaboration with the NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI): Behavioral study. Promoting Physical Activity in Rural Populations. Researchers seek adult volunteers age 18 years or older who are willing to complete a telephone survey at three time points. Study to be conducted at the Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Learn more.

@ The Knowledge Center - Recommended Reading

In recognition of National Minority Health Month, the Knowledge Center recommends the National Academy of Medicine’s discussion paper Chronic Disease Prevention: Tobacco, Physical Activity, and Nutrition for a Healthy Start: A Vital Direction for Health and Health Care. The authors explain how tobacco usage, inactivity, and unhealthy diets have contributed to people developing chronic diseases, which have affected how the medical system treats these diseases. Then, they examine existing programs that challenge the trends leading to chronic diseases, as well as other opportunities to create policies encouraging physical activity and healthier food choices in communities, worksites, schools, and medical centers.

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