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April 10, 2019
In This Issue:
Active & Healthy Tip of the Week
Parents: Your children need physical activity too!
Children should get 60 minutes each day of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity.
Join the Active & Healthy Challenge and download
shareable graphics!
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#ActiveandHealthyTuesdays
Join OMH and partners every Tuesday at 12 pm ET for an Active and Healthy Challenge activity. Follow along on social media using #ActiveandHealthyTuesdays!
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OMH Grants
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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.
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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.
Technical Assistance webinar, April 24, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
Federal Grants
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US Department of Labor (DOL)/Employment and Training Administration (ETA): Grant. Reentry Projects (RP-3) - Adults. This initiative intends to assist communities in planning and implementing reentry programs to help formerly incarcerated adults make successful transitions back to the community.
Deadline is April 25. Learn more.
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HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Research project grant. Reducing the Duration of Untreated Psychosis in the United States (R01 Clinical Trial Required). Supports research that tests practical, reproducible strategies for reducing the duration of untreated psychosis by eliminating bottlenecks or closing gaps in the pathway to Coordinated Specialty Care services.
Deadline is June 5. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): Solicitation. Development of Vaccines for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder. Funds the development of innovative and safe multivalent opioid vaccines that protect against heroin and fentanyl.
Deadline is September 18. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
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Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, in collaboration with the Laura and
John Arnold Foundation: Approaches to Reducing Consumption of Sugar. This initiative seeks to identify locally-supported policies that help reduce sugar consumption in the general population and build capacity for change at the policy level.
Deadline is May 1. Learn more.
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AIDS United: Syringe Access Fund - 2019 Off-Cycle Grants. Supports service providers and policy initiatives aimed at reducing the spread of HIV, hepatitis C, and other blood-borne pathogens among people who inject drugs and their sexual partners through expanded access to sterile syringes.
Deadline is June 14. Learn more.
Scholarships / Fellowships
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HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Nurse Corps Scholarship Program. Awards funds to students enrolled in a diploma, associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree nursing program in exchange for their commitment to serve in high-need, underserved communities.
Deadline is May 21. Learn more.
Technical Assistance webinar, April 18, 3:00 pm ET. Join.
Webinars
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Howard University College of Medicine/AETC Capitol Region Telehealth Project: MSI HIV/HCV Prevention Project webinar. Prescribing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention: A Guide for Medical Providers on College Campuses. Join presenter Orlando O. Harris (Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco) for the first in a series of CME webinars on HIV and hepatitis C prevention.
April 11, 12:00 pm ET. Register.
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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.
Capacity Building
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American Society of Hematology (ASH) Research Collaborative: Workshops. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Clinical Trials Network. This series of events is designed to get SCD researchers thinking about ways to increase community engagement and clinical trial participation.
April 13 in Chicago, IL. Register.
April 27 in Los Angeles, CA. Register.
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American Public Health Association (APHA): Training. Speak for Health: Climate Changes Health. This is a two-day bootcamp for public health students and early-career professionals on how to be an effective advocate for evidence-based public health policies.
July 15-16 in Washington, DC. Register.
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HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Active People, Healthy Nation. This initiative seeks to highlight the importance of physical activity in improving the health of all Americans. In order to meet a goal of 27 million Americans becoming physically active by 2027, the CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity has developed five action steps that encourage states and communities to use proven strategies to implement and scale up community programs to increase physical activity. Learn more.
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HHS/Office of Population Affairs (OPA): Vaccine Finder Widget. This tool makes it easier than ever to find the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in your community. The Vaccine Finder has nearly 3,000 Title X sites offering the HPV vaccine across the U. S. Download the widget and web badges at Vaccines.gov and help end HPV cancers by increasing HPV vaccination rates.
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- The Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) recognizes April 11-17 as Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW). This national observance is a week of awareness, activism, and community building that aims to amplify community-driven policy, research, and care solutions, and provide a national platform for Black-led entities and efforts on maternal health, birth and reproductive justice. Visit the BMMA website to download the BMHW social media toolkit and for a list of local events. Learn more.
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Opportunities for Public Comment
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Diverse Elders Coalition, in collaboration with the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging: Online survey. The Caregiving Community Survey. This mobile-friendly survey is for adults age 18 years and older who provide ongoing help without pay to a relative, partner, friend or neighbor who is age 55 years or older and needs assistance because of ongoing health problems or disabilities. The survey is available in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Deadline is May 10. Learn more.
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HHS/NIH: Phase 1 interventional study. Aerobic Exercise in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. NIH researchers seek women ages 21-80 years old who meet four of the 11 American College of Rheumatology criteria for the classification of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and are not physically active. Study to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Learn more.
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The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), in collaboration with the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine: Phase 1 clinical trial. In Utero Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Alpha-thalassemia Major. Researchers seek male or female fetuses from 18-25 weeks gestation with a diagnosis of alpha-thalassemia major for whom parents elect to pursue in utero transfusion (IUT), and are willing to undergo subsequent IUT for the remainder of gestation. Study to be conducted at UCSF in San Francisco, CA. Learn more.
Recruitment Fairs
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National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA): College Health Scholars Program Metro DC Area Pre-Health Conference & Recruitment Fair. This event is open to undergraduate students and pre-health advisors. Students will have the opportunity to network with other undergraduate students and more than 40 healthcare professional school recruiters.
April 13 in Crystal City, VA. Learn more.
In recognition of National Library Week, the Knowledge Center recommends The State of America's Libraries Report 2019, published annually by the American Library Association. The report examines issues and trends impacting academic, school, and public libraries, as well as social challenges affecting the nation at large. It features library programs designed to promote health literacy, or to address opioid use in their communities. It also reflects upon ways libraries can continue to promote their collections, spaces, and services in communities. View this document in the online catalog.
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The theme for National Library Week (April 7- 13, 2019) is Libraries = Strong Communities. In support of this initiative, the OMHRC Knowledge Center has developed a vast collection of materials on program development and community outreach in the fields of health disparities and public health services. To see what libraries are doing to help reduce health disparities in their communities, search the online catalog. |
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