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May 29, 2019
In This Issue:
The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) will host a Twitter chat today, May 29, 2 pm ET to recognize Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The chat will focus on diabetes health disparities in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community and the impact an active and healthy lifestyle can have on health outcomes. Use #AAPIHealthChat to participate.
Federal Grants
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HHS/Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE): Grant. Family Strengthening Scholars. Supports dissertation research on healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood policy. It is intended to address issues of significance to inform policy decisions and solutions, particularly for underserved populations such as low-income families and minority populations.
Deadline for Letters of Intent is June 10. Learn more.
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U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)/Federal Transit Administration (FTA): Grant. Bus and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Program. Provides assistance to finance buses and bus facilities capital projects, including replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing, or leasing buses or bus-related facilities. Eligibility is limited to state, county, city/township and federally recognized Tribal governments.
Deadline is June 21. Learn more.
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HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Grant. Health Center Program Service Area Competition. Provides grants to health centers that offer comprehensive primary healthcare services to an underserved area or population. Eligibility is limited to areas with a January 1, 2020 project period start date.
Deadline is July 15. Learn more.
Non-Federal Grants
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Colorado Health Foundation: Supporting Healthy Minds and Youth Resiliency. Eligible applicants include Colorado-based community-based organizations or public agencies that engage youth in safe, supportive and culturally responsive environments that work to enhance social-emotional skills.
Deadline is June 15. Learn more.
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Pride Foundation: Community Grants Program. Supports community organizations that are working to improve the lives and address the needs of LGBTQ youth, adults and families in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington state.
Deadline is June 28. Learn more.
Scholarships / Fellowships
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Weingart Foundation: John W. Mack Movement Building Fellows Program. Selected fellows will receive leadership development training, peer learning and coaching support. Eligibility is limited to individuals employed at Los Angeles County nonprofit organizations involved in social justice and racial equity campaigns.
Deadline is June 17, 5:00 pm ET. Learn more.
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Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF): KASF Scholarship. Eligible candidates include Korean American students and, in select regions, descendants of American veterans that served during the Korean War.
Deadline is June 30. Learn more.
Challenges
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Catalyst @ Health 2.0: Social Determinants of Health Innovation Challenge - Phase I. This challenge invites submissions of digital technology solutions to help providers and/or patients connect to services related to social determinants of health.
Deadline is June 7. Learn more.
Webinars
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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), in partnership with the HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP):
ASTHOConnects: Healthy People 2020 & 2030 Conversation and Cup of Joe. During this webinar, ODPHP will discuss national priorities and objectives, and Iowa and the District of Columbia will share their experiences and lessons learned incorporating the Healthy People 2020 goals and objectives into their health agency's efforts.
June 4, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
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Center for Health Care Strategies and ACEs Connection: Integrating a Trauma-Informed Approach into Substance Use Disorder Treatment. This webinar will highlight how two providers have incorporated a trauma-informed approach to care into their day-to-day practices for treating substance use disorder, and how doing so has shaped the experiences of their patients and staff.
June 4, 2:00 pm ET. Register.
Conferences
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Native Pride: Registration is open for the Native HOPE 3-Day Training Conference. Training topics include depression, suicide prevention and related risk factors, substance abuse, violence prevention and coping with stress and trauma.
June 3-5 in Albuquerque, NM. Register.
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Primary Care Development Corporation: Registration is open for the Primary Care Summit, Closing the Behavioral Health Integration Gap. This summit will feature discussions on federal, state and local strategies for integrating primary care into behavioral health settings.
June 12 in New York, NY. Register.
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Prevent Blindness: Registration is open for the 8th Annual Focus On Eye Health National Summit, A Lifetime of Vision. This summit will feature discussions around health policy, surveillance, health promotion and state/community programs, which impact vision and eye health at different points of a person's lifetime.
July 17 in Washington, DC. Register.
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Sickle Cell Disease Association of America: Call for abstracts for the 47th Annual National Convention.
October 9-12 in Baltimore, MD. Register.
Deadline for abstracts is June 3. Learn more.
Other Events
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National Academy of Medicine (NAM): Twitter chat. The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Education, Research, and Practice. NAM seeks insights on how to advance the profession of nursing to help create a culture of health, promote health equity and improve the health and well-being of the U.S. population in the 21st century. Use #Nursing2030Chat1.
May 30, 3:00 pm ET. Learn more.
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Center for Strategic and International Studies/Global Health Policy Center: Registration is open for HIV/AIDS in the United States: The Road to 2030. Join CSIS for a discussion with Dr. Anthony S. Fauci (Director, NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and Dr. Robert R. Redfield (Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) on the "Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for the United States" strategy.
June 4 in Washington, DC and via webcast. Register.
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RWJF and New York University Langone Health: City Health Dashboard. This resource features 37 measures of health, the factors that shape health and drivers of health equity for the 500 largest U.S. cities. This data helps local leaders develop a clearer picture of the challenges facing their communities and how to address them. Learn more.
Publications
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National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine: New report. The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth. This report examines the neurobiological and socio-behavioral science of adolescent development and outlines how this knowledge can be applied, both to promote adolescent well-being, resilience and development, and to rectify structural barriers and inequalities in opportunity. Learn more.
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Opportunities for Public Comments
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Data Across Sectors for Health, in partnership with All In: Data for Community Health: Call for participation in the 2019 National Inventory of Data Sharing Collaborations for Health survey. Contributions will inform a national analysis of community partnerships that are systematically sharing data across sectors to drive population health improvement. The results will highlight opportunities to advance a common agenda that can help support and expand this crucial work. Learn more.
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U.S. Department of veterans Affairs (VA)/Office of Research and Development: Behavioral study. A Novel Strategy to Decrease Fall Incidence Post-Stroke. Researchers seek veterans age 18-85 years old with a diagnosis of unilateral stroke for a study on a new treatment approach, backward walking training. Study to be conducted at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System in Gainesville, FL. Learn more.
The book Contemporary Clinical Practice with Asian Immigrants: A Relational Framework with Culturally Responsive Approaches presents models for evaluating help-seeking behaviors and applying cultural competence to such models. It explores population demographics of Asian immigrants in countries around the globe, in addition to covering several topics in behavioral health, including family dynamics and suicide interventions.
To view this title or request additional information, search the online catalog.
To find out more about how to use the HHS Office of Minority Health Knowledge Center Online Library, watch this video. |
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