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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, HIV Prevention Starts with Me: Ending the HIV Epidemic Together
The HHS Office of Women's Health (OWH) recognizes March 10 as National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in order to raise awareness about the need for all women, especially pregnant women, to be tested and treated for HIV.
For information and resources, please visit OWH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and HIV.gov.
Find an HIV testing site with GetTested.
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Funding |
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Walter A. Rosenblith New Investigator Award
This Health Effects Institute award supports research being conducted by junior investigators, at the Assistant Professor or equivalent level, on the health effects of air pollution.
Deadline is March 24.
Grants to Implement Zero Suicide in Health Systems
This HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant supports the implementation of suicide prevention and intervention programs for individuals who are 25 years of age or older.
Deadline is March 30.
Innovative Local Models to Provide Volunteer Non-Medical Assistance to Older Americans, Persons with Disabilities, and Family Caregivers
This grant is offered by the Oasis Institute's Community Care Corps, in cooperation with the Caregiver Action Network, the National Association for Area Agencies on Aging and Altarum.
Deadline is April 3, 5:00 pm ET.
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Integrated HIV Programs for Health Departments to Support Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States
This CDC cooperative agreement is open to state, city/township or county governments. It supports the use of data, tools and resources to reduce new HIV infections in the U.S. by 75% in 5 years.
Deadline is March 25.
APF Visionary Grants
This American Psychological Foundation (APF) grants program supports research, education and intervention projects and programs that use psychology to solve social problems.
Deadline is April 1.
Minority Research Grant Program
This HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) grant supports research that explores how CMS can better meet the health care needs of racial/ethnic and sexual/gender minorities, people with disabilities and rural populations.
Deadline is June 2.
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Webinars and Other Events |
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Intermittent Fasting and Time-Restricted Eating: Implications for Biomarkers, Body Composition, and Cancer Outcomes
This webinar is hosted by the HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI).
March 11, 1:00 pm ET.
Immigration, Trauma and Mental Health among Hispanic and Latinos: Clergy and Law Enforcement Working Together to Promote Healthy Communities
This symposium is hosted by the National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and Eastfield College.
March 27 in Dallas, Texas.
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Registration is open for NatCon20: Kaleidoscope
Hosted by the National Council for Behavioral Health.
April 5-7 in Austin, Texas.
Registration is open for the Tribal Public Health Conference 2020: Reclaiming Healthy Narratives in Indian Country
Hosted by 7th Generation and the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board.
April 14-16 in Durant, Okla.
Call for abstracts for the NMA 2020 Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly
Hosted by the National Medical Association (NMA).
August 1-5 in Atlanta, Ga.
Deadline for submissions is April 15.
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Call for Members: National Sickle Cell Advocacy Network
The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA) is recruiting interested individuals to serve on the National Sickle Cell Advocacy Network (NSCAN). NSCAN is a national network of patients, families, caregivers, clinicians, stakeholders and experts looking to advocate, educate and help people living with or who are affected by sickle cell disease.
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Publication: Long-Range Planning for Health, Equity and Prosperity: A Primer for Local Governments
Published by ChangeLab Solutions, this guide provides a preliminary framework for aligning health equity policies across local government departments and broad guidance on incorporating equity in long-range planning, community engagement, investment and evaluation processes. It addresses the impact of city, town, neighborhood and community space planning and development on public health and the social determinants of health, particularly for low-income racial/ethnic minorities.
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Workshop Proceedings: A Health Equity Approach to Obesity Efforts
This publication summarises the topics addressed during a workshop convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Roundtable on Obesity Solutions. The workshop explored the history of health equity issues in demographic groups that have an above-average risk for obesity, and considered principles and approaches for addressing these issues as part of obesity prevention and treatment efforts.
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Clinical Trials |
Social Media HIV Prevention Intervention for High Risk Rural Women
This behavioral study, sponsored by the University of Kentucky and the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), seeks female volunteers, age 18 years or older, to test an evidence-based HIV prevention program for recently incarcerated, high-risk and underserved rural women in Appalachia. Study to be conducted at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky.
A Reinforcement Intervention for Increasing HIV Testing among At-Risk Women
This behavioral study, sponsored by UConn Health and the NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), seeks case managers, medical/nursing clinicians or mental health/substance use therapists, age 18 years or older, who work with women at high risk for contracting HIV. It also seeks female, African American or Hispanic/Latina volunteers, age 18 years or older, with one or more high risk factors for HIV. Study to be conducted at UConn Health in Farmington, Conn.
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Social Determinants of Health Academy
This online training series, developed by the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, is intended for staff from health centers, health center controlled networks and primary care associations. It seeks to help staff develop, implement and sustain interventions related to the social determinants of health in their clinics and communities.
March 11-June 3, 2:00 pm ET.
Health Disparities Research Institute
The Health Disparities Research Institute, hosted by the NIH NIMHD, aims to support the research career development of promising early-career minority health and health disparities research scientists and to stimulate research in disciplines supported by health disparities science.
August 3-7 in Bethesda, Md.
Deadline for application is March 9, 5:00 pm ET.
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Knowledge Center |
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Recommended Reading
The Knowledge Center Library is highlighting new resources created by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to facilitate access to COVID-19 information. NLM has created a Coronavirus Disease 2019 webpage that includes preformatted searches to clinical trials, journal articles and resources from the DisasterLit database. In addition, the NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center has created a COVID-19 Health Information Guide, a toolkit with topical links to maps, publisher websites with free journal article collections, literature searches, social media links and multilingual consumer information.
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To read more about health considerations for minority groups during disease outbreaks, click here.
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