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Save the Date: Advancing the Response to COVID-19
The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) will host a virtual symposium on Thursday, September 17, 2020 to highlight state, Tribal, territorial and community-based efforts to address COVID-19 among racial and ethnic minority populations. The Advancing the Response to COVID-19: Sharing Promising Programs and Practices for Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities virtual symposium aims to support and disseminate promising practices, programs and strategies for combating COVID-19, especially in communities of color.
Stay up to date on the virtual symposium by signing up for OMH email updates and by visiting our webpage.
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July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
OMH recognizes July as National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month and encourages partners to join us in educating communities about the importance of mental healthcare and treatment especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For resources and materials, please visit the OMH website and the OMH Spanish website.
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COVID-19: Tribal Telehealth Mini-Grant
The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) will provide funds to American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes, Tribal organizations or inter-Tribal consortia to assist with building capacity and responding to COVID-19 telehealth services and needs.
Deadline is July 21.
Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
The William T. Grant Foundation supports studies of programs, policies or practices that seek to reduce inequality in the behavioral, social and other outcomes of minority youth ages 5-25.
Deadline for Letter of Intent is August 4, 3:00 pm ET.
Dental Preventive Clinical Support Program
The HHS Indian Health Service (IHS) will provide support, guidance, training and enhancement of IHS/Tribal/Urban dental programs.
Deadline is September 21.
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Kids Run the Nation Grant Fund
The Road Runners Club of America supports running clubs, schools and community nonprofits interested in implementing or currently hosting youth running programs.
Deadline is August 1.
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
The HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports surveillance of postpartum women, surveillance on emerging issues related to maternal and child health and the collection of maternal and infant health data.
Deadline is August 11.
Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities
This is a Notice of Special Interest from six HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes, including the NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD).
Next Parent R01 deadline is October 5.
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Webinars and Other Events |
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Taking on the "Perfect Storm": Faith-based Organizations and Partnerships Address Critical Behavioral Health Needs in Communities of Color
Webinar hosted by the National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health.
July 16, 3:00 pm ET.
HHS Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Latinos: Programs for the Most Vulnerable – Heart and Lung Disease
Congressional briefing hosted by the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA).
July 29, 1:00 pm ET.
All of Us Research Program Fireside Chat Series
The NHMA and All of Us Research Program Twitter chat series will discuss diversity in clinical trials and how the All of Us program can benefit the Hispanic/Latinx population.
Session 1, July 30, 3:00 pm ET.
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Project Firstline – Infection Prevention and Control Listening Sessions
The NIHB and the CDC seek feedback from frontline Tribal healthcare workers on what types of infection prevention and control trainings would be most useful to them.
July 22, 2:00 pm ET and July 29, 1:00 pm ET.
Managing Ongoing Surges – Lessons from the Front Lines
The American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) webinar series, COVID-19 Conversations, explores the state of the science surrounding COVID-19 and focuses on the emerging evidence on how to best mitigate its impact.
July 29, 5:00 pm ET.
Registration is open for USCHA
Hosted by NMAC. The 2020 virtual U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA) will be free for the first 4,000 community/non-profit registrants.
October 19-21, Virtual.
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Resources: COVID-19
Resources: Mental Health
The HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published a handbook, Creating a Healthier Life: A Step-By-Step Guide to Wellness, that defines wellness and presents its eight dimensions: social, environmental, physical, emotional, spiritual, occupational, intellectual and financial. The handbook is available in English and Spanish.
Mental Health America has released a report on state-by-state mental health needs, access to care and outcomes among adults and youths: The State Of Mental Health In America.
The American Psychological Association has created a fact sheet on Bullying and Victimization and Asian-American Students.
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Fact Sheet: Creating The Healthiest Nation: Advancing Health Equity
The American Public Health Association has published a fact sheet that offers public health and health care professionals guidance on addressing the social determinants of health, such as employment, income, housing, transportation, child care, education, discrimination and the quality of the built environment, in their work.
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Clinical Trials |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety in Children with Autism
This behavioral study, sponsored by Yale University and the NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), seeks volunteers age 8-14 years old who have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, anxiety disorder or a clinically significant level of anxiety. Study to be conducted at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, Conn.
The PRIDE Study
This longitudinal, precision medicine study, sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco, seeks LGBTQ+ individuals for an online study on physical, mental and social health.
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Hypertension Control Change Package, 2nd Edition
The CDC Million Hearts® initiative's Hypertension Control Change Package (HCCP), originally published in 2015, presents a listing of process improvements that outpatient clinical settings can implement as they seek optimal hypertension control. The HCCP is composed of change concepts, change ideas and evidence- or practice based-tools and resources.
Telemedicine Hack: A 10-week Learning Community to Accelerate Telemedicine Implementation for Ambulatory Providers
Although telemedicine use has grown exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic, many ambulatory providers still lack the knowledge and skills needed to implement video-based telemedicine into their practices. To support wide adoption of telemedicine, the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response is partnering with the ECHO Institute at the University of New Mexico and the Public Health Foundation's TRAIN Learning Network to deliver a free, 10-week, virtual peer-to-peer learning community called Telemedicine Hack.
July 22 - September 23, Virtual.
AAMC Collaborative for Health Equity: Act, Research, Generate Evidence (CHARGE)
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is currently requesting research proposals for access to national, multi-year data from the AAMC Consumer Survey of Health Care Access. AAMC will support studies that fit within the core mission of AAMC's Collaborative for Health Equity: Act, Research, Generate Evidence (CHARGE). AAMC CHARGE cultivates the health equity community by advancing collaborative research, policy and programmatic solutions to health and health care inequities.
Deadline for application is July 24.
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Recommended Reading
Taking Care of Your Behavioral Health: Tips for Social Distancing, Quarantine, and Isolation During an Infectious Disease Outbreak is a fact sheet issued by SAMHSA. It explains the concepts of social distancing, quarantine, and isolation in the event of an infectious disease outbreak and discusses resources and ways to cope and support oneself during such an experience.
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