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Happy New Year 2021 from OMH!
The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) wishes everyone a happy and healthy New Year 2021!
We look forward to continuing to work with our partners in addressing health disparities and achieving health equity for all in 2021 and beyond.
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Making it Plain: What Black America Needs to Know about COVID-19 Vaccines Town Hall
Join the Black Coalition Against COVID-19 and speakers from leading Black/African American health, faith and social organizations for a town hall conversation that addresses questions and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine. Speakers will include OMH's RADM Felicia Collins, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, Dr. Leon McDougle of the National Medical Association and more.
January 7, 7:00 pm ET.
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Funding |
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Approaches to Decrease Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
Small Business Technology Transfer grant from the HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is January 26.
Pueblo Indian COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funding
American Indian (Pueblo) health grant from the Chamiza Foundation.
Deadline is February 12 and May 7.
Improving Health Disparities in Alcohol Health Services
Research grant from the NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
Deadline for LOI is February 15.
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Clif Bar Small Grants Program
Nutrition, physical activity and environmental health grants from the Clif Bar Family Foundation.
Deadline is February 1.
National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative - Category III
Mental health grant from the HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Deadline is February 12.
NHLBI Hope for Sickle Cell Disease Challenge
Funding from the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
Deadline for registration is February 26.
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Webinars and Other Events |
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Rural and Urban Overdose Prevention Strategies
Webinar hosted by the Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC).
January 7, 11:00 am ET.
Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality
Meeting hosted by the HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
January 25-26, 11:00 am ET.
Community-Led Initiatives for Population Health Improvement
Workshop hosted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
January 28-29, 11:00 am ET.
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Race, Health Disparities and
How We Report Them
Webinar hosted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's Levi Library.
February 9, 3:00 pm ET.
Registration is open for the 2021 Digital Lupus Advocacy Summit
Hosted by the Lupus Foundation of America.
March 2-4, Virtual.
Call for poster presentations for the NHMA 2021 Conference
Conference hosted by the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA).
March 17-20, Virtual.
Deadline is February 26.
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Resources |
Resources: COVID-19
Report: Surgeon General's Call to Action to Control Hypertension
The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Control Hypertension seeks to avert the negative health effects of hypertension by identifying evidence-based interventions that can be implemented, adapted, and expanded in diverse settings across the United States. The Call to Action outlines three goals to improve hypertension control: making hypertension control a national priority, ensuring that the places where people live, learn, work and play support hypertension control, and optimizing patient care for hypertension.
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Publication: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025
Published by the HHS and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 provides advice on what to eat and drink to meet nutrient needs, promote health, and help prevent chronic disease. This edition of the Dietary Guidelines is the first to provide guidance for healthy dietary patterns by life stage, from birth through older adulthood, including women who are pregnant and lactating. A summary of the Guidelines is available in English and Spanish.
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Clinical Trials |
Black Men's Care, an Intervention to Re-Engage HIV+ Black Men in Care (BMC Study)
This behavioral study, sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), seeks Black/African American men who have sex with men, age 18 years or older, living with HIV. The study is to be conducted at UCSF in San Francisco, CA.
Diabetes Nutrition Education for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
This behavioral study, sponsored by the University of Colorado, Denver, seeks American Indians/Alaska Natives, age 18 years or older, with a current diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study is to be conducted at the Lakeport Tribal Health Consortium in Lakeport, CA and the Indian Health Care Resource Center of Tulsa, OK.
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Workforce Development |
Call for Nominations: NIH Tribal Advisory Committee
The NIH Tribal Advisory Committee currently has vacancies for membership and is soliciting nominations to serve on this committee for the following areas: Albuquerque Area (Delegate and Alternate), Billings Area (Delegate and Alternate), California Area (Alternate), Navajo Area (Delegate and Alternate), Oklahoma Area (Delegate and Alternate) and National At-Large Members (four Delegates and four Alternates).
Deadline is January 15.
Scholarship: Center for American Indian Health Summer Institute
The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health (CAIH) provides financial support for American Indian and Alaska Native scholars, health leaders, and health professionals and paraprofessionals serving tribal communities, who are interested in attending CAIH’s Summer Institute (July 2021) courses at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Deadline is May 1.
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Knowledge Center |
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Recommended Reading
The 2019/2020 Prevention Resource Guide is a comprehensive document produced annually by the HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF). It provides guidance for families and organizations to help prevent child abuse and neglect. The Resource Guide includes a collection of tip sheets in English and Spanish, along with a directory of organizations offering supportive services.
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To read this publication search the online library catalog here.
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