FYI: Weekly Health Resources for January 26, 2022

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Free N95 Masks Available for Pick Up at Local Pharmacies and Community Health Centers

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Wearing a mask is a critical way to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Masks and respirators, when worn consistently and correctly, are effective at reducing the transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. The Biden Administration is making available 400 million N95 masks from the Strategic National Stockpile for free to the public.

Free N95 masks are available to pick up at local pharmacies and community health center sites across the country. Every person is allowed up to 3 free masks pending availability.

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Order Your Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests at COVIDtests.gov

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Everyone can now order free, at-home rapid COVID-19 tests via COVIDtests.gov. Residential households in the U.S. can order one set of four free tests from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

  • Limit of one order per residential address
  • One order includes four individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests
  • Orders will ship free starting in late January

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Funding

Domestic Violence Prevention Program: Tribal

Grant for Tribal governments and organizations from the Indian Health Service (IHS).
Deadline is February 2.  

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Mental Health Services:
Western North Carolina

Mental health and substance use grant from
the Evergreen Foundation
Deadline is February 9, by 5:00 p.m. ET

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Evaluation of Approaches for Community Violence Prevention

Cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Deadline is March 22, by 5:00 p.m. ET.

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Health Disparities Research Grant: Emergency Services

Health care access grant from the
Emergency Medicine Foundation.
Deadline is February 4.  

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APF Trauma Psychology Grant

Mental health research grant from the
American Psychological Foundation (APF).
Deadline is February 15.  

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Catalyst for Infant Health Equity

Infant mortality cooperative agreement from
the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Deadline is April 19

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Webinars and Other Events

COVID-19 Vaccine Webinar for Families of Children Ages 5-11

Spanish-language webinar hosted by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
TODAY, January 26, at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Register

Tribal Health Department Roundtable: COVID-19 Vaccines

Health communication webinar hosted by the
National Indian Health Board.
January 27, at 3:00 p.m. ET

Register

Improving Diabetes Health Outcomes via Cultural Literacy

Cultural competence webinar hosted by the
National Center for Farmworker Health.
February 2, at 3:00 p.m. ET

Register

Monitoring Spanish Language Misinformation: COVID-19

Webinar hosted by Partnering for Vaccine Equity and Project VCTR.
January 27, at 3:00 p.m. ET.

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Connecting with Disengaged Youth: Educator Vulnerability

Webinar hosted by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center.
January 27, at 3:00 p.m. ET

Register

Increasing Awareness of the Link Between Alcohol and Cancer

Behavioral Research Program webinar hosted
by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
February 9, at 12:00 p.m. ET.

Register

Resources

Resources: COVID-19

Wear a mask with the best fit, protection, and comfort for you. Image shows an N95 respirator mask as one option.

All masks help prevent the spread of COVID-19 when worn consistently and correctly. Choose a mask with the best fit, protection, and comfort for you.

The CDC recommends you wear the most protective mask you can and that it fits well over your nose, mouth, and chin.

Download instructions in English (PDF). 

Download instructions in Spanish (PDF). 

View the recorded version of Keeping the Circle Strong: We Can Do This Indian Country, a town hall hosted by Native Roots Radio and the We Can Do This Campaign in which Tribal leadership, community advocates, and health experts spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic in Indian Country and the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. 

2021 America's Health Rankings Health Disparities Report

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The inaugural America's Health Rankings Health Disparities Report, published by the United Health Foundation, provides a portrait of the breadth, depth, and persistence of health disparities across the nation. The report analyzes 30 measures of health from publicly available data sources. It examines four determinants of health: social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care and behaviors, and health outcomes.

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Support to Prevent Violence in Native Communities: Domestic Violence Awareness Public Service Announcements

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In partnership with IHS and the CDC, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Administration for Native Americans (ANA) has developed a Domestic Violence Awareness Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign to help mitigate the disproportionate level of violence experienced by American Indians/Alaska Natives. The campaign includes six PSAs, tailored specifically for Native communities and which provide survivors access to resources and increases prevention efforts on both the individual and community level.

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Clinical Trials

Computer Assisted Family Intervention to Treat Self-Harm Disparities in Latinas and Sexual/Gender Minority Youth

This study, sponsored by the University of Miami and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), seeks Hispanic/Latinas and sexual-and-gender-minority individuals ages 11-18 years old who self-report an act of self-harm in the past six months. The study will be carried out at the Institute for Individual and Family Counseling in Coral Gables, Florida.

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Suicide Prevention for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

This study, sponsored by the San Diego State University (SDSU) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), seeks sexual-and-gender-minority individuals ages 15-29 years old. The goal of this study is to develop and test a suicide prevention program. The study will be carried out at SDSU in San Diego, California.

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Workforce Development

CDC CUPS Program and Ferguson Fellowship

The CDC Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) sponsors the CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars (CUPS) Program and the Dr. James A. Ferguson Emerging Infectious Diseases RISE Fellowship (Ferguson Fellowship), which consist of six internship opportunities at five partner institutions. The CUPS Program and Ferguson Fellowship create a public health workplace experience to increase student interest in minority health and health professions.
Application deadline for all six internships is January 31

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Health Disparities Fellowship at the UCSF PRISE Center

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science for Equity (PRISE) Center invites scholars with program evaluation and implementation science training and experience to join a two-year postdoctoral program researching initiatives such as:

  • Addiction and overdose prevention and treatment
  • COVID-19 health disparities in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout California
  • Immigrant health
  • Digital health and health disparities
  • Engaging vulnerable communities in the study of climate impacted health conditions

Applications accepted until the position is filled

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Knowledge Center

Knowledge Center Online Catalog: See Our Newest Acquisitions

Recommended Reading

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released the 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. This annual report series examines 250 healthcare quality measures and disparities and includes key findings and trends in healthcare access and disparities. All reports and supplemental materials in this series are free to read and download.

The 2021 Report can be accessed through a link in the catalog here, and the entire series can be viewed here.

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