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Mondays in August: FYI: Weekly Health Resources - Special Summer Edition
Time is going by so quickly. It’s easy to miss out on all the great work the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) and its partners are doing to address health disparities for racial and ethnic minority populations.
That’s why every Monday in August, OMH is publishing an extra edition of its FYI: Weekly Health Resources newsletter to help you catch up on OMH’s health equity-promoting activities and resources you may have missed so far in 2023. You will continue to receive the regular FYI: Weekly Health Resources every Wednesday.
Check your inbox on Monday, August 7, for the first FYI: Weekly Health Resources - Special Summer Edition focused on minority health data.
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New: Federal Policy to Advance Racial, Ethnic, and Tribal Health Equity Report
Many health inequities result from unequal access to quality health care, education, employment, and other factors disproportionately affecting racial and ethnic minority populations.
A new report commissioned by OMH from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine analyzes how past and current federal policies create, maintain, and/or amplify racial, ethnic, and tribal health inequities. It also identifies key features of policies that have served to reduce inequities and makes recommendations to help achieve racial, ethnic, and tribal health equity.
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New: Think Cultural Health Newsletter
OMH Think Cultural Health (TCH) launched a newsletter dedicated to raising awareness of culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) in health and health care.
CLAS is a way for health and healthcare professionals to provide respectful and responsive services, improve quality of care, and advance health equity. OMH developed a set of 15 action steps called the National CLAS Standards to guide organizations in providing CLAS.
The July 2023 edition of the newsletter highlights cultural humility in practice, National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, the National CLAS Standards, and TCH’s updated Health Equity timeline.
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Funding |
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Policies for Action: Effects of State Preemption Policies on Racial Justice and Health Equity
Grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to support research focused on how preemption policies at the state level may affect racial justice and health equity.
Deadline for letter of intent is August 10, by 3:00 p.m. ET.
Alzheimer's Disease Research Program
Grant from the BrightFocus Foundation to support scientists pursuing pioneering research leading to greater understanding, prevention, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Deadline for letter of intent is August 25.
See, Test, and Treat Program
Grant from the College of American Pathologists to support a single-day, culturally appropriate program providing free cervical and breast cancer screenings for medically underserved populations.
Deadline is September 1.
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Supporting Healthcare Equity in Communities of Color for Older Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Grant from the Working for Inclusive and Transformative Healthcare Foundation and the RWJF to support projects fostering health and health care systems transformation for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in communities of color.
Deadline is August 15, by 8:00 p.m. ET.
Community-based Research for Effective Programs, Policies, and Decisions to Mitigate Cumulative Health Impacts and Environmental Health Disparities in Underserved Communities
Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support community-based scientific research assessing the cumulative impacts of environmental stressors upon human health in underserved communities.
Deadline is August 31, by 11:59 p.m. ET.
Challenge on the Impact of AHRQ’s Patient Safety Tools
Challenge from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to elicit new narratives and measures that AHRQ is not already aware of regarding the use of specific AHRQ Patient Safety tools.
Deadline is October 5, by 7:00 p.m. ET.
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Webinars and Other Events |
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Medicaid and CHIP Renewals: Coalition Webinars for Reaching Out to Special Populations
Webinar series hosted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
August 3, 8, 10, 17, and 24, at 3:00 p.m. ET.
New Insights on Physical Activity and Weight Loss
Webinar hosted by the Indian Health Service Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention.
August 9, at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Providing Culturally Responsive Care for African American Men
Webinar hosted by the African American Behavioral Health Center for Excellence.
August 17, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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Breaking Down the Ivory Tower: Building the Health Care Workforce America Needs
Webinar hosted by the National Health Equity Grand Rounds.
August 8, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Contextualizing Our Understanding of Mental Health and Substance Use
Webinar hosted by the Bureau of Primary Health Care Behavioral Health Technical Assistance.
August 10, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference
In-person conference hosted by CityMatCH. Registration deadline is August 25.
September 20-23, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Starting Soon: COVID-19 Commercialization
COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and test kits will transition to the commercial market for purchase and distribution beginning in early August, with a formal transition expected in mid-to-late September.
Although the COVID-19 vaccine will enter the commercial market in the fall, you can still receive the COVID-19 vaccine at no cost from your local provider or pharmacy. Adults that are uninsured or have no insurance coverage for vaccines can receive the vaccine at no cost through the HHS Bridge Access Program For COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments, projected to continue until December 2024.
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Working with Minority-Serving Institutions to Enhance and Diversify Recruitment Pathways
The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved and the Solutions Training and Assistance for Recruitment and Retention Center published the Working with Minority-Serving Institutions to Enhance and Diversify Recruitment Pathways guide. This guide serves as a quick resource and reference guide for human resources professionals and health center leaders to understand how to identify and partner with minority-serving educational institutions.
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Redefining Scholarship
The Redefining Scholarship guide from the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Underserved Populations Program provides direction on how to center community-generated knowledge as equally important to research created in academic settings. The guide provides researchers with more inclusive language as they engage with marginalized communities.
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New Healthy People 2030 Infographics: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Literature Summaries
The SDOH infographics from Healthy People 2030 provide illustrative examples of how social determinants can influence health outcomes. Each of the five infographics represents one literature summary example from the five domains of SDOH: Economic Stability, Education Access and Quality, Health Care Access, and Quality, Neighborhood and Built Environment, and Social and Community Context.
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Clinical Trials |
Competency Based Approaches for Community Health 2
This study, sponsored by Vanderbilt University Medical Center in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, will test a culturally tailored and multi-level intervention designed to teach families to overcome dynamic barriers as the logical next step to address obesity among low-income Latino families. This study will be conducted in Nashville, Tennessee.
Culturally Targeted COVID-19 Communication and SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing Evaluation and Uptake
This study, sponsored by Michigan State University in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, seeks to evaluate communication strategies to promote better understanding and uptake of salivary SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing among African Americans. This study will be conducted in Flint, Michigan.
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Workforce Development |
The Roots of Health Inequity Online Course
The Roots of Health Inequity is an online learning collaborative from the National Association of County and City Health Officials that offers public health workers a group-directed learning environment to learn about different aspects of social justice as it relates to public health. This course contains five units, and each unit provides an in-depth look at a specific topic by using interactive maps and timelines, slideshows, resource libraries, videos, and interviews with practitioners.
Health Equity Leaders Program
The National Medical Fellowships Health Equity Leaders Program provides students underrepresented in health care, medical, and allied health with opportunities to explore health equity service, scholarship, leadership, and advocacy. The program seeks to develop future health care leaders, who have an interest in primary care, with the knowledge, skills, and competencies to promote health equity for medically underserved communities.
Deadline for application is August 11, by 11:59 p.m. ET.
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Knowledge Center |
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Recommended Reading
In recognition of National Breastfeeding Month, the OMH Knowledge Center is featuring a collection of recent journal articles that relate to breastfeeding within minority communities. Topics include rates of breastfeeding initiation, barriers to breastfeeding experienced by racial and ethnic minority women, access to peer and professional lactation support, and more.
You can access these free resources through the online catalog here.
Looking for more information on a topic included in this collection? View our search tips page for guidance on searching the online catalog.
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