FYI: Weekly Health Resources for December 20, 2023

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FYI: Weekly Health Resources

Free At-Home COVID Tests for Every Home in the U.S.

Free At-Home COVID Tests for Every Home in the U.S.

Keep #COVID away from your holiday activities, get at-home COVID tests delivered to you for no cost, not even shipping. Every home in the U.S. became eligible to order an additional 4 free at-⁠home tests beginning November 20.

Order your tests online at COVIDTests.gov or call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489) to get help in English, Spanish, and more than 150 other languages.

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Funding

Pilot Projects Investigating Understudied Proteins Associated with Rare Diseases

Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will support research that increases the knowledge of understudied proteins associated with rare diseases and the generation of preliminary data and tools around eligible understudied proteins.
Deadline is January 16, 2024.

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Non-Addictive Analgesic Therapeutics Development to Treat Pain

Cooperative agreement from the NIH to support the development of safe, effective, and non-addictive small molecule and biologic therapeutics to treat pain.
Deadline is January 24, 2024.

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Remote Patient Pain Monitoring in Clinical Trials

Grant from the NIH to support the development of digital endpoints from wearable devices for monitoring pain experience and progression, response to interventions, and impact on quality of life from clinical trial participants.
Deadline is January 30, 2024.

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Community Access to Child Health Grants

Grants from the American Academy of Pediatrics to support community-based child health initiatives led by pediatricians focused on serving communities that experience health disparities.
Deadline is January 22, 2024

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HHS Environmental Justice Community Innovator Challenge

Challenge grant from the HHS Office of Minority Health seeks Tribal and community-led strategies to address health disparities in Tribes and communities disproportionately burdened by environmental and climate change-related hazards.
Phase 1 Deadline is January 30, 2024.

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Care for Adults with Type 2 Diabetes from Populations with Health Disparities

Grant from the NIH will support research designed to develop and test interventions to optimize care of persons with type 2 diabetes from populations with health/health care disparities.
Deadline is February 5, 2024.

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Webinars and Other Events

Deep Dive into Prevention Ethics: Non-Discrimination and the Strategic Prevention Framework

Part of webinar series hosted by the Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network.
January 4, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. ET.

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An Integrated Approach to Primary Care Behavioral Health

Part of webinar series hosted by the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network.
January 8, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
January 15, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. ET.

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Clinical Interventions for Harm Reduction Patients

Webinar hosted by The Association for Addiction Professionals.
January 10, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. ET.

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Public Health Vending Machines

Webinar hosted by the Great Lakes Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center.
January 8, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. ET.

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Reaching Rural Veterans: Applying Mind-Body Skills for Pain Using a Whole Health Telehealth Intervention

Webinar hosted by the National Institute for Nursing Research.
January 9, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. ET.

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Research Priorities for Preventing and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

Workshop hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
January 16-17, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. ET.

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Resources

Social Media & Youth: Perils, Powers, and Pathways to Resilience

Social Media and Youth

The Social Media & Youth: Perils, Powers, and Pathways to Resilience toolkit from the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network is aimed at enhancing the mental and school mental health workforce’s skills, knowledge, and awareness of the positive and negative psychological impacts of social media on youth and young adults.

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State of Obesity 2023: Better Policies for a Healthier America

State of Obesity 2023

The Trust for America’s Health released the 20th annual State of Obesity report in 2023. The report notes the continued rise in obesity rates and the policy recommendations to address them. Over the past two decades obesity rates have climbed for all population groups with certain populations of color experiencing the highest rates, often due to structural barriers to healthy eating and a lack of opportunities and places to be physically active.

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Updated: HHS MyHealthfinder Adds Anxiety Disorder Resources

Updated HHS MyHealthfinder

MyHealthfinder is a prevention and wellness resource that health professionals can recommend to individuals and families with evidence-based health information that’s actionable and easy to use. The HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion recently announced the addition of resources helping adults 64 and younger identify signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders, describes common treatments, and suggests actionable steps people can take to get support.

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Clinical Trials

NYC Cancer Outreach Network in Neighborhoods for Equity and Community Translation

This study, sponsored by the New York University Langone Health in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will evaluate the effectiveness of two evidence-based strategies in increasing cancer screening rates for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer using a combination of culturally and linguistically tailored education materials and community health workers to provide navigation services. This study will take place in New York, New York.

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Maternal Mental Health Access

This study, sponsored by the University of Utah in collaboration with the National Institute of Nursing Research, will evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based program aimed at preventing perinatal depression and integrated with maternal clinical care. This study will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Workforce Development

Health Equity Leadership Development Initiative

The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) Health Equity Leadership Development Initiative at the Mullan Institute aims to develop and support future federal leaders in public health and health equity, with a focus on recruiting individuals from groups that have been underrepresented in federal government leadership positions.
Deadline for application is January 16, 2024.

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Public Health Laboratory Fellowship and Internship Programs

The Public Health Laboratory Programs from the Association of Public Health Laboratories and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention help eligible applicants start new careers in laboratory science. Fellowships support a wide spectrum of public health laboratory program areas, such as: environmental health, informatics, newborn screening, and more.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.  

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Knowledge Center

Knowledge Center Online Catalog: See our newest acquisitions.

Recommended Reading

This week, the OMH Knowledge Center is highlighting the recently released report Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. This annual report, published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), presents data estimates of substance use and mental health in the United States, with selected estimates by race and ethnicity and by age groups.

You can access this free resource through the online catalog here.

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