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July 21 is Zero HIV Stigma Day
HIV stigma refers to irrational or negative attitudes, behaviors, and judgments towards people living with or at risk of HIV. HIV stigma influences people’s perceptions and beliefs, leading to discrimination. Use the tools and resources from the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care to help raise awareness about HIV stigma and learn about ways to help stop it.
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Tomorrow: Innovations to Reduce HIV Stigma Webinar
Join the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) and the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy for a webinar on Breaking Barriers: Innovations to Reduce HIV Stigma. Phase 3 winners from the Innovative Community Engagement Strategies to Reduce HIV-related Stigma and Disparities Challenge will discuss their approaches, outcomes, lessons learned, sustainability plans, and how others can adopt similar strategies to better serve their communities.
July 18, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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Funding |
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Opioid Crisis Innovation Challenge
Grant from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts to support specific projects that bring an innovative approach to long-standing and complex issues related to all aspects of addressing the nation’s opioid crisis.
Concept note due August 8.
Mobile Payments Solution for SNAP Authorized Framers
Cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to enable Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-authorized direct marketing farmers and farmers’ markets, as necessary, to determine whether adding SNAP to their business model has a positive cost-benefit value, and to provide SNAP recipients with greater access to direct marketing farmers operating at physical farmers’ markets locations and via other direct marketing avenues (e.g., roadside stands, pick-your-own).
Deadline is August 15.
The Community Giving Fund
Grants from the AIDS Foundation Chicago to provide critical funding to organizations working to advance community-driven efforts to end the epidemics in HIV and homelessness in Illinois.
Deadline is October 15.
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Addressing HIV in Highest Risk Sexual and Gender Minorities
Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support epidemiologic, intervention, and implementation research that incorporates attention to HIV as a syndemic including comorbidities such as sexually transmitted infections, Hepatitis C, and psychiatric disorder.
Deadline is August 14.
Ending the Epidemic: New Models of Integrated HIV/AIDS, Addiction, and Primary Care Services
Grant from the NIH to support the testing of enhanced models of care that optimally integrate HIV, addiction, and primary care services.
Deadline is August 20.
McKesson Foundation Grants
Grants from the McKesson Foundation to help champion health equity by addressing the burden of cancer, preparing tomorrow’s healthcare workforce, and accelerating crisis response.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
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Webinars and Other Events |
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Exploring the Intersections of Domestic & Sexual Violence, Substance Use, and Pregnancy: A Framework for Understanding and Response
Webinar hosted by the Texas A&M Health Center of Excellence in Forensic Nursing.
July 18, at 12:00 p.m. ET.
The Thriving Warrior: Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Individuals Living with Sickle Cell Disease
Webinar hosted by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
July 22, at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Effectively Integrating Substance Use Disorder Services
Training hosted by Indian Country ECHO.
July 23, at 11:00 a.m. ET.
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A World on the Move: Global Health Equity in the Context of Migration
Webinar hosted by the Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 4.
July 18, at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Artificial Intelligence and Cancer Health Disparities
Webinar hosted by the National Cancer Institute.
July 23, at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Aligning Real-World Practice to Evidence-Based Care for Weight-Focused Type 2 Diabetes Management
Webinar series hosted by Clinical Care Options.
July 23 and 27, and August 1.
Continuing education credits available.
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Resources |
New Tool: CDC Heat and Health Index
The Heat and Health Index from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the first tool to provide zip-code level data that will help target heat-related health resources and prioritize life-saving interventions for communities most affected by extreme heat.
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Maternal Mortality and Reducing Pregnancy-Related Deaths
The Clinical Issues & Health Center Boards: Maternal Mortality and Reducing Pregnancy-Related Deaths through Quality Obstetrical Care from the National Association of Community Health Centers highlights how health centers can help prevent pregnancy-related deaths through primary care services and how a health center board can support such services through governance-level functions.
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Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All
Addressing racial and ethnic inequities in health and health care is vital to improving the health of the nation’s most disadvantaged communities and will also help to achieve optimal health for all. The consensus study report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reviews the major drivers of health care disparities, provides insight into successful and unsuccessful interventions, identifies gaps in the evidence base, and makes recommendations to advance health equity.
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Clinical Trials |
e-HERO: Ending the HIV Epidemic in Rural
This study, sponsored by Northern Arizona University in collaboration with NIMHD, aims to increase HIV and syphilis testing and linkage to care, increase condom use, and promote PrEP uptake among sexual minority men and American Indian men in rural Oklahoma, a state that is an Ending the HIV Epidemic priority state. This study will take place in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Persuasive Health Communication Intervention for HIV/Hepatitis C
This study, sponsored by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in collaboration with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will conduct a randomized, controlled trial at emergency departments within the Mount Sinai Health System to compare the efficacy of the persuasive health communication intervention when delivered by a video vs. an HIV/Hepatitis C counselor. This study will take place in New York, New York.
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Workforce Development |
William G. Coleman Jr., Ph.D., Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award
The research award from NIMHD will support one-year innovative research projects that have the potential for high impact in any area of minority health and health disparities research.
Deadline for application is August 16, by 5:00 p.m. ET.
Rural Community Health Scholars
The Rural Community Health Scholars program through West Virginia University is a two-year program offered to 75 of West Virginia’s top health professions students from institutions across the state. This program aims to provide supplemental and interprofessional educational experiences to those interested in practicing in rural or underserved communities. Health professionals across the following areas can apply: community health workers, nutrition/dietetics, physician assistants, and more.
Deadline for application is August 15.
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Knowledge Center |
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Recommended Reading
In recognition of Zero HIV Stigma Day on July 21st, the OMH Knowledge Center is featuring a small collection of recent articles on community-engaged health promotion efforts related to HIV in racial and ethnic minority communities. The collection covers caring for HIV patients, HIV prevention, and decreasing HIV stigma.
These resources are all free to access and read through the online catalog.
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