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October 9, 2024 | View as a webpage
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October 15 is National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day
Webinar: Innovations in Addressing Farm Stress
Join the United States Department of Agriculture and partners from across the State of Georgia on World Mental Health Day to discuss innovations in farm stress and rural mental health. This webinar tells the story of the Georgia Agricultural Wellness Alliance, a strategic partnership with leading farm service and health providers in Georgia to understand the root causes of farm stress, and the development of tools, resources, and strategies to address them, and to support farmers and agricultural workers.
Thursday, October 10, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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The Anna Lalor Burdick Program
Grants from The Lalor Foundation to support programs that offer sexual and reproductive health education to women. It is interested in programs serving women who are disadvantaged by poverty, discrimination, geographic isolation, lack of comprehensive sex education, hostile public policy, or other factors leading to inadequate sexual and reproductive health.
Concept Paper Deadline is November 1.
The Impact of Stressors on the Biological Mechanisms of Aging and Other Aging-Associated Outcomes in Experimental Model Systems
Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support research that incorporates exposures to a stressor(s) during the post-development period (adulthood) into studies of aging processes.
Deadline is November 7.
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Awards
Grants from the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation for organizations for which a small amount of money might make a large difference. The Foundation will consider requests from schools and hospitals; seniors and persons with disabilities; educational, skills-training and other programs for youth, and more.
Deadline is November 12.
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Identify and Evaluate Potential Risk Factors for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Cooperative agreement from CDC seeking investigator-initiated research that will identify and evaluate potential risk factors contributing to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, with preferred focus on research proposals that will examine factors related to military service, contact sports, traumatic brain injury, neuroinflammation, and infectious agents.
Deadline is November 4.
Barclay-Giel Seed Grants
Grant from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health seeks to support community-based public health programs that focus on the Surgeon General’s Priorities of special interest: firearm violence, social media, health misinformation, health worker burnout, social connection, youth mental health, and workplace well-being.
Deadline is November 12.
Reaching Equity at the Intersection of HIV and Substance Use: Novel Approaches to Address HIV Related Health Disparities in Underserved Racial and/or Ethnic Populations
Grant from the NIH for research on structural factors, organizational practices, policies, and other social, cultural, and contextual influences that lead to inequities at the intersection of HIV and substance use among underserved racial and ethnic populations affected by persistent HIV disparities.
Deadline is November 14.
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Webinars and Other Events |
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Protect Your Lungs for Life
Webinar hosted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Learn More Breathe Better® Program.
October 10, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Improving Community Mental Health Through Screening & Triage: An Innovation Project Case Study of Monterey, California
Webinar hosted by National Association of County and City Health Officials.
October 16, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Improve Health Care Delivery to Military Veterans
Webinar hosted by the National Association of Community Health Centers.
October 17, at 3:00 p.m. ET.
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National Women’s Blood Pressure Awareness Week Resource Roundup Panel
Webinar hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health.
October 16, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Closer to Home: Improving Specialty Access and Decreasing Hospital Transfers with Inpatient Telehealth Services
Webinar hosted by Southeastern Telehealth Resource Center.
October 17, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
Enhancing Bioinformatics Services in Minority Institutions
Webinar hosted by the Network of the National Library of Medicine.
October 18, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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Resources |
The TRUTH About Hispanic/Latina Women and Heart Disease Fact Sheet
Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death for Hispanic/Latina women in the United States. This four-page fact sheet from the NHLBI provides information for Hispanic/Latina women about heart disease, risks, disparities in heart disease, and what they can do to stay heart-healthy. Also available in Spanish.
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25 Amazing Ways to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
Salud America! invites you to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month by taking one of 25 various actions to improve Hispanic and Latino health and address health equity. National Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual observance, from September 15 to October 15, celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
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Rural Development: Actions Needed to Improve Assistance to Southwest Border Communities Known as Colonias
This September 2024 United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) report provides an overview of colonias (predominately rural, Hispanic communities near the United States-Mexico border) and the range of economic, infrastructure, and environmental challenges they face. Due to population changes, many colonias will likely become ineligible for targeted financial assistance in the future. The report recommends that Congress consider revising the population requirement for colonias to receive U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant set-aside funding given population growth in the Southwest. GAO also makes two recommendations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, including that it develop procedures to identify applications for single family housing assistance for projects in colonias.
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Clinical Trials |
Tell Me More ("Dime Mas")
This study, sponsored by the University of Miami in collaboration with the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, will be used to develop a program to help Latino men who have sex with men obtain pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV testing, and behavioral health services. The project will then involve a pilot test of this program with a community partner. This study will take place in Coral Gables, Florida.
Texting to Reduce Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Risk
This study, sponsored by Boston University in collaboration with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, will test the efficacy of a text message-based intervention program for English and Spanish-speaking patients who have at least one risk factor for HIV but are HIV-negative. Patients will be randomized to either receive text messages regarding HIV prevention or messages regarding overall wellness. This study will take place in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Workforce Development |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program offers mid-career professionals the opportunity to participate in the policy process at the federal level and use leadership experience to improve health equity, health care, and health policy. Fellows will first have a three-and-a-half-month orientation arranged by the National Academy of Medicine and then a hands-on placement as a senior advisor to an elected or appointed federal government official.
Deadline for Application is November 5.
2025 National Health Service Corps Students to Service Loan Repayment Program
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Students to Service Loan Repayment Program application cycle is open. Medical, dental, nursing, and physician assistant students in their final year of school can receive awards up to $120,000 in exchange for a three-year commitment providing primary care services at NHSC-approved sites in high-need rural and other provider shortage areas. There is an additional $40,000 supplement for medical students who commit to providing obstetrics and gynecology services in a maternity care target area.
Deadline for Application is November 7, by 7:30 p.m. ET.
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Knowledge Center |
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Recommended Reading
In recognition of National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day on October 15th, the OMH Knowledge Center is highlighting the document Hispanic/Latino Clients: HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, 2022. This fact sheet from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) provides a statistical snapshot of Hispanic/Latino clients served by the RWHAP, which supports care and treatment services for low income people living with HIV.
You can access this free resource through the online catalog here.
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