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November 27, 2024 | View as a webpage
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Think Cultural Health: New Training Opportunity for Emergency Personnel
Looking for a new training opportunity? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) now offers a free, accredited e-learning program for emergency personnel and health professionals. The Cultural Competency Program for Disaster and Emergency Management offers free continuing education credits and a flexible, self-paced learning experience. The program aims to equip professionals with essential skills to deliver equitable, respectful, patient-centered disaster and emergency mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Learn more and enroll for the free program on the Think Cultural Health website.
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Funding |
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MultiPlan's Rural Health Grant
Grant from MultiPlan Corporation to help healthcare providers in rural areas introduce or expand services, education, screenings and other programs aimed at improving the health of the people in their communities. The grant is available to eligible hospitals, rural health clinics, and federally qualified health centers participating in a MultiPlan provider network.
Deadline is December 15.
Minnesota Rural Hospital Capital Improvement Grant Program
Grant from the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Rural Health and Primary Care to assist small rural hospitals (50 or fewer beds) with funding for projects to update, modernize, remodel, or replace aging hospital facilities and equipment necessary to maintain the operations of a hospital.
Deadline is December 20.
Proposal Development Award
Grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) Foundation provides support for non-profits with funding to contract a grant writer to create and submit health-related grants and apply to the BCBSM Foundation, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, Health Resources and Services Administration, and other local community foundations and organizations.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
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KidneyED Youth Innovation Challenge
Challenge grant from HHS to help develop solutions that raise awareness of kidney diseases and promote prevention behaviors.
Phase 1 Deadline is December 16.
Office of Rural Health Community Health Grants
Grant from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to increase access to primary and preventive care and meet the health needs of vulnerable, underserved, and medically indigent patients, with emphasis on providing primary and preventative medical services to uninsured or medically indigent patients.
Deadline is December 20.
Equity in Access: Universal Coverage and Access to Care Grants
Grant from The California Wellness Foundation to support organizations that reach out to communities to educate and help eligible people sign up for health insurance as well as help patients retain coverage from year to year and facilitate the full use of their benefits.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
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Webinars and Other Events |
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Intensive Care Unit Innovations: Building a Learning Health System for Critical Care
Webinar hosted by National Telehealth Center of Excellence.
December 4, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Behavioral Health Integration Webinar Series: Suicide Prevention/Treatment in Integrated Care Settings
Webinar hosted by Indian Health Service TeleBehavioral Health Center of Excellence.
December 5, at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Societal Implications of Geroscience: A Workshop
In-person and virtual workshop hosted by AARP.
December 5, at 9:00 a.m. ET. In-person in Washington, D.C.
Register by December 1 for in-person.
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CDC Listening Session: Maternal Health and Tribal Maternal Mortality Review
Listening session hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
December 4, at 1:00 p.m. ET.
The Cancer Autoimmune Connection: Decoding the Paradox
Webinar hosted by the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health.
December 5, at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Call for Abstracts: APIC Annual Conference and Exposition
Conference hosted by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
June 16–18, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Abstract Submission Deadline is December 8.
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Resources |
Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action
Rural residents face higher risks of death due to factors like limited access to specialized medical care and emergency services, and exposure to specific environmental hazards. This issue brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality explores challenges affecting diagnostic excellence in rural healthcare settings, emphasizing the need to address these impediments, and proposes three actionable strategies to overcome barriers to delivering high-quality diagnostic care in these areas.
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National Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Change Programs: Engaging Advanced Practice Providers in Referrals
Lifestyle Change Programs (LCPs) face challenges in engaging health care providers in referrals. CDC funded a project to explore Advanced Practice Providers, or APPs (i.e., nurse practitioners, physician assistants), as a potentially effective referral source. The project conducted research and materials testing with APPs and LCP recruitment staff. Five LCPs then used the materials to plan and conduct outreach with APPs in a demonstration project. The final suite of materials and tools included here reflects the findings and lessons learned from the demonstration project.
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Report: Late Medicaid Enrollment During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Mortality
This report from Elevance Health examines the risk of all-cause maternal mortality and infant mortality, based on trimester of enrollment in a managed care plan. Late enrollment may delay prenatal care, therefore missing opportunities to identify and manage complications. To achieve timely Medicaid enrollment, states can leverage presumptive eligibility, enhance public awareness of Medicaid enrollment policies, and expedite Medicaid managed care enrollment.
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Clinical Trials |
Minnesota Inclusive LTSS for LGBTQ Seniors
This study, sponsored by the University of Minnesota in collaboration with the National Institute on Aging, is designed to help improve the care of sexual and gender minority (SGM) with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in long-term services and supports (LTSS) by training the state's LTSS workforce in SGM culturally responsive care. This study will take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Metabolism-Informed Care to Aid Alaska Native People to Quit Smoking
This study, sponsored by the Southcentral Foundation in collaboration with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, will refine and pilot an intervention using the nicotine metabolite ratio to inform the selection of pharmacologic treatment to increase smoking abstinence among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people. This study will take place in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Workforce Development |
Training: How Does the Law, Past and Present, Affect Health Equity? Exploring the Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity, and the Law
This two-part training from ChangeLab Solutions and CDC explores the relationship between public health laws, social determinants of health, and health equity, focusing on how unjust laws drive structural racism and health inequities. Part 1 of the training covers key concepts like health equity and structural discrimination, grounded in examples from a variety of locales and sectors.
Health Equity and Community Medicine Fellowship
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Health Equity and Community Medicine Fellowship is a 12-month clinical program for primary care physicians developing expertise caring for people who have been made vulnerable by social and structural determinants of health. The program includes clinical work at a Federally Qualified Health Center, protected funded research time focused on health equity and justice, learning from College of Medicine – Phoenix medical students and family medicine residents, and ample other clinical and teaching opportunities in the community.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
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Knowledge Center |
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Recommended Reading
As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, the OMH Knowledge Center is sharing the resource Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: Recent Trends and Key Challenges. This brief, published by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, uses federal survey data (2010–2022) to examine trends in AI/AN health insurance coverage, access to care, and affordability. It also highlights key policies impacting AI/AN populations and the Indian Health Service.
You can access this free resource through the online catalog here.
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