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| November 7, 2018  In This Issue: Federal Grants - HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): Responding to Opioid Use Disorders in Tribal Communities in the Context of SAMHSA and CDC Funding (R61/R33 Clinical Trials Optional) Exploratory/Developmental Phased Award.
Deadline is November 29. Learn more.
- HHS/Administration for Children and Families (ACF): American Indian and Alaska Native Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants.
Deadline is November 30. Learn more.
- HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Grant. The ANEW program supports academic clinical partnerships to educate and graduate primary care nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and nurse midwives.
Deadline is January 8, 2019. Learn more. Non-Federal Grants - National Indian Health Board (NIHB) and the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Strong Systems, Stronger Communities: Strengthening Tribal
Public Health Systems. Provides support and technical assistance to Tribes as they complete projects to improve their performance, meet national public health accreditation standards and/or promote interconnection across the public health system to improve population health.
Deadline is November 13. Learn more.
- Maryland Department of Health/Community Health Resources Commission: Promoting Community Health Resources. Supports Maryland projects that serve vulnerable populations and promote health equity, specifically primary/preventative care, dental, and women's health services, addressing the heroin and opioid epidemic through behavioral health integration, the promotion of food security, and childhood and family obesity.
Deadline for Letter of Intent (LOI) is November 13. Learn more.
- Tufts Health Plan Foundation: Systems and Best Practices Grants. Funds health and wellness programs and strategies that help older people in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island manage illness and chronic health conditions, promote independence and help improve quality of life.
Deadline for LOI is January 23, 2019. Learn more. Scholarships / Fellowships - Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF): 2019 NCF Fellowship. This 18-month fellowship offers hands-on training, resources and leadership development to help fellows scale the impact of their work in the areas of environmental health and racial/economic justice.
Deadline is December 14. Learn more.
- American Liver Foundation (ALF): 2019 ALF Research Awards Program: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award. The foundation encourages projects related to transplantation, autoimmune hepatitis, hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, biliary atresia and primary biliary cirrhosis.
Deadline is December 14. Learn more. Loan Repayment - HHS/NIH, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): Loan Repayment Program. Offers loan repayment awards to health professionals with doctoral degrees who plan to conduct health disparities or clinical research in non-federal research settings for at least 2 years.
Deadline is November 15. Learn more. Webinars - HHS/CDC: Travel Health: Get Your Patients Ready for Holiday Travel. Join CDC Travelers' Health expert Dr. Kristina Angelo as she discusses the importance of travel health, current trends and emerging topics related to international travel. You'll also learn about CDC's new travel health awareness campaign, Think Travel.
November 13, 1:00 pm ET. Register.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene/Capacity Building Assistance Project: Addressing HIV Prevention Through Community Engagement and Mobilization. Join speakers Patrick Padgen and Donovan Jones of New York Knows for a discussion of the collective impact model, how to apply the model to a case example and how to adapt the model to different settings.
November 16, 2:00 pm ET. Register. Conferences - HHS/NIH, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Call for abstracts for the 10th Anniversary Conference on Global Mental Health Research Without Borders.
April 8-9, 2019 in Bethesda, MD.
Deadline for abstract submission is December 1. Learn more.
- University of California, San Francisco/Center of Excellence for Transgender Health: Call for abstracts for the 2019 National Transgender Health Summit. This landmark program will present cutting edge research, evidence-based educational sessions and training opportunities across many disciplines.
April 13-14, 2019 in Oakland, CA. Register.
Deadline for abstract submission is November 21. Learn more. Other Events
 | | - Aspen Institute/Center for Native American Youth: 2018 State of Native Youth Report Release Event. Featured speakers will include Native youth, policymakers and program leaders who will share their insights about the policy issues facing Native youth and the innovative programs they're leading in their communities.
November 16, 12:00 pm ET in Washington, DC. Register. |
Resources - National Native American Heritage Month -
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board: Mental health promotion campaign. Caring Messages. This campaign is a suicide prevention intervention that involves sending a brief caring message on a post card to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) veterans who may be at risk of suicide. To request materials, please email Celena McCray at cmccray@npaihb.org with your name, address, and size of your community.
 | | - Association of American Medical Colleges and the Association of American Indian Physicians: New report. Reshaping the Journey: American Indians and Alaska Natives in Medicine. This report illustrates the case for increasing AI/AN representation in health professions by highlighting the value of diversity in education and training, and workforce needs. It summarizes effective, promising practices and programs at many of the nation's medical schools that have contributed to the development of Native physicians and allies who are trained to address the health care needs of AI/AN communities.
Learn more | Download the full report (PDF).
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Opportunities for Public Comment - HHS/CMS: Call for comments on the Hospital Outcome Measurement for Patients with Social Risk Factors methodologies. CMS has developed two approaches to report readmission rates by patient social risk factors. They are inviting public comments on the two disparity methods currently in development: the Within-Hospital Disparity Method and the Dual/Race Outcome Rate Method.
Deadline is November 30. Learn more. - University of Washington, in collaboration with NIH NIMH: Behavioral study. Preventing HIV among Native Americans Through the Treatment PTSD and Substance Use. Researchers seek AI/AN volunteers age 16 years or older with at least sub-threshold PTSD, substance use in the previous 12 months and any lifetime sexual activity. Study to be conducted at the University of Washington School of Social Work in Seattle, WA. Learn more.
- Washington State University, in collaboration with the University of Washington and NIH NIMH: Behavioral study. Caring Contacts: A Strength-based, Suicide Prevention Trial in 4 Native Communities (CARE). Researchers seek AI/AN volunteers age 18 years or older who are suicidal, have a documented suicide attempt, or self-reported suicide attempt within the past year. Study to be conducted at the Fort Peck Tribes Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Wellness Program in Poplar, MT and the Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health in Tahlequah, OK. Learn more.
Using Our Wit and Wisdom to Live Well with Diabetes is an autobiography of a Native American woman describing her experience of living with and managing diabetes. Published by the Indian Health Service, the book shares numerous personal stories of how her diagnosis impacted the author's everyday life, ways the culture and traditions of her tribe helped her to become comfortable with the diagnosis, and changes she made to improve her health.
To view this title or request additional information, search the online catalog. | | |
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