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| May 22, 2019  In This Issue:  | | - HHS/OMH and the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP): Mapping Hepatitis Elimination. Responding to the National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan call for more coordinated and collaborative efforts aimed at elimination, a wide range of stakeholders are leading and engaged in these efforts. This webinar will feature several elimination project examples, practical steps and key messages to inform individuals and organizations in responding to the public health threat of viral hepatitis.
TODAY, May 22, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
| - HHS/Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH) Region IV and the Office of Adolescent Health (OAH): Meeting. Let Us Play! Physical Activity as a Catalyst for Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing. This full-day meeting is designed to: 1) increase awareness among policy makers, parents, students, school personnel and local clubs about promising practices that address potential barriers to physical activity and youth sports participation; and 2) develop strategies and partnerships to increase the availability of more affordable local opportunities to increase children's participation in physical activity and sports.
June 28 in Atlanta, GA. Register.
- HHS/OASH Region IV and the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO): Meeting. Catch Up! The Opportunity for Cancer Prevention on College Campuses. The overarching objectives of this meeting are to: gain a better understanding of the barriers to increasing uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations; implement strategies for increasing awareness of the opportunity for cancer prevention; and launch a systems-level effort to maximize access to HPV vaccination services and reduce missed clinical opportunities.
July 12 in Atlanta, GA. Register. OMH Grants - HHS/OASH: Grant. Youth Engagement in Sports: Collaboration to Improve Adolescent Physical Activity and Nutrition (YES Initiative). This grant seeks to support projects that address the HHS priority to expand youth participation in sports and encourage regular physical activity, especially for youth populations with lower rates of sports participation and communities with limited access to athletic facilities or recreational areas.
Deadline is May 31. Learn more.
View a recording of the Technical Assistance Webinar. View. Federal Grants - HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Grant. Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Medication-Assisted Treatment Expansion (RCORP-MAT). Eligibility is limited to rural health clinics or small rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, health center look-alikes and Tribes or Tribal organizations.
Deadline is June 10. Learn more.
- HHS/Indian Health Service (IHS): Grants. Indians into Medicine Program (INMED). The purpose of INMED is to augment the number of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) health professionals serving AI/ANs by encouraging them to enter the health professions. Eligibility is limited to private, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education.
Deadline is June 20. General medicine | Psychology | Nursing.
- HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Grant. Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program - New. Supports the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth. Eligible applicants are community-based coalitions addressing youth substance use that have never received a DFC grant.
Deadline is July 8. Learn more. Non-Federal Grants - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Forward Promise: Partnering with Systems to Disrupt Dehumanization. Supports the planning, implementation, and evaluation of partnership efforts between community-based organizations and youth-serving systems to address the root causes of health disparities and expand and promote the health and well-being of boys and young men of color.
Deadline is June 6, 3:00 pm ET. Learn more.
- Amgen: Competitive Grant Program in Bone Research. Supports research focused on improving the quality of osteoporosis care and patient outcomes.
Deadline is June 28. Learn more. Webinars - National Indian Health Board: Enhancing Relationships between Tribal and State Governments. During this webinar, participants will hear from both Tribal and state health department representatives that are taking a proactive approach to collaboration by convening in-person Tribal environmental health summits. Presenters will share how they came together to build communication bridges, identify environmental health challenges and ultimately identify culturally appropriate strategies to collaboratively mitigate those challenges.
May 30, 3:00 pm ET. Register.
- The Dibble Institute: What Do You Mean? Unblurring the Lines between Consent, Assault, & So Much More. Join speaker Kysha Parker (Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential) for an interactive webinar where participants will respond to scenarios as well as discuss and explore tips and strategies for communicating "yes," checking-in and exploring sexual boundaries between partners.
June 12, 4:00 pm ET. Register. Conferences
 | | - Public Health Institute (PHI): Registration is open for the National Opioid Leadership Summit 2019. Join PHI, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams and colleagues from across the country to learn about, share and collaborate on real solutions to the opioid crisis that bridge the criminal justice, health care and public health sectors.
June 25 in Sacramento, CA. Register.
| - California State University, Sacramento, in partnership with the California Department of Public Health, the California Department of Education, the Nutrition Policy Institute, the California Endowment and Kaiser Permanente: Registration is open for the 10th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference, Beyond Obesity: Tackling Root Causes.
July 15-18 in Anaheim, CA. Register.
- The Latino Commission: Registration is open for the 7th Annual Central Valley Latino Conference, Movement Towards Balance. Conference presentations will address cultural competency within mental health, substance abuse recovery, violence and the Hispanic/Latino LGBTQ community.
September 19-20 in Visalia, CA. Register.
- Texas Health Institute and the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust: Call for abstracts for the 13th Annual Southern Obesity Summit, Improving Systems to Promote Healthy People and Resilient Communities.
October 28-30 in Oklahoma City, OK. Register.
Deadline for abstracts is May 24. Learn more. Other Events - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM): Symposium. Data, Modeling, and Policy Making to Address the Opioid Epidemic. Join the NASEM Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics for a discussion exploring current practices, challenges, and opportunities for using data, modeling and policy making to address the opioid epidemic.
June 10, 1:00 pm ET in Washington, DC and remotely. Register. Publications
- National Health Law Program: New report. Summary of State Law Requirements Addressing Language Needs in Health Care. This report offers citation to and a short description of each state's statutes and regulations regarding services to Limited English Proficiency (LEP) persons in health care settings. Learn more.
 | | - UT Health San Antonio/Salud America! New research review. The State of Latinos and Housing, Transportation, and Green Space. This report examines the latest available science on Hispanic/Latino access to affordable housing, public transit and green space. The review also highlights emerging strategies and policies to improve neighborhood health equity. Read more | Download full report (PDF).
| Calls for Nominations - CityMatCH: Call for applications for the Best Babies Zones (BBZ) Initiative and the Institute for Equity in Birth Outcomes. Selected applicants will serve as leads to promote place-based, community-driven, multi-sector strategies to address the social, structural and economic determinants of inequities in birth outcomes, promote health equity and engage in racial healing activities.
Deadline is June 4. Learn more. -
HHS/Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA): Call for nominations to serve on the Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC). The committee seeks primary delegates and alternates for Albuquerque, NM and Billings, MT, as well as three (3) National At-Large Primary Delegates and one (1) National At-Large Alternate Delegate. All nominees must either be elected or appointed Tribal officials acting in their official capacity as elected officials of their Tribes. For further information, please contact Stacey Ecoffey.
Deadline is June 21. Opportunities for Public Comment - HHS/HRSA: Request for Information (RFI). Health Center Program Service Area Considerations. HRSA seeks input from the public on service area considerations that may inform HRSA decisions regarding Health Center Program expansion through an existing health center's addition of new service delivery sites.
Deadline is July 8. Learn more. - Washington State University: Behavioral study. Engaging Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders and Activating Communities to Take Steps (ENACTS). Researchers seek Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander volunteers age 18 years or older with a diagnosis of hypertension to test an existing educational intervention to address self-management of hypertension. Study to be conducted at the Asian Counseling and Referral Service in Seattle, WA. Learn more.
The award-winning book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures tells the story of a refugee family from Laos with an epileptic daughter. It chronicles cultural misunderstandings and linguistic challenges faced by the family and health care providers alike in caring for the child. The book provides guidance and inspiration to health professionals in addressing specific cultural needs of their patients.
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