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| January 29, 2020 In This Issue:  | | - HHS/Office of Minority Health (OMH) announces the theme for National Minority Health Month 2020. National Minority Health Month begins on April 1 and, for the second consecutive year, the theme will be Active & Healthy. HHS OMH is again teaming up with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)'s Move Your Way campaign and partners throughout the country in raising awareness about the important role an active lifestyle plays in keeping people and communities healthy. Learn more.
| - HHS/OMH, in partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Sickle Cell Disease Training and Mentoring Program (STAMP). The STAMP Program is a series of free web-based trainings for primary care providers that will cover various topics on the basics of sickle cell disease (SCD) care. Register.
Upcoming trainings: - Imaging Uncomplicated Headache in SCD, February 4, 2:00 pm ET
- Screening Assessments in SCD, February 18, 5:00 pm ET
| |  | Federal Grants - HHS/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Disaster Response Grant Program. Supports mental and substance use disorder treatment, crisis counseling and other related services to individuals impacted by 2018 hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes, and 2019 tornadoes and floods.
Deadline is February 12. Services for Adults | School-Based Services.
- HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Research demonstration and dissemination project. Improving Management of Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults (R18). Supports evidence-based interventions and quality improvement strategies in primary care settings with large segments of socially at-risk older adults.
Deadline is February 20, 5:00 pm ET. Learn more.
- HHS/HRSA, Bureau of Health Workforce: Grant. Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program. Eligible applicants include sponsoring institutions of accredited addiction medicine or accredited addiction psychiatry fellowship programs.
Deadline is February 25. Learn more. Non-Federal Grants - JA Community Foundation: Large and Multi-Year Grants for Aging Services. Supports new and existing California-based programs that address senior health and social services for Japanese-Americans.
Deadline is February 13. Learn more.
- Focus for Health Foundation: Child Health and Social Justice Grants. Supports small non-profits that address child sex abuse and social determinants of health.
Deadline is February 14. Learn more.
- Colorado Health Foundation: Out-of-School-Time Physical Activity Program. Supports Colorado-based before school, after school and summer physical activity programs for children and youth ages 4-18 years old.
Deadline is February 15. Learn more. Scholarships / Fellowships - Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board: Tribal Researchers' Cancer Control Fellowship Program. The purpose of this program is to increase research capacities and build research skills among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) investigators so that they will be better prepared to design and implement cancer-related research projects within AI/AN communities.
Deadline is March 18. Learn more. Webinars - Michigan State University/North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, in partnership with Purdue Extension: Combating Opioids webinar series. Fentanyl - Just the Tip of the Iceberg. This webinar will address the costs, benefits and potential trade-offs between emergency response, education and prevention during the opioid use crisis.
February 5, 3:00 pm ET. Learn more.
- NMAC (National Minority AIDS Council): 50+ Strong & Healthy webinar series. Co-Morbidities and Aging Related Health Challenges Living with HIV. This webinar will address how to best manage the impact of aging-related comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, osteoporosis and bone fractures in individuals living with HIV.
February 6, 12:00 pm ET. Register.
- University of Florida/Center for Arts in Medicine: Creating Healthy Communities through Cross-Sector Collaboration webinar series. Addressing Racism through Cross-sector Collaboration. This 6-part series explores the value of arts and culture in advancing health and well-being in communities, and offers examples of impactful cross-sector collaborations that engage arts and culture to address critical public health issues.
February 11, 2:00 pm ET. Register. | Conferences - ecoAmerica: Registration is open for the 9th Annual American Climate Leadership Summit, Ambition - Restoration - Justice.
March 25-26 in Washington, DC.
Deadline for registration is March 20. Register.
| |  | - Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU): Call for abstracts for the 2020 ACU Annual Conference, Connecting Advocacy, Leadership, and Service.
August 2-5 in Washington, DC.
Deadline for submissions is February 22. Learn more. Other Events - HHS/National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): Registration is open for the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities meeting.
February 4 in Bethesda, MD or via live NIH Videocast. Learn more. - Georgetown University/National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health: MCH Evidence. This website provides reports, briefs, evidence-based/informed strategy measures, webinars and other tools that assess maternal and child health interventions on topics such as well-woman visits, breastfeeding, safe sleep, physical activity, oral health and insurance coverage. Learn more.
Health Observances  | | - HHS/NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recognizes February as American Heart Month with the theme, "#OurHearts are Healthier Together." NHLBI is focusing on the importance of social support to engaging in and maintaining heart healthy behaviors like getting more physical activity, eating a healthy diet, reducing stress and quitting smoking. Please visit the American Heart Month website for social media graphics and animated GIFs, fact sheets, drop-in articles, PowerPoint slides, National Wear Red Day resources and more.
|  | | - HHS/HIV.gov recognizes February 7 as National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) with the theme, "We're in This, Together." You can find an event planning guide, graphics, a social media kit and other resources at the NBHAAD website.
| - The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), in collaboration with the NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): Behavioral study. Strong Futures: A Trial of Two Primary Care Based Interventions to Promote Optimal Health in Latino Infants and Toddlers. Researchers seek Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latinx parents and their newborn infants. Study to be conducted at the Children's Health Center at San Francisco General Hospital. Learn more.
Training - Cross Cultural Health Care Program: Equity & Inclusion Training of Trainers Institute. This 40-hour training is designed to build the internal training capacity of health and human services organizations. Sponsored trainers work with expert facilitators to become qualified to deliver a set of equity and inclusion curricula.
March 9-13 in Seattle, Wash.
Deadline for registration is February 17. Register. In recognition of National Glaucoma Awareness Month, the Knowledge Center recommends the booklet Glaucoma: What You Should Know. Published by the National Institutes of Health National Eye Institute (NEI), this document is designed for consumers and explains what the condition is, how to detect it, who is at risk, treatment, research and where to find more information about the subject. It also is available in Spanish.
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