| February 5, 2020 | View as a webpage |  |       | | | Black History Month 2020 February is Black History Month, offering our nation the opportunity to once again recognize the enormous contributions of African Americans. As we celebrate the achievements of so many, the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) is joining partners to support healthier communities by promoting the importance of an active and healthy lifestyle and better heart health. Visit the OMH Black History Month webpage to learn more about activities and events, and to download our shareable graphics and other related materials. | | | |  | | Funding | | Tribal Adaptation and Ocean and Coastal Management and Planning This U.S. Department of the Interior/Bureau of Indian Affairs grant supports American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes preparing for extreme events and harmful environmental trends that impact Tribal health and safety.
Deadline is March 2, 8:00 pm ET. Rapid Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Start in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) – Dissemination Assistance Provider This HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant will fund a single organization that will develop promising rapid ART interventions and promote the dissemination of these models for replication among RWHAP and other providers serving people with HIV.
Deadline is March 3. HRSA Healthy Grants Workshop - Chicago This workshop, hosted by HRSA Region V, is for both new and experienced HRSA grant recipients and will offer a variety of breakout sessions on grants administration, from pre-award through close-out.
June 17-18 in Chicago, Ill. | | 2020 Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain This Rita Allen Foundation award supports research on the mechanisms that initiate and propagate pain in the nervous system, as well as the development of analgesics for the management of pain due to terminal illness.
Deadline is February 19. Culture of Health Leaders This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program, offered in partnership with the National Collaborative for Health Equity and CommonHealth ACTION, offers intensive learning opportunities for professionals across the private, public, nonprofit and social enterprise sectors who are working to create the best health outcomes for their community.
Deadline is February 19. Connections for Cardiovascular Health Next Generation This AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation program supports health promotion initiatives that improve cardiovascular health through food-based programs, use health coaches/promotorer de salud, provide culturally sensitive interventions and leverage health care access for the uninsured/underserved.
Deadline is February 21, 5:00 pm ET. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | Suicide Attempts among Latina Adolescents: The State of Knowledge This webinar, hosted by the National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center at the Universidad Central del Caribe, will address the developmental issues of adolescence and cultural and family systems that bear on Hispanics/Latinas' suicide attempts.
February 6, 12:00 pm ET. Black Maternal Health Week 2020: National Webinar This webinar, hosted by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, is intended to assist with planning this year's Black Maternal Health Week. It will highlight the purpose and theme of this health observance, as well as prospective activities online and across the nation.
February 7, 2:00 pm ET. Exploring Social Poverty: Low-Income Populations and the Impact of Family and Community Ties This webinar, hosted by The Dibble Institute, will examine the concept of social poverty and how developing healthy relationship skills and coping mechanisms through relationship education may help address it.
February 12, 4:00 pm ET. | | Call for abstracts for the 15th Annual UAB Health Disparities Research Symposium Hosted by the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
April 23 in Birmingham, Ala.
Deadline for application is February 24. Call for speakers and poster presentations for the Rare Diseases and Orphan Products Breakthrough Summit Hosted by the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).
October 8-9 in Washington, DC.
Deadline for application is February 14. Call for abstracts for the APHA 2020 Annual Meeting and Expo, Creating the Healthiest Nation: Preventing Violence Hosted by the American Public Health Association (APHA).
October 24-28 in San Francisco, Calif.
Deadline for application is February 20. | | | |  | | Resources | Differences in Preventive Care among Rural Residents by Race and Ethnicity This University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center policy brief presents statistics on the racial/ethnic differences in rates of vaccination and cancer screenings among minorities living in rural areas. Tobacco Pricing Strategies Tobacco use remains a leading cause of preventable chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease. This interactive map, developed by the LawAtlas Policy Surveillance Program, presents state-level statutes and regulations that impact tobacco pricing strategies, which have been shown to reduce smoking and tobacco consumption and can decrease tobacco-related illnesses and death. American Heart Month 2020: High Blood Pressure Control—We've Got This!  The HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognize February as American Heart Month. The outreach materials and social media messaging in this American Heart Month partner toolkit toolkit focus on how people can control high blood pressure and protect their heart. | Call for nominations for the HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (ACIM) The ACIM provides advice to the Secretary of HHS on Department activities and programs directed at reducing infant mortality and improving the health status of pregnant women and infants.
Deadline is February 24. |  | | Clinical Trials | Genomics, Environmental Factors and Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease in African-Americans Study (GENE-FORECAST) This is an observational study being conducted by the HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). NIH researchers seek African American volunteers age 21-65 years old, including Hispanic-blacks. Study to be conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. Positive Psychology Intervention for Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latino Adults at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease This is a behavioral study being conducted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in collaboration with the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Researchers seek Hispanic/Latinx volunteers age 18 years or older who are fluent in English or Spanish. Study to be conducted at the St. Pius V Parish in Chicago, Ill. |  | | Workforce Development | 2020 Training Course in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Epidemiology This is an intensive training program, offered by CityMatCH, in partnership with HRSA and the CDC, that combines lectures, discussion, hands-on exercises and other opportunities for individualized technical assistance for professionals who collect, process, analyze and report MCH data. It is intended for state and local health agency employees.
June 22-26 in Albuquerque, NM.
Deadline for application is March 1. Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Waiver Training Offered by HHS HRSA, in partnership with the Providers Clinical Support System, this program is intended for physicians (MD or DO), nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwifes and physician assistants with an active Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number to dispense controlled substances. By completing MAT training and obtaining a Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 Waiver, health professionals are eligible to receive National Health Service Corps (NHSC) award preference. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading In recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) on February 7, the Knowledge Center recommends the fact sheet HIV and African American Gay and Bisexual Men published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This fact sheet evaluates the most recent data available in September 2019. Data included in this publication pertains to new HIV diagnoses broken down into various age groups and by race/ethnicity. In addition, a list of risk factors and risk reduction recommendations are included in this publication. This resource is free to download, print, and share. | | | | To view this title and find additional information, search the online catalog. | |       | |
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