| September 9, 2020 | View as a webpage |  |        | OMH Salutes the Legacy of Cheryl A. Boyce  OMH salutes the life and legacy of health equity trailblazer, Cheryl A. Boyce, M.S. who passed away on August 25, 2020.
Cheryl A. Boyce, M.S. served as the Executive Director of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health for 24 years and helped 30+ states replicate the model. She was a pioneer in the Minority Health Month movement and organized the first celebration in Ohio in 1989. She was a trailblazer, thought-leader, mentor and tireless advocate for the communities she served. | Register Today! Advancing the Response to COVID-19  Registration is open! Join us for Advancing the Response to COVID-19: Sharing Promising Programs and Practices for Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities, a virtual symposium hosted by the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) on September 17. Register today to learn from national, state, tribal and local experts leading efforts to confront the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on racial and ethnic minority and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Continuing education credit hours (CECH) for this virtual event will be available. Visit our webpage to learn more.
To stay up to date on the virtual symposium, sign up for OMH email updates. | Public Innovation Contest: Health+ SCD Healthathon |  | | Funding | | Access to Telehealth and Distant Care Services for Maternal Health The Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center supports the delivery of quality maternal care services before, during and/or after pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deadline is September 14, 5:00 pm ET.
SPOREs to Investigate Cancer Health Disparities The HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH) will support feasibility and planning studies to build Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) to address cancer health disparities.
Deadline for Letter of Intent is September 18.
Partnerships between Research Centers in Minority Institutions and Alcohol Research Centers The NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) will support health disparity research and the translation of that research into culturally appropriate, measurable and sustained improvements in health outcomes.
Deadline is October 7. | | Healthy Eating Research Grants The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supports research to identify policy, systems and environmental strategies to increase safe drinking water access and intake among children of color.
Deadline is September 16, 3:00 pm ET.
Clinical Studies of Orphan Products Addressing Unmet Needs of Rare Diseases The HHS U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will support new indication or change in labeling of products to address unmet needs in rare diseases or conditions such as COVID-19.
Deadline is October 6.
New Models of Integrated HIV/AIDS, Addiction and Primary Care Services The NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will support research that addresses gaps in the delivery of primary healthcare services to include HIV/AIDS services, addiction prevention and treatment services.
Deadline is November 18. | | | |  | | Webinars and Other Events | | Addressing SCD: A Strategic Plan and Blueprint for Action Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine for a webinar releasing a new report on SCD and discussing a strategic plan and blueprint for improving SCD care.
September 10, 2:00 pm ET. SAMHSA's 2020 National Recovery Month Webinar Series National Recovery Month seeks to educate the public about substance use treatment and mental health services. This HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) webinar series will address recovery support in communities, work and health clinics.
September 10, 17 and 24, 1:30 pm ET. Transforming Sickle Cell Disease Care Through Transplantation The NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) webinar will discuss haploidentical and allogeneic transplant efforts to offer curative therapies for patients with SCD.
September 23, 12:00 pm ET. | | Addressing Urban AI/AN Data Challenges The Urban Indian Health Institute webinar will explore how racial misclassification and limited analysis have omitted AI/ANs from health assessments and community conversations, and what can be done differently to be more inclusive.
September 10, 2:00 pm ET. Health Disparities: The Core Paradox The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
webinar will explore how poor health outcomes can occur when the needs of patients diverge from traditional Western medicine.
September 16, 6:00 pm ET. Registration is open for the 38th GLMA Annual Conference on LGBTQ Health Hosted by GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality.
September 23-26, Virtual. | | | |  | | Resources | Resources: COVID-19 Request for Information: Maternal Health and HPSAs Report: 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System  The CDC has released the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) 2019 Results and Data. The YRBSS monitors several categories of health-related behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, including unintentional injuries, violence, unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infection, alcohol and other drug use, tobacco use, unhealthy dietary behaviors, inadequate physical activity and asthma. | |  | | Clinical Trials | COVID‑19 Vaccine Study This clinical study, sponsored by Pfizer and BioNTech, seeks adult volunteers age 18-85 years old who are not pregnant, in good general health and have not been previously diagnosed with COVID-19. Studies are to be conducted at various locations throughout the United States.
A Patient-centered Intervention Using Technology to Reduce Colorectal Cancer Disparities in Primary Care This interventional study, sponsored by the University of Florida (UF) and the NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI), seeks Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino volunteers age 50-73 years old to test the efficacy of a patient-centered, tailored message intervention delivered via virtual technology for increasing colorectal cancer screening among racial/ethnic minority and rural patients. Study is to be conducted at UF in Gainesville, Fla. |  | | Workforce Development | Learning Community: The HHS Telemedicine Hack To support the wide adoption of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, the HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has partnered with the ECHO Institute at the University of New Mexico and the Public Health Foundation's TRAIN Learning Network to deliver Telemedicine Hack, a free, virtual peer-to-peer learning community to accelerate telemedicine implementation.
September 16 and 23, 10:00 am ET, Virtual. Fellowship: Program in Rural Health Leadership The Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Program in Rural Health Leadership is a full-time fellowship for early-career clinicians who have an interest in partnering with rural communities to improve health. The fellowship includes focused clinical time at an HHS Indian Health Service (IHS) site in Rosebud, SD.
Deadline is September 30. | |  | | Knowledge Center | | | | Recommended Reading The Forgotten Plague: Psychiatric Manifestations of Ebola, Zika, and Emerging Infectious Diseases is an open-access journal article that discusses the impact of epidemics on the mental health of the most vulnerable populations. The authors emphasize the need for comprehensive medical and psychological treatment of patients during such critical periods of time, and point out related impacts on health care workers and family members of the affected patients. | | | | To read the contents online or request additional information, search the online catalog. | |       | |
No comments:
Post a Comment